| 1998 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 12–21, 1998 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Fleet Center Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Boston College [1] (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Jerry York [2] (1st title) |
| MVP | Marty Reasoner [3] (Boston College) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 1998 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 14th tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 12 and March 21, 1998. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Fleet Center 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 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finishes ninth in the conference is not eligible for tournament 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 winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1998 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 University† | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 95 | 52 | 38 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 155 | 86 | |
| Boston College* | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 107 | 78 | 42 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 191 | 123 | |
| New Hampshire | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 104 | 62 | 38 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 163 | 102 | |
| Northeastern | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 77 | 78 | 39 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 125 | 133 | |
| Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 88 | 89 | 36 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 126 | 124 | |
| Maine | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 98 | 89 | 36 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 145 | 121 | |
| Providence | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 65 | 82 | 36 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 110 | 125 | |
| Merrimack | 24 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 78 | 128 | 38 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 141 | 185 | |
| Massachusetts | 24 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 62 | 116 | 33 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 78 | 141 | |
| Championship: Boston College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll | ||||||||||||||
[4] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
| Quarterfinals March 12–15 | Semifinals March 20 | Championship March 21 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston University | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Merrimack | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston College | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Merrimack | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston College | 4 | 6 | — | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Providence | 3 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston College | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Maine | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | New Hampshire | 2 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Maine | 3** | 5 | — | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Maine | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Northeastern | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 8 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
| March 13 | Boston University | 1 – 4 | Merrimack | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| March 14 | Boston University | 6 – 5 | Merrimack | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| March 15 | Boston University | 4 – 5 | Merrimack | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| Merrimack won series 2–1 | |
| March 12 | Boston College | 4 – 3 | Massachusetts | Conte Forum | ||||
| March 13 | Boston College | 6 – 3 | Massachusetts | Conte Forum | ||||
| Boston College won series 2–0 | |
| March 13 | New Hampshire | 2 – 3 | 2OT | Maine | Whittemore Center | |||
| March 14 | New Hampshire | 3 – 5 | Maine | Whittemore Center | ||||
| Maine won series 2–0 | |
| March 12 | Northeastern | 2 – 8 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Matthews Arena | ||||
| March 13 | Northeastern | 3 – 2 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Matthews Arena | ||||
| March 15 | Northeastern | 1 – 5 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Matthews Arena | ||||
| Massachusetts-Lowell won series 2–1 | |
| March 20 | Boston College | 7 – 2 | Merrimack | Fleet Center | ||||
| March 20 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 2 – 6 | Maine | Fleet Center | ||||
| March 21 | Boston College | 3 – 2 | Maine | Fleet Center | ||||
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