1996 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1996 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 12th tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 7 and March 16, 1996. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were, for the first time, played at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament, Providence received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1996 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 7–16, 1996
Teams8
Finals siteFleet Center
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsProvidence[1] (2nd title)
Winning coachPaul Pooley[2] (1st title)
MVPJoe Hulbig[3] (Providence)
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finishes ninth in the conference is not eligible for tournament 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 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SW = Shootout Wins; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Conference Overall
GP W L T SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Boston University†24175219013279403073236125
Massachusetts–Lowell241662185114964026104200156
Maine24146428010275392694164112
Providence*24129306683833921153142135
Boston College2412102165891023616173126147
New Hampshire248124149991033412184139150
Northeastern24613554579933610215118145
Massachusetts244166436811203510196119161
Merrimack244182024831113410195123130
Championship: Providence
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

Bracket

[4] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

  Quarterfinals
March 7–9		 Semifinals
March 15		 Championship
March 16
                               
  1 Boston University 5 14 — 1 Boston University 4  
8 Massachusetts 2 1 — 4 Providence 5  
  2 Massachusetts-Lowell 7 4 —
7 Northeastern 3 3 —     3 Maine 2
  4 Providence 3
  3 Maine 4 8 —
6 New Hampshire 2 4 —
Third Place
  4 Providence 5 4 — 2 Massachusetts-Lowell 2
5 Boston College 2 2 — 3 Maine 5   1 Boston University 7
2 Massachusetts-Lowell 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston University vs. (8) Massachusetts
Boston University won series 2–0

(2) Massachusetts-Lowell vs. (7) Northeastern
Massachusetts-Lowell won series 2–0

(3) Maine vs. (6) New Hampshire
Maine won series 2–0

(4) Providence vs. (5) Boston College
Providence won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Boston University vs. (4) Providence

(2) Massachusetts-Lowell vs. (3) Maine

Third Place

(1) Boston University vs. (2) Massachusetts-Lowell

Championship

(3) Maine vs. (4) Providence

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team
  • F Joe Hulbig* (Providence)
  • F Mike Ornicioli (Providence)
  • F Jay Pandolfo (Boston University)
  • D Justin Gould (Providence)
  • D Jeff Tory (Maine)
  • G Dan Dennis (Providence)

* Tournament MVP(s)

[5]

gollark: Also, you're not allowed more than 10 million digits of pi or tau.
gollark: (thanks https://www.craig-wood.com/nick/articles/pi-chudnovsky/ for the black magic used to calculate pi, I just stuck a bit at the bottom to use it as an HTTP server)
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gollark: (Well, I am responsible in the sense that it'd be my fault, just don't use it for anything important)
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References
  1. "Providence Men's Team History". Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  2. "Paul Pooley Year-by-Year Coaching Record". Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  3. "Hockey East Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  4. "Hockey East Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  5. "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
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