42°20′6.3″N 71°10′3.6″W / 42.335083°N 71.167667°W / 42.335083; -71.167667 College ice hockey tournament
The 1990 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 6th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 1 and March 11, 1990. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the 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 until 2021 . By winning the tournament, Boston College received the Hockey East 's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament .
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 1990 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 †*21
15
6
0
30 101
69
42
28
13
1
197
135
Maine 21
14
6
1
29 88
57
46
33
11
2
238
137
Boston University 21
12
7
2
26 88
63
44
25
17
2
180
144
Providence 21
11
7
3
25 90
69
35
22
10
3
154
106
New Hampshire 21
8
9
4
20 86
86
39
17
17
5
166
156
Northeastern 21
9
10
2
20 96
100
37
16
19
2
167
181
Lowell 21
5
14
2
12 65
106
35
13
20
2
129
193
Merrimack 21
3
18
0
6 64
128
36
10
25
1
123
186
Championship : Boston Collegeindicates conference regular season champion indicates conference tournament champion
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 1
Boston College
3
3
8
8
Merrimack
1
6
5
1
Boston College
5 *
5
New Hampshire
4
2
Maine
7
16
—
7
Lowell
3
0
—
1
Boston College
4
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2
Maine
3
3
Boston University
3
5
5
6
Northeastern
4
2
3
2
Maine
3
3
Boston University
1
4
Providence
5
0
4
5
New Hampshire
1
2
7
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
Boston College won series 2–1
Boston University won series 2–1
New Hampshire won series 2–1
Semifinals
March 9
Boston College
5 – 4
OT
New Hampshire
Conte Forum
Championship
Tournament awards
* Tournament MVP(s)
References
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