Hockey East
| Hockey East Association | |
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| founding year | 1984 |
| Members | 12 |
| Sports | ice Hockey |
| region | New England |
| States | 7 - Connecticut , Indiana , Maine , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , Rhode Island , Vermont |
| Headquarters | Wakefield , Massachusetts |
| Chairman | Joe Bertagna |
The Hockey East Association (HE) is an American university and college sports league based in New England . It belongs to the Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and is a pure Hockey - Conference .
Hockey East was founded as a men's league in 1984 when most of its current members left what is now the Eastern College Athletic Conference . At that time an attempt was made to imitate the Big East Conference , which had grown very rapidly within a few years. It was not until 2002 that the Hockey East women's league was founded.
mode
The participating teams initially play two double rounds during the regular season . The first in the table wins the championship of the so-called regular season . The best eight teams take part in the play-offs .
The quarter-finals will be played in the best-of-three mode, with all games taking place in the venue of the better placed. The semi-finals and finals will be played on a weekend in mid-March at the TD Garden in Boston . The first two finals in the history of Hockey East were played in Providence , Rhode Island at the Providence Civic Center , before moving to Boston in 1987.
The women's final has been held in Boston since the league was founded . First it was played in the Matthews Arena before moving to the Walter Brown Arena at Boston University in 2005 . In 2006 the tournament took place again in the Matthews Arena before it was played in 2007 at the Whittemore Center in New Hampshire.
Attendees
The men's division currently has eleven members and the women's ice hockey division has ten members.
| institution | city | State | Team name |
Year of foundation |
Joined | affiliation ness |
Number of students |
University league |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill | Massachusetts | Eagles | 1863 | 1984 (men) 2002 (women) |
Private Catholic |
9,019 | ACC |
| Boston University | Boston | Massachusetts | Terriers | 1839 | 1984 (men) 2005 (women) |
Private | 32,000 | Patriot League |
| University of Connecticut | Storrs | Connecticut | Huskies | 1881 | 2002 (women) 2014 (men) |
State | 27,500 | The American |
| College of the Holy Cross | Worcester | Massachusetts | Crusaders | 1843 | 2018 (women) | Private Catholic |
2,787 | Patriot League |
| University of Maine | Orono | Maine | Black Bears | 1865 | 1984 (men) 2002 (women) |
State | 11,222 | America East |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst | Massachusetts | Minutemen | 1863 | 1994 (men) | State | 25,633 | Atlantic 10 |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | Lowell | Massachusetts | River Hawks | 1894 | 1984 (men) | State | 11.208 | America East |
| Merrimack College | North Andover | Massachusetts | Warriors | 1947 | 1989 (men) 2015 (women) |
Private Catholic |
2.174 | Northeast Ten (D-II) |
| University of New Hampshire | Durham | New Hampshire | Wildcats | 1866 | 1984 (men) 2002 (women) |
State | 16,025 | America East |
| Northeastern University | Boston | Massachusetts | Huskies | 1898 | 1984 (men) 2002 (women) |
Private | 22,942 | CAA |
| Providence College | Providence | Rhode Island | Friars | 1917 | 1984 (men) 2002 (women) |
Private Catholic |
3,648 | Big East |
| University of Vermont | Burlington | Vermont | Catamounts | 1791 | 2005 (men and women) | State | 9,675 | America East |
former members
| institution | city | State | Team name |
Year of foundation |
Joined | Past | affiliation ness |
Number of students |
Current ice hockey conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame | Indiana | Fighting Irish | 1842 | 2013 (men) | 2017 | Private Catholic |
11,603 | Big Ten |
Finals and champions
| Men's | Ladies |
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Achievements of the members
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Boston College
- eleven times champion of Hockey East (men) (1987, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)
- Hockey East Championship (women) (2011)
- Eleven times the regular season win (men) (1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2014)
- double win of the ECAC championship (1965, 1978)
- two-time NCAA championship win (1949, 2001)
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Boston University
- eight-time champion of Hockey East (men) (1986, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2006, 2009, 2015)
- five-time champion of Hockey East (women) (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
- eight times regular season win (men) (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2015)
- five times winning the ECAC championship (1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977)
- Quadruple NCAA Championship win (1971, 1972, 1978, 1995)
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University of Maine
- five-time champion of Hockey East (men) (1989, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004)
- triple regular season win (men) (1988, 1993, 1995)
- double NCAA championship win (1993, 1999)
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University of Massachusetts Lowell
- two-time champions of Hockey East (men) (2013, 2014)
- Three-time NCAA Championship Division II win (1979, 1981, 1982)
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Merrimack College
- 1978: NCAA Championship Division II won
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University of New Hampshire
- two-time champions of Hockey East (men) (2002, 2003)
- six times regular season win (men) (1992, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2007)
- four-time Champion of Hockey East (women) (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
- quadruple regular season win (women) (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
- 1979: Winner of the ECAC championship
- five-time ECAC champion (women) (1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1996)
- 1998: Winning the national championship title in women's ice hockey
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Northeastern University
- 1988: Wins the Hockey East Championship
- 1982: Winner of the ECAC championship
- three times ECAC championship (women) (1988, 1989, 1997)
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Providence College
- two-time champions of Hockey East (men) (1985, 1996)
- Three-time winner of the Hockey East Championship (women) (2003, 2004, 2005)
- double regular season win (women) (2003, 2005)
- double win of the ECAC championship (1964, 1981)
- five times ECAC championship (women) (1985, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)
- once NCAA champion (men) (2015)
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University of Vermont
- 1996: Regular season win in ECAC
Conference venues
| university | Venue | capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Boston College | Kelley Rink | 7,884 |
| Boston University (men) | Agganis Arena | 6.224 |
| Boston University (women) | Walter Brown Arena | 3,806 |
| Connecticut (men) | XL Center | 8,089 |
| Connecticut (women) | Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum | 2,000 |
| Holy Cross | Hart Center | 1,600 |
| Maine | Alfond Arena | 5,641 |
| Massachusetts | Mullins Center | 8,329 |
| Merrimack | J. Thom Lawler Arena | 2,982 |
| New Hampshire | Whittemore Center | 6,501 |
| Northeastern | Matthews Arena | 5,900 |
| Providence | Schneider Arena | 3,030 |
| UMass Amherst | Mullins Center | 9,349 |
| UMass Lowell | Tsongas Arena | 6,496 |
| Vermont | Gutterson Fieldhouse | 4,003 |
Hockey East Awards
- Lamoriello Trophy , named after Lou Lamoriello and given to the HE Championship winner
- CCM / Bob Kullen Trainer of the Year
- CCM Player of the Year
- Rookie of the year
