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WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- Following the conclusion of the 2013-14 regular season on Sunday, the playoff picture in Hockey East is now clear. The Quarterfinals, which will be played at campus sites, will take place Feb. 28-Mar. 1 with the four winners advancing to the Semifinal round on Mar. 8-9 at Kennedy Rink in Hyannis, Mass.
The tournament will re-seed after the Quarterfinals with the highest remaining seed pitted against the lowest remaining seed.
No. 1 Boston College vs. No. 8 New Hampshire
The 2013-14 regular season champions, Boston College (25-5-3, 18-2-1 WHEA) will host No. 8 seed New Hampshire (9-22-2, 4-14-2 WHEA) on Friday, Feb. 28 at Conte Forum at 7 p.m. The Eagles took two out of three games vs. the Wildcats during the season, including a pair of contests in late January. New Hampshire did hand BC one of its two conference losses, however, with a 3-1 victory at Conte Forum on Oct. 16.
No. 2 Boston University vs. No. 7 Providence
Boston University, which finished with the same amount of points as Northeastern (28), claimed the No. 2 seed by virtue of its head-to-head record (2-1-0) vs. the Huskies this season. The Terriers (21-12-1, 14-7-0 WHEA) will host No. 7 Providence (11-23-0, 6-15-0 WHEA) on Saturday at Walter Brown Arena at 3 p.m. Boston University won two out of three meetings with Providence in the regular season, but did not face the Friars at Walter Brown as BU's home victory over PC came at Agganis Arena.
No. 3 Northeastern vs. No. 6 Connecticut
Winners of 10 straight Hockey East games, the red-hot Northeastern Huskies (18-13-2, 13-6-2 WHEA) clinched the No. 3 seed after sweeping UNH to close out the regular season. Northeastern will host No. 6 Connecticut (9-23-2, 6-14-1 WHEA) on Friday at Matthews Arena at 7 p.m. The NU Huskies swept the UConn Huskies by scores of 3-1, 3-0 and 5-0 this season and have won 10 straight matchups with Connecticut overall.
No. 4 Vermont vs. No. 5 Maine
The Catamounts (17-13-4, 13-7-1 WHEA) also ended the regular season on a hot streak with six consecutive league wins. Vermont will host No. 5 Maine (7-19-5, 5-13-3 WHEA), which went from eighth to fifth over the final weekend with a sweep of Connecticut on Feb. 22-23. The Catamounts swept the season series by scores of 4-1, 5-1 and 2-1 and will look to make it four straight on Saturday at Gutterson Fieldhouse at 1 p.m.
