1971 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
The 1971 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 10th tournament in league history. It was played in the Northeastern United States between March 9 and March 13, 1971.[4] Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. By reaching the championship game Harvard was invited to participate in the 1971 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Clarkson, however, was passed over with Boston University chosen instead as the second eastern representative.
1971 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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Dates | March 9–13, 1971 |
Teams | 8 |
Finals site | Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts |
Champions | Harvard[1] (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Cooney Weiland[2] (2nd title) |
MVP | Dave Hynes[3] (Harvard) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
Format
editThe tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The top eight teams, based on winning percentage, 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 highest seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers advancing to the third place game.
Conference standings
editNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Boston University† | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .925 | 139 | 42 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 210 | 60 | |
Clarkson | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .868 | 76 | 38 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 151 | 75 | |
Cornell | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 111 | 44 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 159 | 63 | |
Harvard* | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .738 | 124 | 55 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 146 | 74 | |
Brown | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | .684 | 70 | 63 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 77 | 87 | |
Providence | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | .632 | 94 | 70 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 141 | 106 | |
Pennsylvania | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | .579 | 90 | 74 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 129 | 93 | |
Rensselaer | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .571 | 119 | 81 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 125 | 95 | |
New Hampshire | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | .550 | 119 | 92 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 210 | 112 | |
Boston College | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .429 | 92 | 112 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 121 | 141 | |
Army | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .318 | 32 | 48 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 81 | 80 | |
St. Lawrence | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | .294 | 57 | 73 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 105 | 97 | |
Dartmouth | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | .286 | 76 | 106 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 96 | 114 | |
Yale | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | .250 | 64 | 105 | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 74 | 127 | |
Colgate | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | .235 | 54 | 111 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 87 | 156 | |
Northeastern | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | .158 | 35 | 122 | 29 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 77 | 175 | |
Princeton | 21 | 1 | 20 | 0 | .048 | 54 | 140 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 56 | 155 | |
Championship: Harvard † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Bracket
editTeams are reseeded after the first round
Quarterfinals March 9 | Semifinals March 12 | Championship March 13 | ||||||||||||
1 | Boston University | 11 | ||||||||||||
8 | Rensselaer | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Boston University | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | Harvard | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | Clarkson | 5 | ||||||||||||
7 | Pennsylvania | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | Clarkson | 4 | ||||||||||||
4 | Harvard | 7 | ||||||||||||
3 | Cornell | 6 | ||||||||||||
6 | Providence | 3 | ||||||||||||
2 | Clarkson | 4 | Third Place | |||||||||||
3 | Cornell | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Harvard | 4 | 1 | Boston University | 6 | |||||||||
5 | Brown | 3 | 3 | Cornell | 5 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
edit(1) Boston University vs. (8) Rensselaer
editMarch 9 | Boston University | 11 – 0 | Rensselaer | Boston Arena |
(2) Clarkson vs. (7) Pennsylvania
editMarch 9 | Clarkson | 5 – 2 | Pennsylvania | Clarkson Arena |
(3) Cornell vs. (6) Providence
editMarch 9 | Cornell | 6 – 3 | Providence | Lynah Rink |
(4) Harvard vs. (5) Brown
editMarch 9 | Harvard | 4 – 3 | Brown | Donald C. Watson Rink |
Semifinals
edit(1) Boston University vs. (4) Harvard
editMarch 12 | Boston University | 2 – 4 | Harvard | Boston Garden |
(2) Clarkson vs. (3) Cornell
editMarch 12 | Clarkson | 7 – 4 | Cornell | Boston Garden |
Third Place
edit(1) Boston University vs. (3) Cornell
editMarch 13 | Boston University | 6 – 5 | Cornell | Boston Garden |
Championship
edit(2) Clarkson vs. (4) Harvard
editMarch 13 | Clarkson | 4 – 7 | Harvard | Boston Garden |
Tournament awards
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First Teamedit
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Second Teamedit
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References
edit- ^ "Harvard Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "Ralph "Cooney" Weiland Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- ^ "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
External links
edit- ECAC Hockey Archived 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- 1970–71 ECAC Hockey Standings
- 1970–71 NCAA Standings