| 1991 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | February 27–March 10, 1991 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Boston University [1] (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Jack Parker [2] (2nd title) |
| MVP | Shawn McEachern [3] (Boston University) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 1991 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 7th tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between February 27 and March 10, 1991. 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, Boston University received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
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 1991 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† | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 106 | 77 | 39 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 185 | 133 | |
| Maine | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 110 | 73 | 43 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 227 | 134 | |
| Boston University* | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 104 | 69 | 41 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 234 | 142 | |
| Providence | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 94 | 84 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 180 | 139 | |
| New Hampshire | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 79 | 78 | 35 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 151 | 124 | |
| Merrimack | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 71 | 103 | 33 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 133 | 152 | |
| Lowell | 21 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 69 | 108 | 34 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 125 | 169 | |
| Northeastern | 21 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 86 | 127 | 35 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 146 | 196 | |
| Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
[4] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
| Quarterfinals February 27–March 2 | Semifinals March 8 | Championship March 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston College | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Northeastern | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 4* | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Northeastern | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Lowell | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 4* | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Merrimack | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | New Hampshire | 1 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
| February 27 | Boston College | 5 – 6 | Northeastern | Conte Forum | ||||
| March 2 | Maine | 5 – 3 | Lowell | Alfond Arena | ||||
| February 28 | Boston University | 7 – 1 | Merrimack | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| March 1 | Providence | 4 – 1 | New Hampshire | Schneider Arena | ||||
| March 8 | Maine | 4 – 3 | OT | Northeastern | Boston Garden | |||
| March 8 | Boston University | 7 – 5 | Providence | Boston Garden | ||||
| March 10 | Maine | 3 – 4 | OT | Boston University | Boston Garden | |||