For the No. 18 Boston University men’s hockey team, the stakes were simple: Win and head to the NCAA tournament or lose and their season ends. BU (21-13-4, 12-8-4 Hockey East) kept its season alive and upset No. 7 Providence College 2-0 in the Hockey East championship game Saturday night at TD Garden.

Sixty-five minutes proved to be not enough time for the Boston University men’s hockey team to get a win against No. 11 Providence College at Agganis Arena Saturday night. All of the teams’...