2017 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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Dates | March 3–18, 2017 |
Teams | 12 |
Finals site |
TD Garden Boston |
Champions | UMass Lowell (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Norm Bazin (3rd title) |
MVP | C.J. Smith (UMass Lowell) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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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 UMass Lowell River Hawks defeated the Boston College Eagles by a score of 4–3 to earn their 3rd Hockey East championship in school history, and the third in five years. C.J. Smith of Lowell was named tournament MVP.
The tournament was the 33rd in league history.
The tournament included all twelve teams in the conference. Seeds 1–4 earned a first-round bye, and seeds 5–12 played a best-of-three Opening Round played on campus locations. Winners advanced to play the 1–4 seeds in the best-of-three Quarterfinals on campus locations. Winners of those series played in a single-game Semifinal, and those winners faced off in a single-game Championship Final, both at the TD Garden.
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)