1992 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1992 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 8th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 6 and March 14, 1992. 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, Maine received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play with each round being a single-elimination game. 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 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. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1992 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
New Hampshire2115423294753724112168127
Boston University211164269288352384159124
Maine†*^2112722611554371817219489
Providence2111822499793621132175134
Boston College2110922268763615183116138
Massachusetts–Lowell2161141675913411194127155
Northeastern21714014701033516190142167
Merrimack2141708601023413210128149
Championship: Maine
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
^ After the season Maine was required to retroactively forfeit 13 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

  Quarterfinals
March 6–8		 Semifinals
March 12		 Championship
March 14
                           
  1 Maine 7 1 Maine 7  
8 Merrimack 0 5 Boston College 3  
  2 New Hampshire 4
7 Northeastern 2     1 Maine 4
  2 New Hampshire 1
  3 Providence 7
6 Massachusetts-Lowell 0
  4 Boston University 2 2 New Hampshire 5
5 Boston College 5 3 Providence 3  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Maine vs. (8) Merrimack

(2) New Hampshire vs. (7) Northeastern

(3) Providence vs. (6) Massachusetts-Lowell

(4) Boston University vs. (5) Boston College

Semifinals

(1) Maine vs. (5) Boston College

(2) New Hampshire vs. (3) Providence

Championship

(1) Maine vs. (2) New Hampshire

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[5]

* Tournament MVP(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Maine Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  2. ↑ "Shawn Walsh 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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