Template:1988–89 Hockey East standings (men)
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Boston College† | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 122 | 89 | 40 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 191 | 137 | |
| Maine* | 26 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 127 | 97 | 45 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 221 | 158 | |
| Northeastern | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 28 | 126 | 120 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 166 | 155 | |
| Providence | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 28 | 106 | 112 | 42 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 166 | 167 | |
| Boston University | 26 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 21 | 114 | 116 | 36 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 157 | 169 | |
| New Hampshire | 26 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 75 | 120 | 34 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 111 | 154 | |
| Lowell | 26 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 82 | 156 | 34 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 122 | 189 | |
| Championship: Maine † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||