1991 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

1991 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament
1991 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	February 27–March 10, 1991
Teams	8
Finals site	Boston Garden; Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	Boston University (2nd title)
Winning coach	Jack Parker (2nd title)
MVP	Shawn McEachern (Boston University)
	Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1990 1992 →

The 1991 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 7th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between February 27 and March 10, 1991. 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, Boston University received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1991 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 1991 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

1990–91 Hockey East standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Boston College†	21	16	5	0	32	106	77	39	27	12	0	185	133
Maine	21	15	5	1	31	110	73	43	32	9	2	227	134
Boston University*	21	13	6	2	28	104	69	41	28	11	2	234	142
Providence	21	10	9	2	22	94	84	36	22	12	2	180	139
New Hampshire	21	10	9	2	22	79	78	35	22	11	2	151	124
Merrimack	21	7	14	0	14	71	103	33	13	19	1	133	152
Lowell	21	5	15	1	11	69	108	34	10	23	1	125	169
Northeastern	21	3	16	2	8	86	127	35	8	25	2	146	196
Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

Bracket

^[4] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

Quarterfinals February 27–March 2			Semifinals March 8			Championship March 10

1	Boston College	5

8	Northeastern	6
			2	Maine	4*

			8	Northeastern	3
2	Maine	5

7	Lowell	3
						2	Maine	3

						3	Boston University	4*
3	Boston University	7

6	Merrimack	1
			3	Boston University	7

			4	Providence	5
4	Providence	4

5	New Hampshire	1