1989 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

1989 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 3–11, 1989
Teams	6
Finals site	Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Champions	Maine[1] (1st title)
Winning coach	Shawn Walsh[2] (1st title)
MVP	Bob Beers[3] (Maine)
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 3 and March 11, 1989. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the newly opened 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 (as of 2014). By winning the tournament, Maine received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1989 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 and the losers meeting in a consolation match. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1989 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

1988–89 Hockey East standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Boston College†	26	16	6	4	36	122	89		40	25	11	4	191	137
Maine*	26	17	9	0	34	127	97		45	31	14	0	221	158
Northeastern	26	13	11	2	28	126	120		36	18	16	2	166	155
Providence	26	13	11	2	28	106	112		42	22	18	2	166	167
Boston University	26	10	15	1	21	114	116		36	14	21	1	157	169
New Hampshire	26	9	17	0	18	75	120		34	12	22	0	111	154
Lowell	26	4	21	1	9	82	156		34	8	24	2	122	189
Championship: Maine † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

Bracket

[4] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

	Quarterfinals March 3–4					Semifinals March 10					Championship March 11
						1	Boston College	6**
	3	Northeastern	5*			4	Providence	5
	6	New Hampshire	4								1	Boston College	4
											2	Maine	5
						2	Maine	3*
	4	Providence	3			3	Northeastern	2
	5	Boston University	2								Consolation
											3	Northeastern	2
											4	Providence	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(3) Northeastern vs. (6) New Hampshire

March 4

Northeastern

5 – 4

OT

New Hampshire

Matthews Arena

(4) Providence vs. (5) Boston University

March 3

Providence

3 – 2

Boston University

Schneider Arena

Semifinals

(1) Boston College vs. (4) Providence

March 10

Boston College

6 – 5

2OT

Providence

Conte Forum

(2) Maine vs. (3) Northeastern

March 10

Maine

3 – 2

OT

Northeastern

Conte Forum

Consolation

(3) Northeastern vs. (4) Providence

March 11

Northeastern

2 – 3

Providence

Conte Forum

Championship

(1) Boston College vs. (2) Maine

March 11

Boston College

4 – 5

Maine

Conte Forum

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• F Steve Heinze (Boston College)
• F Guy Perron (Maine)
• F Tim Sweeney (Boston College)
• D Bob Beers* (Maine)
• D Greg Brown (Boston College)
• G Matt DelGuidice (Maine)

* Tournament MVP(s)

[5]

References

1. "Maine Men's Team History". Retrieved May 19, 2014.
2. "Shawn Walsh Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved May 19, 2014.
3. "Hockey East Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
4. "Hockey East Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
5. "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

External links

• Hockey East Online