1995 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

1995 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament
1995 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 7–18, 1995
Teams	9
Finals site	Boston Garden; Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	Boston University (4th title)
Winning coach	Jack Parker (4th title)
MVP	Bob Bell (Providence)
	Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1994 1996 →

The 1995 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 11th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 7 and March 18, 1995. Play-in and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were, for the final time, 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 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play with an additional play-in game with each round being a single-elimination game. The teams that finish eighth and ninth in the conference play a single play-in game to determine the final qualifier to the tournament. In the first round, the first seed and play-in victor, 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 and the losers meeting in a consolation game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1995 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

1994–95 Hockey East standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Maine†	24	15	3	6	1	88	104	63	44	32	6	6	196	118
Boston University†*	24	16	5	3	2	88	131	82	40	31	6	3	224	117
New Hampshire	24	14	6	4	0	78	113	85	36	22	10	4	161	123
Northeastern	24	11	8	5	5	70	98	89	35	16	14	5	143	137
Massachusetts–Lowell	24	11	12	1	1	58	105	116	41	17	19	4	165	175
Providence	24	7	11	6	3	50	102	103	37	14	17	6	158	159
Merrimack	24	7	12	5	3	48	74	91	37	14	18	5	125	137
Boston College	24	8	14	2	1	45	86	119	35	11	22	2	129	169
Massachusetts	24	3	21	0	0	15	64	129	36	6	28	2	92	173
Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

Bracket

^[4] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

Play-In March 7			Quarterfinals March 9–12			Semifinals March 17			Championship March 18

			1	Maine	7
8	Boston College	4	9	Massachusetts	4
9	Massachusetts	5				1	Maine	3
						6	Providence	7
			2	Boston University	4
			7	Merrimack	3
									2	Boston University	3
									6	Providence	2
			3	New Hampshire	2
			6	Providence	3*
						2	Boston University	4	Consolation
						5	Massachusetts-Lowell	2
			4	Northeastern	2				1	Maine	6
			5	Massachusetts-Lowell	5				5	Massachusetts-Lowell	0