2016-17 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Season

This is the 2016-17 Hockey East Men's Hockey Season.  This is the conference's 33rd season of play
==Membership changes==
*none, however the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will leave the conference after the 2016-17 season and join the Big Ten Conference as an associate member for men's ice hockey starting with the 2017-18 season
==Frozen Fenway 2017==
The conference will participate in two double headers to be played at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on January 7th and 14th as a part of Frozen Fenway 2017.  On January 7th Boston University will play UMass-Amherst and Boston College will play Providence College and on January 14th Maine will play UConn and UNH will play Northeastern.
==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
University of Notre Dame 	South Bend, Indiana 	Fighting Irish	Compton Family Ice Arena (Charles W. "Lefty" Smith Jr. Rink)
Providence College 	Providence, Rhode Island 	Friars 	Schneider Arena
University of Vermont 	Burlington, Vermont 	Catamounts 	Gutterson Fieldhouse
Conference Tournament 	Boston, Massachusetts 	--- 	TD Garden
==Standings==
A November 13th game between Notre Dame and Northeastern was suspended after the second period due to a Zamboni breakdown and subsequent problems with the ice.  The score was tied 0-0 when the game was suspended.  On November 16 Hockey East Commissioner Joe Bertagna announced the game will be recorded as a tie as the two teams could not find a workable date to resume the game.
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
==2017 Conference Tournament==
===Format===
All twelve teams qualify with the top 4 seeds getting a first round bye. The best-of-three first round matches up 5 vs 12, 6 vs 11, 7 vs 10, and 8 vs 9.  The first round winners are re-seeded for the best-of-three quarterfinals and the 1 seed plays the lowest seeded first round winner, 2 plays the second lowest seed first round winner, 3 plays the third lowest first round winner. and 4 plays the highest seeded first round winner.  Teams are re-seeded for the semifinals with the highest seeded winner playing the lowest seeded winner  and the second and third seeds meet in a single game at TD Garden on Friday March 17, 2017  The semifinal winners meet  at the TD Garden on Saturday March 18, 2017 for the conference championship and the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===First Round===
*Providence Friars defeated UMass Minutemen 2 games to none
*Vermont Catamounts defeated Maine Black Bears 2 games to none
* New Hampshire Wildcats defeated Merrimack Warriors 2 games to 1
*Northeastern Huskies defeated Connecticut Huskies 2 games to none
===Quarterfinals===
*UMass-Lowell River Hawks defeated New Hampshire Wildcats 2 games to none
*Boston University Terriers defeated Northeastern Huskies 2 games to none
*Boston College Eagles defeated Vermont Catamounts 2 games to none
*Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeatd Providence Friars 2 games to none
===Semifinals===
*UMass-Lowell River Hawks defeated Notre Dame Fighting Irish 5-1
*Boston College Eagles defeated Boston University Terriers 3-2
===Final===
*UMass-Lowell River Hawks defeated Boston College Eagles 4-3
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