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College ice hockey tournament
The 1986 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 2nd Tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 7 and March 15, 1986. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were, for the first time, played at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island . This was the final year the Hockey East championship was decided at a venue outside of the state of Massachusetts (as of 2014) . By winning the tournament, Boston University received the Hockey East 's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament .
The tournament featured three rounds of play. In the quarterfinals, the second seed and seventh seed, 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 first seed was matched against the lowest remaining quarterfinalist while the other remaining quarterfinalists met in a single-elimination 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 1986 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament .
Conference standings [ edit ] Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Conference
Overall
GP
W
L
T
PTS
GF
GA
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
Boston College †34
23
9
2
48 158
123
42
26
13
3
188
154
Boston University *34
20
11
3
43 147
127
43
25
14
4
184
156
Northeastern 34
18
14
2
38 165
158
39
20
17
2
185
185
Providence 34
11
22
1
23 105
140
39
14
24
1
122
160
Maine 34
8
25
1
17 118
177
40
11
28
1
142
201
Lowell 34
5
27
2
12 118
166
42
11
29
2
156
205
New Hampshire 34
5
27
2
12 114
188
37
5
29
3
121
199
Championship : Boston Universityindicates conference regular season champion indicates conference tournament champion
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Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 1
Boston College
5
6
Lowell
2
2
Boston University
1
4
7
New Hampshire
1
3
1
Boston College
4
2
Boston University
9
3
Northeastern
2
4
6
Lowell
4
3
2
Boston University
3
Consolation
4
Providence
2
4
Providence
5
5
4
Providence
5
5
Maine
4
2
6
Lowell
8
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
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Boston University won series 5–4
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Providence won series 10–5
[ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] * Tournament MVP(s)
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