The 2022 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 37th tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 9 and March 19, 2022. As the tournament champions, Massachusetts received the conference's automatic bid into the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format The tournament included all eleven teams in the conference. Teams were ranked according to their finish in the conference standings. Seeds 1–5 earned a bye into the quarterfinal round, while seeds 6–11 played to determine the remaining quarterfinalists. Winners in the opening round were reseeded and advanced to play top three seeds in reverse order. Winners of the quarterfinal matches were again reseeded for the semifinal, and the winners of those two games faced off in the championship.
All series were single-elimination with opening round and quarterfinal matches occurring at home team sites. Beginning with the semifinal round, all games were held at the TD Garden. The tournament champion received an automatic bid into the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Standings
Bracket Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results Opening Round (6) Merrimack vs. (11) Maine
(7) Providence vs. (10) Vermont
(8) Boston College vs. (9) New Hampshire
Quarterfinals (1) Northeastern vs. (8) Boston College
(2) Massachusetts vs. (7) Providence
(3) Massachusetts Lowell vs. (6) Merrimack
(4) Connecticut vs. (5) Boston University
Semifinals (1) Northeastern vs. (4) Connecticut
(2) Massachusetts vs. (3) Massachusetts Lowell
Championship (2) Massachusetts vs. (4) Connecticut
Tournament Awards All-Tournament Team Goaltender – Matt Murray, Massachusetts Defenceman – John Spetz, Connecticut Defenceman – Colin Felix, Massachusetts Forward – Vladislav Firstov, Connecticut Forward – Garrett Wait, Massachusetts Forward – Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts
Tournament MVP Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts
References
External links 2022 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament