1990 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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.
1990 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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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 |
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 | |||||||||||||
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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
[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)
(1) Boston College vs. (8) Merrimack
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
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
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
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 | |
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- 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
- "Boston College Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-05-19.
- "Len Ceglarski Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-05-19.
- "Hockey East Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
- "Hockey East Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
- "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.