1995 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

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The 1995 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 11th tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 7 and March 18, 1995. Play-in and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were, for the final time, 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 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play with an additional play-in game with each round being a single-elimination game. The teams that finish eighth and ninth in the conference play a single play-in game to determine the final qualifier to the tournament. In the first round, the first seed and play-in victor, 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 and the losers meeting in a consolation game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SW = Shootout Wins; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

ConferenceOverall
GPWLTSWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
Maine24153618810463443266196118
Boston University†*24165328813182403163224117
New Hampshire 241464078113853622104161123
Northeastern 24118557098893516145143137
Massachusetts–Lowell 24111211581051164117194165175
Providence 2471163501021033714176158159
Merrimack 24712534874913714185125137
Boston College 248142145861193511222129169
Massachusetts 2432100156412936628292173
Championship: Boston University
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Bracket

[4] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

Play-In
March 7
Quarterfinals
March 9–12
Semifinals
March 17
Championship
March 18
1Maine7
8 Boston College 4 9 Massachusetts 4
9Massachusetts51 Maine 3
6Providence7
2Boston University4
7 Merrimack 3
2Boston University3
6 Providence 2
3 New Hampshire 2
6Providence3*
2Boston University4Consolation
5 Massachusetts-Lowell 2
4 Northeastern 2 1Maine6
5Massachusetts-Lowell55 Massachusetts-Lowell 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Play-in

(8) Boston College vs. (9) Massachusetts

March 7Boston College4 – 5Massachusetts Conte Forum

Quarterfinals

(1) Maine vs. (9) Massachusetts

March 11Maine7 – 4Massachusetts Alfond Arena

(2) Boston University vs. (7) Merrimack

March 12Boston University4 – 3Merrimack Walter Brown Arena

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Providence

March 9New Hampshire2 – 3Providence JFK Coliseum

(4) Northeastern vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell

March 10Northeastern2 – 5Massachusetts-Lowell Matthews Arena

Semifinals

(1) Maine vs. (6) Providence

March 17Maine3 – 7Providence Boston Garden

(2) Boston University vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell

March 17Boston University4 – 2Massachusetts-Lowell Boston Garden

Consolation

(1) Maine vs. (5) Massachusetts-Lowell

March 18Maine6 – 0Massachusetts-Lowell Boston Garden

Championship

(2) Boston University vs. (6) Providence

March 18Boston University3 – 2Providence Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Tournament MVP(s)

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References

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  2. "Jack Parker 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.