2021–22 Hockey East men's season

2021–22 Hockey East men's season
Season2021–22
ConferenceHockey East
DivisionDivision I
Sportmen's ice hockey
DurationOctober 2, 2021–
March 25, 2022
Number of teams11
2022 NHL Entry Draft
Top draft pickJack Hughes
Picked byLos Angeles Kings
Regular Season
Season championsNortheastern
Season MVPBobby Trivigno
Top scorerBobby Trivigno
Hockey East tournament
Tournament championsMassachusetts
  Runners-upConnecticut
Tournament MVPBobby Trivigno
Top scorerBobby Trivigno
NCAA tournament
Bids3
Record0–3
Best FinishRegional semifinal
Team(s)Massachusetts
Massachusetts Lowell
Northeastern
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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

Team Head coach Season at school Record at school Hockey East record
Boston College Jerry York 28 641–329–81 379–197–70
Boston University Albie O'Connell 4 39–36–13 32–21–9
Connecticut Mike Cavanaugh 9 103–135–33 46–61–16
Maine Ben Barr 1 0–0–0 0–0–0
Massachusetts Greg Carvel 6 94–75–10 56–51–9
Massachusetts Lowell Norm Bazin 11 215–119–33 123–79–28
Merrimack Scott Borek 4 21–57–8 16–43–8
New Hampshire Michael Souza 4 33–44–16 22–35–12
Northeastern Jerry Keefe 1 0–0–0 0–0–0
Providence Nate Leaman 11 203–122–49 122–80–33
Vermont Todd Woodcroft 2 1–10–2 1–9–2

Standings

2021–22 Hockey East Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#12 Northeastern † 24 15 8 1 1 1 1 47 68 46 39 25 13 1 99 68
#10 Massachusetts * 24 14 8 2 2 3 1 46 77 54 37 22 13 2 117 88
#13 Massachusetts Lowell 24 15 8 1 1 0 1 46 62 48 35 21 11 3 102 74
#19 Connecticut 24 14 10 0 2 1 0 41 73 61 36 20 16 0 109 89
Boston University 24 13 8 3 3 2 0 41 69 58 35 19 13 3 107 89
Merrimack 24 13 11 0 1 3 0 41 70 70 35 19 15 1 109 99
#20 Providence 24 12 11 1 1 1 1 38 61 52 38 22 14 2 118 82
Boston College 24 9 12 3 0 1 1 32 67 77 38 15 18 5 114 123
New Hampshire 24 8 15 1 2 2 0 25 47 71 34 14 19 1 76 95
Vermont 24 6 16 2 3 1 2 20 41 72 35 8 25 2 59 101
Maine 24 5 17 2 2 3 1 19 54 80 33 7 22 4 74 111
Championship: March 19, 2022
† indicates regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

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

Team Atlantic Hockey Big Ten CCHA ECAC Hockey Independent NCHC Total
Boston College 2–1–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 2–1–2 0–0–0 1–1–0 5–4–2
Boston University 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 2–1–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 5–4–0
Connecticut 1–1–0 0–2–0 0–0–0 3–2–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 4–5–0
Maine 0–1–1 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–1 1–1–0 0–2–0 2–4–2
Massachusetts 2–0–0 0–2–0 0–2–0 0–0–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 4–4–0
Massachusetts Lowell 0–0–0 1–0–1 0–0–0 2–0–0 2–1–1 0–0–0 5–1–2
Merrimack 3–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 2–2–1 0–0–0 0–0–0 5–2–1
New Hampshire 2–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 4–1–0 0–2–0 0–0–0 6–3–0
Northeastern 1–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 3–1–0 2–1–0 1–0–0 7–2–0
Providence 3–0–0 0–0–1 1–1–0 4–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 9–2–1
Vermont 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–6–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 2–8–0
Overall 15–5–1 1–5–2 1–5–0 24–14–4 9–6–1 3–4–0 53–39–8

Statistics

Leading scorers

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

Player Class Team GP G A Pts
Bobby Trivigno Senior Massachusetts 24 14 18 32
Ryan Tverberg Sophomore Connecticut 24 11 15 26
Aidan McDonough Junior Northeastern 24 16 9 25
Scott Morrow Freshman Massachusetts 24 11 12 23
Max Newton Senior Merrimack 24 5 18 23
Wilmer Skoog Junior Boston University 24 14 8 22
Brett Berard Sophomore Providence 24 7 15 22
Jáchym Kondelík Senior Connecticut 24 7 15 22
Ryan Ufko Freshman Massachusetts 24 3 19 22
Liam Walsh Senior Merrimack 24 7 13 20
Steven Jandric Senior Merrimack 24 7 13 20

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

Player Class Team GP Min W L T GA SO SV% GAA
Devon Levi Sophomore Northeastern 19 1095 12 6 2 30 5 .951 1.64
Owen Savory Senior Massachusetts Lowell 21 1256 15 5 1 39 5 .931 1.81
Jaxson Stauber Junior Providence 24 1425 12 11 1 49 3 .921 2.06
Hugo Ollas Freshman Merrimack 11 569 6 3 0 20 1 .927 2.11
Matt Murray Graduate Massachusetts 24 1400 14 7 2 51 3 .920 2.19

Conference tournament

Main article: 2022 Hockey East men's ice hockey 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

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey 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
Game reference
Brandon BussiGoaliesDevon LeviReferees:
Brendan Blanchard
Chris Leavitt
Linesmen:
Brendan Lewis
Matt Terreri
(Worrad, Frank) Cole Gallant (9) – 14:011–0
1–156:40 – Aidan McDonough (25) (Colangelo)
(unassisted) Luke Grainger (9) – GW – 61:332–1
2 minPenalties6 min
36Shots31
March 25, 2022
6:00 PM		(2) Minnesota4 – 3 (OT)
(1–2, 1–1, 1–0, 1–0)		(3) MassachusettsDCU Center
Attendance: 6,002
Game reference
Justen CloseGoaliesMatt MurrayReferees:
Ryan Hersey
Nick Krebsbach
Linesmen:
John Grandt
Tyler Liffrig
0–114:09 – EA – Reed Lebster (8) (Kiefiuk, Ufko)
0–215:05 – PP – Garrett Wait (13) (Ufko, Trivigno)
(Meyers, Knies) Ryan Johnson (3) – 18:021–2
1–321:24 – Reed Lebster (9) (Kiefiuk, Del Gaizo)
(Nelson, Pitlick) Tristan Broz (6) – 37:092–3
(unassisted) Matthew Knies (13) – PP – 53:173–3
(Huglen, Nelson) Ben Meyers (17) – GW – 68:314–3
2 minPenalties4 min
24Shots23

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
Game reference
Magnus ChronaGoaliesOwen SavoryReferees:
Tony Czech
Kenny Anderson
Linesmen:
Sam Shikowsky
Nicholas Bradshaw
0–109:42 – Lucas Condotta (10) (Stefanson, Korencik)
(Lee, Tuomisto) Brett Stapley (16) – 18:361–1
(Benning) Carter Savoie (21) – 49:262–1
2–254:21 – Connor Sodergren (7) (McDonald, Crasa)
(Mazur) Cameron Wright (21) – GW – 57:033–2
19 minPenalties10 min
28Shots18

Ranking

Main article: 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

USCHO

Team Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Final
Boston College 7 6 6 10 9 14 16 19 19 20 NR 20 18 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Boston University 10 10 12 16 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 19 20 17 13 14 16 18 NR NR
Connecticut NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 20 19 NR NR 19 19 19
Maine NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Massachusetts 1 7 9 9 12 12 8 8 13 14 12 12 10 14 14 9 10 9 10 10 9 12 11 10 10
Massachusetts Lowell NR NR NR NR NR 19 20 15 15 15 15 15 12 12 10 14 14 13 16 16 16 14 13 13 12
Merrimack NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
New Hampshire NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Northeastern NR 18 18 20 20 NR 17 18 18 16 13 13 11 11 12 15 16 15 13 15 13 11 10 12 13
Providence 12 11 10 12 8 7 12 12 14 13 16 16 16 17 18 17 17 17 19 19 19 20 20 20 20
Vermont NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

[7]

USA Today

Team Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Final
Boston College 8 8 7 10 13 15 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Boston University 10 10 15 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 14 14 NR NR NR NR NR
Connecticut NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Maine NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Massachusetts 1 6 9 9 10 12 9 8 13 14 12 12 9 14 12 8 9 9 9 10 9 12 12 9 10 10
Massachusetts Lowell NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 15 15 14 12 12 9 14 15 13 NR NR NR 14 13 13 12 13
Merrimack NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
New Hampshire NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Northeastern NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 13 13 10 9 13 15 NR NR 14 15 13 11 11 12 13 12
Providence 14 11 10 14 8 8 13 11 14 13 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Vermont NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

[8]

Pairwise

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Final
Boston College 14 1 19 29 30 31 26 26 26 26 23 18 22 30 30 32 33 36 33 32 27 28 27
Boston University 14 19 32 30 38 49 44 39 43 35 33 33 28 27 27 22 21 18 14 16 16 18 17
Connecticut 7 4 30 27 17 13 25 24 23 22 20 22 19 24 28 25 21 19 14 19 20 19 20
Maine 14 40 38 50 56 58 58 57 56 58 57 54 52 53 56 54 54 54 52 52 51 51 51
Massachusetts 14 17 15 14 14 7 11 12 13 10 9 9 10 7 5 7 6 8 9 10 12 11 11
Massachusetts Lowell 10 41 13 18 8 18 15 21 14 13 12 10 9 9 14 12 14 14 16 15 13 13 13
Merrimack 14 12 24 22 28 30 27 27 27 28 28 28 28 22 14 17 15 20 20 19 20 20 22
New Hampshire 14 25 31 36 32 49 47 46 40 41 41 39 37 31 29 29 30 30 30 30 31 33 33
Northeastern 1 6 27 28 31 27 24 25 18 13 13 12 12 15 17 16 17 14 18 14 14 14 14
Providence 3 2 11 8 10 17 22 19 16 21 17 16 17 17 14 15 15 17 18 18 18 17 17
Vermont 14 31 40 42 50 56 55 56 54 55 55 57 57 59 58 59 58 57 57 58 54 55 55

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

Award Recipient
Tim Taylor Award Devon Levi, Northeastern
Mike Richter Award Devon Levi, Northeastern
AHCA All-American Teams[10]
East First Team Position Team
Devon Levi G Northeastern
Scott Morrow D Massachusetts
Aidan McDonough F Northeastern
Bobby Trivigno F Massachusetts
East Second Team Position Team
Jordan Harris D Northeastern
Jack McBain F Boston College
Ryan Tverberg F Connecticut

Hockey East

Award Recipient
Player of the Year Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts
Best Defensive Forward Jáchym Kondelík, Connecticut
Best Defensive Defenseman Jordan Harris, Northeastern
Rookie of the Year Devon Levi, Northeastern
Goaltending Champion Devon Levi, Northeastern
Len Ceglarski Sportmanship Award Jackson Pierson, New Hampshire
Three Stars Award Devon Levi, Northeastern
Scoring Champion Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts
Charlie Holt Team Sportsmanship Award Massachusetts
Bob Kullen Award (Coach of the Year) Jerry Keefe, Northeastern
All-Hockey East Teams[11][12]
First Team   Position   Second Team
Devon Levi, Northeastern G Owen Savory, Massachusetts Lowell
Jordan Harris, Northeastern D Declan Carlile, Merrimack
Scott Morrow, Massachusetts D Domenick Fensore, Boston University
Aidan McDonough, Northeastern F Jáchym Kondelík, Connecticut
Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts F Jack McBain, Boston College
Ryan Tverberg, Connecticut F Wilmer Skoog, Boston University
Third Team   Position   Rookie Team
Matt Murray, Massachusetts G Devon Levi, Northeastern
Max Crozier, Providence D Ty Gallagher, Boston University
Matthew Kessel, Massachusetts D Scott Morrow, Massachusetts
Jack St. Ivany, Boston College D Ryan Ufko, Massachusetts
D David Breazeale, Maine
Brett Berard, Providence F Matt Crasa, Massachusetts Lowell
Carl Berglund, Massachusetts Lowell F Justin Hryckowian, Northeastern
Andre Lee, Massachusetts Lowell F Jack Hughes, Northeastern

Conference tournament

William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player
Bobby Trivigno Massachusetts
All-Tournament Team
Player Pos Team
Matt Murray G Massachusetts
John Spetz D Connecticut
Colin Felix D Massachusetts
Vladislav Firstov F Connecticut
Garrett Wait F Massachusetts
Bobby Trivigno F Massachusetts

2022 NHL Entry Draft

Main article: 2022 NHL Entry Draft
Round Pick Player College NHL team
1 5 Cutter Gauthier† Boston College Philadelphia Flyers
2 34 Cameron Lund† Northeastern San Jose Sharks
2 51 Jack Hughes Northeastern Los Angeles Kings
2 57 Ryan Greene† Boston University Chicago Blackhawks
2 62 Lane Hutson† Boston University Montreal Canadiens
3 69 Devin Kaplan† Boston University Philadelphia Flyers
4 103 Kenny Connors† Massachusetts Los Angeles Kings
4 114 Cole O'Hara† Massachusetts Nashville Predators
4 126 Charles Leddy† Boston College New Jersey Devils
4 128 Cameron Whitehead† Northeastern Vegas Golden Knights
5 133 Alex Bump† Vermont Philadelphia Flyers
5 143 Cameron O'Neill† Massachusetts Ottawa Senators
6 165 Hunter McDonald† Northeastern Philadelphia Flyers
6 170 Jake Richard† Connecticut Buffalo Sabres
6 172 Joey Muldowney† Connecticut San Jose Sharks
6 176 Jackson Dorrington† Northeastern Vancouver Canucks
6 189 Tyler Muszelik† New Hampshire Florida Panthers
6 193 Chris Romaine† Providence Colorado Avalanche
7 195 Eli Barnett† Vermont San Jose Sharks
7 203 James Fisher† Northeastern Columbus Blue Jackets
7 206 Tyson Dyck† Massachusetts Ottawa Senators
7 222 Joel Maatta Vermont Edmonton Oilers

† incoming freshman [13]

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