# 1993 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

The 1993 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 9th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 12 and March 20, 1993. 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 1993 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 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 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 1993 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
1992–93 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 |
| Maine†* | 24 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 162 | 56 | 45 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 272 | 107 |
| Boston University | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 126 | 84 | 40 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 193 | 126 |
| New Hampshire | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 102 | 99 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 158 | 143 |
| Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 100 | 100 | 39 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 158 | 151 |
| Providence | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 91 | 109 | 36 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 149 | 147 |
| Merrimack | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 85 | 141 | 36 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 135 | 184 |
| Boston College | 24 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 80 | 120 | 38 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 117 | 187 |
| Northeastern | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 89 | 127 | 35 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 137 | 193 |
| Championship: Maine † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals
| Quarterfinals March 12–14 | Quarterfinals March 12–14 | Quarterfinals March 12–14 | Quarterfinals March 12–14 | Quarterfinals March 12–14 | Semifinals March 19 | Semifinals March 19 | Semifinals March 19 | Championship March 20 | Championship March 20 | Championship March 20 |
| 1 | Maine | 6 | 9 | 15 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Northeastern | 1 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Northeastern | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | Maine | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 5 | | | |
| 2 | Boston University | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 5 | | | |
| 7 | Boston College | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Boston College | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | 1 | Maine | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | 2 | Boston University | 2 |
| 3 | New Hampshire | 5 | 9 | 14 | | | | | | | 2 | Boston University | 2 |
| 6 | Merrimack | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | |
| 6 | Merrimack | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Boston University | 2 | Consolation | Consolation | Consolation |
| | | | | | 3 | New Hampshire | 0 |
| 4 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 7 | 3* | 10 | 3 | New Hampshire | 0 | 3 | New Hampshire | 4 |
| 5 | Providence | 4 | 3 | 7 | | | | 4 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 5* |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Maine vs. (8) Northeastern

* Maine won series 15–6

#### (2) Boston University vs. (7) Boston College

* Boston University won series 11–3

#### (3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Merrimack

* New Hampshire won series 14–4

#### (4) Massachusetts-Lowell vs. (5) Providence

* Massachusetts-Lowell won series 10–7

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

* F Jim Montgomery* (Maine)
* F Michael Murray (Massachusetts-Lowell)
* F David Sacco (Boston University)
* D Rich Brennan (Boston University)
* D Chris Imes (Maine)
* G Garth Snow (Maine)
* Tournament MVP(s)