1987 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1987 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 3rd Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 10 and March 16, 1987. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were, for the first time, played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament, Boston College received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1987 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. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1987 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†*32266052203121393180233145
Lowell3220102421461363622122166163
Maine3219121391591174224162196151
Boston University3215143331341323719153158146
Northeastern3211183251101393713213126167
Providence32722317104156337233106161
New Hampshire32524313105179388273124204
Championship: Boston College
† 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 10–11		 Semifinals
March 15		 Championship
March 16
                           
  3 Maine 5 1 Boston College 9  
  6 Providence 2 5 Northeastern 3    
      1 Boston College 4
      3 Maine 2
  4 Boston University 2 2 Lowell 4    
  5 Northeastern 3 3 Maine 5  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(3) Maine vs. (6) Providence

(4) Boston University vs. (5) Northeastern

Semifinals

(1) Boston College vs. (5) Northeastern

(2) Lowell vs. (3) Maine

Championship

(1) Boston College vs. (3) Maine

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[5]

* Tournament MVP(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Boston College Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  2. ↑ "Len Ceglarski 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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