1999 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1999 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 15th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 11 and March 20, 1999. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament, Boston College received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finishes ninth in the conference is not eligible for tournament 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 winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1999 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
#2 New Hampshire 24 18 3 3 39 100 49 41 31 7 3 171 91
#1 Maine 24 17 5 2 36 96 64 41 31 6 4 167 94
#4 Boston College* 24 15 7 2 32 99 73 43 27 12 4 170 125
Providence 24 12 11 1 25 90 81 38 20 17 1 159 134
Boston University 24 8 13 3 19 72 86 37 14 20 3 117 132
Massachusetts–Lowell 24 9 15 0 18 65 85 36 17 19 0 112 117
Massachusetts 24 8 14 2 18 56 86 35 12 21 2 80 114
Merrimack 24 7 16 1 15 67 94 36 11 24 1 107 136
Northeastern 24 6 16 2 14 74 101 34 11 20 3 108 132
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

  Quarterfinals[3]
March 11–14
Semifinals[4]
March 19
Championship
March 20
                               
  1  New Hampshire 3 5 1  New Hampshire 6  
8  Merrimack 2 4 4  Providence 2  
  2  Maine 3 5
7  Massachusetts 1 2     1  New Hampshire 4
  3  Boston College 5*
  3  Boston College 5 5
6  Massachusetts-Lowell 0 4
  4  Providence 8 2 5 2  Maine 2
5  Boston University 2 8 1 3  Boston College 3  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) New Hampshire vs. (8) Merrimack

New Hampshire won series 2–0

(2) Maine vs. (7) Massachusetts

Maine won series 2–0

(3) Boston College vs. (6) Massachusetts-Lowell

Boston College won series 2–0

(4) Providence vs. (5) Boston University

Providence won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) New Hampshire vs. (4) Providence

(2) Maine vs. (3) Boston College

Championship

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

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[17]

* Tournament MVP(s)

References

  1. "Boston College Men's Team History". Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  2. "Jerry York Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  3. "Hockey East men's Hockey 1998-99 Week 24". USCHO.com. 1998-03-14. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  4. "Hockey East men's Hockey 1998-99 Week 25". USCHO.com. 1999-03-20. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  5. "New Hampshire 3, Merrimack 2". USCHO.com. 1999-03-12. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  6. "New Hampshire 5, Merrimack 4". USCHO.com. 1999-03-13. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  7. "Maine 3, Massachusetts 1". USCHO.com. 1999-03-11. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  8. "Maine 5, Massachusetts 2". USCHO.com. 1999-03-12. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  9. "Boston College 5, Massachusetts-Lowell 0". USCHO.com. 1999-03-11. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  10. "Boston College 5, Massachusetts-Lowell 4". USCHO.com. 1999-03-12. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  11. "Providence 8, Boston University 2". USCHO.com. 1999-03-12. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  12. "Boston University 8, Providence 2". USCHO.com. 1999-03-13. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  13. "Providence 5, Boston University 1". USCHO.com. 1999-03-14. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  14. "New Hampshire 6, Providence 2". USCHO.com. 1999-03-19. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  15. "Boston College 3, Maine 2". USCHO.com. 1999-03-19. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  16. "Boston College 5, New Hampshire 4". USCHO.com. 1999-03-20. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  17. "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.

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