College ice hockey tournament
| 1986 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 7–15, 1986 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Finals site | Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island |
| Champions | Boston University (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Jack Parker (1st title) |
| MVP | Peter Marshall (Boston University) |
| Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1985 1987 → | |
The 1986 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 2nd Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 7 and March 15, 1986. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were, for the first time, played at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. This was the final year the Hockey East championship was decided at a venue outside of the state of Massachusetts (as of 2014). By winning the tournament, Boston University received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. In the quarterfinals, the second seed and seventh seed, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a two-game series where the team that scored the most total goals was declared the winner and advanced to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the first seed was matched against the lowest remaining quarterfinalist while the other remaining quarterfinalists met in 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 1986 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
| 1985–86 Hockey East standings | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Boston College† | 34 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 48 | 158 | 123 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 188 | 154 | |
| Boston University* | 34 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 43 | 147 | 127 | 43 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 184 | 156 | |
| Northeastern | 34 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 38 | 165 | 158 | 39 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 185 | 185 | |
| Providence | 34 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 105 | 140 | 39 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 122 | 160 | |
| Maine | 34 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 118 | 177 | 40 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 142 | 201 | |
| Lowell | 34 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 12 | 118 | 166 | 42 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 156 | 205 | |
| New Hampshire | 34 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 12 | 114 | 188 | 37 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 121 | 199 | |
| Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
| Quarterfinals March 7–10 | Semifinals March 14 | Championship March 15 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston College | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Lowell | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston University | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | New Hampshire | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston College | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston University | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Northeastern | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Lowell | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston University | 3 | Consolation | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 5 | 5 | 4 | Providence | 5 | |||||||||
| 5 | Maine | 4 | 2 | 6 | Lowell | 8 | |||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
(2) Boston University vs. (7) New Hampshire
| March 7 | Boston University | 1 – 1 | New Hampshire | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| March 8 | Boston University | 4 – 3 | New Hampshire | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| Boston University won series 5–4 | |
(3) Northeastern vs. (6) Lowell
| March 7 | Northeastern | 2 – 4 | Lowell | Matthews Arena | ||||
| March 9 | Northeastern | 4 – 3 | Lowell | Matthews Arena | ||||
| Lowell won series 7–6 | |
(4) Providence vs. (5) Maine
| March 9 | Providence | 5 – 4 | Maine | Schneider Arena | ||||
| March 10 | Providence | 5 – 1 | Maine | Schneider Arena | ||||
| Providence won series 10–5 | |
Semifinals
(1) Boston College vs. (6) Lowell
| March 14 | Boston College | 5 – 2 | Lowell | Providence Civic Center | ||||
(2) Boston University vs. (4) Providence
| March 14 | Boston University | 3 – 2 | Providence | Providence Civic Center | ||||
Consolation
(4) Providence vs. (6) Lowell
| March 15 | Providence | 5 – 8 | Lowell | Providence Civic Center | ||||
Championship
(1) Boston College vs. (2) Boston University
| March 15 | Boston College | 4 – 9 | Boston University | Providence Civic Center | ||||
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- F Ken Hodge (Boston College)
- F Peter Marshall* (Boston University)
- F Jeff Sveen (Boston University)
- D David Quinn (Boston University)
- D Scott Shaunessy (Boston University)
- G Terry Taillefer (Boston University)
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.
External links
| Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
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| 1986 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournaments | |
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| Conference | |
| National | |