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College ice hockey tournament
The 1990 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 6th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 1 and March 11, 1990. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the 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 until 2021 . By winning the tournament, Boston College received the Hockey East 's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament .
The tournament featured three rounds of play. 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 a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play 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 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament .
Conference standings [ edit ]
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 †*
21
15
6
0
30
101
69
42
28
13
1
197
135
Maine
21
14
6
1
29
88
57
46
33
11
2
238
137
Boston University
21
12
7
2
26
88
63
44
25
17
2
180
144
Providence
21
11
7
3
25
90
69
35
22
10
3
154
106
New Hampshire
21
8
9
4
20
86
86
39
17
17
5
166
156
Northeastern
21
9
10
2
20
96
100
37
16
19
2
167
181
Lowell
21
5
14
2
12
65
106
35
13
20
2
129
193
Merrimack
21
3
18
0
6
64
128
36
10
25
1
123
186
Championship : Boston College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
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Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
Quarterfinals March 1–5
Semifinals March 9
Championship March 11
1
Boston College
3
3
8
8
Merrimack
1
6
5
1
Boston College
5 *
5
New Hampshire
4
2
Maine
7
16
—
7
Lowell
3
0
—
1
Boston College
4
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2
Maine
3
3
Boston University
3
5
5
6
Northeastern
4
2
3
2
Maine
3
3
Boston University
1
4
Providence
5
0
4
5
New Hampshire
1
2
7
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
(1) Boston College vs. (8) Merrimack[ edit ]
Boston College won series 2–1
(2) Maine vs. (7) Lowell[ edit ]
(3) Boston University vs. (6) Northeastern[ edit ]
Boston University won series 2–1
(4) Providence vs. (5) New Hampshire[ edit ]
New Hampshire won series 2–1
(1) Boston College vs. (5) New Hampshire[ edit ]
March 9
Boston College
5 – 4
OT
New Hampshire
Conte Forum
(2) Maine vs. (3) Boston University[ edit ]
(1) Boston College vs. (2) Maine[ edit ]
* Tournament MVP(s)
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