2020-21 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Season

This is the 2020-21 Hockey East Men's Hockey Season. This is the conference's 36th season of play.
==Membership changes==
*None
==Membership==
Institution 	City 	Nickname 	Arena
Boston College 	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	Eagles 	Conte Forum (Kelley Rink)
Boston University 	Boston, Massachusetts 	Terriers 	Agganis Arena
University of Connecticut 	Storrs, Connecticut 	Huskies 	XL Center
University of Maine 	Orono, Maine 	Black Bears	Alfond Sports Arena
University of Massachusetts Amherst	Amherst, Massachusetts 	Minutemen 	Mullins Center
University of Massachusetts Lowell 	Lowell, Massachusetts 	River Hawks	Tsongas Arena
Merrimack College 	North Andover, Massachusetts	Warriors 	Volpe Complex (J. Thom Lawlor Arena)
University of New Hampshire 	Durham, New Hampshire 	Wildcats 	Whittemore Center Arena
Northeastern University 	Boston, Massachusetts 	Huskies 	Matthews Arena
Providence College 	Providence, Rhode Island 	Friars 	Schneider Arena
University of Vermont 	Burlington, Vermont 	Catamounts 	Gutterson Fieldhouse
Conference Tournament 	Boston, Massachusetts 	--- 	TD Garden
==Standings==
==Lamorello Trophy Conference Tournament==
The 2021 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 10 and March 20, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all games were played on campus locations, rather than the semifinal and final match traditionally being hosted at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The UMass Minutemen defeated the UMass Lowell River Hawks to earn their 1st Hockey East tournament championship, and earned the conference's automatic bid into the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
The tournament was the 36th in league history.
==Format==
Due to the difficulties of scheduling during the regular season, it was announced in late 2020 that all 11 Hockey East teams qualified for the tournament. After further complications and cancellations throughout the season, a formula-based ranking system called the Hockey East Power Index (HEPI) was implemented to determine seeding. Additionally, the tournament was formatted so that all rounds would be single-elimination games, rather than traditionally a best-of-three series in the opening and quarterfinals rounds. 
On March 5, it was announced that Merrimack would be unable to participate in the tournament due to a late positive test result among the team's Tier-I personnel. As a result, the 11-team tournament format was reduced to a 10-team format, and teams ranked below Merrimack in the final HEPI standings would move up a seed to compensate. 
Seeds 7-10 will play a single elimination opening round game on March 10, 2021, as seeds 1-6 will earn a bye to the next round. Winning teams will be reseeded and then play a single elimination quarterfinal game on March 14, 2021. Following an additional reseeding, the four victorious teams will advance to the semifinals on March 17, 2021. The final two programs will battle in the championship game on March 20, 2021.
==Bracket==
Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
==Results==
===Opening Round===
====(7) UMass Lowell vs. (11) Vermont====
====(8) Maine vs. (9) New Hampshire====
===Quarterfinals===
====(2) Boston University vs. (7) UMass Lowell====
====(4) Connecticut vs. (5) Providence====
====(3) Massachusetts vs. (6) Northeastern====
====(1) Boston College vs. (9) New Hampshire====
===Semifinals===
====(1) Boston College vs. (7) UMass Lowell====
====(3) Massachusetts vs. (5) Providence====
===Finals===
====(3) Massachusetts vs. (7) UMass Lowell====
==Tournament Awards==
===All-Tournament Team===
*Goaltender – Filip Lindberg, Massachusetts
*Defenceman – Anthony Baxter, UMass Lowell
*Defenceman – Zac Jones, Massachusetts
*Forward – Matt Brown, UMass Lowell
*Forward – Jake Gaudet, Massachusetts
*Forward – Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts
===Tournament MVP===
*Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts
==References==
Category:2021 in ice hockey
Category:Hockey East