2025–26 Hockey East men's season

2025–26 Hockey East men's season
Season2025–26
ConferenceHockey East
DivisionDivision I
Sportmen's ice hockey
DurationOctober 3, 2025–
March 20, 2026
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)ESPN+, NESN
NHL Entry Draft
Regular Season
Season championsProvidence
Top scorerJames Hagens
Hockey East tournament
NCAA tournament
Hockey East men's seasons
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The 2025–26 Hockey East men's season will be the 42nd season of play for Hockey East and take place during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season will begin on October 3, 2025, and the conference tournament is set to concluded on March 20, 2026.

Coaches

Records

Team Head coach Season at school Record at school Hockey East record
Boston College Greg Brown 4 75–30–9 46–18–8
Boston University Jay Pandolfo 4 81–35–4 50–18–4
Connecticut Mike Cavanaugh 13 181–194–42 94–102–23
Maine Ben Barr 5 69–58–17 41–42–13
Massachusetts Greg Carvel 10 170–133–25 99–92–21
Massachusetts Lowell Norm Bazin 15 278–185–47 162–127–38
Merrimack Scott Borek 8 89–124–12 60–93–10
New Hampshire Michael Souza 8 91–119–27 53–90–22
Northeastern Jerry Keefe 5 73–62–12 45–43–8
Providence Nate Leaman 15 280–174–67 165–117–49
Vermont Steve Wiedler 3 24–40–6 13–30–35

Preseason

Coaches were polled prior to the season and asked to rank member programs.[1] Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own team.

Poll

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

Standings

2025–26 Hockey East Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#7 Providence † 24 18 5 1 2 1 0 54 86 46 35 23 10 2 118 77
#14 Massachusetts 24 14 9 1 2 1 1 43 63 53 35 22 12 1 101 81
#13 Connecticut 24 12 9 3 1 1 2 41 73 59 35 19 11 5 110 83
#17 Boston College 24 13 11 0 1 1 2 39 69 59 35 20 14 1 113 88
Maine 24 12 11 1 3 2 0 36 76 79 35 18 14 3 116 96
Boston University 24 12 12 0 3 2 0 35 69 74 36 17 17 2 105 110
Northeastern 24 11 13 0 1 3 0 35 67 62 36 17 18 1 98 91
Merrimack 24 10 12 2 0 1 1 34 68 75 36 19 15 2 117 106
Massachusetts Lowell 24 9 15 0 1 2 0 28 66 80 35 13 22 0 91 114
New Hampshire 24 8 15 1 0 0 1 26 41 73 35 14 20 1 68 105
Vermont 24 8 15 1 0 0 0 25 55 83 35 13 21 1 73 115
Championship: March 21, 2026
† indicates regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO Division I Men's Poll; updated March 16, 2026

Non-Conference record

Regular season record

Team AHA Big Ten CCHA ECAC Hockey Independent NCHC Total
Boston College 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Boston University 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Connecticut 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Maine 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Massachusetts 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Massachusetts Lowell 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Merrimack 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
New Hampshire 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Northeastern 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Providence 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Vermont 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Overall 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0

Statistics

Conference tournament

Main article: 2026 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

Note: Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals

Opening Round
March 11 		Quarterfinals
March 13–14 		Semifinals
March 20 		Championship
March 21
5 Maine 0
11 Vermont 1 4 Boston College 5
6 Boston University 4 3 Connecticut
4 Boston College
6 Boston University 3
3 Connecticut 5
 
 
7 Northeastern 1
10 New Hampshire 3 2 Massachusetts 4
7 Northeastern 7 2 Massachusetts
8 Merrimack
8 Merrimack 3*
9 Massachusetts Lowell 3 1 Providence 2
8 Merrimack 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2026 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

Ranking

Main article: 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

USCHO

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

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 12.[2]

USA Hockey

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

Note: USA Hockey did not release a poll in week 12.[3]

NPI

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Final
Boston College – – 26 – – 29 19 23 22 16 16 16 17 15 14 12 14 14 12 13 18 18 – –
Boston University – – 22 – – 34 32 35 27 33 23 23 26 16 22 24 24 29 28 24 24 29 – –
Connecticut – – 17 – – 39 16 24 25 20 18 15 18 19 15 16 13 12 14 15 16 15 – –
Maine – – 24 – – 25 34 28 28 40 34 22 29 26 23 22 23 26 22 18 20 22 – –
Massachusetts – – 25 – – 23 37 41 44 37 40 41 42 28 21 18 19 20 19 20 14 13 – –
Massachusetts Lowell – – 43 – – 48 54 54 50 53 52 50 46 49 48 50 49 45 47 48 45 46 – –
Merrimack – – 23 – – 46 44 40 43 50 43 40 30 40 31 28 26 24 30 30 28 24 – –
New Hampshire – – 30 – – 45 45 44 39 25 21 24 23 31 38 39 40 36 35 35 40 40 – –
Northeastern – – 19 – – 3 9 9 8 12 17 21 33 22 27 27 30 30 24 29 25 27 – –
Providence – – 40 – – 24 28 19 20 19 15 18 13 12 7 6 6 7 6 6 5 7 – –
Vermont – – 47 – – 56 50 52 52 48 50 51 50 46 50 48 46 50 51 52 51 52 – –

Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Boston University picked to finish first in 2025-26 Hockey East men's preseason coaches poll". USCHO. September 16, 2025. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  2. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  3. ^ "USA Hockey Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  4. ^ "Men's National Collegiate Percentage (NPI) Index". USCHO.com. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
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