2022–23 Hockey East men's season

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2022–23 Hockey East men's season
Season2022–23
ConferenceHockey East
DivisionDivision I
Sportmen's ice hockey
DurationOctober 1, 2022–
April 6, 2023
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)ESPN+, NESN
NHL Entry Draft
Top draft pickMatthew Wood
Picked byNashville Predators
Regular Season
Season championsBoston University
Season MVPDevon Levi
Top scorerLane Hutson
Hockey East tournament
Tournament championsBoston University
  Runners-upMerrimack
Tournament MVPLane Hutson
NCAA tournament
Bids2
Record2–2
Best FinishNational Semifinal
Team(s)Boston University
Hockey East men's seasons
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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.[1]

Coaches[edit]

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.[2] 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.[3] Pandolfo is a BU alum who helped the program win the national championship in 1995. This is his first head coaching job.

Records[edit]

Team Head coach Season at school Record at school Hockey East record
Boston College Greg Brown 1 0–0–0 0–0–0
Boston University Jay Pandolfo 1 0–0–0 0–0–0
Connecticut Mike Cavanaugh 10 123–151–33 60–71–16
Maine Ben Barr 2 7–22–4 5–17–2
Massachusetts Greg Carvel 7 116–88–12 70–59–11
Massachusetts Lowell Norm Bazin 12 236–130–36 138–87–29
Merrimack Scott Borek 5 40–72–9 29–54–8
New Hampshire Michael Souza 5 47–53–17 30–50–13
Northeastern Jerry Keefe 2 25–13–1 15–8–1
Providence Nate Leaman 12 225–136–51 134–91–34
Vermont Todd Woodcroft 3 9–35–4 7–25–4

Standings[edit]

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#4 Boston University †* 24 18 6 0 2 2 0 54 99 62 40 29 11 0 154 106
#14 Merrimack 24 16 8 0 2 4 0 50 72 52 38 23 14 1 106 89
#16 Northeastern 24 14 7 3 0 2 2 49 78 45 35 17 13 5 107 82
Connecticut 24 13 9 2 4 2 2 41 78 71 35 20 12 3 113 96
Massachusetts Lowell 24 11 10 3 2 2 3 39 56 54 36 18 15 3 89 82
Maine 24 9 11 4 1 1 1 32 62 65 36 15 16 5 92 94
Providence 24 9 9 6 3 0 2 32 64 60 37 16 14 7 103 87
Boston College 24 8 11 5 0 0 1 30 70 73 36 14 16 6 104 104
Massachusetts 24 7 14 3 1 3 2 28 55 80 35 13 17 5 94 103
New Hampshire 24 6 15 3 2 2 2 23 44 76 35 11 20 3 74 105
Vermont 24 5 16 3 2 1 1 18 36 76 36 11 20 5 69 103
Championship: March 18, 2023
† indicates regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Statistics[edit]

Leading scorers[edit]

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points[4]

Player Class Team GP G A Pts
Lane Hutson Freshman Boston University 24 9 25 34
Alex Jefferies Junior Merrimack 24 13 17 30
Matt Brown Senior Boston University 23 10 20 30
Justin Hryckowian Sophomore Northeastern 24 14 15 29
Aidan McDonough Senior Northeastern 23 14 15 29
Lynden Breen Junior Maine 24 14 12 26
Cutter Gauthier Freshman Boston College 23 12 13 25
Wilmer Skoog Senior Boston University 24 10 13 23
Matthew Wood Freshman Connecticut 24 8 15 23
Ryan Tverberg Junior Connecticut 24 13 9 22
Nikita Nesterenko Junior Boston College 24 7 15 22
Gunnarwolfe Fontaine Junior Northeastern 24 6 16 22

Leading goaltenders[edit]

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
Devon Levi Junior Northeastern 23 1393:01 14 6 3 42 6 .947 1.81
Henry Welsch Junior Massachusetts Lowell 12 577:05 5 4 1 18 2 .928 1.87
Hugo Ollas Sophomore Merrimack 14 782:35 8 4 0 26 3 .929 1.99
Gustavs Dāvis Grigals Graduate Massachusetts Lowell 15 859:47 6 6 2 32 1 .918 2.23
Victor Östman Junior Maine 24 1374:08 9 9 4 53 2 .915 2.31

Conference tournament[edit]

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals

Opening Round[5]
March 8
Quarterfinals
March 11
Semifinals
March 17
Championship
March 18
1 Boston University 7
6 Maine 2 11 Vermont 3
11 Vermont 4 1 Boston University 2*
7 Providence 1
2 Merrimack 1**
8 Boston College 0
1 Boston University 3*
2 Merrimack 2
3 Northeastern 1
7 Providence 2* 7 Providence 2*
10 New Hampshire 1 2 Merrimack 2**
5 Massachusetts Lowell 1
4 Connecticut 1
8 Boston College 5 5 Massachusetts Lowell 2
9 Massachusetts 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

NCAA tournament[edit]

Regional semifinal[edit]

Northeast Regional[edit]

March 24, 2023
5:30 PM
(1) Quinnipiac5 – 0
(0–0, 2–0, 3–0)
(4) MerrimackTotal Mortgage Arena
Attendance: 4,462
Game reference
Yaniv PeretsGoaliesZachary BorgielReferees:
Ryan Hersey
Joe Sullivan
Linesmen:
John Grandt
Tyler Liffrig
(Lee, McGee) Joey Cipollone (7) – GW – 21:561–0
(Lipkin, Graf) Jacob Quillan (15) – 23:292–0
(Metsa, Friedmann) Michael Lombardi (5) – 46:283–0
(Lipkin) Jacob Quillan (16) – 54:414–0
(de Jong, Johnson) Sam Lipkin (13) – EN – 58:315–0
4 minPenalties6 min
35Shots15

East Regional[edit]

March 23, 2023
2:00 PM
(2) Boston University5 – 1
(1–0, 3–1, 1–0)
(3) Western MichiganSNHU Arena
Attendance: 3,631
Game reference
Drew CommessoGoaliesCameron RoweReferees:
Scott Roth
Mike Forys
Linesmen:
Nathan Voll
Tyler Landman
(O'Brien, Phillips) Lane Hutson (15) – 15:241–0
(Fensore) Quinn Hutson (15) – GW – 28:532–0
(Phillips) Matt Brown (16) – 30:203–0
3–132:24 – Jason Polin (30) (McAllister, Washe)
(Wilmer) Wilmer Skoog (15) – 37:164–1
(unassisted) Ethan Phillips (3) – EN – 57:345–1
8 minPenalties8 min
28Shots25

Regional finals[edit]

East Regional[edit]

March 25, 2023
4:00 PM
(2) Boston University2 – 1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)
(4) CornellSNHU Arena
Attendance: 7,143
Game reference
Drew CommessoGoaliesIan ShaneReferees:
Colin Kronforst
Jonathon Sitarski
Linesmen:
Pat Richardson
Sam Shikowsky
(Wilmer) Wilmer Skoog (16) – 22:131–0
(Brown) Ethan Phillips (4) – GW – 47:262–0
2–159:32 – Dalton Bancroft (9) (Mitchell, Seger)
6 minPenalties6 min
21Shots14

National semifinals[edit]

April 6, 2023
5:00 PM
(W1) Minnesota6–2
(2–1, 0–1, 4–0)
(E2) Boston UniversityAmalie Arena
Attendance: 19,119
Game reference
Justen CloseGoaliesDrew CommessoReferees:
Cameron Lynch
Chris Pitoscia
Linesmen:
Ryan Knapp
Stepen Drain
0–110:38 – Sam Stevens (Fensore, Armstrong)
(Cooley, Nelson) Mike Koster PP – 15:091–1
(Huglen) Rhett Pitlick – PP – 15:592–1
2–228:06 – PPJay O'Brien (Fensore, Brown)
(Koster, Brodzinski) Luke Mittelstadt – PP, GW – 41:403–2
(Chesley, Huglen) Luke Mittelstadt – 43:294–2
(unassisted) Logan CooleyEN – 57:195–2
(Knies, Faber) Logan Cooley – EN – 58:176–2
6 minPenalties14 min
34Shots31

Ranking[edit]

USCHO[edit]

Team Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Final
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 - 4
Connecticut NR - 20 17 14 10 8 7 7 6 8 8 10 - 9 11 13 12 14 13 14 16 17 19 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
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 - NR
Merrimack NR - NR NR NR NR NR 19 15 13 12 11 6 - 8 10 11 16 15 19 20 17 16 14 14 14 - 14
New 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 - 16
Providence 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

[6]

USA Today[edit]

Team Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Final
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 4
Connecticut 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 14
New 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 16
Providence 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

[7]

Pairwise[edit]

Team 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Final
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 5
Connecticut 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 13
New 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.[8]

Awards[edit]

NCAA[edit]

Award Recipient
Mike Richter Award Devon Levi, Northeastern
AHCA East All-American First Team[9]
Player Position Team
Devon Levi G Northeastern
Lane Hutson D Boston University
Aidan McDonough F Northeastern
AHCA East All-American Second Team
Matt Brown F Boston University
Alex Jefferies F Merrimack

Hockey East[edit]

Award Recipient[10]
Player of the Year Devon Levi, Northeastern
Best Defensive Forward Justin Hryckowian, Northeastern
Best Defensive Defenseman Hunter McDonald, Northeastern
Rookie of the Year Lane Hutson, Boston University
Goaltending Champion Devon Levi, Northeastern
Len Ceglarski Sportmanship Award Hudson Schandor, Connecticut
Three Stars Award Lane Hutson, Boston University
Scoring Champion Lane Hutson, Boston University
Charlie Holt Team Sportsmanship Award New Hampshire
Bob Kullen Award (Coach of the Year) Jay Pandolfo, Boston University
All-Hockey East Teams[11][12]
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[edit]

William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player
Lane Hutson Boston University
All-Tournament Team
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[edit]

Round Pick Player College NHL team
1 4 William 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 [13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2021-22 Hockey East Men's Composite Schedule". Hockey East. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "Greg Brown Named Head Coach of Boston College Men's Hockey". Boston College Athletics. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  3. ^ "Pandolfo Named Head Coach of BU Men's Ice Hockey Program". Boston University Athletics. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  4. ^ "HOCKEY EAST 2022-23 CONFERENCE SCORING LEADERS". Hockey East. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  5. ^ "Playoff Seedings Set for 38th Hockey East Men's Tournament - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  6. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  7. ^ "USA Today Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  8. ^ "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  9. ^ "Two Northeastern players repeat as first-team All-Americans". USCHO.com. April 7, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  10. ^ "DEVON LEVI NAMED HOCKEY EAST PLAYER OF THE YEAR". Hockey East. March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  11. ^ "HOCKEY EAST NAMES 2022-23 MEN'S ALL-STAR TEAMS". Hockey East. March 10, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  12. ^ "HOCKEY EAST NAMES 2022-23 PRO AMBITIONS ALL-ROOKIE TEAM". Hockey East. March 8, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  13. ^ "NCAA player rankings, selections in 2023 NHL Draft". USCHO.com. Retrieved July 9, 2022.

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