The 1976 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 15th tournament in league history. It was played between March 9 and March 13, 1976.[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 both, Boston University and Brown received invitations to participate in the 1976 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 1976 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 9–13, 1976 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Boston University[1] (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Jack Parker[2] (3rd title) |
| MVP | Terry Meagher[3] (Boston University) |
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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Boston University†* | 23 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .915 | 141 | 77 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 182 | 108 | |
| New Hampshire | 28 | 22 | 6 | 0 | .786 | 163 | 97 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 184 | 108 | |
| Brown | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 | .783 | 149 | 90 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 186 | 126 | |
| Clarkson | 25 | 16 | 8 | 1 | .660 | 135 | 114 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 170 | 146 | |
| Cornell | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | .587 | 127 | 98 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 174 | 128 | |
| Dartmouth | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | .583 | 123 | 112 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 140 | 123 | |
| Harvard | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | .575 | 101 | 89 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 134 | 125 | |
| Boston College | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | .548 | 115 | 96 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 158 | 135 | |
| Providence | 25 | 11 | 12 | 2 | .480 | 132 | 111 | 31 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 171 | 141 | |
| Rensselaer | 23 | 9 | 12 | 2 | .435 | 123 | 121 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 153 | 143 | |
| Vermont | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | .409 | 102 | 112 | 32 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 179 | 160 | |
| St. Lawrence | 19 | 7 | 11 | 1 | .395 | 87 | 102 | 27 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 128 | 144 | |
| Colgate | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | .300 | 88 | 126 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 117 | 153 | |
| Northeastern | 23 | 6 | 16 | 1 | .283 | 93 | 124 | 26 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 117 | 133 | |
| Princeton | 23 | 6 | 16 | 1 | .283 | 76 | 135 | 24 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 86 | 138 | |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | 5 | 17 | 1 | .239 | 85 | 141 | 26 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 107 | 163 | |
| Yale | 21 | 1 | 20 | 0 | .048 | 68 | 166 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 91 | 189 | |
| Championship: Boston University † 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 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Boston College | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston University | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Harvard | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | New Hampshire | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Harvard | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston University | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Brown | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Brown | 5* | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Dartmouth | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Brown | 6 | Third Place | |||||||||||
| 5 | Cornell | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Clarkson | 7 | 5 | Cornell | 7 | |||||||||
| 5 | Cornell | 9 | 7 | Harvard | 6 | |||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
edit(1) Boston University vs. (8) Boston College
edit| March 9 | Boston University | 6 – 5 | Boston College | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
(2) New Hampshire vs. (7) Harvard
edit| March 9 | New Hampshire | 3 – 4 | Harvard | Snively Arena | ||||
(3) Brown vs. (6) Dartmouth
edit| March 9 | Brown | 5 – 4 | OT | Dartmouth | Meehan Auditorium | |||
(4) Clarkson vs. (5) Cornell
edit| March 8 | Clarkson | 8 – 7 | Cornell | Walker Arena | ||||
Semifinals
edit(1) Boston University vs. (7) Harvard
edit| March 12 | Boston University | 8 – 4 | Harvard | Boston Garden | ||||
(3) Brown vs. (5) Cornell
edit| March 12 | Brown | 6 – 2 | Cornell | Boston Garden | ||||
Third Place
edit(5) Cornell vs. (7) Harvard
edit| March 13 | Cornell | 7 – 6 | Harvard | Boston Garden | ||||
Championship
edit(1) Boston University vs. (3) Brown
edit| March 13 | Boston University | 9 – 2 | Brown | Boston Garden | ||||
Tournament awards
editNone
- Terry Meagher (Boston University)
References
edit- ^ "Boston University Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "Jack Parker 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
- 1975–76 ECAC Hockey Standings
- 1975–76 NCAA Standings