| 1995 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 7–18, 1995 |
| Teams | 9 |
| Finals site | Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Boston University[1] (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Jack Parker[2] (4th title) |
| MVP | Bob Bell[3] (Providence) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
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 | |||||||||||||||
Bracket
[4] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
| Play-In March 7 | Quarterfinals March 9–12 | Semifinals March 17 | Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Maine | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Boston College | 4 | 9 | Massachusetts | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Massachusetts | 5 | 1 | Maine | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Providence | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston University | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Merrimack | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston University | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Providence | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | New Hampshire | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Providence | 3* | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston University | 4 | Consolation | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Northeastern | 2 | 1 | Maine | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 5 | 5 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Play-in
(8) Boston College vs. (9) Massachusetts
| March 7 | Boston College | 4 – 5 | Massachusetts | Conte Forum | ||||
Quarterfinals
(1) Maine vs. (9) Massachusetts
| March 11 | Maine | 7 – 4 | Massachusetts | Alfond Arena | ||||
(2) Boston University vs. (7) Merrimack
| March 12 | Boston University | 4 – 3 | Merrimack | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Providence
| March 9 | New Hampshire | 2 – 3 | Providence | JFK Coliseum | ||||
(4) Northeastern vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell
| March 10 | Northeastern | 2 – 5 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Matthews Arena | ||||
Semifinals
(1) Maine vs. (6) Providence
| March 17 | Maine | 3 – 7 | Providence | Boston Garden | ||||
(2) Boston University vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell
| March 17 | Boston University | 4 – 2 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Boston Garden | ||||
Consolation
(1) Maine vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell
| March 18 | Maine | 6 – 0 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Boston Garden | ||||
Championship
(2) Boston University vs. (6) Providence
| March 18 | Boston University | 3 – 2 | Providence | Boston Garden | ||||
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- F Shawn Bates (Boston University)
- F Brady Kramer (Providence)
- F Chad Quenneville (Providence)
- D Jon Coleman (Boston University)
- D Chris Imes (Maine)
- G Bob Bell* (Providence)
References
- ↑ "Boston University Men's Team History". Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Jack Parker Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Hockey East Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Hockey East Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- ↑ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.