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.

1988 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 4–14, 1988
Teams6
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsNortheastern[1] (1st title)
Winning coachFernie Flaman[2] (1st title)
MVPBruce Racine[3] (Northeastern)
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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

1987–88 Hockey East standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Maine†2620424415990443482259144
Northeastern*261394301151073821134155142
Boston University2611123251161173414173150154
Lowell2612140241111193920172165166
Boston College2610142221041193413183132151
Providence26813521971193613185135165
New Hampshire2661821486128307203101146
Championship: Northeastern
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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)

(3) Boston University vs. (6) Providence
Providence won series 9–6

(4) Lowell vs. (5) Boston College
Lowell won series 8–5

(1) Maine vs. (6) Providence
Maine won series 17–7

(2) Northeastern vs. (4) Lowell
Northeastern won series 4–3

(1) Maine vs. (2) Northeastern

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)

[5]

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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