The regular season will determine the six teams that qualify for
the Hockey East Championship Tournament. The league athletic
directors voted to expand the tournament field to six teams at the
annual conference meetings in Naples, Fla. in April of 2008.
The
third and fourth seeds in the tournament will host a quarterfinal
round game on Saturday, February 26 or Sunday, February 27 on
their respective campuses.
The advancing teams will then be reseeded with the top two
seeds to play on the site of the highest seed in the semifinal round
on Saturday, March 5. The winners will qualify for the ninth annual
Hockey East Championship Game on Sunday, March 6.