| 1987 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 10–16, 1987 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Finals site | Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Boston College [1] (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Len Ceglarski [2] (1st title) |
| MVP | Brian Leetch [3] (Boston College) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
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.
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.
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†* | 32 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 203 | 121 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 233 | 145 | |
| Lowell | 32 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 42 | 146 | 136 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 166 | 163 | |
| Maine | 32 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 39 | 159 | 117 | 42 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 196 | 151 | |
| Boston University | 32 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 33 | 134 | 132 | 37 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 158 | 146 | |
| Northeastern | 32 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 25 | 110 | 139 | 37 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 126 | 167 | |
| Providence | 32 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 104 | 156 | 33 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 106 | 161 | |
| New Hampshire | 32 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 13 | 105 | 179 | 38 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 124 | 204 | |
| Championship: Boston College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
| Quarterfinals March 10–11 | Semifinals March 15 | Championship March 16 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston College | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Maine | 5 | 5 | Northeastern | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 | Providence | 2 | 1 | Boston College | 4 | |||||||||
| 3 | Maine | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Lowell | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Boston University | 2 | 3 | Maine | 5 | |||||||||
| 5 | Northeastern | 3 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
| March 11 | Maine | 5 – 2 | Providence | Alfond Arena | ||||
| March 10 | Boston University | 2 – 3 | Northeastern | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| March 15 | Boston College | 9 – 3 | Northeastern | Boston Garden | ||||
| March 15 | Lowell | 4 – 5 | Maine | Boston Garden | ||||
| March 16 | Boston College | 4 – 2 | Maine | Boston Garden | ||||