The 2005 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 21st Tournament 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 Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament Boston College received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 2005 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 2005 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
#7 Boston College†*24143735784740267713079
#12 Boston University2415543476544123144111101
#8 New Hampshire2415543490594226115166114
#11 Maine241365317547402013712479
Massachusetts–Lowell2411103257666362012412096
Northeastern24101042466583815185100106
Providence246144165473371221485108
Massachusetts246162144896381323286134
Merrimack24122134110436826285146
Championship: Boston College
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Quarterfinals[2]
March 10–13
Semifinals[3]
March 18
Championship
March 19
           
1 Boston College 3* 5
8 Massachusetts 2 1
1 Boston College 2**
4 Maine 1
2 Boston University 1 2 2
7 Providence 4 0 0
1 Boston College 3
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 New Hampshire 1
3 New Hampshire 6 4
6 Northeastern 1 0
2 Boston University 2
3 New Hampshire 5
4 Maine 7 5
5 Massachusetts-Lowell 2 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston College vs. (8) Massachusetts

March 11[4] Boston College 3 – 2 OT Massachusetts Conte Forum Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Spina) Patrick Eaves - 18:23 Second period 02:02 - Obi Aduba (Solon, Jarman)
04:19 - P. J. Fenton (Burto, Degon)
(Eaves, Spina) Brian Boyle - PP - 02:52 Third period No scoring
(Harrold) Stephen Gionta - GW - 10:32 First overtime period No scoring
( 20 saves / 22 shots ) Matti Kaltianen Goalie stats Gabe Winer ( 39 saves / 42 shots )
March 12[5] Boston College 5 – 1 Massachusetts Conte Forum Recap  
(Boyle, Eaves) Ryan Shannon - PP - 14:18
(Shannon, Alberts) Patrick Eaves - GW SH - 16:31
First period 00:42 - Matt Burto
(Eaves, Shannon) Joe Rooney - PP - 04:45 Second period No scoring
(Rooney, Gionta) Ryan Murphy - 08:20
(Boyle, Alberts) Joe Rooney - PP - 11:08
Third period No scoring
( 16 saves / 17 shots ) Cory Schneider Goalie stats Gabe Winer ( 21 saves / 26 shots ) / Tim Warner ( 2 saves / 2 shots )
Boston College won series 2–0

(2) Boston University vs. (7) Providence

March 11[6] Boston University 1 – 4 Providence Agganis Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 06:35 - Chris Chaput (Gajda, Mason)
06:35 - GW - Jon Rheault (Bastarche, McDonald)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Spang) Ryan Monaghan - EA - 18:53 Third period 18:10 - Jon Rheault
19:51 - EN - Chris Chaput
( 16 saves / 19 shots ) John Curry Goalie stats Tyler Sims ( 51 saves / 52 shots )
March 12[7] Boston University 2 – 0 Providence Agganis Arena Recap  
(MacArthur) Chris Bourque - GW - 02:03 First period No scoring
(MacArthur, Bourque) Ryan Weston - 17:45 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 20 saves / 20 shots ) John Curry Goalie stats Tyler Sims ( 24 saves / 26 shots )
March 13[8] Boston University 2 – 0 Providence Agganis Arena Recap  
(Van der Gulik, Zancanaro) John Laliberte - GW - 12:36 First period No scoring
(McConnell, Roche) Brian Ewing - PP - 10:49 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 22 saves / 22 shots ) John Curry Goalie stats Tyler Sims ( 24 saves / 26 shots )
Boston University won series 2–1

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Northeastern

March 10[9] New Hampshire 6 – 1 Northeastern Whittemore Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 05:34 - Steve Sanders (Esner, Blaine)
(Hemingway, Collins) Preston Callander - PP - 03:51
(Callander, Yandle) Brett Hemingway - GW PP - 09:43
(Collins, Callander) Brian Yandle - PP - 13:59
(Switzer) Brett Hemingway - 18:10
Second period No scoring
(Hemingway, Callander) Sean Collins - 09:29
(Barker) Jacob Micflikier - 13:03
Third period No scoring
( 23 saves / 24 shots ) Kevin Regan Goalie stats Keni Gibson ( 34 saves / 39 shots ) / Adam Geragosian ( 3 saves / 4 shots )
March 11[10] New Hampshire 4 – 0 Northeastern Whittemore Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Winnik, Micflikier) Justin Aikins - GW - 04:28
(Collins) Preston Callander - 04:43
(Micflikier, Winnik) Justin Aikins - 09:05
Second period No scoring
(Ciocco, Radja) Matt Fornataro - 04:37 Third period No scoring
( 29 saves / 29 shots ) Jeff Pietrasiak Goalie stats Keni Gibson ( 26 saves / 30 shots )
New Hampshire won series 2–0

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

March 11[11] Maine 7 – 2 Massachusetts-Lowell Whittemore Center Recap  
(Jankus) John Ronan - 01:09
(Lundin, Ramsey) Derek Damon - PP - 13:40
(Tyler, Hopson) Michel Léveillé - GW PP - 18:46
First period No scoring
(Ronan, Léveillé) Bret Tyler - PP - 5:24
(Hamilton) Keith Johnson - 17:00
(Tyler, Shepheard) Greg Moore - PP - 19:51
Second period No scoring
(Bellamy, Hopson) Keith Johnson - 10:21 Third period 15:41 - Cleve Kinley (Godoy, Pandolfo)
16:12 - Brian Bova (Fletcher)
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Jimmy Howard / ( 0 saves / 1 shots ) Matt Lundin Goalie stats John Yaros ( 23 saves / 29 shots ) / Chris Davidson ( 7 saves / 8 shots )
March 12[12] Maine 5 – 1 Massachusetts-Lowell Whittemore Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Tyler, Hopson) Josh Soares - PP - 03:07
(Hopson, Moore) Michel Léveillé - GW PP - 14:30
Second period No scoring
(Hamilton, Johnson) Derek Damon - 08:14
(Hopson, Bellamy) Billy Ryan - 14:47
(Deschamps) Rob Bellamy - EN - 16:52
Third period 10:40 - PP - Andrew Martin (Kinley, O'Brien)
( 21 saves / 22 shots ) Jimmy Howard / ( 0 saves / 0 shots ) Matt Lundin Goalie stats Peter Vetri ( 33 saves / 37 shots )
Maine won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Boston College vs. (4) Maine

March 18[13] Boston College 2 – 1 2OT Maine Fleet Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Gannon, Rooney) Brian Boyle - PP - 06:39 Second period 06:51 - Josh Soares (Léveillé)
No scoring Third period No scoring
(O'Hanley, Bertram) Andrew Alberts - GW - 07:09 Second overtime period No scoring
( 39 saves / 40 shots ) Cory Schneider Goalie stats Jimmy Howard ( 36 saves / 38 shots )

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

March 18[14] Boston University 2 – 5 New Hampshire Fleet Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 14:38 - PP - Preston Callander (Fornatero, Winnik)
No scoring Second period 05:46 - PP - Daniel Winnik (Barker)
06:46 - GW SH - Preston Callander (Collins, Teplitsky)
08:22 - PP - Brian Yandle (Collins, Teplitsky)
(Ewing) Pete MacArthur - PP - 02:09
(Ewing, Schaeffer) Bran McConnell - PP - 16:01
Third period 14:04 - Daniel Winnik (Switzer)
( 22 saves / 27 shots ) John Curry Goalie stats Kevin Regan ( 19 saves / 21 shots )

Championship

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

March 19[15] Boston College 3 – 1 New Hampshire Fleet Center Recap  
Brian Boyle - 13:59 First period No scoring
(Shannon, Rooney) Brian Boyle - GW PP - 16:02 Second period 03:19 - PP - Preston Callander (Collins, Barker)
(Shannon, Alberts) Chris Collins - 17:33 Third period No scoring
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Cory Schneider Goalie stats Jeff Pietrasiak ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)

[16]

Tournament Three Stars

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