2022–23 Hockey East men's season

The 2022–23 Hockey East men's season was the 39th season of play for Hockey East and took place during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 1, 2022 and concluded on April 6, 2023.

Coaches Greg Brown takes over for Jerry York at Boston College. York retired after his 50th season as a head coach with the last 28 being for the Eagles. Brown had previously been an assistant under York for 14 years and was the head coach for the Dubuque Fighting Saints prior to his hiring.

After Albie O'Connell was relieved of his coaching duties after the season, Boston University named his former assistant Jay Pandolfo as the team's head coach. Pandolfo is a BU alum who helped the program win the national championship in 1995. This is his first head coaching job.

Records Team Head coach Season at school Record at school Hockey East recordBoston College 1 0–0–0 0–0–0Boston University 1 0–0–0 0–0–0Connecticut 10 123–151–33 60–71–16 Maine 2 7–22–4 5–17–2 Massachusetts 7 116–88–12 70–59–11Massachusetts Lowell 12 236–130–36 138–87–29Merrimack 5 40–72–9 29–54–8New Hampshire 5 47–53–17 30–50–13Northeastern 2 25–13–1 15–8–1Providence 12 225–136–51 134–91–34Vermont 3 9–35–4 7–25–4

Standings

Non-Conference record

Regular season record Team TotalBoston College 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 1–2–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 3–4–0Boston University 2–0–0 2–1–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 6–2–0Connecticut 0–0–0 1–0–1 0–0–0 3–2–0 3–0–0 0–0–0 7–2–1Maine 3–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–2–1 2–0–0 0–1–0 6–4–1Massachusetts 0–0–1 0–0–0 1–0–0 3–1–1 0–0–0 2–0–0 6–1–2Massachusetts Lowell 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 3–0–0 0–2–0 1–1–0 6–4–0Merrimack 2–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 3–3–1 0–0–0 0–0–0 5–3–1New Hampshire 2–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 2–3–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 5–5–0Northeastern 0–2–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–2–1 2–0–0 0–1–0 2–5–1Providence 1–0–1 0–0–0 0–0–0 3–2–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 4–4–1Vermont 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 3–1–2 1–1–0 0–0–0 5–3–2Overall 13–5–2 4–3–1 1–1–0 24–18–6 10–5–0 3–5–0 55–37–9

Statistics Leading scorers GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points Player Class Team GP G A Pts Freshman 24 9 25 34 Junior 24 13 17 30 Senior 23 10 20 30 Sophomore 24 14 15 29 Senior 23 14 15 29 Junior 24 14 12 26 Freshman 23 12 13 25 Senior 24 10 13 23 Freshman 24 8 15 23 Junior 24 13 9 22 Junior 24 7 15 22 Junior 24 6 16 22

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 Junior 23 1393:01 14 6 3 42 6 .947 1.81 Junior 12 577:05 5 4 1 18 2 .928 1.87 Sophomore 14 782:35 8 4 0 26 3 .929 1.99 Graduate 15 859:47 6 6 2 32 1 .918 2.23 Junior 24 1374:08 9 9 4 53 2 .915 2.31

Conference tournament

NCAA tournament

Regional semifinal Northeast Regional

East Regional

Regional finals East Regional

National semifinals

Ranking

USCHO Boston College NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR 20 18 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR Boston University 12 - 9 9 9 9 11 14 11 11 9 7 8 - 6 7 5 4 3 3 5 9 7 5 5 5 - 4Connecticut NR - 20 17 14 10 8 7 7 6 8 8 10 - 9 11 13 12 14 13 14 16 17 19 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 Massachusetts 10 - 13 13 6 5 5 11 16 17 15 13 15 - 15 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR Massachusetts Lowell 17 - 15 16 19 18 17 16 13 14 16 14 13 - 17 16 19 18 16 17 18 19 NR NR 20 NR - NRMerrimack NR - NR NR NR NR NR 19 15 13 12 11 6 - 8 10 11 16 15 19 20 17 16 14 14 14 - 14New 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 Northeastern 8 - 8 7 12 15 16 15 18 18 18 NR NR - NR NR NR 20 NR 20 16 15 15 15 16 16 - 16Providence 15 - 16 15 11 13 14 9 10 8 10 10 12 - 11 14 12 17 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR Vermont 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 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 20 18 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Boston University 14 14 12 9 11 9 13 14 9 11 7 6 7 7 6 7 5 5 3 3 5 8 7 6 5 5 4 4Connecticut NR NR NR 17 13 10 8 8 8 6 8 8 10 10 10 11 16 12 14 14 17 17 18 19 NR NR NR NR Maine 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 NR NR Massachusetts 10 10 13 14 6 5 5 10 15 17 15 12 15 15 15 17 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Massachusetts Lowell 16 16 15 16 20 18 17 16 14 13 16 15 13 13 19 20 20 19 15 20 19 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR Merrimack NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 19 17 14 12 10 5 6 8 10 11 17 18 19 20 16 15 14 14 14 14 14New 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 NR NR NR Northeastern 9 9 8 8 14 17 16 15 16 18 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 20 17 16 14 16 16 18 17 18 16Providence 15 15 16 15 9 13 14 9 9 8 10 11 12 12 11 15 13 17 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Vermont 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 NR NR

Pairwise Boston College 22 45 21 19 28 41 35 22 30 25 21 21 18 17 23 27 26 28 23 25 24 26 26 Boston University 3 39 5 9 8 8 1 10 6 7 7 7 9 6 6 3 3 4 8 6 5 5 5Connecticut 3 4 13 8 7 6 5 3 11 8 9 9 15 18 15 17 14 17 19 19 18 19 20 Maine 22 10 42 21 39 38 47 46 39 35 30 39 38 42 39 31 30 27 27 24 26 29 29 Massachusetts 22 21 3 2 4 7 15 13 12 10 11 16 22 26 28 32 28 29 33 35 29 29 29 Massachusetts Lowell 3 6 17 11 10 12 7 14 16 14 14 27 24 25 22 23 23 23 23 27 24 25 26 Merrimack 22 14 24 37 25 20 12 9 8 6 3 6 6 11 18 21 21 21 19 17 14 14 13New Hampshire 22 11 23 35 37 43 48 46 50 49 51 57 49 47 50 50 47 46 44 45 46 49 50 Northeastern 15 3 19 23 24 21 23 20 22 25 26 44 32 26 23 19 21 15 14 17 17 19 18 Providence 22 39 11 10 11 5 8 7 14 12 15 12 24 16 19 24 24 24 26 23 26 24 24 Vermont 22 35 44 44 38 42 32 38 46 49 48 49 49 50 47 47 49 49 51 51 49 48 47 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 RecipientMike Richter Award Devon Levi, Northeastern Player Position TeamDevon Levi GNortheasternLane Hutson DBoston UniversityAidan McDonough FNortheasternMatt Brown FBoston UniversityAlex Jefferies FMerrimack

Hockey East Award RecipientPlayer of the Year Devon Levi, NortheasternBest Defensive Forward Justin Hryckowian, NortheasternBest Defensive Defenseman Hunter McDonald, NortheasternRookie of the Year Lane Hutson, Boston UniversityGoaltending Champion Devon Levi, NortheasternLen Ceglarski Sportmanship Award Hudson Schandor, ConnecticutThree Stars Award Lane Hutson, Boston UniversityScoring Champion Lane Hutson, Boston UniversityCharlie Holt Team Sportsmanship Award New HampshireBob Kullen Award (Coach of the Year) Jay Pandolfo, Boston University First Team   Position   Second Team Devon Levi, Northeastern G Victor Östman, Maine Domenick Fensore, Boston University D Scott Morrow, Massachusetts Lane Hutson, Boston University D Ryan Ufko, Massachusetts Matt Brown, Boston University F Lynden Breen, Maine Alex Jefferies, Merrimack F Justin Hryckowian, Northeastern Aidan McDonough, Northeastern F Ryan Tverberg, Connecticut Third Team   Position   Rookie Team Gustavs Dāvis Grigals, Massachusetts Lowell G Hugo Ollas, Merrimack G Max Crozier, Providence D Lane Hutson, Boston University Jon McDonald, Massachusetts Lowell D Hunter McDonald, Northeastern Cutter Gauthier, Boston College F Kenny Connors, Massachusetts Parker Ford, Providence F Cutter Gauthier, Boston College Wilmer Skoog, Boston University F Ryan Greene, Boston University F Cam Lund, Northeastern F Matthew Wood, Connecticut

Conference tournament Lane Hutson Boston University Player Pos Team Drew Commesso G Boston University Lane Hutson D Boston University Christian Felton D Merrimack Matt Copponi F Merrimack Devin Kaplan F Boston University Dylan Peterson F Boston University

2023 NHL entry draft

1 4 Will Smith † Boston College San Jose Sharks 1 8 Ryan Leonard † Boston College Washington Capitals 1 11 Tom Willander † Boston University Vancouver Canucks 1 15 Matthew Wood Connecticut Nashville Predators 1 23 Gabe Perreault † Boston College New York Rangers 1 30 Bradly Nadeau † Maine Carolina Hurricanes 2 38 Michael Hrabal † Massachusetts Arizona Coyotes 3 69 Jacob Fowler † Boston College Montreal Canadiens 3 71 Brandon Svoboda † Boston University San Jose Sharks 3 80 Aydar Suniev † Massachusetts Calgary Flames 3 86 Gavin McCarthy † Boston University Buffalo Sabres 3 90 Drew Fortescue † Boston College New York Rangers 4 117 Larry Keenan † Massachusetts Detroit Red Wings 4 125 Aram Minnetian † Boston College Dallas Stars 5 153 Hudson Malinoski † Providence Toronto Maple Leafs 6 171 Aiden Celebrini † Boston University Vancouver Canucks 6 172 Ryan MacPherson † New Hampshire Philadelphia Flyers 6 182 Ryan Conmy † New Hampshire Los Angeles Kings 7 193 Jack Harvey † Boston University Tampa Bay Lightning 7 215 Nicholas Vantassell † Massachusetts Ottawa Senators 7 216 Matt Copponi Merrimack Edmonton Oilers 7 221 Sebastian Bradshaw † New Hampshire Dallas Stars † incoming freshman

References

External links