2004-05 Hockey East Women's Ice Hockey Season

This is the 2004-05 Hockey East Women's Season. This was the women's conference's third season. Each team played a 20 game conference schedule. The same six schools returned from the previous season.

Standings
Team                  GP  W  L T  P GF GA  Providence Friars      20 14  2 2 30 65 48 New Hampshire Wildcats 20 13 3 4 30 76 33 Connecticut Huskies   20 11  5 4 26 55 43 Boston College Eagles 20  6 11 3 15 46 67 Maine Black Bears     20  5 13 2 12 39 57 Northeastern Huskies  20  2 15 3  7 38 71

Format
the top four teams qualified for the conference tournament. Both rounds were sudden death. All games were held at Boston University's Walter Brown Arena. The tournament winner earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Semifinals

 * Providence defeated Boston College 9 to 1
 * Connecticut defeated New Hampshire 5 to 4 in overtime

Final

 * Providence defeated Connecticut 3 to 1

NCAA Tournament
Providence
 * lost to Minnesota Golden Gophers in the quarterfinals 6 to 1