2020 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2020 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was intended to be played between March 13 and March 21, 2020, at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The tournament would have been the 36th in league history. On March 12, 2020, the tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, before any games were played.[1]

2020 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 13–21, 2020
Teams8
Finals siteTD Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
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Format

Continuing the new format re-introduced in the previous year's tournament, eight of the 11 teams qualified for the 2020 Hockey East tournament. The top four teams in the league standings hosted seeds five through eight on campus in the quarterfinals in the first round of the playoffs, while the remaining teams are eliminated from championship contention.

The four quarterfinal winners are reseeded again as they advance to the TD Garden in Boston for the semifinals and Championship Game.[2]

Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#5 Boston College 24176135934834248213671
#9 Massachusetts241482306949342111210767
#12 Massachusetts–Lowell24127529606034181069079
#15 Maine24129327565634181158975
Connecticut24121022671753415154102106
Boston University241095256964341313810398
#19 Northeastern241112123667134181339892
Providence2410113237063341612610278
New Hampshire24912321546934151549197
Merrimack24714317637734922385123
Vermont2421848448334523659100
Championship: March 21, 2020
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the Semifinals

  Quarterfinals[3]
March 13–15		 Semifinals
March 20		 Championship
March 21
                               
  1 Boston College  
8 Providence  
  2 Massachusetts
7 Northeastern    
 
  3 UMass Lowell
6 Boston University
  4 Maine
5 Connecticut  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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References
  1. "Hockey East Men's Tournament Cancelled - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  2. http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/hockey-east-tournament/index.php
  3. "Hockey East Men's Quarterfinal Pairings Set - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
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