2021–22 Hockey East men's season

The 2021–22 Hockey East men's season was the 38th season of play for Hockey East and took place during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The regular season began on October 2, 2021, and concluded on March 5, 2022. The conference tournament ended on March 19 with Massachusetts winning the championship.

Coaches Ben Barr became the 8th head coach for Maine one month after the sudden death of his predecessor, Red Gendron.

Jerry Keefe was promoted to head coach after Jim Madigan became the athletic director for Northeastern.

Records Team Head coach Season at school Record at school Hockey East recordBoston College 28 641–329–81 379–197–70 Boston University 4 39–36–13 32–21–9Connecticut 9 103–135–33 46–61–16 Maine 1 0–0–0 0–0–0 Massachusetts 6 94–75–10 56–51–9Massachusetts Lowell 11 215–119–33 123–79–28 Merrimack 4 21–57–8 16–43–8New Hampshire 4 33–44–16 22–35–12 Northeastern 1 0–0–0 0–0–0 Providence 11 203–122–49 122–80–33Vermont 2 1–10–2 1–9–2

Standings

Non-Conference record Of the sixteen teams that are selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, ten will be via at-large bids. Those 10 teams are determined based upon the PairWise rankings. The rankings take into account all games played but are heavily affected by intra-conference results. The result is that teams from leagues which perform better in non-conference are much more likely to receive at-large bids even if they possess inferior records overall.

Hockey East produced a good record during their non-conference schedule, however, the teams did not receive much of a benefit from those victories. The bulk of the leagues games were played against Atlantic Hockey and ECAC Hockey, the two weakest conferences this season. Despite finishing 20 games above .500 against those two combined, the improvement to each team's PairWise rankings was relatively small. The minimal bonus from these games was largely the cause for the conference's low rankings.

Regular season record Team TotalBoston College 2–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 2–1–2 0–0–0 1–1–0 5–4–2Boston University 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 2–1–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 5–4–0Connecticut 1–1–0 0–2–0 0–0–0 3–2–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 4–5–0Maine 0–1–1 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–1 1–1–0 0–2–0 2–4–2Massachusetts 2–0–0 0–2–0 0–2–0 0–0–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 4–4–0Massachusetts Lowell 0–0–0 1–0–1 0–0–0 2–0–0 2–1–1 0–0–0 5–1–2Merrimack 3–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 2–2–1 0–0–0 0–0–0 5–2–1New Hampshire 2–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 4–1–0 0–2–0 0–0–0 6–3–0Northeastern 1–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 3–1–0 2–1–0 1–0–0 7–2–0Providence 3–0–0 0–0–1 1–1–0 4–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 9–2–1Vermont 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–6–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 2–8–0Overall 15–5–1 1–5–2 1–5–0 24–14–4 9–6–1 3–4–0 53–39–8

Statistics

Leading scorers GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points Player Class Team GP G A Pts Senior 24 14 18 32 Sophomore 24 11 15 26 Junior 24 16 9 25 Freshman 24 11 12 23 Senior 24 5 18 23 Junior 24 14 8 22 Sophomore 24 7 15 22 Senior 24 7 15 22 Freshman 24 3 19 22 Senior 24 7 13 20 Senior 24 7 13 20

Leading goaltenders Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games.

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player Class Team GP Min W L T GA SO SV% GAA Sophomore 19 1095:46 12 6 2 30 5 .951 1.64 Senior 21 1256:43 15 5 1 38 5 .931 1.81 Junior 24 1424:52 12 11 1 49 3 .921 2.06 Freshman 11 569:06 6 3 0 20 1 .927 2.11 Graduate 24 1400:24 14 7 2 51 3 .920 2.19

Conference tournament

NCAA tournament

Regional semifinal

Northeast Regional

West Regional

Ranking

USCHO Boston College 7 6 6 10 9 14 16 19 19 20 NR 20 18 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRBoston University 10 10 12 16 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 19 20 17 13 14 16 18 NR NRConnecticut NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 20 19 NR NR 19 19 19Maine NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRMassachusetts 1 7 9 9 12 12 8 8 13 14 12 12 10 14 14 9 10 9 10 10 9 12 11 10 10Massachusetts Lowell NR NR NR NR NR 19 20 15 15 15 15 15 12 12 10 14 14 13 16 16 16 14 13 13 12Merrimack NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRNew Hampshire NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRNortheastern NR 18 18 20 20 NR 17 18 18 16 13 13 11 11 12 15 16 15 13 15 13 11 10 12 13Providence 12 11 10 12 8 7 12 12 14 13 16 16 16 17 18 17 17 17 19 19 19 20 20 20 20Vermont NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

USA Today Boston College 8 8 7 10 13 15 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRBoston University 10 10 15 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 14 14 NR NR NR NR NRConnecticut NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRMaine NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRMassachusetts 1 6 9 9 10 12 9 8 13 14 12 12 9 14 12 8 9 9 9 10 9 12 12 9 10 10Massachusetts Lowell NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 15 15 14 12 12 9 14 15 13 NR NR NR 14 13 13 12 13Merrimack NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRNew Hampshire NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRNortheastern NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 13 13 10 9 13 15 NR NR 14 15 13 11 11 12 13 12Providence 14 11 10 14 8 8 13 11 14 13 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRVermont NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Pairwise Boston College 14 1 19 29 30 31 26 26 26 26 23 18 22 30 30 32 33 36 33 32 27 28 27Boston University 14 19 32 30 38 49 44 39 43 35 33 33 28 27 27 22 21 18 14 16 16 18 17Connecticut 7 4 30 27 17 13 25 24 23 22 20 22 19 24 28 25 21 19 14 19 20 19 20Maine 14 40 38 50 56 58 58 57 56 58 57 54 52 53 56 54 54 54 52 52 51 51 51Massachusetts 14 17 15 14 14 7 11 12 13 10 9 9 10 7 5 7 6 8 9 10 12 11 11Massachusetts Lowell 10 41 13 18 8 18 15 21 14 13 12 10 9 9 14 12 14 14 16 15 13 13 13Merrimack 14 12 24 22 28 30 27 27 27 28 28 28 28 22 14 17 15 20 20 19 20 20 22New Hampshire 14 25 31 36 32 49 47 46 40 41 41 39 37 31 29 29 30 30 30 30 31 33 33Northeastern 1 6 27 28 31 27 24 25 18 13 13 12 12 15 17 16 17 14 18 14 14 14 14Providence 3 2 11 8 10 17 22 19 16 21 17 16 17 17 14 15 15 17 18 18 18 17 17Vermont 14 31 40 42 50 56 55 56 54 55 55 57 57 59 58 59 58 57 57 58 54 55 55 Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.

Awards

NCAA Award RecipientTim Taylor Award Devon Levi, NortheasternMike Richter Award Devon Levi, Northeastern East First Team Position TeamDevon LeviGNortheasternScott MorrowDMassachusettsAidan McDonoughFNortheasternBobby TrivignoFMassachusetts East Second Team Position TeamJordan HarrisDNortheasternJack McBainFBoston CollegeRyan TverbergFConnecticut

Hockey East Award Recipient Player of the Year Bobby Trivigno, MassachusettsBest Defensive Forward Jáchym Kondelík, ConnecticutBest Defensive Defenseman Jordan Harris, NortheasternRookie of the Year Devon Levi, NortheasternGoaltending Champion Devon Levi, NortheasternLen Ceglarski Sportmanship Award Jackson Pierson, New HampshireThree Stars Award Devon Levi, NortheasternScoring Champion Bobby Trivigno, MassachusettsCharlie Holt Team Sportsmanship Award MassachusettsBob Kullen Award (Coach of the Year) Jerry Keefe, Northeastern First Team   Position   Second Team Devon Levi, Northeastern G Owen Savory, Massachusetts Lowell Jordan Harris, Northeastern D Declan Carlile, Merrimack Scott Morrow, Massachusetts D Domenick Fensore, Boston University Aidan McDonough, Northeastern F Jáchym Kondelík, Connecticut Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts F Jack McBain, Boston College Ryan Tverberg, Connecticut F Wilmer Skoog, Boston University Third Team   Position   Rookie Team Matt Murray, Massachusetts G Devon Levi, Northeastern Max Crozier, Providence D Ty Gallagher, Boston University Matthew Kessel, Massachusetts D Scott Morrow, Massachusetts Jack St. Ivany, Boston College D Ryan Ufko, Massachusetts D David Breazeale, Maine Brett Berard, Providence F Matt Crasa, Massachusetts Lowell Carl Berglund, Massachusetts Lowell F Justin Hryckowian, Northeastern Andre Lee, Massachusetts Lowell F Jack Hughes, Northeastern

Conference tournament Bobby Trivigno Massachusetts Player Pos Team Matt Murray G Massachusetts John Spetz D Connecticut Colin Felix D Massachusetts Vladislav Firstov F Connecticut Garrett Wait F Massachusetts Bobby Trivigno F Massachusetts

2022 NHL entry draft

1 5 Cutter Gauthier† Boston College Philadelphia Flyers 2 34 Cameron Lund† Northeastern San Jose Sharks 2 51 Jack Hughes Northeastern Los Angeles Kings 2 57 Ryan Greene† Boston University Chicago Blackhawks 2 62 Lane Hutson† Boston University Montreal Canadiens 3 69 Devin Kaplan† Boston University Philadelphia Flyers 4 103 Kenny Connors† Massachusetts Los Angeles Kings 4 114 Cole O'Hara† Massachusetts Nashville Predators 4 126 Charles Leddy† Boston College New Jersey Devils 4 128 Cameron Whitehead† Northeastern Vegas Golden Knights 5 133 Alex Bump† Vermont Philadelphia Flyers 5 143 Cameron O'Neill† Massachusetts Ottawa Senators 6 165 Hunter McDonald† Northeastern Philadelphia Flyers 6 170 Jake Richard† Connecticut Buffalo Sabres 6 172 Joey Muldowney† Connecticut San Jose Sharks 6 176 Jackson Dorrington† Northeastern Vancouver Canucks 6 189 Tyler Muszelik† New Hampshire Florida Panthers 6 193 Chris Romaine† Providence Colorado Avalanche 7 195 Eli Barnett† Vermont San Jose Sharks 7 203 James Fisher† Northeastern Columbus Blue Jackets 7 206 Tyson Dyck† Massachusetts Ottawa Senators 7 222 Joel Maatta Vermont Edmonton Oilers † incoming freshman

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