2020 Women’s Hockey East Quarterfinals Press Kit PRESS RELEASE contact: Brian Smith | [email protected] | 339.227.2988 | @brismi22 591 North Avenue #2 | Wakefield, MA | 01880 | 781.245.2122 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FEBRUARY 22, 2020 Hockey East Women's Quarterfinal Pairings Set 18th Annual Hockey East Tournament Begins Thursday WAKEFIELD, Mass. - The Hockey East Association has announced the pairings for the best-of-three quarterfinal round of the 2020 Women’s Hockey East championship tournament. Playoff games begin Thursday (Feb. 27.) A full schedule can be found below. Hockey East regular-season champion and No. 1 Northeastern (28-4-2/24-3-0 HEAW) will play host to No. 8 Vermont (10-16-8/7- 14-6 HEAW) at Matthews Arena as the Huskies earn hosting duties for the eighth time in a row dating back to 2013. The same two teams clashed in the 2019 quarterfinals, a Husky sweep. The Huskies claimed the regular season crown for the third time in program history, their second in a row, in 2019-20 after also winning back-to-back Bertagna Trophies as Hockey East Tourna- ment champions in 2018 and 2019. Northeastern has advanced to the semifinals each year since 2011. Vermont secured a spot in the playoffs to claim its eighth all-time Tournament appearance. It marks just the third time these two programs have faced in the playoffs, after a 2013 quarterfinal match up that ended in a 5-1 Northeastern win. During the regular season, Northeastern swept Vermont, 3-0-0. No. 2 Boston University (24-6-4/18-6-3 HEAW) welcomes No. 7 Maine (13-13-8/9-11-7 HEAW) to Walter Brown Arena to begin their best-of-three series on Friday. The Terriers have earned their highest seed since 2015, when they also rode into the Tour- nament as the second seed. Boston University and Maine have met just once before in the Hockey East Tournament, a 2018 quarterfinal series that saw the Black Bears advance to the semifinals, 2-1. During the 2019-20 regular season, the Terriers took a 2-0-1 record over Maine. No. 3 Providence (18-12-4/15-10-2 HEAW) will entertain No. 6 New Hampshire (16-14-4/12-12-3 WHEA) at Schneider Arena in a clash of two of the most historic programs in Hockey East history. The Friars and Wildcats have played six previous playoff games, including four times in the championship game. Each team has won two titles at the expense of the other, while the all-time playoff series is tied, 3-3. The programs have not met in the playoffs since 2013. During the regular season, Providence took a 2-1-0 record over New Hampshire. No. 4 Boston College (16-4-3/14-11-2 HEAW) draws No. 5 UConn (16-16-2/13-12-2 HEAW) to Conte Forum. The Eagles hold a 4-1 record over UConn in the playoffs all time, including a 2-0 sweep in the 2019 quarterfinals. The lone UConn win came in the 2018 semifinals, when the seventh-seed Huskies knocked off the top-seeded Eagles. During the regular season, UConn earned a 2-1-0 mark over Boston College, including a 2-1 road win on Nov. 22. ABOUT THE WOMEN’S HOCKEY EAST ASSOCIATION: The Women’s Hockey East Association is a 10-team Division-I college hockey conference which began play in 2002-2003, with offices based in Wakefield, Mass. Member schools include Boston College, Boston University, University of Connecticut, College of the Holy Cross, University of Maine, Merrimack College, Uni- versity of New Hampshire, Northeastern University, Providence College and University of Vermont. The league also sponsors an 11-team men’s league which began play in 1984. 2020 Women’s Hockey East Tournament Schedule Date Match Up Time Thu., Feb. 27 #8 Vermont at #1 Northeastern 1pm Thu., Feb. 27 #6 New Hampshire at #3 Providence 6pm Fri., Feb. 28 #8 Vermont at #1 Northeastern 7pm Fri., Feb. 28 #7 Maine at #2 Boston University 7pm Fri. Feb. 28 #6 New Hampshire at #3 Providence 6pm Fri. Feb. 28 #5 UConn at #4 Boston College 6pm Sat., Feb. 29 #8 Vermont at #1 Northeastern 7pm * Sat., Feb.29 #7 Maine at #2 Boston University 3pm Sat. Feb. 29 #5 UConn at #4 Boston College 2pm * Sun., March 1 #7 Maine at #2 Boston University 3pm * Sun., March 1 #6 New Hampshire at #3 Providence 2pm* Sun., March 1 #5 UConn at #4 Boston College 2pm * Sat., March 7 Semifinal #1 at Merrimack College 12pm Semifinal #2 at Merrimack College 3:30pm Sun., March 8 18th Hockey East Championship 2pm * if necessary # HEA # TOURNAMENT QUICK REFERENCE Year Championship Game Most Valuable Player 2003 Providence 1, New Hampshire 0 Kelli Halcisak, PC (Jr., D) 2019 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 (7-2, 1-0) 2007 New Hampshire 3, Providence 1 Jana Bugden, PC (Sr., G) No. 2 Boston College def. No. 7 UConn (4-1, 5-4 OT) 2008 New Hampshire 1, Providence 0 Sam Faber, UNH (Jr.,F) No. 3 Boston University def. No. 6 New Hampshire (5-1, 3-1) 2009 New Hampshire 2, Boston College 1 Kacey Bellamy, UNH (Sr., D) No. 4 Providence def. No. 5 Merrimack (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 (Providence College) 2012 Boston University 2, Providence 1 (2OT) Jenn Wakefield, BU (Sr., F) No. 1 Northeastern def. No. 4 Providence (3-2) 2013 Boston University 5, Northeastern 2 Kerrin Sperry, BU (Jr., G) No. 2 Boston College def. No. 3 Boston University (5-1) 2014 Boston University 3, Boston College 2 Kerrin Sperry, BU (Sr., G) (Providence 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. 2 Boston College (3-2 OT) 2017 Boston College 2, Northeastern 1 (OT) Andie Anastos, BC (Sr., F) ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM 2018 Northeastern 2, UConn 1 Aerin Frankel, NU (Fr., G) G: Aerin Frankel, NU 2019 Northeastern 3, Boston College 2 (OT) Aerin Frankel, NU (So., G) D: Skylar Fontaine, NU D: Kali Flanagan, BC Team App. Rec. Titles Last Title 2nd Semis MVP ATT F: Alina Mueller, NU Boston College 14 23-11 3 2017 5 14 3 18 F: Daryl Watts, BC F: Christina Putigna, PC Boston University 12 25-10 5 2015 1 12 5 21 UConn 14 10-17 0 -- 3 8 0 8 MVP: Aerin Frankel, So., G, NU Holy Cross 0 0-0 0 -- 0 0 0 0 Maine 10 2-13 0 -- 0 4 0 0 Merrimack 2 0-4 0 -- 0 0 0 0 New Hampshire 16 12-17 4 2009 2 8 3 22 Northeastern 11 20-11 2 2019 3 11 2 13 Providence 17 17-18 3 2005 3 13 4 20 Vermont 7 4-12 0 -- 0 2 0 0 Tournament Records By Coach Coach School Years (starting ‘02) Games Record Titles Brian Durocher * Boston University 2004-present 35 25-10 5 Katie Crowley * Boston College 2007-present 30 22-8 3 Dave Flint * Northeastern 2008-present 28 20-8 2 Bob Deraney Providence 2002-18 31 15-17 3 Brian McCloskey New Hampshire 2002-14 16 10-6 4 Chris MacKenzie * UConn 2013-present 16 7-9 0 Jim Plumer * Vermont 2012-present 16 4-12 0 Heather Lindstad UConn 2002-13 11 3-8 0 Richard Reichenbach * Maine 2014-present 9 2-7 0 Hilary Witt* New Hampshire 2014-present 12 2-10 0 Matt Kelly * Providence 2019-present 3 2-1 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 *active as of March 11, 2019 REGULAR SEASON QUICK REFERENCE Season Player Rookie Coach Scoring GAA Year Champion of the Year of the Year of the Year Leader Leader 2002-03 Providence Jen Huggon Lindsay Hansen Brian McCloskey Kelli Halcisak, PC Jen Huggon, UNH 13-1-1 New Hampshire New Hampshire New Hampshire 21 points 0.89 GAA 2003-04 New Hampshire Carolyn Gordon, UNH Sonny Watrous Joy Woog Lindsay Hansen, UNH Melissa Bourdon, UNH 17-1-2 Chanda Gunn, NU Providence Northeastern 31 points 1.80 GAA 2004-05 PC, 14-4-2 (2) Stephanie Jones, UNH Jaclyn Hawkins Brian McCloskey, UNH Nicole Hekle, UNH Melissa Bourdon, UNH UNH, 13-3-4 (2) Karen Thatcher, PC UConn Tom Mutch, BC 33 points 1.85 GAA 2005-06 New Hampshire (3) Sadie Wright-Ward Sam Faber Brian McCloskey Sadie Wright-Ward, UNH Melissa Bourdon, UNH 19-1-1 New Hampshire New Hampshire New Hampshire 39 points 1.18 GAA 2006-07 New Hampshire (4) Kelli Stack Kelli Stack Tom Mutch Kelli Stack, BC Mellisa Bourdon, UNH 18-1-2 Boston College Boston College Boston College 34 points 1.23 GAA 2007-08 New Hampshire (5) Dominique Thibault Jenn Wakefield Brian Durocher Jenn Wakefield, UNH K.