2021–22_Hockey_East_men's_ice_hockey_season

2021–22 Hockey East men's season

2021–22 Hockey East men's season

Sports season


The 2021–22 Hockey East men's season was the 38th season of play for Hockey East and took place during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The regular season began on October 2, 2021, and concluded on March 5, 2022.[1] The conference tournament ended on March 19 with Massachusetts winning the championship.

Coaches

Ben Barr became the 8th head coach for Maine one month after the sudden death of his predecessor, Red Gendron.[2][3]

Jerry Keefe was promoted to head coach after Jim Madigan became the athletic director for Northeastern.[4]

Records

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Standings

More information Conference record, Overall record ...

Non-Conference record

Of the sixteen teams that are selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, ten will be via at-large bids. Those 10 teams are determined based upon the PairWise rankings. The rankings take into account all games played but are heavily affected by intra-conference results. The result is that teams from leagues which perform better in non-conference are much more likely to receive at-large bids even if they possess inferior records overall.

Hockey East produced a good record during their non-conference schedule, however, the teams did not receive much of a benefit from those victories. The bulk of the leagues games were played against Atlantic Hockey and ECAC Hockey, the two weakest conferences this season. Despite finishing 20 games above .500 against those two combined, the improvement to each team's PairWise rankings was relatively small. The minimal bonus from these games was largely the cause for the conference's low rankings.

Regular season record

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Statistics

Leading scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points[5]

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Leading goaltenders

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

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Conference tournament

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals [6]

Opening Round
March 9
Quarterfinals
March 12
Semifinals
March 18
Championship
March 19
1 Northeastern 3
6 Merrimack 6 8 Boston College 2
11 Maine 2 1 Northeastern 1
4 Connecticut 4
2 Massachusetts 4
7 Providence 2
4 Connecticut 1
2 Massachusetts 2*
3 Massachusetts Lowell 7
7 Providence 2 6 Merrimack 2
10 Vermont 1 2 Massachusetts 3
3 Massachusetts Lowell 1
4 Connecticut 3
8 Boston College 4* 5 Boston University 1
9 New Hampshire 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

NCAA tournament

Regional semifinal

Northeast Regional

March 25, 2022
12:00 PM
(1) Western Michigan2 – 1 (OT)
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
(4) NortheasternDCU Center
Attendance: 6,002
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March 25, 2022
6:00 PM
(2) Minnesota4 – 3 (OT)
(1–2, 1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
(3) MassachusettsDCU Center
Attendance: 6,002
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West Regional

March 24, 2022
7:00 PM
(1) Denver3 – 2
(1–1, 0–0, 2–1)
(4) Massachusetts LowellBudweiser Events Center
Attendance: 3,138
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Ranking

USCHO

More information Team, Pre ...

[7]

USA Today

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[8]

Pairwise

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Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.[9]

Awards

NCAA

Hockey East

Conference tournament

More information William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player, All-Tournament Team ...

2022 NHL Entry Draft

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† incoming freshman [13]


References

  1. "2021-22 Hockey East Men's Composite Schedule". Hockey East. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  2. "Maine Hockey Coach Red Gendron Dies Unexpectedly at 63". NBC Boston. April 10, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  3. "Maine Hires Ben Barr as Head Coach". SB Nation. May 12, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  4. "Hockey East 2021-22 Conference Scoring Leaders". Hockey East. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  5. "2022 Hockey East Men's Tournament Field Set". hockeyeastonline.com. March 6, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  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. "Hockey East Names 2021-22 Men's All-Star Teams". Hockey East. March 11, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  10. "Hockey East Names Men's Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team". Hockey East. March 9, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.

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