1994 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1994 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 10th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 11 and March 19, 1994. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament, Boston University received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1994 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 1994 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 University†* 24 21 3 0 42 120 63 41 34 7 0 195 113
Massachusetts–Lowell 24 14 6 4 32 91 91 40 25 10 5 164 120
New Hampshire 24 13 9 2 28 90 91 40 25 12 3 145 125
Northeastern 24 10 8 6 26 94 95 39 19 13 7 162 159
Providence 24 9 13 2 20 74 111 36 14 19 3 120 149
Boston College 24 7 12 5 19 85 96 35 15 16 5 145 133
Merrimack 24 8 14 2 18 77 110 37 16 19 2 126 152
Maine^ 24 3 20 1 7 92 130 36 6 29 1 142 130
Championship: Boston University
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
^ Towards the end of the season Maine was required to retroactively forfeit 14 games for using a player deemed ineligible by the NCAA
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

Bracket[4]

Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

  Quarterfinals
March 11–13		 Semifinals
March 18		 Championship
March 19
                               
  1  Boston University 8 4 — 1  Boston University 5  
8  Maine 5 3 — 4  Northeastern 2  
  2  Massachusetts-Lowell 7 3 —
7  Merrimack 1 0 —     1  Boston University 3
  2  Massachusetts-Lowell 2
  3  New Hampshire 4 6* —
6  Boston College 1 5 —
Consolation
  4  Northeastern 4 2* — 2  Massachusetts-Lowell 4
5  Providence 3 1 — 3  New Hampshire 2   3  New Hampshire 4*
4  Northeastern 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston University vs. (8) Maine

Boston University won series 2–0

(2) Massachusetts-Lowell vs. (7) Merrimack

Massachusetts-Lowell won series 2–0

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Boston College

New Hampshire won series 2–0

(4) Northeastern vs. (5) Providence

Northeastern won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Boston University vs. (4) Northeastern

(2) Massachusetts-Lowell vs. (3) New Hampshire

Third Place

(3) New Hampshire vs. (4) Northeastern

Championship

(1) Boston University vs. (2) Massachusetts-Lowell

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[5]

* Tournament MVP(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Boston University Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  2. ↑ "Jack Parker 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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