# 2000 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

The 2000 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 16th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 9 and March 18, 2000. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament, Maine received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finishes ninth in the conference is not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
1999–00 Hockey East standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #6 Boston University† | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 85 | 69 | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 150 | 118 |
| #11 New Hampshire | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 75 | 68 | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 122 | 105 |
| #2 Boston College | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 91 | 50 | 42 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 165 | 92 |
| #3 Maine* | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 88 | 67 | 40 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 151 | 106 |
| Providence | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 65 | 79 | 38 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 114 | 122 |
| Northeastern | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 67 | 76 | 36 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 95 | 118 |
| Merrimack | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 58 | 81 | 36 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 87 | 115 |
| Massachusetts | 24 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 50 | 71 | 36 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 86 | 106 |
| Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 60 | 78 | 34 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 99 | 112 |
| Championship: Maine † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals March 9–11 | Quarterfinals March 9–11 | Quarterfinals March 9–11 | Quarterfinals March 9–11 | Quarterfinals March 9–11 | | | Semifinals March 17 | Semifinals March 17 | Semifinals March 17 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 |
| 1 | Boston University | 4 | 5 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Massachusetts | 2 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Massachusetts | 2 | 2 | — | | | 1 | Boston University | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 4 | Maine | 4 | | | |
| 2 | New Hampshire | 5 | 3* | — | | | 4 | Maine | 4 | | | |
| 7 | Merrimack | 2 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Merrimack | 2 | 2 | — | | | | | | 4 | Maine | 2 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 4 | Maine | 2 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 3 | Boston College | 1 |
| 3 | Boston College | 8 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | | 3 | Boston College | 1 |
| 6 | Northeastern | 4 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Northeastern | 4 | 2 | — | | | 2 | New Hampshire | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 3 | Boston College | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Maine | 5 | 5* | — | | | 3 | Boston College | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Providence | 3 | 4 | — | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Boston University vs. (8) Massachusetts

* Boston University won series 2–0

#### (2) New Hampshire vs. (7) Merrimack

* New Hampshire won series 2–0

#### (3) Boston College vs. (6) Northeastern

* Boston College won series 2–0

#### (4) Maine vs. (5) Providence

* Maine won series 2–0

### Championship
#### (3) Boston College vs. (4) Maine
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Blake Bellefeuille (Boston College)
* F Niko Dimitrakos* (Maine)
* F Cory Larose (Maine)
* D Robert Ek (Maine)
* D Mike Mottau (Boston College)
* G Matt Yeats (Maine)
* Tournament MVP(s)