# 1999 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

The 1999 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 15th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 11 and March 20, 1999. 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 1999 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

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 1999 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
1998–99 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 |
| #2 New Hampshire† | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 100 | 49 | 41 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 171 | 91 |
| #1 Maine | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 96 | 64 | 41 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 167 | 94 |
| #4 Boston College* | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 99 | 73 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 170 | 125 |
| Providence | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 90 | 81 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 159 | 134 |
| Boston University | 24 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 72 | 86 | 37 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 117 | 132 |
| Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 18 | 65 | 85 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 112 | 117 |
| Massachusetts | 24 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 56 | 86 | 35 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 80 | 114 |
| Merrimack | 24 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 67 | 94 | 36 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 107 | 136 |
| Northeastern | 24 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 74 | 101 | 34 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 108 | 132 |
| Championship: Boston College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals March 11–14 | Quarterfinals March 11–14 | Quarterfinals March 11–14 | Quarterfinals March 11–14 | Quarterfinals March 11–14 | | | Semifinals March 19 | Semifinals March 19 | Semifinals March 19 | Championship March 20 | Championship March 20 | Championship March 20 |
| 1 | New Hampshire | 3 | 5 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Merrimack | 2 | 4 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Merrimack | 2 | 4 | — | | | 1 | New Hampshire | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 4 | Providence | 2 | | | |
| 2 | Maine | 3 | 5 | — | | | 4 | Providence | 2 | | | |
| 7 | Massachusetts | 1 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Massachusetts | 1 | 2 | — | | | | | | 1 | New Hampshire | 4 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 1 | New Hampshire | 4 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 3 | Boston College | 5* |
| 3 | Boston College | 5 | 5 | — | | | | | | | | | 3 | Boston College | 5* |
| 6 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 0 | 4 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 0 | 4 | — | | | 2 | Maine | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 3 | Boston College | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Providence | 8 | 2 | 5 | | | 3 | Boston College | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Boston University | 2 | 8 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) New Hampshire vs. (8) Merrimack

* New Hampshire won series 2–0

#### (2) Maine vs. (7) Massachusetts

* Maine won series 2–0

#### (3) Boston College vs. (6) Massachusetts-Lowell

* Boston College won series 2–0

#### (4) Providence vs. (5) Boston University

* Providence won series 2–1

### Championship
#### (1) New Hampshire vs. (3) Boston College
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Blake Bellefeuille* (Boston College)
* F Jeff Farkas (Boston College)
* F Jason Krog (New Hampshire)
* D Bobby Allen (Boston College)
* D Jayme Filipowicz (New Hampshire)
* G Scott Clemmensen (Boston College)
* Tournament MVP(s)