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.

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

Conference Overall
GP W L T SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Maine† 24 15 3 6 1 88 104 63 44 32 6 6 196 118
Boston University†* 24 16 5 3 2 88 131 82 40 31 6 3 224 117
New Hampshire 24 14 6 4 0 78 113 85 36 22 10 4 161 123
Northeastern 24 11 8 5 5 70 98 89 35 16 14 5 143 137
Massachusetts–Lowell 24 11 12 1 1 58 105 116 41 17 19 4 165 175
Providence 24 7 11 6 3 50 102 103 37 14 17 6 158 159
Merrimack 24 7 12 5 3 48 74 91 37 14 18 5 125 137
Boston College 24 8 14 2 1 45 86 119 35 11 22 2 129 169
Massachusetts 24 3 21 0 0 15 64 129 36 6 28 2 92 173
Championship: Boston University
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

Bracket[4]

Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

  Quarterfinals
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)

Play-In

(8) Boston College vs. (9) Massachusetts

Quarterfinals

(1) Maine vs. (9) Massachusetts

(2) Boston University vs. (7) Merrimack

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Providence

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

Semifinals

(1) Maine vs. (6) Providence

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

Consolation

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

Championship

(2) Boston University vs. (6) Providence

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[5]

* Tournament MVP(s)

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.

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