2006 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament
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| 2006 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 9–18, 2006 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | TD Banknorth Garden Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Boston University (6th title) |
| Winning coach | Jack Parker[1] (6th title) |
| MVP | David Van der Gulik (Boston University) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2006 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 22nd Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 9 and March 18, 2006. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament, Boston University received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format[edit]
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The teams that finish below eighth in the conference are not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Conference standings[edit]
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #5 Boston University†* | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 89 | 67 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 140 | 96 | |
| #4 Maine | 27 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 93 | 60 | 42 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 143 | 95 | |
| #2 Boston College | 27 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 86 | 58 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 146 | 95 | |
| #13 New Hampshire | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 85 | 63 | 40 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 120 | 102 | |
| Providence | 27 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 78 | 67 | 36 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 105 | 94 | |
| Vermont | 27 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 65 | 62 | 38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 97 | 82 | |
| Massachusetts–Lowell | 27 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 74 | 96 | 36 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 104 | 132 | |
| Massachusetts | 27 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 60 | 77 | 36 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 77 | 103 | |
| Northeastern | 27 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 57 | 88 | 34 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 67 | 120 | |
| Merrimack | 27 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 92 | 34 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 64 | 118 | |
| Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket[edit]
| Quarterfinals[2] March 9–11 | Semifinals[3] March 17 | Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston University | 4 | 4 | — | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston University | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | New Hampshire | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 4* | 4 | — | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 3 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston University | 2* | ||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston College | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston College | 3* | 6 | — | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Vermont | 2 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston College | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | New Hampshire | 4 | 2** | — | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Providence | 0 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals[edit]
(1) Boston University vs. (8) Massachusetts[edit]
| March 10[4] | Boston University | 4 – 1 | Massachusetts | Agganis Arena | Recap | |||
| David Van der Gulik - 06:15 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| David Van der Gulik - GW - 04:00 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Laliberte - PP - 13:51 David Van der Gulik - EN - 19:16 |
Third period | 05:52 - PP - Chris Capraro | ||||||
| John Curry ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | Gabe Winer ( 25 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11[5] | Boston University | 4 – 1 | Massachusetts | Agganis Arena | Recap | |||
| Bryan Ewing - 01:16 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Laliberte - GW PP - 05:50 Kenny Roche - 09:38 Peter MacArthur - EN - 19:34 |
Third period | 18:42 - EA PP - Chris Capraro | ||||||
| John Curry ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jonathan Quick ( 32 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston University won series 2–0 | |
(2) Maine vs. (7) Massachusetts-Lowell[edit]
| March 10[6] | Maine | 4 – 3 | OT | Massachusetts-Lowell | Alfond Arena | Recap | ||
| Greg Moore - PP - 13:20 Derek Damon - 17:23 |
First period | 08:47 - SH - Jason Tejchma | ||||||
| No Scoring | Second period | 19:12 - Jeremy Hall | ||||||
| Greg Moore - PP - 09:51 | Third period | 2:24 - Nick Monroe | ||||||
| Keith Johnson - GW - 00:51 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ben Bishop ( 21 saves / 24 shots ) | Goalie stats | Peter Vetri ( 34 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11[7] | Maine | 4 – 3 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Alfond Arena | Recap | |||
| Matt Duffy - 11:20 | First period | 00:28 - Bobby Robins | ||||||
| Greg Moore - 00:27 John Hopson - PP - 05:01 Matt Duffy - GW - 05:54 |
Second period | 12:14 - PP - J.R. Bria 12:36 - PP - Andrew Martin | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ben Bishop ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Peter Vetri ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
| Maine won series 2–0 | |
(3) Boston College vs. (6) Vermont[edit]
| March 9[8] | Boston College | 3 – 2 | OT | Vermont | Silvio O. Conte Forum | Recap | ||
| Brian Boyle - PP - 05:17 | First period | 07:47 - PP - Dean Strong | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Collins - EA - 19:01 | Third period | 03:28 - Jamie Sifers | ||||||
| Peter Harold - GW - 10:41 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cory Schneider ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Joe Fallon ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10[9] | Boston College | 6 – 2 | Vermont | Silvio O. Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| Chris Collins - 14:49 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Chris Collins - GW PP - 11:40 Brett Motherwell - GW PP - 18:51 |
Second period | 15:10 - Jeff Corey | ||||||
| Benn Ferriero - SH - 06:18 Dan Bertram - EN - 18:13 Chris Collins - EN - 18:45 |
Third period | 10:54 - EA PP - Peter Lenes | ||||||
| Cory Schneider ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | Joe Fallon ( 19 saves / 23 shots ) / Travis Russell ( 1 saves / 1 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston College won series 2–0 | |
(4) New Hampshire vs. (5) Providence[edit]
| March 9[10] | New Hampshire | 4 – 0 | Providence | Whittemore Center | Recap | |||
| Jacob Micflikier - GW - 06:07 Brett Hemingway - PP - 14:11 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Daniel Winnik - 05:13 Josh Ciocco - EN SH - 10:42 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kevin Regan ( 27 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Tyler Sims ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10[11] | New Hampshire | 2 – 1 | 2OT | Providence | Whittemore Center | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jacob Micflikier - PP - 10:34 | Second period | 03:20 - PP - Colin McDonald | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Daniel Winnik - GW - 14:18 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jeff Pietrasiak ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) | Goalie stats | Tyler Sims ( 59 saves / 61 shots ) | ||||||
| New Hampshire won series 2–0 | |
Semifinals[edit]
(1) Boston University vs. (4) New Hampshire[edit]
| March 17[12] | Boston University | 9 – 2 | New Hampshire | TD Banknorth Garden | Recap | |||
| Dan Spang - 09:06 David Van der Gulik - 10:28 |
First period | 02:53 - PP - Jacob Micflikier | ||||||
| David Van der Gulik - GW - 07:40 Matt Gilroy - 11:28 David Van der Gulik - 13:49 |
Second period | 14:34 - PP - Jacob Micflikier | ||||||
| Bryan Ewing - 00:42 Brad Zancanaro - 02:07 Bryan Ewing - PP - 03:21 Dan Spang - PP - 03:36 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kevin Regan ( 23 saves / 30 shots ) / Jeff Pietrasiak ( 6 saves / 8 shots ) | Goalie stats | John Curry ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) / Stephan Siwiec ( 2 saves / 2 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Maine vs. (3) Boston College[edit]
| March 17[13] | Maine | 1 – 4 | Boston College | TD Banknorth Garden | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Josh Soares - PP - 18:14 | Second period | 06:27 - SH - Benn Ferriero 08:55 - GW - Brian Boyle | ||||||
| No Scoring | Third period | 19:13 - EN - Stephen Gionta 19:56 - EN - Nathan Gerbe | ||||||
| Ben Bishop ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider ( 35 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
Championship[edit]
(1) Boston University vs. (3) Boston College[edit]
| March 18[14] | Boston University | 2 – 1 | OT | Boston College | TD Banknorth Garden | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | 03:24 - Mike Brennan | ||||||
| John McCarthy - 14:30 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brandon Yip - GW - 14:22 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Curry ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | Cory Schneider ( 37 saves / 39 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards[edit]
All-Tournament Team[edit]
- F Brian Boyle (Boston College)
- F Jacob Micflikier (New Hampshire)
- F David Van der Gulik* (Boston University)
- D Peter Harold (Boston College)
- D Dan Spang (Boston University)
- G Cory Schneider (Boston College)
References[edit]
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- ^ "Hockey East men's Hockey 2005-06 Week 24". USCHO.com. March 11, 2006. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
- ^ "Hockey East men's Hockey 2005-06 Week 25". USCHO.com. March 11, 2006. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
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- ^ "Maine 4, Massachusetts-Lowell 3". USCHO.com. March 10, 2006. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
- ^ "Maine 4, Massachusetts-Lowell 3". USCHO.com. March 11, 2006. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
- ^ "Boston College 3, Vermont 2". USCHO.com. March 9, 2006. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
- ^ "Boston College 6, Vermont 2". USCHO.com. March 10, 2006. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
- ^ "New Hampshire 4, Providence 0". USCHO.com. March 9, 2006. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
- ^ "New Hampshire 2, Providence 1". USCHO.com. March 10, 2006. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
- ^ "Boston University 9, New Hampshire 2". USCHO.com. March 17, 2006. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
- ^ "Boston College 4, Maine 1". USCHO.com. March 17, 2006. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
- ^ "Boston University 2, Boston College 1". USCHO.com. March 18, 2006. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
- ^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.