The 2016 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 32nd tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 3 and March 19, 2016 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Northeastern Huskies defeated the UMass Lowell River Hawks by a score of 3âÂÂ2 to earn their 2nd Hockey East championship in school history and earn Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Kevin Boyle was named tournament MVP.
The tournament will include all twelve teams in the conference. Seeds 1âÂÂ4 earned a first-round bye, and seeds 5âÂÂ12 played a best-of-three Opening Round played on campus locations. Winners advanced to play the 1âÂÂ4 seeds in the best-of-three Quarterfinals on campus locations. Winners of those series played in a single-game Semifinal, and those winners faced off in a single-game Championship Final, both at the TD Garden.
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals
<small>Note: * denotes overtime period(s)</small>
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Tournament MVP(s)