2004 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament
| 2004 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 11–20, 2004 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Fleet Center Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Maine (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Tim Whitehead[1] (1st title) |
| MVP | Jimmy Howard (Maine) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2004 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 20th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 11 and March 20, 2004. 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 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. As of 2024, this remains the last time the tournament was won by a school outside of Massachusetts.
Format
[edit]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 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Conference standings
[edit]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 | ||
| #3 Boston College† | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 88 | 45 | 42 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 143 | 81 | |
| #2 Maine* | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 77 | 42 | 44 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 141 | 69 | |
| Massachusetts | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 47 | 63 | 37 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 93 | 99 | |
| #11 New Hampshire | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 82 | 76 | 41 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 138 | 116 | |
| Providence | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 63 | 66 | 37 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 106 | 92 | |
| Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 56 | 65 | 40 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 105 | 116 | |
| Merrimack | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 53 | 79 | 36 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 86 | 110 | |
| Boston University | 24 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 57 | 71 | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 103 | 108 | |
| Northeastern | 24 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 56 | 72 | 34 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 92 | 103 | |
| Championship: Maine † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
[edit]| Quarterfinals[2] March 11–13 | Semifinals[3] March 19 | Championship March 20 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston College | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Boston University | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Boston University | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 2 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Merrimack | 1 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 2*** | ||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Massachusetts | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Massachusetts | 6 | 3 | – | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 3 | 1 | – | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Massachusetts | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | New Hampshire | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | New Hampshire | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Providence | 1 | 4* | 0 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
[edit](1) Boston College vs. (8) Boston University
[edit]| March 11[4] | Boston College | 2 – 3 | Boston University | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 08:57 - PP - Brian McConnell (Redlihs, Mullen) 11:11 - Brad Zancanaro (Radoslovich, Van der Gulik) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:17 - GW - Kenny Roche (Skladany, Laliberte) | ||||||
| (Hennes) Andrew Alberts - 05:40 (Collins) Ben Eaves - EA - 19:20 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 7 saves / 10 shots ) Matti Kaltianen | Goalie stats | Sean Fields ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) | ||||||
| March 12[5] | Boston College | 4 – 0 | Boston University | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| (Forrest, Voce) Ryan Shannon - GW PP - 10:09 (Gionta) Ryan Shannon - 16:51 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Murphy, Hennes) Ned Havern - 13:30 (Eaves) Tony Voce - EN SH - 17:46 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 14 saves / 14 shots ) Matti Kaltianen | Goalie stats | Sean Fields ( 37 saves / 40 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13[6] | Boston College | 2 – 3 | Boston University | Conte Forum | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 08:57 - PP - Brad Zancanaro (Miller, Whitney) | ||||||
| (Forrest) Tony Voce - 05:12 | Second period | 10:21 - Kenny Roche (Laliberte, Skladany) 11:46 - GW - Bryan Miller (Redlihs) 15:15 - Eric Thomassian | ||||||
| (Voce, Eaves) Ben Eaves - PP - 15:25 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 17 saves / 21 shots ) Matti Kaltianen | Goalie stats | Sean Fields ( 35 saves / 37 shots ) | ||||||
| Boston University won series 2–1 | |
(2) Maine vs. (7) Merrimack
[edit]| March 12[7] | Maine | 2 – 1 | Merrimack | Alfond Arena | Recap | |||
| Colin Shields - SH - 07:29 | First period | 08:34 - PP - Tim Reidy (Johnson, Pomponio) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Zabowicz, Mullin) Colin Shields - GW - 13:43 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 14 saves / 15 shots ) Jimmy Howard | Goalie stats | Jim Healey ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13[8] | Maine | 3 – 2 | Merrimack | Alfond Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 17:05 - Brendon Clark (Sullivan, Caron) | ||||||
| (Jackson, Penner) Colin Shields - 13:39 | Second period | 17:05 - PP - Tony Johnson (Schmidt, Gough) | ||||||
| (Murphy) John Ronan - SH - 02:15 (Damon, Lundin) Todd Jackson - GW - 07:43 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 9 saves / 11 shots ) Frank Doyle | Goalie stats | Jim Healey ( 33 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
| Maine won series 2–0 | |
(3) Massachusetts vs. (6) Massachusetts-Lowell
[edit]| March 11[9] | Massachusetts | 6 – 3 | Massachusetts-Lowell | William D. Mullins Memorial Center | Recap | |||
| (Demianiuk) Tim Vitek - 10:54 (Pöck, Demianiuk) Greg Mauldin - 16:37 |
First period | 05:09 - Jason Tejchma (Martin) | ||||||
| (Pöck) Stephen Werner - 03:03 (Werner, Jarman) Mike Warner - GW - 05:48 (Jarman) Thomas Pöck - PP - 11:03 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Pöck, Kuiper) Mike Warner - 13:11 | Third period | 11:30 - Ben Walter (Fletcher, O'Brien) 16:35 - Bobby Robins (Tejchma, Martin) | ||||||
| ( 39 saves / 42 shots ) Tim Warner | Goalie stats | Chris Davidson ( 12 saves / 18 shots ) | ||||||
| March 12[10] | Massachusetts | 3 – 1 | Massachusetts-Lowell | William D. Mullins Memorial Center | Recap | |||
| (Solon, Aduba) Josh Hanson - 10:20 | First period | 10:52 - Matt Collar (Pandolfo, Kinley) | ||||||
| (Solon, Trovato) Dusty Demianiuk - GW - 12:12 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Greg Mauldin - 14:36 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Tim Warner | Goalie stats | John Yaros ( 21 saves / 24 shots ) | ||||||
| Massachusetts won series 2–0 | |
(4) New Hampshire vs. (5) Providence
[edit]| March 11[11] | New Hampshire | 2 – 1 | Providence | Whittemore Center | Recap | |||
| (Saviano, Mounsey) Sean Collins - 07:52 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:31 - PP - Cody Loughlean (Wood, Pemberton) | ||||||
| (Saviano, Aikins) Sean Collins - GW - 07:12 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) Mike Ayers | Goalie stats | Bobby Goepfert ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| March 12[12] | New Hampshire | 3 – 4 | OT | Providence | Whittemore Center | Recap | ||
| (Yandle, Martz) Jacob Micflikier - 09:13 (Aikins, Yandle) Sean Collins - 15:18 |
First period | 09:51 - Chase Watson (Gajda, Goodwin) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:54 - David Carpenter (Robinson, Lundberg) | ||||||
| (Hemingway, Micflikier) Preston Callander - PP - 04:18 | Third period | 07:37 - Torry Gajda (Stamoulis, Watson) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:49 - GW - Colin McDonald (McCreary) | ||||||
| ( 22 saves / 26 shots ) Mike Ayers | Goalie stats | Bobby Goepfert ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| March 13[13] | New Hampshire | 1 – 0 | Providence | Whittemore Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Micflikier, Martz) Preston Callander - GW - 17:22 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 19 shots ) Mike Ayers | Goalie stats | Bobby Goepfert ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| New Hampshire won series 2–1 | |
Semifinals
[edit](2) Maine vs. (8) Boston University
[edit]| March 19[14] | Maine | 1 – 0 | Boston University | Fleet Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Jankus) Mike Hamilton - GW - 07:09 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 21 saves / 21 shots ) Jimmy Howard | Goalie stats | Sean Fields ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
(3) Massachusetts vs. (4) New Hampshire
[edit]| March 19[15] | Massachusetts | 5 – 2 | New Hampshire | Fleet Center | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | 13:41 - Steve Saviano | ||||||
| (Vitek) Greg Mauldin - 10:21 | Second period | 03:30 - Jacob Micflikier (Horst, Mounsey) | ||||||
| (Regan, Jarman) Peter Trovato - 07:20 (Werner, Jarman) Mike Warner - GW - 14:32 (Lang, Vitek) Thomas Pöck - 17:04 (Pöck) Mike Warner - EN - 18:05 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Tim Warner | Goalie stats | Mike Ayers ( 28 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
[edit](2) Maine vs. (3) Massachusetts
[edit]| March 20[16] | Maine | 2 – 1 | 3OT | Massachusetts | Fleet Center | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Léviellé) Dustin Penner - PP - 16:24 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:47 - PP - Greg Mauldin (Degon, Pöck) | ||||||
| (Deschamps, Lyall) Ben Murphy - GW - 09:27 | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 63 saves / 64 shots ) Jimmy Howard | Goalie stats | Gabe Winer ( 59 saves / 61 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
[edit]- F Greg Mauldin (Massachusetts)
- F Colin Shields (Maine)
- F Mike Warner (Massachusetts)
- D Thomas Pöck (Massachusetts)
- D Prestin Ryan (Maine)
- G Jimmy Howard* (Maine)
Tournament Three Stars
[edit]- 3 Dustin Penner (Maine)
- 2 Thomas Pöck (Massachusetts)
- 1 Jimmy Howard (Maine)
References
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