1995 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1995 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 11th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 7 and March 18, 1995. Play-in and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were, for the final time, played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament, Boston University received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1995 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 7–18, 1995
Teams9
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsBoston University[1] (4th title)
Winning coachJack Parker[2] (4th title)
MVPBob Bell[3] (Providence)
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play with an additional play-in game with each round being a single-elimination game. The teams that finish eighth and ninth in the conference play a single play-in game to determine the final qualifier to the tournament. In the first round, the first seed and play-in victor, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played with the winners advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers meeting in a consolation game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SW = Shootout Wins; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

1994–95 Hockey East standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Maine†24153618810463443266196118
Boston University†*24165328813182403163224117
New Hampshire241464078113853622104161123
Northeastern24118557098893516145143137
Massachusetts–Lowell24111211581051164117194165175
Providence2471163501021033714176158159
Merrimack24712534874913714185125137
Boston College248142145861193511222129169
Massachusetts2432100156412936628292173
Championship: Boston University
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Bracket

[4] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

  Play-In
March 7		 Quarterfinals
March 9–12		 Semifinals
March 17		 Championship
March 18
                                     
  1 Maine 7 1 Maine 3  
8 Boston College 4     9 Massachusetts 4 6 Providence 7  
9 Massachusetts 5  
  2 Boston University 4
7 Merrimack 3     2 Boston University 3
  6 Providence 2
  3 New Hampshire 2
6 Providence 3* Consolation
  4 Northeastern 2 2 Boston University 4 1 Maine 6
5 Massachusetts-Lowell 5 5 Massachusetts-Lowell 2   5 Massachusetts-Lowell 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(8) Boston College vs. (9) Massachusetts

(1) Maine vs. (9) Massachusetts

(2) Boston University vs. (7) Merrimack

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Providence

(4) Northeastern vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell

(1) Maine vs. (6) Providence

(2) Boston University vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell

(1) Maine vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell

(2) Boston University vs. (6) Providence

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team
  • F Shawn Bates (Boston University)
  • F Brady Kramer (Providence)
  • F Chad Quenneville (Providence)
  • D Jon Coleman (Boston University)
  • D Chris Imes (Maine)
  • G Bob Bell* (Providence)

* Tournament MVP(s)

[5]

References
  1. "Boston University Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  2. "Jack Parker 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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.