The 1993

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Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 9th

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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

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in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's

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. By winning the tournament,

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received the

'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

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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''

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Maine vs. (8) Northeastern

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

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Merrimack

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

Semifinals

(1) Maine vs. (4) Massachusetts-Lowell

(2) Boston University vs. (3) New Hampshire

Third Place

(3) New Hampshire vs. (4) Massachusetts-Lowell

Championship

(1) Maine vs. (2) Boston University

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

*F Jim Montgomery* (Maine) *F Michael Murray (Massachusetts-Lowell) *F

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(Boston University) *D

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(Boston University) *D Chris Imes (Maine) *G

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(Maine) * Tournament MVP(s)

References

External links

Hockey East Online
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