1971 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
| 1971 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
The 1971 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 10th tournament in league history. It was played 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.
Format
The 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[5]
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† | 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
Teams are reseeded after the first round Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2-with 3rd Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
(1) Boston University vs. (8) Rensselaer
| March 9 | Boston University | 11 – 0 | Rensselaer | Boston Arena | ||||
(2) Clarkson vs. (7) Pennsylvania
| March 9 | Clarkson | 5 – 2 | Pennsylvania | Clarkson Arena | ||||
(3) Cornell vs. (6) Providence
| March 9 | Cornell | 6 – 3 | Providence | Lynah Rink | ||||
(4) Harvard vs. (5) Brown
| March 9 | Harvard | 4 – 3 | Brown | Donald C. Watson Rink | ||||
Semifinals
(1) Boston University vs. (4) Harvard
| March 12 | Boston University | 2 – 4 | Harvard | Boston Garden | ||||
(2) Clarkson vs. (3) Cornell
| March 12 | Clarkson | 7 – 4 | Cornell | Boston Garden | ||||
Third Place
(1) Boston University vs. (3) Cornell
| March 13 | Boston University | 6 – 5 | Cornell | Boston Garden | ||||
Championship
(2) Clarkson vs. (4) Harvard
| March 13 | Clarkson | 4 – 7 | Harvard | Boston Garden | ||||
Tournament awards
First Team
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Second Team
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References
- ^ "Harvard Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- ^ "Ralph "Cooney" Weiland Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
- ^ "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- ^ "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- ^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- ^ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
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External links
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