1989-90 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Season

This is the 1989-90 Hockey East Season. This is the conference's sixth season. The Merrimack College program joined the conference for this season raising the league's membership to eight teams.

Standings
Team                      GP  W  L T  P  GF  GA  Boston College Eagles      21 15  6 0 30 101  69 Maine Black Bears         21 14  6 1 29  88  57 Boston University Terriers 21 12 7 2 26  88  63 Providence Friars         21 11  7 3 25  90  69 New Hampshire Wildcats    21  8  9 4 20  86  86 Northeastern Huskies      21  9 10 2 20  96 100 Lowell Chiefs             21  5 14 2 12  65 106 Merrimack Warriors        21  3 18 0  6  64 128

Points

 * 1) David Emma, Boston College, 44
 * 2) Steve Heinze,  Boston College, 37
 * 3) Rob Cowie, Northeastern,; Harry Mews, Northeastern; & Marty McInnis, Boston College 30 each

Goals

 * 1) David Emma, Boston College, 21
 * 2) Steve Heinze,  Boston College, 20
 * 3) Jean-Yves Roy, Maine, 14
 * 4) Brian Sullivan, Northeastern, 14
 * 5) Rob Gaudreau, Providence, 13

Goals Against Average

 * 1) Scott King, Maine 2.36
 * 2) Scott LaGrand, Boston College 2.47
 * 3) Matt Merten, Providence, 2.83
 * 4) Scott Cashman, Boston University 2.92
 * 5) Matt DelGuidice, Maine 3.05

Save Percentage

 * 1) Scott LaGrand, Boston College .909
 * 2) Pat Szturm, New Hampshire, .907
 * 3) Scott King, Maine .906
 * 4) Scott Cashman, Boston University .903
 * 5) Matt DelGuidice, Maine .901

Format
All eight teams qualified for the tournament. The quarterfinals were a best of three series with sudden death semifinal and final rounds. The championshiip was held at the Conte Forum on the campus of Boston College, in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Quarterfinals

 * Boston College defeated Merrimack, two games to one, 3-1, 3-6, 8-5
 * Maine defeated Lowell, two games to none, 7-3, 16-0
 * Boston University defeated Northeastern, two games to one, 3-4, 5-2, 5-3
 * New Hampshire defeated Providence, two games to one, 1-5, 2-0, 7-4

Semifinals

 * Maine defeated Boston University, 3 to 1
 * Boston College defeated New Hampshire 6 to 5 in overtime

Finals
Boston College earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
 * Boston College defeated Maine 4 to 3

Tournament MVP

 * Scott LaGrand, Boston College

All-Tournament Team

 * Scott LaGrand, G, Boston College
 * Greg Brown, D, Boston College
 * Claudio Scremin, D, Maine
 * David Emma, F, Boston College
 * Martin Robitaille, F, Maine
 * Jean-Yves Roy, F, Maine

NCAA Tournament

 * Boston College
 * defeated Minnesota two games to one in the quarterfinals, 4-2, 1-2, 6-1


 * lost to Wisconsin 2 to 1 in the semifinals


 * Boston University
 * defeated North Dakota two games to one in the first round, 5-8, 5-3, 5-0


 * defeated Michigan State two games to one in the quarterfinals, 3-6, 5-3, 5-3


 * lost to Colgate 3 to 2 in the semifinals


 * Maine
 * defeated Bowling Green two games to none in the first round, 8-4, 5-2


 * lost to Wisconsin two games to none in the quarterfinals, 7-3, 4-3 (ot)

League Awards

 * Player of the Year: Greg Brown, D, Boston College
 * Rookie of the Year: Scott Cashman, Boston University
 * Coach of the Year: Shawn Walsh, Maine

First Team

 * Scott King, G, Maine
 * Greg Brown, D, Boston College
 * Rob Cowie, D, Northeastern
 * Mike Boback, F, Providece
 * David Emma, F, Boston College
 * Steve Heinze, F, Boston College

Second Team

 * Scott Cashman, G, Boston University
 * Keith Carney, D, Maine
 * Jeff Serowik, D, Providence
 * Rick Bennett, F, Providence
 * Shawn McEachern, F, Boston University
 * Harry Mews, F, Northeastern

All Rookie Team

 * Scott Cashman, G, Boston University
 * Peter Ahola, D, Boston University
 * Ted Crowley, D, Boston College
 * Tony Amonte, F, Boston University
 * Jim Montgomery, F, Maine
 * Jean-Yves Roy, F, Maine

All-Americans

 * Greg Brown, D, Boston College
 * Rob Cowie, D, Northeastern
 * Keith Carney, D, Maine
 * David Emma, F, Boston College
 * Steve Heinze, F, Boston College
 * Jean-Yves Roy, F, Maine