2018 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2018 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston University won their 9th tournament and earned Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
The tournament was the 34th in league history.
==Format==
The tournament included all eleven teams in the conference. Seeds 1–5 earned a first-round bye, and seeds 6–11 played a best-of-three Opening Round played on campus locations. Winners advanced to play the 1–3 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 Minutemen 	24 	18 	6 	0 	92 	51 	36 	41 	31 	10 	0 	151 	83
Northeastern Huskies 	24 	15 	8 	1 	76 	52 	31 	39 	27 	11 	1 	118 	81
Providence Friars 	24 	14 	7 	3 	76 	44 	31 	42 	24 	12 	6 	133 	84
UMass-Lowell River Hawks 	24 	12 	7 	5 	65 	55 	29 	37 	19 	13 	5 	100 	85
Boston University Terriers	24 	12 	9 	3 	64 	65 	27 	38 	16 	18 	4 	99 	104
Maine Black Bears 	24 	11 	9 	4 	64 	60 	26 	36 	15 	17 	4 	90 	99
Boston College Eagles 	24 	10 	11 	3 	62 	60 	23 	39 	14 	22 	3 	90 	110
New Hampshire Wildcats 	24 	8 	10 	6 	55 	67 	22 	36 	12 	15 	9 	90 	103
Connecticut Huskies 	24 	7 	15 	2 	52 	77 	16 	34 	12 	20 	2 	81 	107
Vermont Catamounts 	24 	5 	16 	3 	41 	59 	13 	34 	12 	19 	3 	72 	82
Merrimack Warriors 	24 	4 	18 	2 	48 	105 	10 	34 	7 	24 	3 	67 	134
==Bracket==
Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
==Results==
===Opening Round===
====(6) Maine vs. (11) New Hampshire====
====(7) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (10) Merrimack====
====(8) Massachusetts vs. (9) Vermont====
===Quarterfinals===
====(1) Boston College vs. (10) Merrimack====
====(2) Northeastern vs. (8) Massachusetts====
====(3) Providence vs. (6) Maine====
====(4) Boston University vs. (5) Connecticut====
===Semifinals===
====(1) Boston College vs. (4) Boston University====
====(2) Northeastern vs. (3) Providence====
===Championship===
====(3) Providence vs. (4) Boston University====
==Tournament awards==
===All-Tournament Team===
*F Jordan Greenway Boston University
*F Dylan Sikura Northeastern
*F Brandon Duhaime Providence
*D Chad Krys Boston University
*D Jacob Bryson Providence
*G Jake Oettinger* Boston University
* Tournament MVP(s)
==References==
==External links==
*2018 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Category:Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Category:Ice hockey in Boston