2009 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2009 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 13 and March 21, 2009 at campus locations and at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston University won their seventh Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and the Lamoriello Trophy and received Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
==Format==
The tournament features three rounds of 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 play a best-of-three series, 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-game, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.
===Regular season 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) Maine====
====(2) Northeastern vs. (7) Massachusetts====
====(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Boston College====
====(4) Vermont vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell====
===Semifinals===
====(1) Boston University vs. (6) Boston College====
====(2) Northeastern vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell====
===Championship===
====(1) Boston University vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell====
==Tournament awards==
===All-Tournament Team===
*Goaltender: Kieran Millan (Boston University)
*Defensemen: Maury Edwards (Massachusetts-Lowell), Matt Gilroy (Boston University)
*Forwards: Scott Campbell (Massachusetts-Lowell), John McCarthy (Boston University), Colin Wilson (Boston University)
===MVP===
*Kieran Millan (Boston University)
==References==
==External links==
*2009 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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