The 2012 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 8 and March 17, 2012 at campus locations and at the

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in Boston, Massachusetts. The

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won their eleventh Hockey East Tournament and earned the

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's automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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

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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 A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season standings

''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against''

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime periods

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston College vs. (8) Massachusetts

(2) Massachusetts-Lowell vs. (7) Providence

(3) Boston University vs. (6) New Hampshire

(4) Maine vs. (5) Merrimack

Semifinals

(1) Boston College vs. (7) Providence

(3) Boston University vs. (4) Maine

Championship

(1) Boston College vs. (4) Maine

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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(Boston University) *F

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(Maine) *F

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* (Boston College) *D

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(Boston College) *D Will O'Neill (Maine) *G Parker Milner (Boston College) * Tournament MVP(s)

References

External links

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