1966 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
| 1966 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 8–12, 1966 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Clarkson[1] (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Len Ceglarski[2] (1st title) |
| MVP | Terry Yurkiewicz[3] (Clarkson) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 1966 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th tournament in league history. It was played between March 8 and March 12, 1966.[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 Clarkson was indeed invited to participate in the 1966 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. As runner-up, Cornell received the second bid to the tournament, however, due to a disagreement between the Ivy League and the NCAA on postseason participation the Big Red declined the invitation and were replaced by Boston University.[5]
Format
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
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 | ||
| Clarkson†* | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 67 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 150 | 70 | |
| Boston University | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 105 | 75 | 35 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 178 | 92 | |
| Cornell | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 92 | 33 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 151 | 54 | |
| Brown | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 86 | 60 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 114 | 85 | |
| St. Lawrence | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .567 | 75 | 54 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 130 | 95 | |
| Boston College | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | .545 | 105 | 80 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 135 | 101 | |
| Colgate | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .531 | 79 | 67 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 137 | 98 | |
| Northeastern | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .528 | 80 | 71 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 140 | 120 | |
| Harvard | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | .421 | 77 | 81 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 104 | 99 | |
| Yale | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | .405 | 82 | 103 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 86 | 105 | |
| Army | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .350 | 34 | 69 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 132 | 85 | |
| Princeton | 19 | 6 | 12 | 1 | .342 | 76 | 101 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 76 | 101 | |
| Dartmouth | 18 | 2 | 14 | 2 | .167 | 55 | 111 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 80 | 127 | |
| Providence | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | .143 | 42 | 77 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 77 | 93 | |
| Rensselaer | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | .000 | 18 | 112 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 42 | 161 | |
| Championship: Clarkson † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals March 8 | Semifinals March 11 | Championship March 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Clarkson | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Colgate | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Clarkson | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Brown | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Brown | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | St. Lawrence | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Clarkson | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Cornell | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston University | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Northeastern | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston University | 1 | Third place | |||||||||||
| 3 | Cornell | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Cornell | 9 | 2 | Boston University | 5 | |||||||||
| 6 | Boston College | 0 | 4 | Brown | 2 | |||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
(1) Clarkson vs. (8) Colgate
| March 8 | Clarkson | 5 – 2 | Colgate | Clarkson Arena | ||||
(2) Boston University vs. (7) Northeastern
| March 8 | Boston University | 4 – 1 | Northeastern | Boston Arena | ||||
(3) Cornell vs. (6) Boston College
| March 8 | Cornell | 9 – 0 | Boston College | Lynah Rink | ||||
(4) Brown vs. (5) St. Lawrence
| March 8 | Brown | 4 – 2 | St. Lawrence | Meehan Auditorium | ||||
Semifinals
(1) Clarkson vs. (4) Brown
| March 11 | Clarkson | 2 – 1 | Brown | Boston Arena | ||||
(2) Boston University vs. (3) Cornell
| March 11 | Boston University | 1 – 8 | Cornell | Boston Arena | ||||
Third Place
(2) Boston University vs. (4) Brown
| March 12 | Boston University | 5 – 2 | Brown | Boston Arena | ||||
Championship
(1) Clarkson vs. (3) Cornell
| March 12 | Clarkson | 6 – 2 | Cornell | Boston Arena | ||||
Tournament awards
First Team
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Second Team
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References
- ^ "Clarkson Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- ^ "Len Ceglarski 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.
- ^ "Cornell Men's Hockey Media Guide Pages 59-88 (History and Records)" (PDF). Cornell Big Red. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
- ^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- ^ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2014-04-26.