1989 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1989 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 3 and March 11, 1989. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the newly opened 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, Maine received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play with each matchup being a single-elimination game. The team that finishes in seventh place is ineligible for tournament play. In the first round, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the first seed and lowest remaining quarterfinalist and second seed and highest remaining quarterfinalist each play a game with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers meeting in a consolation match. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1989 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
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Boston College† 26 16 6 4 36 122 89 40 25 11 4 191 137
Maine* 26 17 9 0 34 127 97 45 31 14 0 221 158
Northeastern 26 13 11 2 28 126 120 36 18 16 2 166 155
Providence 26 13 11 2 28 106 112 42 22 18 2 166 167
Boston University 26 10 15 1 21 114 116 36 14 21 1 157 169
New Hampshire 26 9 17 0 18 75 120 34 12 22 0 111 154
Lowell 26 4 21 1 9 82 156 34 8 24 2 122 189
Championship: Maine
† 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 3–4		 Semifinals
March 10		 Championship
March 11
                           
  3 Northeastern 5* 1 Boston College 6**  
  6 New Hampshire 4 4 Providence 5    
      1 Boston College 4
      2 Maine 5
  4 Providence 3 2 Maine 3*    
  5 Boston University 2 3 Northeastern 2   Consolation
 
3 Northeastern 2
4 Providence 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(3) Northeastern vs. (6) New Hampshire

(4) Providence vs. (5) Boston University

Semifinals

(1) Boston College vs. (4) Providence

(2) Maine vs. (3) Northeastern

Consolation

(3) Northeastern vs. (4) Providence

Championship

(1) Boston College vs. (2) Maine

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[5]

* Tournament MVP(s)

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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