1965 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1965 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 4th tournament in league history. It was played between March 9 and March 13, 1965.[4] Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. By reaching the championship game both, Boston College and Brown received invitations to participate in the 1965 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The top eight teams, based on conference rankings, qualified to participate in the tournament. In the quarterfinals the first seed and eighth seed, the second seed and seventh seed, the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed played against one another. In the semifinals, the winner of the first and eighth matchup played the winner of the fourth and fifth matchup while the other two remaining teams played with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers advancing to the third place game.

Conference standings

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Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Boston University 18 15 3 0 .833 86 34 31 25 6 0 165 65
Boston College* 20 15 5 0 .750 113 73 31 24 7 0 183 117
Clarkson 15 11 4 0 .733 65 38 25 18 7 0 104 64
Brown 22 16 6 0 .727 109 69 30 21 9 0 148 101
Cornell 18 13 5 0 .722 87 55 26 19 7 0 150 75
Northeastern 19 11 8 0 .579 69 68 28 18 10 0 135 97
Dartmouth 16 8 8 0 .500 58 69 23 14 9 0 118 104
Providence 17 7 9 1 .441 53 68 26 14 11 1 110 100
Yale 20 8 12 0 .400 67 80 23 11 12 0 86 86
Rensselaer 15 5 8 2 .400 52 68 22 10 10 2 95 96
Harvard 20 7 13 0 .350 55 88 24 9 15 0 66 92
Army 10 3 7 0 .300 37 42 24 17 7 0 131 56
Colgate 14 4 10 0 .286 42 57 25 11 14 0 90 99
Princeton 21 4 17 0 .190 55 108 24 6 18 0 59 111
St. Lawrence 14 1 12 1 .107 34 67 22 5 16 1 63 96
Championship: Boston College
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

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Quarterfinals
March 9–10
Semifinals
March 12
Championship
March 13
         
1 Boston University 5
8 Providence 3
1 Boston University 2
4 Brown 5
4 Brown 4*
5 Cornell 3
2 Boston College 6
4 Brown 2
2 Boston College 4
7 Dartmouth 1
2 Boston College 3* Third place
3 Clarkson 2
3 Clarkson 6 1 Boston University 4
6 Northeastern 3 3 Clarkson 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

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(1) Boston University vs. (8) Providence

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March 10 Boston University 5 – 3 Providence Boston Arena


(2) Boston College vs. (7) Dartmouth

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March 9 Boston College 4 – 1 Dartmouth McHugh Forum


(3) Clarkson vs. (6) Northeastern

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March 9 Clarkson 6 – 3 Northeastern Clarkson Arena


(4) Brown vs. (5) Cornell

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March 9 Brown 4 – 3 OT Cornell Meehan Auditorium


Semifinals

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(1) Boston University vs. (4) Brown

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March 12 Boston University 2 – 5 Brown Boston Arena


(2) Boston College vs. (3) Clarkson

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March 12 Boston College 3 – 2 OT Clarkson Boston Arena


Third Place

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(1) Boston University vs. (3) Clarkson

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March 13 Boston University 4 – 0 Clarkson Boston Arena


Championship

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(2) Boston College vs. (4) Brown

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March 13 Boston College 6 – 2 Brown Boston Arena


Tournament awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Boston College Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "John "Snooks" Kelley Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  3. ^ "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  4. ^ "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  5. ^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  6. ^ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
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