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

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
Note: * denotes overtime period

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston University vs. (8) Maine

(2) Massachusetts-Lowell vs. (7) Merrimack

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Boston College

(4) Northeastern vs. (5) Providence

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

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team">List of Hockey East All-Tournament Team">All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP