The Hockey East All-Tournament Team is an honor bestowed at the conclusion of the

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Division I

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conference tournament to the players judged to have performed the best during the championship. Currently the team is composed of three forwards, two

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and one

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with additional players named in the event of a tie. Voting for the honor is conducted by the

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of each member team once the tournament has completed and any player regardless of their team's finish is eligible. The All-Tournament Team began being awarded after the first championship in

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and has been named every year since, excluding 2020 as the tournament was cancelled due to the

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. There have been 21 players named to the All-Tournament team despite their school not playing in the Championship game. Two teams failed to have a player named to the All-Tournament team despite playing in the Championship game, Vermont in 2008 and UMass Lowell in 2015. Both were the runner-up schools.

All-Tournament Teams

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

All-Tournament Team players by school

Multiple appearances

References

External links

Hockey East
{{Hockey East College ice hockey trophies and awards in the United States