1988 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1988 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 4th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 3 and March 11, 1989. Quarterfinal and semifinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final game was played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. This was the final year the Hockey East championship was decided at a home venue to one of its member teams (as of 2014). By winning the tournament, Northeastern received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finishes in seventh place is ineligible for tournament play. In the quarterfinals, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a two-game series where the team that scored the most total goals was declared the winner and advanced to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the first seed and lowest remaining quarterfinalist and second seed and highest remaining quarterfinalist each play additional two-game series with the winners advancing to the single-elimination championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Maine† 26 20 4 2 44 159 90 44 34 8 2 259 144
Northeastern* 26 13 9 4 30 115 107 37 21 13 4 155 142
Boston University 26 11 12 3 25 116 117 34 14 17 3 150 154
Lowell 26 12 14 0 24 111 119 39 20 17 2 165 166
Boston College 26 10 14 2 22 104 119 34 13 18 3 132 151
Providence 26 8 13 5 21 97 119 36 13 18 5 135 165
New Hampshire 26 6 18 2 14 86 128 30 7 20 3 101 146
Championship: Northeastern
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

Bracket[4]

Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

  Quarterfinals
March 4–5		 Semifinals
March 8–10		 Championship
March 14
                               
  3  Boston University 2 4 1  Maine 6 11  
  6  Providence 3 6 6  Providence 5 2    
      1  Maine 3
      2  Northeastern 4
  4  Lowell 3 5 2  Northeastern 3 1    
  5  Boston College 3 2 4  Lowell 1 2  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(3) Boston University vs. (6) Providence

Providence won series 9–6

(4) Lowell vs. (5) Boston College

Lowell won series 8–5

Semifinals

(1) Maine vs. (6) Providence

Maine won series 17–7

(2) Northeastern vs. (4) Lowell

Northeastern won series 4–3

Championship

(1) Maine vs. (2) Northeastern

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[5]

* Tournament MVP(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Northeastern Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  2. ↑ "Fern Flaman Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  3. ↑ "Hockey East Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  4. ↑ "Hockey East Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  5. ↑ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.

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