# 1994 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

The 1994 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 10th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 11 and March 19, 1994. 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 1994 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The tournament featured three rounds of 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 1994 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
1993–94 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 University†* | 24 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 120 | 63 | 41 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 195 | 113 |
| Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 91 | 91 | 40 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 164 | 120 |
| New Hampshire | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 90 | 91 | 40 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 145 | 125 |
| Northeastern | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 94 | 95 | 39 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 162 | 159 |
| Providence | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 74 | 111 | 36 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 120 | 149 |
| Boston College | 24 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 85 | 96 | 35 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 145 | 133 |
| Merrimack | 24 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 77 | 110 | 37 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 126 | 152 |
| Maine^ | 24 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 92 | 130 | 36 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 142 | 130 |
| Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Towards the end of the season Maine was required to retroactively forfeit 14 games for using a player deemed ineligible by the NCAA |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
| Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | | | Semifinals March 18 | Semifinals March 18 | Semifinals March 18 | Championship March 19 | Championship March 19 | Championship March 19 |
| 1 | Boston University | 8 | 4 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Maine | 5 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Maine | 5 | 3 | — | | | 1 | Boston University | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 4 | Northeastern | 2 | | | |
| 2 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 7 | 3 | — | | | 4 | Northeastern | 2 | | | |
| 7 | Merrimack | 1 | 0 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Merrimack | 1 | 0 | — | | | | | | 1 | Boston University | 3 |
| (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 | Boston University | 3 |
| (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) | 2 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 2 |
| 3 | New Hampshire | 4 | 6* | — | | | | | | | | | 2 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 2 |
| 6 | Boston College | 1 | 5 | — | | | | | |
| 6 | Boston College | 1 | 5 | — | | | 2 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 4 | Consolation | Consolation | Consolation |
| | | | | | | | 3 | New Hampshire | 2 |
| 4 | Northeastern | 4 | 2* | — | | | 3 | New Hampshire | 2 | 3 | New Hampshire | 4* |
| 5 | Providence | 3 | 1 | — | | | | | | 4 | Northeastern | 4 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Boston University vs. (8) Maine

* Boston University won series 2–0

#### (2) Massachusetts-Lowell vs. (7) Merrimack

* Massachusetts-Lowell won series 2–0

#### (3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Boston College

* New Hampshire won series 2–0

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

* Northeastern won series 2–0

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

* F Eric Boguniecki (New Hampshire)
* F Greg Bullock (Massachusetts-Lowell)
* F Jacques Joubert (Boston University)
* D Rich Brennan (Boston University)
* D Kaj Linna (Boston University)
* G Dwayne Roloson* (Massachusetts-Lowell)
* Tournament MVP(s)