1994 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1994 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 10th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 11 and March 19, 1994. 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, Boston University received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
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 1994 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
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Conference |
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Overall |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
PTS |
GF |
GA |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GF |
GA |
Boston University†* | 24 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 120 | 63 | | 41 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 195 | 113 |
Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 91 | 91 | | 40 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 164 | 120 |
New Hampshire | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 90 | 91 | | 40 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 145 | 125 |
Northeastern | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 94 | 95 | | 39 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 162 | 159 |
Providence | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 74 | 111 | | 36 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 120 | 149 |
Boston College | 24 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 85 | 96 | | 35 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 145 | 133 |
Merrimack | 24 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 77 | 110 | | 37 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 126 | 152 |
Maine^ | 24 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 92 | 130 | | 36 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 142 | 130 |
Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Towards the end of the season Maine was required to retroactively forfeit 14 games for using a player deemed ineligible by the NCAA Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll |
Bracket[4]
Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
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Quarterfinals March 11–13 |
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Semifinals March 18 |
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Championship March 19 |
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1 |
Boston University |
8 |
4 |
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1 |
Boston University |
5 |
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8 |
Maine |
5 |
3 |
— |
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4 |
Northeastern |
2 |
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2 |
Massachusetts-Lowell |
7 |
3 |
— |
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7 |
Merrimack |
1 |
0 |
— |
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1 |
Boston University |
3 |
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2 |
Massachusetts-Lowell |
2 |
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3 |
New Hampshire |
4 |
6* |
— |
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6 |
Boston College |
1 |
5 |
— |
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Consolation |
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4 |
Northeastern |
4 |
2* |
— |
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2 |
Massachusetts-Lowell |
4 |
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5 |
Providence |
3 |
1 |
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3 |
New Hampshire |
2 |
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3 |
New Hampshire |
4* |
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4 |
Northeastern |
4 |
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Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
(1) Boston University vs. (8) Maine
Boston University won series 2–0 |
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(2) Massachusetts-Lowell vs. (7) Merrimack
March 11 |
Massachusetts-Lowell |
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7 – 1 |
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Merrimack |
Tully Forum |
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March 12 |
Massachusetts-Lowell |
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3 – 0 |
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Merrimack |
Tully Forum |
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Massachusetts-Lowell won series 2–0 |
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(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Boston College
March 12 |
New Hampshire |
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4 – 1 |
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Boston College |
Snively Arena |
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March 13 |
New Hampshire |
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6 – 5 |
OT |
Boston College |
Snively Arena |
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New Hampshire won series 2–0 |
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(4) Northeastern vs. (5) Providence
Northeastern won series 2–0 |
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Semifinals
(1) Boston University vs. (4) Northeastern
(2) Massachusetts-Lowell vs. (3) New Hampshire
Third Place
(3) New Hampshire vs. (4) Northeastern
Championship
(1) Boston University vs. (2) Massachusetts-Lowell
March 19 |
Boston University |
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3 – 2 |
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Massachusetts-Lowell |
Boston Garden |
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Tournament awards
- F Eric Boguniecki (New Hampshire)
- F Greg Bullock (Massachusetts-Lowell)
- F Jacques Joubert (Boston University)
- D Rich Brennan (Boston University)
- D Kaj Linna (Boston University)
- G Dwayne Roloson* (Massachusetts-Lowell)
* Tournament MVP(s)
References
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