2000 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2000 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 16th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 9 and March 18, 2000. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament, Maine received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finishes ninth in the conference is 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 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings

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
#6 Boston University 24 15 3 6 36 85 69 42 25 10 7 150 118
#11 New Hampshire 24 13 5 6 32 75 68 38 23 9 6 122 105
#2 Boston College 24 15 8 1 31 91 50 42 29 12 1 165 92
#3 Maine* 24 13 7 4 30 88 67 40 27 8 5 151 106
Providence 24 10 13 1 21 65 79 38 18 18 2 114 122
Northeastern 24 8 11 5 21 67 76 36 12 19 5 95 118
Merrimack 24 6 12 6 18 58 81 36 11 19 6 87 115
Massachusetts 24 5 15 4 14 50 71 36 11 20 5 86 106
Massachusetts–Lowell 24 5 16 3 13 60 78 34 9 22 3 99 112
Championship: Maine
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

  Quarterfinals[2]
March 9–11
Semifinals[3]
March 17
Championship
March 18
                               
  1  Boston University 4 5 1  Boston University 2  
8  Massachusetts 2 2 4  Maine 4  
  2  New Hampshire 5 3*
7  Merrimack 2 2     4  Maine 2
  3  Boston College 1
  3  Boston College 8 3
6  Northeastern 4 2
  4  Maine 5 5* 2  New Hampshire 1
5  Providence 3 4 3  Boston College 2  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston University vs. (8) Massachusetts

Boston University won series 2–0

(2) New Hampshire vs. (7) Merrimack

New Hampshire won series 2–0

(3) Boston College vs. (6) Northeastern

Boston College won series 2–0

(4) Maine vs. (5) Providence

Maine won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Boston University vs. (4) Maine

(2) New Hampshire vs. (3) Boston College

Championship

(3) Boston College vs. (4) Maine

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[15]

* Tournament MVP(s)

References

  1. "Maine Men's Team History". Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  2. "Hockey East men's Hockey 1999-00 Week 24". USCHO.com. 2000-03-11. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  3. "Hockey East men's Hockey 1999-00 Week 25". USCHO.com. 2000-03-18. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  4. "Boston University 4, Massachusetts 2". USCHO.com. 2000-03-10. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  5. "Boston University 5, Massachusetts 2". USCHO.com. 2000-03-11. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  6. "New Hampshire 5, Merrimack 2". USCHO.com. 2000-03-09. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  7. "New Hampshire 3, Merrimack 2". USCHO.com. 2000-03-10. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  8. "Boston College 8, Northeastern 4". USCHO.com. 2000-03-10. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  9. "Boston College 3, Northeastern 2". USCHO.com. 2000-03-11. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  10. "Maine 5, Providence 3". USCHO.com. 2000-03-09. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  11. "Maine 5, Providence 4". USCHO.com. 2000-03-10. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  12. "New Hampshire 6, Providence 2". USCHO.com. 2000-03-17. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  13. "Boston College 2, New Hampshire 1". USCHO.com. 2000-03-17. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  14. "Maine 2, Boston College 1". USCHO.com. 2000-03-18. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  15. "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.

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