List of Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament champions

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TD Garden (formerly the FleetCenter) has hosted the Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament since 1996.

Hockey East is an NCAA Division I ice hockey-only conference based in Wakefield, Massachusetts, that was formed in 1984 after five Eastern College Athletic Conference teams decided to create their own league over scheduling concerns. At the end of each regular season, it holds the Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament to determine its conference champion. Since 1988, the winner of the conference tournament has been awarded the Lamoriello Trophy, named after the first commissioner of Hockey East, Lou Lamoriello.

The tournament was first hosted at the Providence Civic Centre (now called the Amica Mutual Pavilion) in Providence, Rhode Island, with Providence winning the inaugural tournament. Boston College has won the most Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments with eleven and has the most championship game appearances with sixteen. Jerry York has coached nine championship teams and has the most championship game appearances with eleven. Shawn Walsh has made the most consecutive championship appearances with seven (1987–1993).

The TD Garden (formerly the FleetCenter) has hosted the tournament since 1996. The Boston Garden hosted the tournament seven times, while the Providence Civic Center and Kelley Rink each hosted the tournament twice. In 2021, the Mullins Center served as host for the championship game, as all tournament games were held on campus locations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Massachusetts earned the right to host the title game as the higher seed of the two semifinal winners.

2016 was the first Championship in which at least one of the "Big 4" schools (Boston College, Boston University, Maine and New Hampshire) did not play in the title game.

Champions[edit]

Year Winning team Coach Losing team Coach Score Location Venue Reference
1985 Providence Friars Steve Stirling Boston College Eagles Len Ceglarski 2–1 (2OT) Providence, Rhode Island Providence Civic Center
1986 Boston University Terriers Jack Parker Boston College Eagles 9–4
1987 Boston College Eagles Len Ceglarski Maine Black Bears Shawn Walsh 4–2 Boston Boston Garden
1988 Northeastern Huskies Fernie Flaman Maine Black Bears 4–3 Boston Garden
1989 Maine Black Bears Shawn Walsh Boston College Eagles Len Ceglarski 5–4 Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Kelley Rink
1990 Boston College Eagles Len Ceglarski Maine Black Bears Shawn Walsh 4–3 Kelley Rink
1991 Boston University Terriers Jack Parker Maine Black Bears 4–3 (OT) Boston Boston Garden
1992 Maine Black Bears Shawn Walsh New Hampshire Wildcats Dick Umile 4–1
1993 Maine Black Bears Boston University Terriers Jack Parker 5–2
1994 Boston University Terriers Jack Parker Massachusetts–Lowell Chiefs Bruce Crowder 3–2
1995 Boston University Terriers Providence Friars Paul Pooley 3–2
1996 Providence Friars Paul Pooley Maine Black Bears Greg Cronin 3–2 FleetCenter
1997 Boston University Terriers Jack Parker New Hampshire Wildcats Dick Umile 4–2 FleetCenter
1998 Boston College Eagles Jerry York Maine Black Bears Shawn Walsh 3–2 FleetCenter
1999 Boston College Eagles New Hampshire Wildcats Dick Umile 5–4 (OT) FleetCenter
2000 Maine Black Bears Shawn Walsh Boston College Eagles Jerry York 2–1 FleetCenter
2001 Boston College Eagles Jerry York Providence Friars Paul Pooley 5–3 FleetCenter
2002 New Hampshire Wildcats Dick Umile Maine Black Bears Tim Whitehead 3–1 FleetCenter
2003 New Hampshire Wildcats Boston University Terriers Jack Parker 1–0 (OT) FleetCenter
2004 Maine Black Bears Tim Whitehead Massachusetts Minutemen Don Cahoon 2–1 (3OT) FleetCenter
2005 Boston College Eagles Jerry York New Hampshire Wildcats Dick Umile 3–1 FleetCenter
2006 Boston University Terriers Jack Parker Boston College Eagles Jerry York 2–1 (OT) TD Banknorth Garden
2007 Boston College Eagles Jerry York New Hampshire Wildcats Dick Umile 5–2 TD Banknorth Garden
2008 Boston College Eagles Vermont Catamounts Kevin Sneddon 4–0 TD Banknorth Garden
2009 Boston University Terriers Jack Parker Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks Blaise MacDonald 1-0 TD Banknorth Garden
2010 Boston College Eagles Jerry York Maine Black Bears Tim Whitehead 7–6 (OT) TD Garden
2011 Boston College Eagles Merrimack Warriors Mark Dennehy 5–3
2012 Boston College Eagles Maine Black Bears Tim Whitehead 4–1
2013 Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks Norm Bazin Boston University Terriers Jack Parker 1–0
2014 Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks New Hampshire Wildcats Dick Umile 4–0
2015 Boston University Terriers David Quinn Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks Norm Bazin 5–3
2016 Northeastern Huskies Jim Madigan Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks 3–2 [1]
2017 Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks Norm Bazin Boston College Eagles Jerry York 4–3 [2]
2018 Boston University Terriers David Quinn Providence Friars Nate Leaman 2–0
2019 Northeastern Huskies Jim Madigan Boston College Eagles Jerry York 3–2
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic [3]
2021 Massachusetts Minutemen Greg Carvel Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks Norm Bazin 1–0 Amherst, Massachusetts Mullins Center
2022 Massachusetts Minutemen Connecticut Huskies Mike Cavanaugh 2–1 (OT) Boston TD Garden
2023 Boston University Terriers Jay Pandolfo Merrimack Warriors Scott Borek 3–2 (OT)
2024 Boston College Eagles Greg Brown Boston University Terriers Jay Pandolfo 6–2


Championships by School[edit]

School Championships Appearances Winning Percentage
Boston College 12 19 63%
Boston University 10 14 71%
Maine 5 14 36%
UMass Lowell 3 8 38%
Northeastern 3 3 100%
New Hampshire 2 8 25%
Providence 2 5 40%
Massachusetts 2 3 66%
Merrimack 0 2 0%
Vermont 0 1 0%
Connecticut 0 1 0%

Performance by team[edit]

The code in each cell represents the furthest the team made it in the respective tournament:

  •  –  Team not in Hockey East
  •  FR  Preliminary / First round (2 teams in 1995, 4 teams in 2021, 8 teams from 2015 to 2015, 6 teams in 2014, 2018 and from 2022 onward.)
  •  QF  Quarterfinals (6 teams from 1985 to 1986, 4 teams from 1987 to 1989, 8 teams afterwards)
  •  SF  Semifinals
  •  F  Finals
  •  CH  Champion

Note: the 2020 tournament was cancelled prior to the start of the quarterfinal round.
Note: Merrimack was forced to withdraw from the 2021 due to a positive COVID-19 test.

School # QF SF F CH 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Boston College 39 38 26 18 11 F F CH QF F CH QF SF QF QF FR QF SF CH CH F CH QF SF QF CH F CH CH SF CH CH CH SF QF QF SF F SF F QF SF QF QF
Boston University 39 38 26 13 10 SF CH QF QF QF SF CH QF F CH CH SF CH QF QF SF QF SF F SF SF CH SF SF CH SF QF SF F FR CH QF SF CH SF QF QF QF CH
Maine 37 31 19 14 5 QF QF F F CH F F CH CH QF SF F F SF CH SF F QF CH SF SF QF QF F QF F QF QF FR FR FR QF QF QF FR FR FR
Massachusetts Lowell 35 34 21 8 3 SF SF SF SF QF QF QF SF F SF SF SF SF QF SF SF QF QF QF QF QF F QF QF CH CH F F CH FR QF QF F SF SF
Northeastern 32 31 11 3 3 QF QF SF CH SF QF SF QF QF SF QF QF QF QF QF QF QF QF QF QF SF SF QF FR CH QF SF CH QF QF SF QF
New Hampshire 36 32 17 8 2 QF QF QF SF QF F SF SF QF QF F QF F SF QF CH CH SF F SF F SF QF QF SF QF QF F SF FR QF FR QF QF FR FR
Providence 36 36 17 5 2 CH SF QF SF SF QF SF SF QF QF F CH QF QF SF QF F QF QF QF QF QF QF QF SF SF SF QF SF QF F QF QF SF QF SF
Massachusetts 25 20 6 3 2 QF QF QF QF QF SF F QF QF SF QF QF QF QF QF FR FR FR FR QF SF QF CH CH FR
Merrimack 25 23 3 2 0 QF QF QF QF QF QF QF SF QF QF QF QF QF QF QF F QF QF FR QF QF FR QF QF F
Vermont 15 12 3 1 0 QF QF F QF SF QF QF QF SF QF QF FR FR FR QF
Connecticut 8 5 1 1 0 FR FR FR QF QF QF F QF
Notre Dame 4 4 2 0 0 SF QF QF SF
School # QF SF F CH 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

References[edit]

General
  • "All-time tournament results". Hockey East. Archived from the original on 2009-04-22. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  • "Hockey East Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
Specific

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