2009 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 13–21, 2009
Teams	8
Finals site	TD Banknorth Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	Boston University (7th title)
Winning coach	Jack Parker (7th title)
MVP	Kieran Millan (Boston University)
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The 2009 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 13 and March 21, 2009 at campus locations and at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Boston University won their seventh Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and the Lamoriello Trophy and received Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The teams that finish below eighth in the conference are 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 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2008–09 Hockey East standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 Boston University†*	27	18	5	4	40	103	54		45	35	6	4	177	91
#11 Northeastern	27	18	6	3	39	78	59		41	25	12	4	121	91
#6 New Hampshire	27	15	8	4	32	80	78		38	20	13	5	116	112
#3 Vermont	27	15	8	4	32	78	69		39	22	12	5	121	102
Massachusetts–Lowell	27	14	11	2	30	84	66		38	20	16	2	112	86
Boston College	27	11	11	5	27	81	77		37	18	14	5	112	105
Massachusetts	27	10	14	3	23	77	75		39	16	20	3	112	103
Maine	27	7	17	3	17	52	82		39	13	22	4	86	110
Merrimack	27	5	19	3	13	57	80		34	9	21	4	72	89
Providence	27	4	18	5	13	56	106		34	7	22	5	77	133
Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

	Quarterfinals March 13–15							Semifinals March 20					Championship March 21
	1	Boston University	2	3	6
	8	Maine	1	6	2
								1	Boston University	3
								6	Boston College	2
	2	Northeastern	1	4	3*
	7	Massachusetts	2	1	2
													1	Boston University	1
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
													5	Massachusetts-Lowell	0
	3	New Hampshire	3	0	—
	6	Boston College	5	1	—
								2	Northeastern	2
								5	Massachusetts-Lowell	3*
	4	Vermont	3	2	—
	5	Massachusetts-Lowell	4*	4	—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

March 13	Boston University		2 – 1		Maine	Agganis Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			19:37 - pp - Tanner House
Kevin Shattenkirk - 10:59		Second period			No scoring
Colby Cohen - pp - 17:04		Third period			No scoring
Kieran Millan ( 20 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats			Scott Darling ( 23 saves / 25 shots )

March 14	Boston University		3 – 6		Maine	Agganis Arena	Recap
Brandon Yip - 03:40 Luke Popko - 05:23 John McCarthy - sh - 11:41		First period			00:42 - Christopher Hahn 12:07 - pp - Gustav Nyquist 12:38 - Keif Orsini
No scoring		Second period			10:11 - pp - Spencer Abbott
No scoring		Third period			06:16 -pp - Gustav Nyquist 11:04 - pp - Robby Dee
Kieran Millan ( 20 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			Scott Darling ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

March 15	Boston University		6 – 2		Maine	Agganis Arena	Recap
Colby Cohen - 00:58 Brandon Yip - 16:05 Joe Pereira - 16:34		First period			14:19 - pp - Spencer Abbott
Corey Trivino - 09:13 Zach Cohen - 11:24 Nick Bonino - 15:04		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			17:20 - Gustav Nyquist
Kieran Millan ( 24 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			Scott Darling ( 20 saves / 26 shots ) Josh Seeley ( 2 saves / 2 shots )

Boston University won series 2–1

March 13	Northeastern		1 – 2		Massachusetts	Matthews Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Wade MacLeod - sh - 04:51		Third period			08:20 - Matthew Irwin 12:30 - Chris Davis
Brad Thiessen ( 23 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			Paul Dainton ( 26 saves / 27 shots )

March 14	Northeastern		4 – 1		Massachusetts	Matthews Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Kyle Kraemer - 04:13 Steve Quailer - 15:20		Second period			No scoring
Alex Tuckerman - pp - 14:10 Greg Costa - en - 19:11		Third period			05:20 - pp - Matthew Irwin
Brad Thiessen ( 32 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			Paul Dainton ( 22 saves / 25 shots )

March 15	Northeastern		3 – 2	OT	Massachusetts	Matthews Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Alex Tuckerman - pp - 10:51 Ryan Ginand - 11:29		Second period			02:06 - pp - James Marcou
Alex Tuckerman - 10:26		Third period			19:25 - Matthew Irwin
Brad Thiessen ( 35 saves / 37 shots )		Goalie stats			Paul Dainton ( 36 saves / 39 shots )

Northeastern won series 2–1

March 13	New Hampshire		3 – 5		Boston College	Whittemore Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			12:45 - pp - Brock Bradford 15:38 - Andrew Orpik
James van Riemsdyk - sh - 11:48 Bobby Butler - sh - 16:41		Second period			05:06 - sh - Jimmy Hayes 10:48 - Tim Kunes 14:42 - Brock Bradford
James van Riemsdyk - 02:52		Third period			No scoring
Brian Foster ( 24 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats			John Muse ( 35 saves / 38 shots )

March 14	New Hampshire		0 – 1		Boston College	Whittemore Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			06:12 - Matt Price
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Brian Foster ( 22 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			John Muse ( 31 saves / 31 shots )

Boston College won series 2–0

March 13	Vermont		3 – 4	OT	Massachusetts-Lowell	Gutterson Fieldhouse	Recap
Peter Lenes - 18:19		First period			No scoring
Dean Strong - 02:21		Second period			13:00 - Michael Scheu
Dan Lawson - 04:16		Third period			13:41 - pp - David Vallorani 19:30 - Nick Schaus
No scoring		First overtime period			19:58 - Maury Edwards
Rob Madore ( 24 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Carter Hutton ( 27 saves / 30 shots )

March 14	Vermont		2 – 4		Massachusetts-Lowell	Gutterson Fieldhouse	Recap
Viktor Stalberg - pp - 00:59		First period			08:12 - pp - Chris Auger
No scoring		Second period			15:03 - Mike Potacco
Justin Milo - 10:40		Third period			10:29 - pp - Scott Campbell 19:12 - en - Scott Campbell
Rob Madore ( 18 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats			Nevin Hamilton ( 22 saves / 24 shots )

Massachusetts-Lowell won series 2–0

March 20	Boston University		3 – 2		Boston College	TD Banknorth Garden	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			17:50 - Ben Smith
Zach Cohen - 11:01 Brian Strait - 11:22 Colin Wilson - 11:45		Third period			14:18 - Joe Whitney
Kieran Millan ( 17 saves / 18 shots )		Goalie stats			John Muse ( 18 saves / 21 shots )

March 20	Northeastern		2 – 3	OT	Massachusetts-Lowell	TD Banknorth Garden	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Kyle Kraemer - pp - 08:44 Rob Rassey - 09:09		Second period			18:44 - Ryan Blair
No scoring		Third period			19:40 - pp - Scott Campbell
No scoring		First overtime period			03:00 - Chris Auger
Brad Thiessen ( 41 saves / 44 shots )		Goalie stats			Carter Hutton ( 25 saves / 27 shots )

March 21	Boston University		1 – 0		Massachusetts-Lowell	TD Banknorth Garden	Recap
Brandon Yip - 18:38		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Kieran Millan ( 32 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats			Nevin Hamilton ( 31 saves / 32 shots )

• F Scott Campbell (Massachusetts-Lowell)
• F John McCarthy (Boston University)
• F Colin Wilson (Boston University)
• D Maury Edwards (Massachusetts-Lowell)
• D Matt Gilroy (Boston University)
• G Kieran Millan* (Boston University)

* Tournament MVP(s)

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