Hockey East Perdictions and All conference honors and awards

This years edition of the Hockey East season came down to the final weekend once again. With Boston College having a 3 point lead heading into Friday, Boston University cut it to one against Northeastern, and Maine cut it to 2 with a tie. On Saturday BC lost to New Hampshire leaving the door open for BU and the Terriers took advantage of that giving them the regular season title. Maine defeated UMASS-Amherst giving them the #2 spot in the Hockey East Tournament.

Here are the first round matchups:

#1 Boston University vs #8 UMASS-Amherst
#2 Maine vs #7 UMASS-Lowell
#3 Boston College vs #6 Vermont
#4 New Hampshire vs #5 Providence

Now its time for picks from the quarterfinal round to the finals.

#1 Boston University over #8 UMASS-Amherst (2-0)
#2 Maine over #7 UMASS-Lowell (2-0)
#6 Vermont over #3 Boston College (2-1)
#4 New Hampshire over #5 Providence (2-1)

Semifinals:

#1 Boston University over #6 Vermont
#2 Maine over #4 New Hampshire

Finals:

#1 Boston University over #2 Maine

Hockey East is the only conference without a consoloation game so there is no need to pick that.

Here are the all Hockey East Teams

1st Team

Chris Collins SR. F- Boston College
Brian Boyle JR. F- Boston College
Greg Moore SR. F- Maine
Brian Yandle SR. D- New Hampshire
Dan Spang SR. D- Boston University
John Curry JR. G- Boston University

2nd Team

Brett Hemmingway JR. F- New Hampshire
Torrey Mitchell SO. F- Vermont
Torry Gadja SR. F- Providence
Peter Harrold SR. D- Boston College
Marvin Degon SR. D- UMASS-Lowell
Ben Bishop FR. G- Maine

All Rookie Team

Brandon Yip F- Boston University
Benn Ferriero F- Boston College
Trevor Smith F- New Hampshire
Brett Motherwell D- Boston College
Cody Wild D- Providence
Ben Bishop G- Maine

Awards

Co-Players of the year: Chris Collins SR. F and Brian Boyle JR. F Boston College
Rookie of the year: Ben Bishop G Maine
Coach of the year: Tim Army Providence (17-14-3)