| Year: | 1998 |
| Conference: | Hockey East |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Dates: | March 12–21, 1998 |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Finalarena: | Fleet Center |
| Finalcity: | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions: | Boston College[1] |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Jerry York[2] |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Marty Reasoner[3] |
| Mvpteam: | Boston College |
| Prevseason Year: | 1997 |
| Prevseason Link: | 1997 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament |
| Nextseason Year: | 1999 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1999 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament |
The 1998 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 14th tournament in the history of the conference. It was played between March 12 and March 21, 1998. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the home venue of the NHL's Boston Bruins. By winning the tournament, Boston College received the Hockey East's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The team that finishes ninth in the conference is not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played a best-of-three with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest seeds play a single elimination game, with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
[4] Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinalsNote: * denotes overtime period(s)
* Tournament MVP(s)]]
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