The 1999

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Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 1st

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since the founding of the ice hockey conference in 1997. It was played between March 13 and March 20, 1999. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the

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, the home venue of the

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Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play with each round being

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. 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 winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion does not receive an automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Men's Division I 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) Quinnipiac vs. (8) Fairfield

(2) Holy Cross vs. (7) Sacred Heart

(3) Connecticut vs. (6) Iona

(4) Canisius vs. (5) American International

Semifinals

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (4) Canisius

(2) Holy Cross vs. (3) Connecticut

Championship

(2) Holy Cross vs. (4) Canisius

Tournament awards

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* Mike Maguire (Holy Cross)

Notes

* Quinnipiac's 13 goals are a tournament record

References

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