1986-87 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Season

This is the 1986-87 Hockey East Regular Season. The membership remained the same from the previous season. All teams played a 32 game regular season.

Standings
Team                      GP  W  L T  P  GF  GA  Boston College Eagles      32 26  6 0 52 203 121 Lowell Chiefs             32 20 10 2 42 146 136 Maine Black Bears         32 19 12 1 39 159 117 Boston University Terriers 32 15 14 3 33 134 132 Northeastern Huskies      32 11 18 3 25 110 139 Providence Friars         32  7 22 3 17 104 156 New Hampshire Wildcats    32  5 24 3 13 105 179

Points

 * 1) Craig Janney, Boston College, 74
 * 2) Dan Shea, Boston College, 60
 * 3) Kevin Stevens, Boston College, 58
 * 4) John Morris, Lowell, 55
 * 5) Ken Hodge, Jr., Boston College, 50

Goals

 * 1) Kevin Stevens, Boston College,30
 * 2) Tim Sweeney, Boston College, 29
 * 3) Gord Cruickshank, Providence, 27
 * 4) John Morris, Lowell, 24
 * 5) Craig Janney, Boston College, 23

Goals Against Average

 * 1) Scott King, Maine, 3.06
 * 2) Dave Littman, Boston College, 3.32
 * 3) Bob Deraney, Boston University, 3.78
 * 4) Al Loring, Maine 3.89
 * 5) Bruce Racine, Northeastern, 3.99

Save Percentage

 * 1) Scott King, Maine, .897
 * 2) Dave Littman, Boston College, .887
 * 3) Bob Deraney, Boston University, .885
 * 4) Terry Taillefer, Boston University, .884
 * 5) Al Loring, Maine .877

Quarterfinals

 * Northeastern defeated Boston University 3-2
 * Maine defeated Providence College 5-2

Semifinals

 * Maine defeated Lowell 5 to 4
 * Boston College defeated Northeastern 4 to 2

Finals

 * Boston College defeated Maine 4 to 2

Tournament Most Valuable Player

 * Brian Leetch, D, Boston College

All-Tournament Team

 * Al Loring, G, Maine
 * Brian Leetch, D, Boston College
 * Eric Weinrich, D, Maine
 * Ken Hodge, Jr., F, Boston College
 * Craig Janney, F, Boston College
 * Mike McHugh, F, Maine

Quarterfinals

 * Boston College
 * lost to Minnesota 6 to 4 in a two game total goals series (4-1, 2-3)


 * Maine
 * lost to Michigan State 11 to 5 in a two game total goals series (6-2, 5-3)

Awards

 * Player of the Year:  Brian Leetch, D, Boston College
 * Coach of the Year:  Bill Riley, Lowell
 * Rookie of the Year:  Brian Leetch, D, Boston College

First Team

 * Bruce Racine, G, Northeastern
 * Brian Leetch, D, Boston College
 * Eric Weinrich, D, Maine
 * Craig Janney, F, Boston College
 * John Morris, F, Lowell
 * Kevin Stevens, F, Boston College

Second Team

 * Dave Delfino, G, Lowell
 * Paul Ames, D, Lowell
 * Jack Capuano, D, Maine
 * Gord Cruickshank, F, Providence
 * John Cullen, F, Boston University
 * Dan Shea, F, Boston College

All-Rookie Team

 * Matt Merton, G, Providence
 * Greg Brown, D, Boston College
 * Brian Leetch, D, Boston College
 * Rick Bennett, F, Providence
 * David Capuano, F, Maine
 * Randy LeBrasseur, F, Lowell

source: http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/pdf/men/snapshots/86_87.pdf