• Merrimack • Univ. of New Hampshire • Northeastern • Providence • Univ. of Vermont • 1997-98 SEASON SNAPSHOT Regular Season Champion Tournament Champion Player of the Year L BOSTON UNIVERSITY BOSTON COLLEGE CHRIS DRURY EAGUE Sr. F, Boston University Coach of the Year: Bruce Crowder, Northeastern Rookie of the Year: Brian Gionta, Boston College Best Defensive Forward: Chris Drury, Boston University Sportsmanship Award: Steve Kariya, Maine T Team Sportsmanship Award: Maine EAMS All-Rookie Team HOCKEY EAST ALL-STARS (*All-Americans) Boyd Ballard (PC) G S First Team Position Second Team Scott Clemmensen (BC) G EASONS Marc Robitaille (NU) * G Michel Larocque (BU) Bobby Allen (BC) D Mike Mottau (BC) * D * Chris Kelleher (BU) Rob Scuderi (BC) D Tom Poti (BU) * D Mike Nicholishen (UML) Carl Corazzini (BU) F Chris Drury (BU) * F Derek Bekar (UNH) Brian Cummings (NU) F Jason Krog (UNH) F * Brian Gionta (BC) Brian Gionta (BC) F A Marty Reasoner (BC) * F * Mark Mowers (UNH) Matthias Trattnig (ME) F WARDS Standings GP W L T Pts GF GPG GA GAPG PP Pct. PK Pct. Overall 1. Boston University 24 18 4 2 38 95 3.96 (4) 52 2.17 (1) 17.9 (6) 89.8 (1) 28-8-2 2. Boston College 24 15 5 4 34 107 4.46 (1) 78 3.25 (t3) 26.9 (1) 79.3 (5) 28-9-5 3. New Hampshire 24 15 8 1 31 104 4.33 (2) 62 2.67 (2) 23.5 (3) 87.3 (2) 25-12-1 NCAA 4. Northeastern 24 13 8 3 29 77 3.21 (7) 78 3.25 (t3) 15.5 (9) 82.5 (3) 21-15-3 5. UMass Lowell 24 11 10 3 25 88 3.67 (5) 89 3.71 (t6) 22.5 (4) 80.0 (4) 16-16-3 6. Maine 24 10 11 3 23 98 4.08 (3) 89 3.71 (t6) 25.0 (2) 78.6 (6) 17-15-4 7. Providence 24 9 13 2 20 65 2.71 (8) 82 3.42 (5) 16.0 (8) 76.3 (7) 15-18-3 S 8. Merrimack 24 4 20 0 8 78 3.25 (6) 128 5.33 (9) 20.0 (5) 70.6 (9) 11-26-1 Massachusetts 24 3 19 2 8 62 2.58 (9) 116 4.83 (8) 17.4 (7) 71.7 (8) 6-24-3 A LUMNI LEADERS NCAA TOURNAMENT 1998 HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT Points First Round 1. Tom Nolan (UNH) 42 New Hampshire 7, Wisconsin 4 QUARTERFINALS (best-of-three series) Marty Reasoner (BC) 42 #8 Merrimack def. #1 Boston University, 4-1, 5-6, 5-4 R 3. Brian Gionta (BC) 38 Quarterfinals #2 Boston College def. #7 Providence, 4-3, 6-3 ECORDS Jason Krog (UNH) 38 BC 6, Colorado College 1 5. Mark Mowers (UNH) 37 UNH 4, Boston U. 3 (OT) #6 Maine def. #3 New Hampshire, 3-2 (2OT), 5-3 #5 UMass Lowell def. #4 Northeastern, 8-2, 2-3, 5-1 Goals Semifinals 1. Brian Gionta (BC) 22 Michigan 4, New Hampshire 0 SEMIFINALS – FleetCenter 2. Derek Bekar (UNH) 21 Boston College 5, Ohio St. 2 Boston College 7, Merrimack 2 3. Jason Krog (UNH) 20 Maine 6, UMass Lowell 2 Kris Porter (MC) 20 CHAMPIONSHIP 5. Marty Reasoner (BC) 17 Michigan 3, BC 2 (OT) CHAMPIONSHIP – FleetCenter Goals Against Average Boston College 3, Maine 2 1. Michel Larocque (BU) 1.74 2. Sean Matile (UNH) 2.55 3. Tom Noble (BU) 2.64 4. Mark Kane (PC) 2.94 5. Scott Clemmensen (BC) 3.06 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Marc Robitaille (NU) 3.06 G: Alfie Michaud (ME) D: Mike Mottau (BC) Save Percentage D: Darrel Scoville (MC) 1. Michel Larocque (BU) .929 F: Jeff Farkas (BC) 2. Sean Matile (UNH) .909 F: Steve Kariya (ME) Marc Robitaille (NU) .909 F: Marty Reasoner (BC) 4. Mark Kane (PC) .900 5. Tom Noble (BU) .890 MVP: Marty Reasoner Guaranteed. 81.