The BU Terriers celebrate Tara Watchorn's game-winning goal in the 2010 WHEA Title Game

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.