# 1991 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

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.

## Format

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.

## Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
1990–91 Hockey East standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | 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 |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
| Quarterfinals February 27–March 2 | Quarterfinals February 27–March 2 | Quarterfinals February 27–March 2 | Semifinals March 8 | Semifinals March 8 | Semifinals March 8 | Championship March 10 | Championship March 10 | Championship March 10 |
| 1 | Boston College | 5 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Northeastern | 6 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Northeastern | 6 | 2 | Maine | 4* | | | |
| | | | 8 | Northeastern | 3 | | | |
| 2 | Maine | 5 | 8 | Northeastern | 3 | | | |
| 7 | Lowell | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Lowell | 3 | | | | 2 | Maine | 3 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Boston University | 4* |
| 3 | Boston University | 7 | | | | | | | 3 | Boston University | 4* |
| 6 | Merrimack | 1 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Merrimack | 1 | 3 | Boston University | 7 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Providence | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Providence | 4 | 4 | Providence | 5 | | | |
| 5 | New Hampshire | 1 | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Championship
#### (2) Maine vs. (3) Boston University
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Sebastian Laplante (Northeastern)
* F Shawn McEachern* (Boston University)
* F Steve Tepper (Maine)
* D Peter Ahola (Boston University)
* D Keith Carney (Maine)
* G John Bradley (Boston University)
* Tournament MVP(s)