2021–22 Hockey East men's season

2021–22 Hockey East men's season
2021–22 Hockey East men's season
Season	2021–22
Conference	Hockey East
Division	Division I
Sport	men's ice hockey
Duration	October 2, 2021–; March 5, 2022
Number of teams	11
Regular Season
Season champions	Northeastern
Top scorer	Bobby Trivigno
Hockey East Tournament
NCAA Tournament
	Hockey East men's seasons; « 2020–21 2022–23 »

The 2021–22 Hockey East men's ice hockey season is the 38th season of play for Hockey East and will take place during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The regular season is set to begin on October 2, 2021 and conclude on March 5, 2022.^[1] The conference tournament is scheduled to begin in mid March, 2022.

Standings

2021–22 Hockey East Standings v t e
	Conference record										Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SOW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#12 Northeastern †	24	15	8	1	1	1	1	47	68	46	39	25	13	1	99	68
#10 Massachusetts *	24	14	8	2	2	3	1	46	77	54	37	22	13	2	117	88
#13 Massachusetts Lowell	24	15	8	1	1	0	1	46	62	48	35	21	11	3	102	74
#19 Connecticut	24	14	10	0	2	1	0	41	73	61	36	20	16	0	109	89
Boston University	24	13	8	3	3	2	0	41	69	58	35	19	13	3	107	89
Merrimack	24	13	11	0	1	3	0	41	70	70	35	19	15	1	109	99
#20 Providence	24	12	11	1	1	1	1	38	61	52	38	22	14	2	118	82
Boston College	24	9	12	3	0	1	1	32	67	77	38	15	18	5	114	123
New Hampshire	24	8	15	1	2	2	0	25	47	71	34	14	19	1	76	95
Vermont	24	6	16	2	3	1	2	20	41	72	35	8	25	2	59	101
Maine	24	5	17	2	2	3	1	19	54	80	33	7	22	4	74	111
Championship: March 19, 2022 † indicates regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Coaches

Ben Barr became the 8th head coach for Maine one month after the sudden death of his predecessor, Red Gendron.^[2]^[3]

Jerry Keefe was promoted to head coach after Jim Madigan became the athletic director for Northeastern.^[4]

Records

Team	Head coach	Season at school	Record at school	Hockey East record
Boston College	Jerry York	28	641–329–81	379–197–70
Boston University	Albie O'Connell	4	39–36–13	32–21–9
Connecticut	Mike Cavanaugh	9	103–135–33	46–61–16
Maine	Ben Barr	1	0–0–0	0–0–0
Massachusetts	Greg Carvel	6	94–75–10	56–51–9
Massachusetts Lowell	Norm Bazin	11	215–119–33	123–79–28
Merrimack	Scott Borek	4	21–57–8	16–43–8
New Hampshire	Michael Souza	4	33–44–16	22–35–12
Northeastern	Jerry Keefe	1	0–0–0	0–0–0
Providence	Nate Leaman	11	203–122–49	122–80–33
Vermont	Todd Woodcroft	2	1–10–2	1–9–2

Ranking

USCHO

Team	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Boston College	7	6	6	10	9	14	16	19	19	20	NR	20	18	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Boston University	10	10	12	16	19	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	19	20	17	13	14	16
Connecticut	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	20	19	NR	NR
Maine	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Massachusetts	1	7	9	9	12	12	8	8	13	14	12	12	10	14	14	9	10	9	10	10	9	12
Massachusetts Lowell	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	19	20	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	10	14	14	13	16	16	16	14
Merrimack	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	19	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
New Hampshire	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Northeastern	NR	18	18	20	20	NR	17	18	18	16	13	13	11	11	12	15	16	15	13	15	13	11
Providence	12	11	10	12	8	7	12	12	14	13	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	17	19	19	19	20
Vermont	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

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USA Today

Team	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Boston College	8	8	7	10	13	15	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Boston University	10	10	15	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	14	14	NR
Connecticut	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Maine	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Massachusetts	1	6	9	9	10	12	9	8	13	14	12	12	9	14	12	8	9	9	9	10	9	12
Massachusetts Lowell	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	15	15	14	12	12	9	14	15	13	NR	NR	NR	14
Merrimack	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
New Hampshire	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Northeastern	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	13	13	10	9	13	15	NR	NR	14	15	13	11
Providence	14	11	10	14	8	8	13	11	14	13	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Vermont	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

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Pairwise

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Boston College	14	1	19	29	30	31	26	26	26	26	23	18	22	30	30	32	33	36	33	32	27
Boston University	14	19	32	30	38	49	44	39	43	35	33	33	28	27	27	22	21	18	14	16	16
Connecticut	7	4	30	27	17	13	25	24	23	22	20	22	19	24	28	25	21	19	14	19	20
Maine	14	40	38	50	56	58	58	57	56	58	57	54	52	53	56	54	54	54	52	52	51
Massachusetts	14	17	15	14	14	7	11	12	13	10	9	9	10	7	5	7	6	8	9	10	12
Massachusetts Lowell	10	41	13	18	8	18	15	21	14	13	12	10	9	9	14	12	14	14	16	15	13
Merrimack	14	12	24	22	28	30	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	22	14	17	15	20	20	19	20
New Hampshire	14	25	31	36	32	49	47	46	40	41	41	39	37	31	29	29	30	30	30	30	31
Northeastern	1	6	27	28	31	27	24	25	18	13	13	12	12	15	17	16	17	14	18	14	14
Providence	3	2	11	8	10	17	22	19	16	21	17	16	17	17	14	15	15	17	18	18	18
Vermont	14	31	40	42	50	56	55	56	54	55	55	57	57	59	58	59	58	57	57	58	54

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References

^ "2021-22 Hockey East Men's Composite Schedule". Hockey East. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
^ "Maine Hockey Coach Red Gendron Dies Unexpectedly at 63". NBC Boston. April 10, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
^ "Maine Hires Ben Barr as Head Coach". SB Nation. May 12, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
^ "Northeastern veteran bench boss Madigan promoted to AD; associate coach Keefe to take Huskies' helm". USCHO.com. June 17, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
^ "USA Today Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
^ "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 8, 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] "2021-22 Hockey East Men's Composite Schedule". Hockey East. Retrieved August 31, 2021.

[2] "Maine Hockey Coach Red Gendron Dies Unexpectedly at 63". NBC Boston. April 10, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.

[3] "Maine Hires Ben Barr as Head Coach". SB Nation. May 12, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.

[4] "Northeastern veteran bench boss Madigan promoted to AD; associate coach Keefe to take Huskies' helm". USCHO.com. June 17, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.

[5] "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 8, 2021.

[6] "USA Today Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 8, 2021.

[7] "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 8, 2021.

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Men	Boston College Eagles (Silvio O. Conte Forum) Boston University Terriers (Agganis Arena) Maine Black Bears (Harold Alfond Arena) Merrimack Warriors (J. Thom Lawler Rink) New Hampshire Wildcats (Whittemore Center Arena) Northeastern Huskies (Matthews Arena) Providence Friars (Schneider Arena) UConn Huskies (Toscano Family Ice Forum) UMass Minutemen (William D. Mullins Memorial Center) UMass Lowell River Hawks (Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell) Vermont Catamounts (Gutterson Fieldhouse)
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Women	Boston College Eagles (Silvio O. Conte Forum) Boston University Terriers (Walter Brown Arena) Holy Cross Crusaders (Hart Center at the Luth Athletic Complex) Maine Black Bears (Harold Alfond Arena) Merrimack Warriors (J. Thom Lawler Rink) New Hampshire Wildcats (Whittemore Center) Northeastern Huskies (Matthews Arena) Providence Friars (Schneider Arena) UConn Huskies (Toscano Family Ice Forum) Vermont Catamounts (Gutterson Fieldhouse)
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