1987-88 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Season

his is the 1987-88 Hockey East Season. This is the league's fourth season. The same 7 teams returned from the previous season.

Standings
Team                      GP  W  L T  P  GF  GA  Maine Black Bears          26 20  4 2 44 159  90 Northeastern Huskies      26 13  9 4 30 115 107 Boston University Terriers 26 11 12 3 25 116 117 Lowell Chiefs             26 12 14 0 24 111 119 Boston College Eagles     26 10 14 2 22 104 119 Providence Friars         26  8 13 5 21  97 119 New Hampshire Wildcats    26  6 18 2 14  86 128

Points

 * 1) David Capuano, Maine, 59 points
 * 2) Mike McHugh, Maine, 42 points
 * 3) Mike Golden, Maine;  Mike Kelfer, Boston University;  Mario Thyer, Boston University, 41 each

Goals

 * 1) David Capuano, Maine, 25
 * 2) Jeff Flaherty, Lowell, 22
 * 3) Gord Cruickshank, Providence; Mike McHugh, Maine; & Mike Kelfer, Boston University 21 each

Goals Against Average

 * 1) Scott King, Maine, 2.97
 * 2) Bruce Racine, Northeastern, 3.84
 * 3) David Littman, Boston College, 3.97
 * 4) Dave Delfino, Lowell, 4.22
 * 5) Mark Romaine, Providence, 4.23

Save Percentage

 * 1) Scott King, Maine .902
 * 2) David Littman, Boston College, .889
 * 3) Peter Fish, Boston University, .887
 * 4) Bruce Racine, Northeastern,.882
 * 5) Pat Morrison, New Hampshire, .875

Format
Top 6 teams qualify. Top 2 teams get a bye to the quarterfinals. Quarterfinals and Semifinals are 2 games total goals series. Championship game held at the Boston Garden.

Quarterfinals

 * 1) 4 Lowell defeated #5 Boston College 8 goals to 5 (3-3, 5-2)
 * 2) 6 Providence defeated #3 Boston University 9 to 6 (3-2, 6-4)

Semifinals

 * 1) 1 Maine defeated #6 Providence 17 to 7 (6-5, 11-2)
 * 2) 2 Northeastern defeated #4 Lowell 4 to 3 (3-1, 1-2)

Finals

 * 1) 2 Northeastern defeated #1 Maine 4 to 3

Tournament MVP

 * Bruce Racine, Northeastern

All-Tournament Team

 * Bruce Racine, G, Northeastern
 * Jack Capuano, D, Maine
 * David Dowd, D, Northeastern
 * Harry Mews, F, Northeastern
 * Mike McHugh, F, Maine
 * Mario Thyer, F, Maine

NCAA Tournament teams

 * Lowell
 * lost to  Wisconsin 11 to 5 in a 2 game total goals first round series (7-1, 4-4)


 * Maine
 * defeated Bowling Green 9 to 4 in a 2 game total goals quarterfinals series (5-1, 4-3)


 * lost to Lake Superior 6 to 3 in the semifinals


 * defeated Minnesota 5 to 2 in the consolation game


 * Northeatern
 * lost to Merrimack 10 to 8 in a 2 game total goal first round series (3-5, 7-3)

Post Season Awards

 * Hockey East Player of the Year: Mike McHugh, Maine
 * Hockey East Rookie of the Year: Mario Thyer, Maine
 * Hockey East Coach of the Year: Shawn Walsh, Maine

All-Americans

 * Jack Capuano, D, Maine
 * Brian Dowd, D, Northeastern
 * David Capuano, F, Maine
 * Mike McHugh, F, Maine
 * Mike Golden, F, Maine
 * Gord Cruickshank, F, Providence
 * Bruce Racine, G, Northeastern

First Team

 * Scott King, G, Maine
 * Jack Capuano, D, Maine
 * Brian Dowd, D, Northeastern
 * David Capuano, F, Maine
 * Mike McHugh, F, Maine
 * David O'Brien, F, Northeastern

Second Team

 * David Littman, G, Boston College
 * Claude Lodin, D, Northeastern
 * Carl Valimont, D, Lowell
 * Mike Golden, F, Maine
 * Mike Kelfer, F, Boston University
 * Dan Shea, F, Boston College

All-Rookie Team

 * Pat Morrison, G, New Hampshire
 * Will Averill, D, Northeastern
 * Tom Dion, D, Boston University
 * David Emma, F, Boston College
 * Mario Thyer, F, Maine
 * Chris Winnes, F, Maine