1990 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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The 1990 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 6th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 1 and March 11, 1990. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, the home venue of the Boston College Eagles. 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, Boston College received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-elimination game, with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers meeting in a third-place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1990 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
Boston College†* 21 15 6 0 30 101 69 42 28 13 1 197 135
Maine 21 14 6 1 29 88 57 46 33 11 2 238 137
Boston University 21 12 7 2 26 88 63 44 25 17 2 180 144
Providence 21 11 7 3 25 90 69 35 22 10 3 154 106
New Hampshire 21 8 9 4 20 86 86 39 17 17 5 166 156
Northeastern 21 9 10 2 20 96 100 37 16 19 2 167 181
Lowell 21 5 14 2 12 65 106 35 13 20 2 129 193
Merrimack 21 3 18 0 6 64 128 35 10 24 1 123 186
Championship: Boston College
† 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 1–5		 Semifinals
March 9		 Championship
March 11
                               
  1  Boston College 3 3 8 1  Boston College 5*  
8  Merrimack 1 6 5 5  New Hampshire 4  
  2  Maine 7 16 —
7  Lowell 3 0 —     1  Boston College 4
  2  Maine 3
  3  Boston University 3 5 5
6  Northeastern 4 2 3
  4  Providence 5 0 4 2  Maine 3
5  New Hampshire 1 2 7 3  Boston University 1  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston College vs. (8) Merrimack

Boston College won series 2–1

(2) Maine vs. (7) Lowell

Maine won series 2–0

(3) Boston University vs. (6) Northeastern

Boston University won series 2–1

(4) Providence vs. (5) New Hampshire

New Hampshire won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Boston College vs. (5) New Hampshire

(2) Maine vs. (3) Boston University

Championship

(1) Boston College vs. (2) Maine

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[5]

* Tournament MVP(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Boston College Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  2. ↑ "Len Ceglarski 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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