Hockey East playoffs

2013 tournament

Format: Top eight teams (of 10) in the standings qualify.

First round: Best-of-three series, March 15*-17 at campus sites. Seed 8 at 1, 7 at 2, 6 at 3, 5 at 4. Schedule/results

Championship: At TD Garden, Boston. March 22: Semifinals, 5 and 8 p.m. EDT. March 23: Semifinal winners, 7 p.m. EDT. Schedule/results

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Final

Champion

March 15*-17

March 22

March 23

(6) Merrimack

(3) Boston University

(7) Vermont

(2) Boston College

(5) New Hampshire

(4) Providence

(8) Maine

(1) Mass.-Lowell

Boston University

Boston College

Providence

Mass.-Lowell

Boston University

Mass.-Lowell

Notes: Teams are reseeded after the first round. A Massachusetts-Lowell first-round home playoff series would be played Thursday, Saturday and Sunday (if necessary).