Type a search term to find related articles by LIMS subject matter experts gathered from the most trusted and dynamic collaboration tools in the laboratory informatics industry.
| 1997 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 6–15, 1997 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Fleet Center Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Boston University[1] (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Jack Parker[2] (5th title) |
| MVP | Michel Larocque[3] (Boston University) |
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 1997 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 13th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 6 and March 15, 1997. 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 University received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1997 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 winners advancing to the championship game and the losers meeting in a third-place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1997 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 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 116 | 71 | 41 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 178 | 115 | |
| New Hampshire† | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 130 | 76 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 204 | 129 | |
| Maine^ | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 120 | 76 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 162 | 109 | |
| Providence | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 101 | 88 | 36 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 141 | 137 | |
| Merrimack | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 88 | 98 | 36 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 127 | 146 | |
| Boston College | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 96 | 112 | 38 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 145 | 170 | |
| Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 83 | 113 | 38 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 126 | 163 | |
| Massachusetts | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 69 | 117 | 35 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 119 | 167 | |
| Northeastern | 24 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 66 | 118 | 36 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 103 | 160 | |
| Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Maine was ineligible for the post season due to NCAA investigations Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll | ||||||||||||||
[4] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
| Quarterfinals March 6–8 | Semifinals March 14 | Championship March 15 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston University | 6 | 7 | — | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Northeastern | 2 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston University | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | New Hampshire | 5 | 8 | — | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Massachusetts | 1 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston University | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | New Hampshire | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Providence | 2 | 5 | — | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 6 | 6 | — | ||||||||||||
| 2 | New Hampshire | 4 | Third Place | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Boston College | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Merrimack | 6 | 3 | — | 5 | Boston College | 2* | |||||||||
| 5 | Boston College | 7 | 5 | — | 6 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 2 | |||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
| March 7 | Boston University | 6 – 2 | Northeastern | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| March 8 | Boston University | 7 – 1 | Northeastern | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| Boston University won series 2–0 | |
| March 7 | New Hampshire | 5 – 1 | Massachusetts | Whittemore Center | ||||
| March 8 | New Hampshire | 8 – 2 | Massachusetts | Whittemore Center | ||||
| New Hampshire won series 2–0 | |
| March 7 | Providence | 2 – 6 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Schneider Arena | ||||
| March 8 | Providence | 5 – 6 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Schneider Arena | ||||
| Massachusetts-Lowell won series 2–0 | |
| March 6 | Merrimack | 6 – 7 | Boston College | Lawler Arena | ||||
| March 7 | Merrimack | 3 – 5 | Boston College | Lawler Arena | ||||
| Boston College won series 2–0 | |
| March 14 | Boston University | 3 – 2 | Massachusetts-Lowell | Fleet Center | ||||
| March 14 | New Hampshire | 4 – 0 | Boston College | Fleet Center | ||||
| March 15 | Boston College | 2 – 2 | OT | Massachusetts-Lowell | Fleet Center | |||
| March 15 | Boston University | 4 – 2 | New Hampshire | Fleet Center | ||||
LIMS forum content by LIMS forum members is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Based on a work at www.limsforum.com.
