# 1992 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

The 1992 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 8th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 6 and March 14, 1992. 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, Maine received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1992 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 1992 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
1991–92 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 |
| New Hampshire | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 94 | 75 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 168 | 127 |
| Boston University | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 92 | 88 | 35 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 159 | 124 |
| Maine†*^ | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 115 | 54 | 37 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 194 | 89 |
| Providence | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 99 | 79 | 36 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 175 | 134 |
| Boston College | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 68 | 76 | 36 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 116 | 138 |
| Massachusetts–Lowell | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 75 | 91 | 34 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 127 | 155 |
| Northeastern | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 70 | 103 | 35 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 142 | 167 |
| Merrimack | 21 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 60 | 102 | 34 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 128 | 149 |
| Championship: Maine † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ After the season Maine was required to retroactively forfeit 13 games for using a player deemed ineligible by the NCAA |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
| Quarterfinals March 6–8 | Quarterfinals March 6–8 | Quarterfinals March 6–8 | Semifinals March 12 | Semifinals March 12 | Semifinals March 12 | Championship March 14 | Championship March 14 | Championship March 14 |
| 1 | Maine | 7 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Merrimack | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Merrimack | 0 | 1 | Maine | 7 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Boston College | 3 | | | |
| 2 | New Hampshire | 4 | 5 | Boston College | 3 | | | |
| 7 | Northeastern | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Northeastern | 2 | | | | 1 | Maine | 4 |
| | | | | | | 2 | New Hampshire | 1 |
| 3 | Providence | 7 | | | | | | | 2 | New Hampshire | 1 |
| 6 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 0 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 0 | 2 | New Hampshire | 5 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Providence | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Boston University | 2 | 3 | Providence | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Boston College | 5 | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Championship
#### (1) Maine vs. (2) New Hampshire
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Domenic Amodeo (New Hampshire)
* F Jim Montgomery (Maine)
* F Scott Pellerin* (Maine)
* D Rob Gaudreau (Providence)
* D Chris Imes (Maine)
* G Jeff Levy (New Hampshire)
* Tournament MVP(s)