2017-18 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Season

This is the 2017-18 Hockey East Men's Hockey Season. This is the conference's 34th season of play

Membership changes

• The Notre Dame Fighting Irish left the conference after the 2016-17 season and join the Big Ten Conference as an associate member for men's ice hockey starting with the 2017-18 season.

Membership

Institution	City	Nickname	Arena
Boston College	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	Eagles	Conte Forum (Kelley Rink)
Boston University	Boston, Massachusetts	Terriers	Agganis Arena
University of Connecticut	Storrs, Connecticut	Huskies	XL Center
University of Maine	Orono, Maine	Black Bears	Alfond Sports Arena
University of Massachusetts Amherst	Amherst, Massachusetts	Minutemen	Mullins Center
University of Massachusetts Lowell	Lowell, Massachusetts	River Hawks	Tsongas Arena
Merrimack College	North Andover, Massachusetts	Warriors	Volpe Complex (J. Thom Lawlor Arena)
University of New Hampshire	Durham, New Hampshire	Wildcats	Whittemore Center Arena
Northeastern University	Boston, Massachusetts	Huskies	Matthews Arena
Providence College	Providence, Rhode Island	Friars	Schneider Arena
University of Vermont	Burlington, Vermont	Catamounts	Gutterson Fieldhouse
Conference Tournament	Boston, Massachusetts	---	TD Garden

Standings

Hockey East								Overall Record
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Boston College Eagles	24	18	6	0	79	53	36	37	20	14	3	108	99
Northeastern Huskies	24	15	6	3	79	49	33	38	23	10	5	136	81
Providence Friars	24	13	7	4	70	50	30	40	24	12	4	117	85
Boston University Terriers	24	12	8	4	72	60	28	40	22	14	4	124	105
Connecticut Huskies	24	11	12	1	70	62	23	36	15	19	2	100	102
Maine Black Bears	24	10	11	3	65	74	23	38	18	16	4	117	115
UMass-Lowell River Hawks	24	11	13	0	68	75	22	36	17	19	0	101	99
UMass Minutemen	24	9	13	2	60	74	20	39	17	20	2	104	119
Vermont Catamounts	24	6	12	6	51	75	18	37	10	20	7	79	112
Merrimack Warriors	24	7	15	2	51	70	16	37	12	21	4	83	105
New Hampshire Wildcats	24	5	14	5	48	71	15	36	10	20	6	88	104

Lamorello Trophy Conference Tournament

On September 26, 2017 the conference announced that they would be returning to the format last used in 2014 with all 11 teams qualifying. The top five seeds earning byes to the quarterfinals the weekend of March 2-4, 2018. The sixth seed host the eleventh seed the seventh seed host the tenth seed, and the eighth seed host the ninth seed in the beast of three preliminary round. The preliminary round winners are reseeded and will play the top three seeds and the fourth seed plays the fifth seed in the best of three quarterfinals held the weekend of March 9-11, 2018. The quarterfinal winners advance to the single elimination semifinals March 16, 2018 at the TD Garden. The semifinal winners advance to the final on March 17, 2018 also at the TD Garden. The tournament winner earns the Lamorello Trophy and the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Opening Round

• Maine Black Bears defeated New Hampshire Wildcats 2 games to none
• Merrimack Warriors defeated UMass-Lowell River Hawks 2 games to none
• UMass Minutemen defeated Vermont Catamounts 2 games to 1

Quarterfinals

• Boston College Eagles defeated Merrimack Warriors 2 games to none
• Northeastern Huskies defeated UMass Minutemen 2 games to none
• Providence Friars defeated Maine Black Bears 2 games to none
• Boston University Terriers defeated Connecticut Huskies 2 games to none

Semifinals

• Boston University Terriers defeated Boston College Eagles 4-3 (ot)
• Providence Friars defeated Northeastern Huskies 3-2 (ot)

Final

• Boston University Terriers defeated Providence Friars 2-0

2018 Hockey East Men's Champions Boston University Terriers