The 2001 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 17th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 8 and March 17, 2001. 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, Boston College received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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 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 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

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
#1 Boston College†*241752361035743338217598
#7 Maine241275297062392012711695
#11 Providence2413832976714022135131108
#14 New Hampshire241185276147392112612286
Massachusetts–Lowell24101132367663819163124104
Boston University2491232166773714203109118
Northeastern2471341858733613194102122
Merrimack247143176086381420492121
Massachusetts24715216538134822478123
Championship: Boston College
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Quarterfinals[2]
March 8–11
Semifinals[3]
March 16
Championship
March 17
           
1 Boston College 1 5
8 Merrimack 0 1
1 Boston College 5
5 Massachusetts-Lowell 1
2 Maine 2 6
7 Northeastern 1 3
1 Boston College 5
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Providence 3
3 Providence 6 1 4**
6 Boston University 3 2 3
2 Maine 3
3 Providence 4
4 New Hampshire 4 1 1
5 Massachusetts-Lowell 2 2 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston College vs. (8) Merrimack

March 9[4] Boston College 1 – 0 Merrimack Conte Forum Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Kobasew, Orpik) Tony Voce - GW - 01:16 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Scott Clemmensen ( 23 saves / 23 shots ) Goalie stats Tom Welby ( 31 saves / 32 shots )
March 10[5] Boston College 5 – 1 Merrimack Conte Forum Recap  
(Dolinar, Forrest) Mike Lephart - SH - 05:48 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 04:46 - Nick Parillo (Johnson, Aquino)
Tony Voce - GW - 06:11
(Eaves, Giuliano) Brian Gionta - 07:48
Brian Gionta - 13:44
(Hennes, Peterson) A.J. Walker - 19:58
Third period No scoring
Scott Clemmensen ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats Joe Exter ( 43 saves / 48 shots )
Boston College won series 2–0

(2) Maine vs. (7) Northeastern

March 8[6] Maine 2 – 1 Northeastern Alfond Arena Recap  
(Heisten, Richardson) Matthias Trattnig - PP - 19:45 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Schutte, Metcalf) Martin Kariya - GW - 13:26 Third period 04:30 - Joe Mastronardi (Ortlip)
Matt Yeats ( 28 saves / 29 shots ) Goalie stats Mike Gilhooly ( 23 saves / 25 shots )
March 9[7] Maine 6 – 3 Northeastern Alfond Arena Recap  
(Richardson, Heisten) Niko Dimitrakos - 01:56
(Kariya, Janik) Niko Dimitrakos - PP - 19:53
First period No scoring
(Schutte, Kariya) Matthias Trattnig - 09:37
(Richardson, Dimitrakos) Chris Heisten - GW - 15:05
Second period 14:39 - John Peterman (Fahey, Mastronardi)
16:05 - Eric Ortlip (Jozefowicz)
(Heisten, Janik) Niko Dimitrakos - PP - 09:37
(Trattnig) Martin Kariya - EN - 19:43
Third period 19:01 - EA - Mike Jozefowicz (Fahey, Mischler)
Matt Yeats ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Mike Gilhooly ( 16 saves / 21 shots )
Maine won series 2–0

(3) Providence vs. (6) Boston University

March 9[8] Providence 6 – 3 Boston University Schneider Arena Recap  
(Wright, Omicioli) Jon DiSalvatore - 07:40
(Kelly, Leach) Devin Rask - PP - 09:03
(Platt, Sunderman) Stephen Wood - 09:35
First period 10:49 - PP - Mike Pandolfo (Bussoli, Dyment)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Weiman, Sunderman) J.J. Picinic - GW - 07:05
(Lee, Sunderman) J.J. Picinic - 10:52
(Fregoe, Leach) Devin Rask - 15:48
Third period 13:31 - Mike Pandolfo (Meyer)
16:19 - Dan Cavanaugh (Cronin, Mullen)
Nolan Schaefer ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) Goalie stats Jason Tapp ( 6 saves / 9 shots ) / Sean Fields ( 13 saves / 19 shots )
March 10[9] Providence 1 – 2 Boston University Schneider Arena Recap  
(Platt, DiSalvatore) John Luszcz - 01:42 First period 05:50 - PP - Mike Pandolfo (Sabo, Dyment)
No scoring Second period 07:56 - GW - Freddy Meyer (Johnson, Priem)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Boyd Ballard ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Goalie stats Sean Fields ( 37 saves / 38 shots )
March 11[10] Providence 4 – 3 2OT Boston University Schneider Arena Recap  
(Zingoni, Weiman) Cole Gendreau - 02:49 First period No scoring
(Rask, Kelly) Cody Loughlean - SH - 10:12
(Kelly, Fregoe) Jay Leach - PP - 18:09
Second period 03:20 - SH - Mike Pandolfo (Corazzini)
11:26 - PP - Mike Pandolfo (Cronin, Meyer)
No scoring Third period 04:30 - SH - Mark Mullen
(Kelly, Libby) Marc Sunderman - GW - 16:26 Second overtime period No scoring
Nolan Schaefer ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Sean Fields ( 48 saves / 52 shots )
Providence won series 2–1

(4) New Hampshire vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell

March 8[11] New Hampshire 4 – 2 Massachusetts-Lowell Whittemore Center Recap  
(Hemingway, Gare) Mark White - PP - 16:09 First period 01:57 - Peter Hay (McGrane, Hainsey)
(Truelson, Austin) Darren Haydar - 14:19 Second period 01:57 - Geoff Schomogyi
(Haydar) Matt Swain - GW - 08:26
(Banga, Abbott) Nathan Martz - 12:05
Third period No scoring
Ty Conklin ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats Jimi St. John ( 28 saves / 32 shots )
March 9[12] New Hampshire 1 – 2 Massachusetts-Lowell Whittemore Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Ficek) Johnny Rogers - 02:30 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 14:08 - PP - Ed McGrane (Rouleau, Meunier)
18:33 - GW - Peter Hay (Rooney)
Ty Conklin ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats Jimi St. John ( 33 saves / 34 shots )
March 10[13] New Hampshire 1 – 2 Massachusetts-Lowell Whittemore Center Recap  
(Martz, Mounsey) Matt Swain - 15:55 First period 16:17 - Jeff Boulanger (Carso, Slonina)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 08:25 - GW - Jeff Boulanger (Slonina, Carso)
Ty Conklin ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) Goalie stats Jimi St. John ( 30 saves / 31 shots )
Massachusetts-Lowell won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Boston College vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell

March 16[14] Boston College 5 – 1 Massachusetts-Lowell Fleet Center Recap  
Chuck Kobasew - 13:18 First period 11:32 - Tom Rouleau (Meunier, Hainsey)
(Scuderi, Orpik) Chuck Kobasew - GW PP - 13:18 Second period No scoring
(Forrest, Allen) Ben Eaves - 00:29
(Kolanos, Lephart) Chuck Kobasew - PP - 03:17
(Eaves, Allen) Brian Gionta - PP - 05:01
Third period No scoring
Scott Clemmensen ( 28 saves / 29 shots ) Goalie stats Jimi St. John ( 30 saves / 35 shots )

(2) Maine vs. (3) Providence

March 16[15] Maine 3 – 4 Providence Fleet Center Recap  
(Wright) Jon DiSalvatore - 08:16 First period 05:24 - Tom Reimann (Lawson, Kerluke)
18:57 - Tom Reimann (Janik, Lawson)
(Kelly) Peter Fregoe - PP - 08:23
(Loughlean, Fregoe) Devin Rask - 18:46
Second period 09:33 - Robert Liscak (Jackson, Lawson)
No scoring Third period 09:33 - GW - Stephen Wood (Libby)
Matt Yeats ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) Goalie stats Nolan Schaefer ( 20 saves / 23 shots )

Championship

(1) Boston College vs. (3) Providence

March 17[16] Boston College 5 – 3 Providence Fleet Center Recap  
(Dolinar, Scuderi) Mike Lephart - SH - 14:34
Tony Voce - 16:22
(Lephart, Orpik) Krys Kolanos - 19:21
First period 02:29 - Drew Omicioli (Zingoni)
(Forrest, Kolanos) Tony Voce - GW PP - 06:23 Second period 06:51 - Michael Lucci (Omicioli)
13:08 - Adam Lee (Picinic, Sunderman)
(Eaves, Giuliano) Brian Gionta - 11:54 Third period No scoring
Scott Clemmensen ( 12 saves / 15 shots ) Goalie stats Nolan Schaefer ( 42 saves / 47 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)

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