1992 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

1992 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament
1992 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 6–14, 1992
Teams	8
Finals site	Boston Garden; Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	Maine (2nd title)
Winning coach	Shawn Walsh (2nd title)
MVP	Scott Pellerin (Maine)
	Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1991 1993 →

The 1992 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 8th Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 6 and March 14, 1992. 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, Maine received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1992 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 1992 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

1991–92 Hockey East standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
New Hampshire	21	15	4	2	32	94	75	37	24	11	2	168	127
Boston University	21	11	6	4	26	92	88	35	23	8	4	159	124
Maine†*^	21	12	7	2	26	115	54	37	18	17	2	194	89
Providence	21	11	8	2	24	99	79	36	21	13	2	175	134
Boston College	21	10	9	2	22	68	76	36	15	18	3	116	138
Massachusetts–Lowell	21	6	11	4	16	75	91	34	11	19	4	127	155
Northeastern	21	7	14	0	14	70	103	35	16	19	0	142	167
Merrimack	21	4	17	0	8	60	102	34	13	21	0	128	149
Championship: Maine † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ After the season Maine was required to retroactively forfeit 13 games for using a player deemed ineligible by the NCAA

Bracket

^[4] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

Quarterfinals March 6–8			Semifinals March 12			Championship March 14

1	Maine	7

8	Merrimack	0
			1	Maine	7

			5	Boston College	3
2	New Hampshire	4

7	Northeastern	2
						1	Maine	4

						2	New Hampshire	1
3	Providence	7

6	Massachusetts-Lowell	0
			2	New Hampshire	5

			3	Providence	3
4	Boston University	2

5	Boston College	5