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| 1990 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 1–11, 1990 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Boston College[1] (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Len Ceglarski[2] (2nd title) |
| MVP | Scott LaGrand[3] (Boston College) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
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 until 2021. 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
editThe 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
editNote: 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 | 36 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 123 | 186 | |
| Championship: Boston College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
edit[4] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
| Quarterfinals March 1–5 | Semifinals March 9 | Championship March 11 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston College | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Merrimack | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston College | 5* | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | New Hampshire | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 7 | 16 | — | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Lowell | 3 | 0 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Northeastern | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | New Hampshire | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
edit(1) Boston College vs. (8) Merrimack
edit| March 2 | Boston College | 3 – 1 | Merrimack | Conte Forum | ||||
| March 4 | Boston College | 3 – 6 | Merrimack | Conte Forum | ||||
| March 5 | Boston College | 8 – 5 | Merrimack | Conte Forum | ||||
| Boston College won series 2–1 | |
(2) Maine vs. (7) Lowell
edit| March 2 | Maine | 7 – 3 | Lowell | Alfond Arena | ||||
| March 3 | Maine | 16 – 0 | Lowell | Alfond Arena | ||||
| Maine won series 2–0 | |
(3) Boston University vs. (6) Northeastern
edit| March 2 | Boston University | 3 – 4 | Northeastern | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| March 3 | Boston University | 5 – 2 | Northeastern | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| March 4 | Boston University | 5 – 3 | Northeastern | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| Boston University won series 2–1 | |
(4) Providence vs. (5) New Hampshire
edit| March 1 | Providence | 5 – 1 | New Hampshire | Schneider Arena | ||||
| March 2 | Providence | 0 – 2 | New Hampshire | Schneider Arena | ||||
| March 4 | Providence | 4 – 7 | New Hampshire | Schneider Arena | ||||
| New Hampshire won series 2–1 | |
Semifinals
edit(1) Boston College vs. (5) New Hampshire
edit| March 9 | Boston College | 5 – 4 | OT | New Hampshire | Conte Forum | |||
(2) Maine vs. (3) Boston University
edit| March 9 | Maine | 3 – 1 | Boston University | Conte Forum | ||||
Championship
edit(1) Boston College vs. (2) Maine
edit| March 11 | Boston College | 4 – 3 | Maine | Conte Forum | ||||
Tournament awards
edit- F David Emma (Boston College)
- F Martin Robitaille* (Maine)
- F Jean-Yves Roy (Maine)
- D Greg Brown (Boston College)
- D Claudio Scremin (Maine)
- G Scott LaGrand (Boston College)
References
edit- ^ "Boston College Men's Team History". Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ^ "Len Ceglarski Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ^ "Hockey East Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ^ "Hockey East Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.