2023–24 Hockey East men's season

2023–24 Hockey East men's season
2023–24 Hockey East men's season
Season	2023–24
Conference	Hockey East
Division	Division I
Sport	men's ice hockey
Duration	October 7, 2023–; March 23, 2023
Number of teams	11
TV partner(s)	ESPN+, NESN
NHL Entry Draft
Regular Season
Hockey East tournament
NCAA tournament
	Hockey East men's seasons; « 2022–23 2024–25 »

The 2023–24 Hockey East men's season is the 40th season of play for Hockey East and will take place during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season will begin on October 7, 2023, and concluded on March 2, 2024.^[1]

Coaches[edit]

Vermont fired Todd Woodcroft after an investigation revealed that he had sent improper text to a female undergraduate.^[2] Because the school did not have the time to perform a full coaching search, Steve Wiedler was promoted to interim head coach for this season while the rest of the staff remained in place.

Records[edit]

Team	Head coach	Season at school	Record at school	Hockey East record
Boston College	Greg Brown	2	14–16–6	8–11–5
Boston University	Jay Pandolfo	2	29–11–0	18–6–0
Connecticut	Mike Cavanaugh	11	143–163–36	73–80–18
Maine	Ben Barr	3	22–38–9	14–28–6
Massachusetts	Greg Carvel	8	129–105–17	77–73–14
Massachusetts Lowell	Norm Bazin	13	254–145–39	149–97–32
Merrimack	Scott Borek	6	63–86–10	45–62–8
New Hampshire	Michael Souza	6	58–84–20	36–65–16
Northeastern	Jerry Keefe	3	42–26–6	29–15–4
Providence	Nate Leaman	13	241–150–58	143–100–40
Vermont	Steve Wiedler	1	0–0–0	0–0–0

Standings[edit]

2023–24 Hockey East Standings v t e
	Conference record										Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 Boston College †*	24	20	3	1	1	0	1	61	105	56	39	33	5	1	179	87
#2 Boston University	24	18	4	2	1	1	1	57	104	53	39	28	9	2	162	95
#6 Maine	24	14	9	1	0	1	0	44	76	67	37	23	12	2	119	94
#16 Providence	24	11	9	4	3	1	2	37	66	58	35	18	13	4	100	83
#13 Massachusetts	24	12	10	2	4	2	0	36	57	62	37	20	14	3	108	105
#19 New Hampshire	24	12	11	1	1	0	0	36	69	56	36	20	15	1	106	90
Northeastern	24	9	14	1	1	3	0	30	65	71	36	17	16	3	113	97
Connecticut	24	9	14	1	1	1	1	29	49	77	36	15	19	2	90	105
Vermont	24	7	14	3	1	0	3	26	52	81	35	13	19	3	87	106
Merrimack	24	6	17	1	0	1	1	21	62	85	35	13	21	1	98	114
Massachusetts Lowell	24	4	17	3	1	4	0	18	39	78	36	8	24	4	72	113
Championship: March 23, 2024 † indicates regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy) Rankings: USCHO Division I Men's Poll; Updated: April 1, 2024

Non-Conference record[edit]

Hockey East had a tremendous season in non-conference play. The league as a whole did not have a losing record against any other conference but was particularly strong against ECAC Hockey (its primary opponent). Only one of the eleven league members (Massachusetts Lowell) had a losing record against non-conference foes while the rest had winning marks. Seven Hockey East members had at least a .700 winning percentage in non-league games, which gave the conference a huge boost in the PairWise rankings.^[3]

Regular season record[edit]

Team	Atlantic Hockey	Big Ten	CCHA	ECAC Hockey	Independent	NCHC	Total
Boston College	0–0–0	3–0–0	0–0–0	4–0–0	1–0–0	0–1–0	8–1–0
Boston University	1–0–0	1–1–0	0–0–0	2–1–0	0–0–0	1–1–0	5–3–0
Connecticut	1–2–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	4–2–1	0–0–0	0–0–0	5–4–1
Maine	2–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	6–1–1	0–0–0	0–0–0	8–1–1
Massachusetts	1–0–0	1–1–0	2–0–0	1–1–1	2–0–0	0–0–0	7–2–1
Massachusetts Lowell	0–3–1	0–0–0	0–0–0	3–0–0	1–1–0	0–1–0	4–5–1
Merrimack	3–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	3–1–0	1–2–0	0–0–0	7–3–0
New Hampshire	2–2–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	5–1–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	7–3–0
Northeastern	1–0–0	0–1–0	0–0–0	3–0–2	1–0–0	1–0–0	6–1–2
Providence	0–0–0	1–1–0	0–0–0	2–0–0	3–2–0	1–0–0	7–3–0
Vermont	0–1–0	0–0–0	2–0–0	2–3–0	2–0–0	0–0–0	6–4–0
Overall	11–8–0	6–4–0	4–0–0	35–10–5	11–5–0	3–3–0	60–30–5

Statistics[edit]

Leading scorers[edit]

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points ^[4]

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Macklin Celebrini	Freshman	Boston University	23	23	21	44
Will Smith	Freshman	Boston College	24	13	30	43
Cutter Gauthier	Sophomore	Boston College	24	25	16	40
Gabe Perreault	Freshman	Boston College	20	10	26	36
Ryan Leonard	Freshman	Boston College	24	19	16	35
Lane Hutson	Sophomore	Boston University	24	6	28	34
Bradly Nadeau	Freshman	Maine	24	12	19	31
Josh Nadeau	Freshman	Maine	24	11	19	30
Jeremy Wilmer	Sophomore	Boston University	23	5	21	26
Quinn Hutson	Sophomore	Boston University	24	15	10	25

Leading goaltenders[edit]

Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average ^[5]

Player	Class	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Jakob Hellsten	Junior	New Hampshire	21	1252:47	9	11	1	43	4	.908	2.06
Mathieu Caron	Junior	Boston University	24	1430:51	18	4	2	51	2	.924	2.14
Jacob Fowler	Freshman	Boston College	23	1366:07	19	3	1	50	2	.925	2.20
Albin Boija	Freshman	Maine	14	784:48	8	5	0	29	1	.909	2.22
Henry Welsch	Senior	Massachusetts Lowell	15	872:57	4	8	3	34	1	.913	2.34

Conference tournament[edit]

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals

Opening Round March 13			Quarterfinals March 16			Semifinals March 22			Championship March 23

			1	Boston College	5
6	New Hampshire	1	8	Connecticut	4
11	Massachusetts Lowell	0				1	Boston College	8
						5	Massachusetts	1
			2	Boston University	4
			7	Northeastern	2
									1	Boston College	6
									2	Boston University	2
			3	Maine	5
7	Northeastern	4	6	New Hampshire	0
10	Merrimack	0				2	Boston University	4
						3	Maine	1
			4	Providence	1
8	Connecticut	4	5	Massachusetts	3
9	Vermont	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

NCAA tournament[edit]

Ranking[edit]

USCHO[edit]

Team	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Final
Boston College	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Boston University	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Connecticut	NR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maine	NR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Massachusetts	NR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Massachusetts Lowell	NR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Merrimack	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
New Hampshire	NR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northeastern	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Providence	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vermont	NR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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USA Today[edit]

Team	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Final
Boston College	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Boston University	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Connecticut	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Massachusetts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Massachusetts Lowell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Merrimack	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
New Hampshire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northeastern	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Providence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vermont	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Pairwise[edit]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Final
Boston College	13	8	10	7	1	5	3	1	5	4	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Boston University	13	44	39	22	14	9	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Connecticut	10	22	25	28	43	42	36	35	35	34	28	29	27	21	25	22	24	22	23	24	25	24	24
Maine	32	46	36	2	4	2	5	5	3	3	1	3	6	5	5	4	6	7	9	9	7	6	5
Massachusetts	1	20	5	10	10	11	10	7	10	9	11	13	14	11	10	11	10	15	13	11	15	12	13
Massachusetts Lowell	11	41	15	13	16	23	24	29	30	37	38	35	35	34	36	33	34	34	37	37	40	40	41
Merrimack	32	54	13	9	30	29	31	26	25	32	26	26	23	26	30	33	30	31	31	30	34	33	35
New Hampshire	32	28	20	5	9	8	6	11	12	11	13	10	10	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	18
Northeastern	32	35	18	36	34	31	40	34	27	24	25	26	23	28	24	19	20	20	19	20	19	19	19
Providence	16	18	1	3	5	6	11	8	8	10	9	9	9	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	14	17	15
Vermont	32	6	24	23	25	26	26	23	23	35	26	32	31	31	29	27	28	27	29	27	32	32	33

Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.^[8]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

^ "2023-24 Hockey East Men's Composite Schedule". Hockey East. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
^ "Vermont fires men's hockey coach Woodcroft, names assistant Wiedler interim coach for '23-24 season". USCHO. July 19, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
^ "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". Retrieved August 16, 2023.
^ "HOCKEY EAST 2023-24 CONFERENCE SCORING LEADERS". Hockey East. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
^ "HOCKEY EAST 2023-24 CONFERENCE GOALTENDING LEADERS". Hockey East. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
^ "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 26, 2019.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "2023-24 Hockey East Men's Composite Schedule". Hockey East. Retrieved September 7, 2023.

[2] "Vermont fires men's hockey coach Woodcroft, names assistant Wiedler interim coach for '23-24 season". USCHO. July 19, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2023.

[3] "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". Retrieved August 16, 2023.

[4] "HOCKEY EAST 2023-24 CONFERENCE SCORING LEADERS". Hockey East. Retrieved March 19, 2024.

[5] "HOCKEY EAST 2023-24 CONFERENCE GOALTENDING LEADERS". Hockey East. Retrieved March 19, 2024.

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

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

[8] "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.

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