Template:1987–88 Hockey East standings (men)
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Maine† | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 159 | 90 | 44 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 259 | 144 | |
| Northeastern* | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 115 | 107 | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 155 | 142 | |
| Boston University | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 25 | 116 | 117 | 34 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 150 | 154 | |
| Lowell | 26 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 111 | 119 | 39 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 165 | 166 | |
| Boston College | 26 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 104 | 119 | 34 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 132 | 151 | |
| Providence | 26 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 97 | 119 | 36 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 135 | 165 | |
| New Hampshire | 26 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 86 | 128 | 30 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 101 | 146 | |
| Championship: Northeastern † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||