2017 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2017 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 3 and March 18, 2017 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks defeated the Boston College Eagles by a score of 4–3 to earn their 3rd Hockey East championship in school history, the third in five years, and earn Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. C. J. Smith was named tournament MVP.
The tournament was the 33rd in league history.
==Format==
The tournament included all twelve teams in the conference. Seeds 1–4 earned a first-round bye, and seeds 5–12 played a best-of-three Opening Round played on campus locations. Winners advanced to play the 1–4 seeds in the best-of-three Quarterfinals on campus locations. Winners of those series played in a single-game Semifinal, and those winners faced off in a single-game Championship Final, both at the TD Garden.
===Regular season standings===
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Hockey East 	Hockey East	Hockey East	Hockey East	Hockey East	Hockey East	Hockey East	Hockey East	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
Team 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
UMass-Lowell River Hawks 	22 	14 	7 	1 	76 	51 	29 	41 	27 	11 	3 	151 	95
Boston University Terriers	22 	13 	6 	3 	64 	47 	29 	39 	24 	12 	3 	123 	90
Boston College Eagles 	22 	13 	6 	3 	74 	56 	29 	40 	21 	15 	4 	132 	104
Notre Dame Fighting Irish 	22 	12 	6 	4 	67 	51 	28 	40 	23 	12 	5 	128 	93
Providence Friars 	22 	12 	7 	3 	66 	57 	27 	39 	22 	12 	5 	116 	92
Vermont Catamounts 	22 	10 	8 	4 	61 	63 	24 	38 	20 	13 	5 	122 	106
Merrimack Warriors 	22 	8 	8 	6 	57 	60 	22 	37 	15 	16 	6 	90 	96
Northeastern Huskies 	22 	9 	10 	3 	73 	71 	21 	38 	18 	15 	5 	140 	113
Connecticut Huskies 	22 	8 	10 	4 	55 	61 	20 	36 	12 	16 	8 	96 	104
New Hampshire Wildcats 	22 	7 	11 	4 	69 	77 	18 	40 	15 	20 	5 	124 	136
Maine Black Bears 	22 	5 	15 	2 	57 	79 	12 	36 	11 	21 	4 	102 	125
UMass Minutemen 	22 	2 	19 	1 	42 	88 	5 	36 	5 	29 	2 	66 	132
==Bracket==
Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
==Results==
===Opening Round===
====(5) Providence vs. (12) Massachusetts====
====(6) Vermont vs. (11) Maine====
====(7) Merrimack vs. (10) New Hampshire====
====(8) Northeastern vs. (9) Connecticut====
===Quarterfinals===
====(1) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (10) New Hampshire====
====(2) Boston University vs. (8) Northeastern====
====(3) Boston College vs. (6) Vermont====
====(4) Notre Dame vs. (5) Providence====
===Semifinals===
====(1) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (4) Notre Dame====
====(2) Boston University vs. (3) Boston College====
===Championship===
====(1) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (3) Boston College====
==Tournament awards==
===All-Tournament Team===
*F Joe Gambardella Massachusetts–Lowell
*F C. J. Smith* Massachusetts–Lowell
*F Ryan Fitzgerald Boston College
*D Michael Kapla Massachusetts–Lowell
*D Scott Savage Boston College
*G Tyler Wall Massachusetts–Lowell
* Tournament MVP(s)
==References==
==External links==
*2017 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Category:Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament