# 1986 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

The 1986 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 2nd Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 7 and March 15, 1986. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were, for the first time, played at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. This was the final year the Hockey East championship was decided at a venue outside of the state of Massachusetts (as of 2014). By winning the tournament, Boston University received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. In the quarterfinals, the second seed and seventh seed, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a two-game series where the team that scored the most total goals was declared the winner and advanced to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the first seed was matched against the lowest remaining quarterfinalist while the other remaining quarterfinalists met in 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 1986 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
1985–86 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† | 34 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 48 | 158 | 123 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 188 | 154 |
| Boston University* | 34 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 43 | 147 | 127 | 43 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 184 | 156 |
| Northeastern | 34 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 38 | 165 | 158 | 39 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 185 | 185 |
| Providence | 34 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 105 | 140 | 39 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 122 | 160 |
| Maine | 34 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 118 | 177 | 40 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 142 | 201 |
| Lowell | 34 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 12 | 118 | 166 | 42 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 156 | 205 |
| New Hampshire | 34 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 12 | 114 | 188 | 37 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 121 | 199 |
| Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
| Quarterfinals March 7–10 | Quarterfinals March 7–10 | Quarterfinals March 7–10 | Quarterfinals March 7–10 | Semifinals March 14 | Semifinals March 14 | Semifinals March 14 | Championship March 15 | Championship March 15 | Championship March 15 |
| | | | | 1 | Boston College | 5 | | | |
| | | | | 6 | Lowell | 2 | | | |
| 2 | Boston University | 1 | 4 | 6 | Lowell | 2 | | | |
| 7 | New Hampshire | 1 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7 | New Hampshire | 1 | 3 | | | | 1 | Boston College | 4 |
| | | | | | | | 2 | Boston University | 9 |
| 3 | Northeastern | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | Boston University | 9 |
| 6 | Lowell | 4 | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Lowell | 4 | 3 | 2 | Boston University | 3 | Consolation | Consolation | Consolation |
| | | | | 4 | Providence | 2 |
| 4 | Providence | 5 | 5 | 4 | Providence | 2 | 4 | Providence | 5 |
| 5 | Maine | 4 | 2 | | | | 6 | Lowell | 8 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Quarterfinals
#### (2) Boston University vs. (7) New Hampshire

* Boston University won series 5–4

#### (3) Northeastern vs. (6) Lowell

* Lowell won series 7–6

#### (4) Providence vs. (5) Maine

* Providence won series 10–5

### Championship
#### (1) Boston College vs. (2) Boston University
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Ken Hodge (Boston College)
* F Peter Marshall* (Boston University)
* F Jeff Sveen (Boston University)
* D David Quinn (Boston University)
* D Scott Shaunessy (Boston University)
* G Terry Taillefer (Boston University)
* Tournament MVP(s)