2006 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2006 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 22nd Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 9 and March 18, 2006. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament, Boston University received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
==Format==
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The teams that finish below eighth in the conference are 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 2006 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
==Bracket==
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
===Quarterfinals===
====(1) Boston University vs. (8) Massachusetts====
====(2) Maine vs. (7) Massachusetts-Lowell====
====(3) Boston College vs. (6) Vermont====
====(4) New Hampshire vs. (5) Providence====
===Semifinals===
====(1) Boston University vs. (4) New Hampshire====
====(2) Maine vs. (3) Boston College====
===Championship===
====(1) Boston University vs. (3) Boston College====
==Tournament awards==
===All-Tournament Team===
*F Brian Boyle (Boston College)
*F Jacob Micflikier (New Hampshire)
*F David Van der Gulik* (Boston University)
*D Peter Harold (Boston College)
*D Dan Spang (Boston University)
*G Cory Schneider (Boston College)
* Tournament MVP(s)
==References==
==External links==
*Hockey East Online
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