Hockey East Association (HEA)
Hockey East Association logo
Established	1984
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I
Members	11 (12 in 2013)
Sports fielded	Ice hockey (men's: 10 teams (11 in 2013); women's: 8 teams)
Region	New England Midwest (one school beginning 2013)
Headquarters	Wakefield, Massachusetts
Commissioner	Joe Bertagna
Website	http://www.hockeyeastonline.com
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The Hockey East Association, also known by the short name of Hockey East, is a NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey conference which operates in New England. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference.^[1]

Hockey East came into existence in 1984 for men's hockey when most of its current members split apart from what is today known as ECAC Hockey.^[2] It largely sought to emulate the Big East Conference, which had grown quickly since its creation a few years earlier. The women's league began play in 2002.^[3][4]

On October 5, 2011, the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish (a Big East member outside football) announced they would be joining Hockey East as the conference's first non-New England school in 2013 when the CCHA folds.^[5]

Champions[link]

• Boston College
  • 11-time Hockey East men's champions (1987, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)
  • 12-time Hockey East men's regular season champions (1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012)
  • 2-time ECAC men's champions (1965, 1978)
  • 1-time ECAC men's regular season champions (1980)
  • 5-time NCAA men's champions (1949, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2012)
  • 1-time Hockey East women's champions (2011)
• Boston University
  • 7-time Hockey East men's champions (1986, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2006, 2009)
  • 8-time Hockey East men's regular season champions (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2009)
  • 5-time ECAC men's champions (1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977)
  • 6-time ECAC men's regular season champions (1965, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1979)
  • 5-time NCAA men's champions (1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009)
  • 2-time Hockey East women's champions (2010, 2012)
• University of Connecticut (women only; men compete in Atlantic Hockey)
• University of Maine
  • 5-time Hockey East men's champions (1989, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004)
  • 3-time Hockey East men's regular season champions (1988, 1993, 1995)
  • 2-time NCAA men's champions (1993, 1999)
• University of Massachusetts Amherst (men only)
  • 1-time NCAA Division II men's champions (1972)
• University of Massachusetts Lowell (men only)
  • 3-time NCAA Division II men's champions (1979, 1981, 1982)
• Merrimack College (men only)
  • 1-time NCAA Division II men's champions (1978)
• University of New Hampshire
  • 2-time Hockey East men's champions (2002, 2003)
  • 8-time Hockey East men's regular season champions (1992, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010)
  • 4-time Hockey East women's champions (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
  • 6-time Hockey East women's regular season champions (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
  • 1-time ECAC men's champions (1979)
  • 1-time ECAC men's regular season champions (1974)
  • 5-time ECAC women's champions (1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1996)
  • 2-time men's national runner-up (1999, 2003)
  • 1-time women's national champions (1998) *crowned by AWCHA, pre-dated NCAA Women's Frozen Four)
• Northeastern University
  • 1-time Hockey East men's champions (1988)
  • 1-time ECAC men's champions (1982)
  • 3-time ECAC women's champions (1988, 1989, 1997)
  • 1-time Frozen Four 3rd place (1982)
• Providence College
  • 2-time Hockey East men's champions (1985, 1996)
  • 3-time Hockey East women's champions (2003, 2004, 2005)
  • 2-time Hockey East women's regular season champions (2003, 2005)
  • 2-time ECAC men's champions (1964, 1981)
  • 2-time ECAC men's regular season champions (1964, 1983)
  • 5-time ECAC women's champions (1985, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)
• University of Vermont
  • 1-time ECAC men's regular season champions (1996)
  • Frozen Four Participant (1996, 2009)

Members[link]

There are currently 11 member schools; the men's division of Hockey East has ten members, while the women's division has eight.^[6][7]

Possible expansion[link]

There are also on-going talks that UConn's mens' hockey team may join Hockey East in the future with its women's program.^[8]

List of Men's Hockey East Championship Games[link]

The Hockey East Championship Game has been held in Boston since 1987, at the Boston Garden, and now the TD Garden,^[9] since 1996.^[10] The first two were held in Providence, Rhode Island at the Providence Civic Center (now the Dunkin' Donuts Center).^[2]

The final game and the semifinal games are held on consecutive nights in mid-March at the Garden. The quarterfinal round takes place the previous weekend. The top eight teams in the league advance to the quarterfinal round: the quarterfinal round series are 2-out-of-3 series with all games played at the higher seed's rink. There have been two cases where the #8 seed won on the #1 team's ice.^[11]

List of Women's Hockey East Championship Games[link]

The Hockey East Championship was held in Boston since its inception in 2003 until 2007. The event was held at Northeastern's Matthews Arena in 2003 and 2004 before moving to BU's Walter Brown Arena in 2005. The tournament returned to Matthews Arena in 2006, was held at UNH's Whittemore Center in 2007, and at UConn's Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum in 2008.^[12]

• 2003 Providence def. New Hampshire 1-0
• 2004 Providence def. New Hampshire 3-0
• 2005 Providence def. Connecticut 3-1
• 2006 New Hampshire def. Boston College 6-0
• 2007 New Hampshire def. Providence College 3-1
• 2008 New Hampshire def. Providence College 1-0
• 2009 New Hampshire def. Boston College 2-1
• 2010 Boston University def. Connecticut 2-1
• 2011 Boston College def. Northeastern 3-1

Conference arenas[link]

Hockey East men's awards[link]

• The Lamoriello Trophy (named after Lou Lamoriello) - Awarded to the Tournament Champion
• CCM / Bob Kullen Coach of the Year
• CCM Player of the Year
• Pro Ambitions Hockey Rookie of the Year
• Len Ceglarski Award - Awarded to an individual student for displaying good sportsmanship.
• Charles E. Holt Sportsmanship Award - Awarded to the team with the lowest average of penalty minutes per game in Hockey East play.
• Old Time Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman
• Best Defensive Forward
• Three Stars Award

References[link]

External links[link]

• Hockey East home page

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