The 2005

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Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 21st

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in the history of the conference. It was played between March 10 and March 19, 2005. 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

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. By winning the tournament Boston College received the

's automatic bid to the

2005 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 2005 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 25, 2005, and ended with the championsh ...

Format

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

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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

Conference standings

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

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston College vs. (8) Massachusetts

(2) Boston University vs. (7) Providence

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Northeastern

(4) Maine vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell

Semifinals

(1) Boston College vs. (4) Maine

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

Championship

(1) Boston College vs. (3) New Hampshire

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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* (Boston College) *F Preston Callander (New Hampshire) *F

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(New Hampshire) *D Andrew Alberts (Boston College) *D Brian Yandle (New Hampshire) *G

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(Boston College) * Tournament MVP(s)

Tournament Three Stars

*3 Preston Callander (New Hampshire) *2

(Boston College) *1

(Boston College)

References

External links

Hockey East Online
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