2021 Hockey East Women’s Tournament Press Kit PRESS RELEASE contact: Brian Smith | [email protected] | 339.227.2988 | @BriSmiHE The Hockey East Association | 591 North Avenue #2 | Wakefield, MA | 01880 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FEBRUARY 23, 2021 2021 Hockey East Women's Tournament Field Set 19th Annual Tournament Begins Thursday WAKEFIELD, Mass. - The Hockey East Association announced today the seeding and tournament field for the 2021 Hockey East Women’s Tournament, a single-elimination format with each game hosted at the home arena of the higher seed. A full schedule for the 19th annual postseason can be found below. The women’s playoff will be a nine-team affair, with one Opening Round game on Thursday, February 25 be- tween Holy Cross and New Hampshire at 7:00 p.m. The winner of that contest will move on to the quarterfinals on Sunday, February 28. Semifinals are slated to take place on Wednesday, March 3 with the championship game held on Saturday, March 6 to determine the winner of the 2021 Bertagna Trophy and an automatic berth into the National Championship Tournament. “The 2020-21 season has certainly provided challenges, but Hockey East has had a successful year providing safe and meaningful experiences for our student-athletes. We look forward to the tournament and awarding the Bertagna Trophy to a deserving champion,” said Hockey East Commissioner Steve Metcalf. “The league is pleased with how the Hockey East Power Index has helped seed our teams, but after discussion with confer- ence Athletic Directors, the decision has been made to not award a regular season champion this year.” Northeastern has secured the top overall seed and the right to be the home team in each playoff game with a 17-1-1 record in regular season play. The Huskies enter the Hockey East Tournament as the one seed for the third straight season and begin the playoffs as the three-time defending champion. Northeastern has advanced to at least the semifinals each year since 2011. The Huskies will host either Holy Cross or New Hampshire on Sunday in the quarterfinals and boasted a 5-0-1 record against the two in the regular season. Boston College will enjoy the second seed and host through at least the semifinals by finishing the 2020-21 regular season with a 14-4-0 record. The Eagles will host UConn in the quarterfinals. The Eagles have appeared in five of the last seven championship games, winning two of their three tournament titles in that span. UConn wrapped the regular season with an 8-9-1 record across 18 games. The Huskies advanced all the way to the championship game in 2020, marking the fourth time they have appeared in the title tilt, after they moved past Boston College in Game 3 of a quarterfinal series. The programs clashed five times during the regular season, the Eagles winning each contest. Providence has earned the third seed for the second consecutive campaign, and earned a spot in the top four of the Army ROTC Hockey East standings for the fifth straight year, after capping the year with a 10-6-1 record in 17 games during the regular season. The Friars will host Boston University on Sunday. Boston University begins the 2021 Hockey East Tournament boasting the most wins (25) and titles (5) in tournament history, all belonging to head coach Brian Durocher. The Terriers are seeking their first Bertagna Trophy since 2015, when they completed a run of four titles in a row and five in six years. The two teams did not meet during the regular season. Vermont captured a 6-4-0 record during the 2020-21 season, earning the fourth seed in the Hockey East Power Index and will host Maine for the first time this season. It is the Catamounts’ best regular season performance since earning the fourth seed in the 2014 postseason. Maine played each game on the road in the 2020-21 campaign, taking a 7-8-1 record to earn the fifth seed in the tournament. The Black Bears have advanced to the semifinals twice in the last three tournaments. New Hampshire returns to the Tournament as the eighth seed one year after appearing in the semifinals as the six seed. The Wildcats earned a regular season mark of 6-13-1 and appear in the Hockey East Tournament for the 18th time, second-most of any program. Holy Cross enters its first-ever Hockey East Tournament with a record of 4-14-1 as the ninth seed. The Wildcats and Crusaders split a home-and-home series in December. Merrimack’s women’s program will not compete in the 2021 Hockey East Tournament due to COVID-19 proto- cols. They finish the year with a 1-15-0 record. ABOUT HOCKEY EAST: The Hockey East Association is an 11-team Division I college men’s hockey con- ference founded in 1984 and a 10-team Division I women’s league which began play in 2002-03. The men’s league has won nine NCAA championships in the past 26 years including Providence College in 2015 at TD Garden in Boston. Since 1999, Hockey East has won seven men’s NCAA Championships with 16 NCAA Cham- pionship Game appearances, while placing 27 teams in the Frozen Four and 71 teams in the NCAA Tournament during that time. Overall, Hockey East has sent 115 teams to the men’s NCAA Tournament since its inaugural season, more than any other conference in that span. Hockey East is home to 11 Hobey Baker winners and three Patty Kazmaier honorees. 2021 Hockey East Women’s Tournament Schedule Day Date Away Home Time TV/Streaming Thu. Feb. 25 #9 Holy Cross #8 New Hampshire 7:00 p.m. SportsLive Sun. Feb. 28 #6 Boston University #3 Providence 1:00 p.m. SportsLive Sun. Feb. 28 #5 Maine #4 Vermont 2:00 p.m. SportsLive Sun. Feb. 28 #7 UConn #2 Boston College 4:30 p.m. NESN Sun. Feb. 28 TBD #1 Northeastern 7:00 p.m. NESN Wed. March 3 Semifinal #1 TBA TBA Wed. March 3 Semifinal #2 TBA TBA Sat. March 6 Championship Game TBA TBA Final Army ROTC Hockey East Women’s Standings Rk. Team HEPI Record OW-OL SW 1 Northeastern 62.75 17- 1- 1 1- 0 0 2 Boston College 57.04 14- 4- 0 2- 0 0 3 Providence 54.44 10- 6- 1 0- 1 0 4 Vermont 51.94 6- 4- 0 1- 0 0 5 Maine 51.75 7- 8- 1 0- 1 1 6 Boston University 50.47 6- 5- 0 0- 0 0 7 UConn 50.40 8- 9- 1 0- 2 1 8 New Hampshire 45.10 6-13- 1 0- 0 1 9 Holy Cross 41.05 4-14- 1 0- 0 0 10 Merrimack 36.57 1-15- 0 0- 0 0 ## HOCKEY EAST ## TOURNAMENT QUICK REFERENCE Year Championship Game Most Valuable Player 2003 Providence 1, New Hampshire 0 Kelli Halcisak, PC (Jr., D) 2020 HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT 2004 Providence 3, New Hampshire 0 Kelli Halcisak, PC (Sr., D) 2005 Providence 3, Connecticut 1 Rush Zimmerman, PC (Sr., F) QUARTERFINALS (best-of-three series) 2006 New Hampshire 6, Boston College 0 Sam Faber, UNH (Fr., F) No. 1 Northeastern def. No. 8 Vermont (5-1, 3-1) 2007 New Hampshire 3, Providence 1 Jana Bugden, PC (Sr., G) No. 7 Maine def. No. 2 Boston University (3-2 2OT, 2-1) 2008 New Hampshire 1, Providence 0 Sam Faber, UNH (Jr.,F) No. 6 New Hampshire def. No. 3 Providence (4-2, 2-0) 2009 New Hampshire 2, Boston College 1 Kacey Bellamy, UNH (Sr., D) No. 5 UConn def. No. 5 Boston College (2-4, 2-0, 2-1) 2010 Boston University 2, UConn 1 (OT) Melissa Haber, BU (Sr., G) 2011 Boston College 3, Northeastern 2 Kelli Stack, BC (Sr., F) SEMIFINALS (Merrimack College) 2012 Boston University 2, Providence 1 (2OT) Jenn Wakefield, BU (Sr., F) No. 1 Northeastern def. No. 7 Maine (3-1) 2013 Boston University 5, Northeastern 2 Kerrin Sperry, BU (Jr., G) No. 5 Boston College def. No. 6 New Hampshire (4-0) 2014 Boston University 3, Boston College 2 Kerrin Sperry, BU (Sr., G) (Merrimack College) 2015 Boston University 4, Boston College 1 Marie-Philip Poulin, BU (Sr., F) CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 Boston College 5, Boston University 0 Alex Carpenter, BC (Sr., F) No. 1 Northeastern def. No. 7 UConn (9-1) 2017 Boston College 2, Northeastern 1 (OT) Andie Anastos, BC (Sr., F) 2018 Northeastern 2, UConn 1 Aerin Frankel, NU (Fr., G) ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM 2019 Northeastern 3, Boston College 2 (OT) Aerin Frankel, NU (So., G) G: Aerin Frankel, NU 2020 Northeastern 9, UConn 1 Alina Mueller, NU (So., F) D: Skylar Fontaine, NU D: Ida Press, ME Team App. Rec. Titles Last Title 2nd Semis MVP ATT F: Alina Mueller, NU Boston College 15 23-11 3 2017 5 14 3 18 F: Chloe Aurard, NU Boston University 13 25-12 5 2015 1 12 5 21 F: Morgan Wabick, UConn UConn 15 13-19 0 -- 4 8 0 9 Holy Cross 1 0-0 0 -- 0 0 0 0 MVP: Alina Mueller, So., F, NU Maine 12 4-14 0 -- 0 5 0 1 Merrimack 2 0-4 0 -- 0 0 0 0 New Hampshire 18 14-18 4 2009 2 9 3 22 Northeastern 13 24-11 3 2020 3 12 3 17 Providence 19 17-20 3 2005 3 13 4 20 Vermont 9 4-14 0 -- 0 2 0 0 Tournament Records By Coach Coach School Years (starting ‘02) Games Record Titles Brian Durocher * Boston University 2004-present 37 25-12 5 Dave Flint * Northeastern 2008-present 32 24-8 3 Katie Crowley * Boston College 2007-present 33 24-9 3 Bob Deraney Providence 2002-18 31 15-17 3 Brian McCloskey New Hampshire 2002-14 16 10-6 4 Chris MacKenzie * UConn 2013-present 21 10-11 0 Jim Plumer * Vermont 2012-present 18 4-14 0 Richard Reichenbach * Maine 2014-present 12 4-8 0 Hilary Witt* New Hampshire 2014-present 15 4-11 0 Heather Lindstad UConn 2002-13 11 3-8 0 Matt Kelly * Providence 2019-present 5 2-3 0 Tom Mutch Boston College 2003-07 4 1-3 0 Erin Hamlen * Merrimack 2015-present 4 0-4 0 Maria Lewis Maine 2010-13 3 0-3 0 Rick Filighera Maine 2002-04 2 0-2 0 Guy Perron Maine 2004-06 1 0-1 0 Jamie Wood New Hampshire 2013-14 1 0-1 0 Joy Woog Northeastern 2003-04 1 0-1 0 Katie Lachapelle * Holy Cross 2020- 0 0-0 0 *active as of February 22, 2021 REGULAR SEASON QUICK REFERENCE Season Player Rookie Coach Scoring GAA Year Champion of the Year of the Year