2020 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

2020 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 13–21, 2020
Teams8
Finals siteTD Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2020 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was intended to be played between March 13 and March 21, 2020, at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The tournament would have been the 36th in league history. On March 12, 2020, the tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, before any games were played.[1]

Format

Continuing the new format re-introduced in the previous year's tournament, eight of the 11 teams qualified for the 2020 Hockey East tournament. The top four teams in the league standings hosted seeds five through eight on campus in the quarterfinals in the first round of the playoffs, while the remaining teams are eliminated from championship contention.

The four quarterfinal winners are reseeded again as they advance to the TD Garden in Boston for the semifinals and Championship Game.[2]

Standings

2019–20 Hockey East Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#5 Boston College † 24 17 6 1 35 93 48 34 24 8 2 136 71
#9 Massachusetts 24 14 8 2 30 69 49 34 21 11 2 107 67
#12 Massachusetts–Lowell 24 12 7 5 29 60 60 34 18 10 6 90 79
#15 Maine 24 12 9 3 27 56 56 34 18 11 5 89 75
Connecticut 24 12 10 2 26 71 75 34 15 15 4 102 106
Boston University 24 10 9 5 25 69 64 34 13 13 8 103 98
#19 Northeastern 24 11 12 1 23 66 71 34 18 13 3 98 92
Providence 24 10 11 3 23 70 63 34 16 12 6 102 78
New Hampshire 24 9 12 3 21 54 69 34 15 15 4 91 97
Merrimack 24 7 14 3 17 63 77 34 9 22 3 85 123
Vermont 24 2 18 4 8 44 83 34 5 23 6 59 100
Championship: March 21, 2020
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the Semifinals

Quarterfinals[3]
March 13–15 		Semifinals
March 20 		Championship
March 21
           
1 Boston College
8 Providence
 
 
2 Massachusetts
7 Northeastern
 
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
 
3 Massachusetts Lowell
6 Boston University
 
 
4 Maine
5 Connecticut

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

References

  1. ^ "Hockey East Men's Tournament Cancelled - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "2021 Hockey East Men's Tournament Central - Hockey East Association".
  3. ^ "Hockey East Men's Quarterfinal Pairings Set - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved March 8, 2020.