2008-09 Hockey East Women's Ice Hockey Season

This is the 2008-09 Hockey East Women's Season.  This was the women's conference's seventh season.  Each team played a 21 game conference schedule.  The eight schools returned from the previous season.
==Standings==
 Team GP W L SL P GF GA
 New Hampshire Wildcats 21 16 2 3 35 73 38
 Boston College Eagles 21 14 5 2 30 68 35
 Boston University Terriers 21 14 6 1 29 62 41
 Providence Friars 21 12 8 1 25 52 40
 Connecticut Huskies 21 12 8 1 25 48 42
 Northeastern Huskies 21 7 13 1 15 33 56
 Vermont Catamounts 21 5 15 1 11 32 70
 Maine Black Bears 21 4 15 2 10 33 79
==Conference Tournament==
===Format===
The format of the tourament was changed this season.  The top six teams qualified for the conference tournament.  The quarterfinal round was held at campus sites. The semifinal and final rounds were held at the Whittemore Center in Durham, New Hampshire. The tournament winner earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===Quarterfinals===
*Providence defeated Connecticut 3 to 0
*Boston University defeated Northeastern 2 to 1
===Semifinals===
*New Hampshire defeated Providence 3 to 1
*Boston College defeated Boston University 3 to 2
===Final===
*New Hampshire defeated Boston College 2 to 1
==NCAA Tournament==
Boston College
*lost to Minnesota 4 to 3 in the quarterfinals
New Hampshire
*lost to Minnesota-Duluth 4 to 1 in the quarterfinals
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Category:Hockey East
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