2017 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
| 2017 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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| Dates | March 3–18, 2017 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Finals site |
TD Garden Boston |
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The 2017 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament will be played between March 3 and March 18, 2017 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
The tournament will be the 33rd in league history.
Format
The tournament will include all twelve teams in the conference. Seeds 1–4 will earn a first-round bye, and seeds 5–12 will play a best-of-three Opening Round played on campus locations. Winners will advance to play the 1–4 seeds in the best-of-three Quarterfinals on campus locations. Winners of those series will play in a single-game Semifinal, and those winners will face 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
| 2016–17 Hockey East men's standings | ||||||||||||||
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| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #3 Boston College | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 23 | |
| #5 UMass Lowell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 26 | |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 23 | |
| #4 Boston University | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 12 | |
| Connecticut | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 22 | |
| #9 Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 21 | |
| Merrimack | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 28 | |
| Vermont | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 20 | |
| #17 Providence | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 18 | |
| Massachusetts | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 25 | |
| Northeastern | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 24 | |
| Maine | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 33 | |
Championship: March 18, 2017 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament championRankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated November 8, 2016 | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals
| Opening Round March 3–5 |
Quarterfinals March 10–12 |
Semifinals March 17 |
Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Note: * denotes overtime period(s)