Hockey East Tournament: Quarterfinal pairings set after first round goes status quo

With the first round of the Hockey East playoffs in the books, the pairings are set for the 2014 Hockey East quarterfinals to begin next weekend at the campuses of the higher seeds. All the higher seeds won in the first round.

Hockey East First Round Results

No. 7 Vermont 2, No. 10 Massachusetts 1

No. 6 Maine 2, No. 11 Merrimack 0

No. 8 Notre Dame 3, No. 9 Boston University 2

Hockey East Quarterfinals

Best-of-three

March 14-16

No. 8 Notre Dame at No. 1 Boston College

No. 7 Vermont at No. 2 UMass Lowell

No. 6 Maine at No. 3 Providence

No. 5 Northeastern at No. 4 New Hampshire