1993 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1993 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 9th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 12 and March 20, 1993. 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, Maine received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1993 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 12–29, 1993
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsMaine[1] (3rd title)
Winning coachShawn Walsh[2] (3rd title)
MVPJim Montgomery[3] (Maine)
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 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 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 1993 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

1992–93 Hockey East standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Maine†*2422114516256454212272107
Boston University2418513712684402992193126
New Hampshire241111224102993818173158143
Massachusetts–Lowell2410131211001003920172158151
Providence24912321911093616164149147
Merrimack24816016851413614202135184
Boston College2461531580120389245117187
Northeastern24617113891273510241137193
Championship: Maine
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Bracket

[4] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

  Quarterfinals
March 12–14		 Semifinals
March 19		 Championship
March 20
                             
  1 Maine 6 9 1 Maine 7  
8 Northeastern 1 5 4 Massachusetts-Lowell 5  
  2 Boston University 6 5
7 Boston College 2 1     1 Maine 5
  2 Boston University 2
  3 New Hampshire 5 9
6 Merrimack 3 2
Consolation
  4 Massachusetts-Lowell 7 3* 2 Boston University 2
5 Providence 4 3 3 New Hampshire 0   3 New Hampshire 4
4 Massachusetts-Lowell 5*

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Maine vs. (8) Northeastern
Maine won series 15–6

(2) Boston University vs. (7) Boston College
Boston University won series 11–3

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Merrimack
New Hampshire won series 14–4

(4) Massachusetts-Lowell vs. (5) Providence
Massachusetts-Lowell won series 10–7

(1) Maine vs. (4) Massachusetts-Lowell

(2) Boston University vs. (3) New Hampshire

(3) New Hampshire vs. (4) Massachusetts-Lowell

(1) Maine vs. (2) Boston University

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)

[5]

References
  1. "Maine Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  2. "Shawn Walsh 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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