ECAC 2 tournament

ECAC 2 Tournament (defunct)
Conference Hockey Championship
Sport	Ice hockey
Conference	ECAC 2
Format	Single-elimination
Played	1967–1984

History

ECAC 2 began holding a conference tournament for the 1965–66 season with four teams invited to participate. Even after 5 teams left in 1971 to form ECAC 3 the league's membership had risen from 15 to 24 teams in the interim and the championship was expanded to eight. By 1977–78 ECAC 2 has 32 member schools and rather than institute a single 16-team tournament the league decided to hold one 8-team tournament for each of its two divisions (East and West). This was partly done to guarantee the two tournament champions automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament which began play the same year. Some schools, however, either had policies that barred them from appearing in national tournaments or were ineligible to appear in a Division II tournament due to being primarily a Division I or Division III school. This arrangement held for 6 years before the entire Division II level of college hockey collapsed after 1983–84 and ECAC 2 was formally split into two separate conferences the following season.

1966

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	American International
	Colby
	New Hampshire	11–5–0
4	Merrimack	5–5–1

	Semifinals March 8–9					ECAC 2 Championship March 12
	1	American International	1
	4	Merrimack	4
						4	Merrimack	0
							Colby	5
	Colby		2
	New Hampshire		1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1967

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Norwich	14–2–1
2	Colby	10–2–1
3	Middlebury	9–3–0
4	Merrimack	7–3–0

	Semifinals March 8–9					ECAC 2 Championship March 11
	1	Norwich	3
	4	Merrimack	12
						4	Merrimack	6
						2	Colby	4
	2	Colby	4**
	3	Middlebury	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1968

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	10–1–0
	Hamilton
	Colby
4	American International

	Semifinals March 6–7					ECAC 2 Championship March 9
	1	Merrimack	6
	4	American International	1
						1	Merrimack	5
							Hamilton	4
	Hamilton		6
	Colby		3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1969

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	7–2–0
2	American International
3	Colby
4	Norwich	10–6–0

	Semifinals March 5–6					ECAC 2 Championship March 8
	1	Merrimack	3
	4	Norwich	5
						4	Norwich	6
						2	American International	7
	2	American International	10
	3	Colby	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1970

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Bowdoin
2	Vermont	12–4–0
3	Middlebury
4	Merrimack	9–5–0

	Semifinals March 11					ECAC 2 Championship March 14
	1	Bowdoin	9
	4	Merrimack	1
						1	Bowdoin	1
						2	Vermont	4
	2	Vermont	5
	3	Middlebury	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1971

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Bowdoin
2	Vermont	13–3–0
3	Massachusetts	12–3–1
4	Norwich	10–8–0

	Semifinals March 10					ECAC 2 Championship March 13
	1	Bowdoin	8
	4	Norwich	2
						1	Bowdoin	5*
						2	Vermont	4
	2	Vermont	2
	3	Massachusetts	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1972

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Massachusetts	15–3–0	5	Salem State	10–9–1
2	Buffalo	10–2–0	6	Lowell Tech	11–10–0
3	Vermont	12–2–1	7	Boston State	13–10–0
4	Merrimack	13–4–0	8	Saint Anselm	7–6–0

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1973

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Vermont	16–0–0	5	Norwich	10–6–2
2	Bowdoin		6	Middlebury
3	Massachusetts	12–4–2	7	Williams
4	Merrimack	13–5–1	8	Saint Anselm	13–4–0

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1974

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Vermont	15–1–0	5	Massachusetts	9–6–0
2	Salem State	17–2–0	6	Norwich	10–7–1
3	Merrimack	15–6–2	7	Williams
4	Boston State		8	Army	10–2–0

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1975

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	21–2–1	5	Salem State
2	Bowdoin		6	Saint Anselm	11–8–1
3	Middlebury		7	Army	12–5–0
4	Hamilton		8	Lowell Tech	13–7–0

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1976

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	21–2–0	5	Oswego State	12–6–1
2	Union		6	Hamilton
3	Bowdoin		7	Army	12–5–0
4	Salem State		8	Buffalo

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1977

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	20–2–1	5	American International	14–5–0
2	Union	11–1–0	6	Lowell	16–8–1
3	Bowdoin	13–2–0	7	Salem State
4	Army	14–2–1	8	Elmira	17–2–0

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1978

East

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Bowdoin	13–3–1	5	Holy Cross	13–7–1
2	Merrimack	16–4–1	6	American International
3	Lowell	16–5–1	7	Saint Anselm	11–10–1
4	Salem State	17–7–0	8	Colby	9–12–1

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2

West

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Middlebury	11–3–0	5	Norwich	13–9–0
2	Elmira	18–4–0	6	Army	10–8–1
3	Plattsburgh State	16–3–0	7	Hamilton	11–8–0
4	Oswego State	16–8–0	8	Buffalo	12–10–0

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1979

East

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Salem State		5	American International
2	Lowell	21–5–0	6	Holy Cross	13–8–0
3	Merrimack	20–5–0	7	New Haven
4	Maine	15–4–0	8	Bowdoin

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2

West

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Plattsburgh State	23–2–0	5	Westfield State
2	Middlebury	14–4–1	6	Buffalo
3	Elmira	21–4–0	7	Oswego State	12–12–0
4	Norwich	15–8–0	8	Williams

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1980

East

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Bowdoin	14–2–2	5	Holy Cross	15–6–0
2	Lowell	19–4–0	6	Merrimack	14–8–2
3	Babson	15–7–2	7	New Haven	15–10–0
4	Salem State	19–6–0	8	Colby	12–8–0

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2

West

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Elmira	18–2–1	5	Westfield State
2	Plattsburgh State	18–5–2	6	Army	15–9–1
3	Oswego State	16–7–0	7	Norwich	9–12–0
4	Middlebury	11–5–3	8	North Adams State

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1981

East

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Lowell	18–3–0	5	Bowdoin	11–7–0
2	Merrimack	17–6–0	6	Babson	11–9–0
3	Salem State	16–6–1	7	Holy Cross	11–11–0
4	New England College	14–6–0	8	Colby	13–8–0

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2

West

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Oswego State	19–2–1	5	Norwich	14–8–1
2	Plattsburgh State	17–3–2	6	North Adams State
3	Elmira	18–7–0	7	Westfield State	11–8–1
4	Williams	10–3–3	8	Hamilton	6–10–3

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1982

East

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Lowell	19–1–0	5	Colby
2	Babson	16–4–1	6	Bowdoin
3	Merrimack	17–8–1	7	Salem State
4	New England College		8	Holy Cross	12–10–2

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2

West

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Oswego State	17–5–0	5	Williams
2	Plattsburgh State	18–6–1	6	Rochester Tech
3	Norwich	15–9–1	7	Elmira	11–11–0
4	North Adams State		8	Potsdam State

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1983

East

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Lowell	18–0–0	4	Colby
2	Babson	15–4–1	6	Bowdoin
3	Holy Cross	16–7–1	7	New England College
5	Salem State		8	Saint Anselm	8–10–0

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2

West

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	RIT	18–4–0	5	Potsdam State
2	Oswego State	16–5–0	6	North Adams State
3	Norwich	14–6–0	7	Elmira	14–11–0
4	Plattsburgh State	16–8–0	8	Middlebury	7–9–1

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1984

East

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Bowdoin	10–2–1	5	Merrimack	10–9–0
2	Babson	13–3–1	6	Colby	6–7–1
3	New England College	16–5–2	7	Salem State	10–10–3
4	Norwich	13–6–0	8	Massachusetts–Boston	7–8–0

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2

West

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	RIT	18–2–0	5	North Adams State	15–7–2
2	Oswego State	16–3–0	6	Plattsburgh State	13–10–0
3	Elmira	17–6–0	7	Potsdam State	14–9–1
4	Union	11–4–1	8	Hamilton	9–9–0

Template:8TeamBracket-NCAA2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Championships

School	Championships
Bowdoin	4
Lowell	4
Merrimack	4
Vermont	3
Oswego State	2
Plattsburgh State	2
American International	1
Babson	1
Colby	1
Elmira	1
Massachusetts	1
Middlebury	1
RIT	1

See also

• NEHC Men's Tournament
• ECAC West Men's Tournament

Further reading

• "Army West Point hockey 2018-19 Record Book" (PDF). Army Black Knights. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Babson Men's Ice Hockey Conference Tournament Results". Babson Beavers. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Bowdoin College Men's Hockey History" (PDF). Bowdoin Polar Bears. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Elmira Men's Hockey 2016-17 Media Guide". Elmira Soaring Eagles. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "All-Time Results". Hamilton Continentals. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Holy Cross Crusaders Record Book" (PDF). Holy Cross Crusaders. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
• "UMass Hockey 2008-09 History" (PDF). UMass Minutemen. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "UMass Lowell History and Records". UMass Lowell River Hawks. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Year-By-Year Records" (PDF). Merrimack Warriors. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Middlebury College Men's Hockey History" (PDF). Middlebury Panthers. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Norwich men's hockey 2011-12 Yearbook". Norwich Cadets. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Oswego Men's Ice Hockey Game-by-Game Results". Oswego Lakers. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Plattsburgh Men's Ice Hockey Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Plattsburgh Cardinals. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "RIT Tigers Men's Ice Hockey 2011-12 Media Guide" (PDF). RIT Tigers. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Saint Anselm Hockey Record Book" (PDF). Saint Anselm Hawks. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Vermont men's hockey 2017-18 Yearbook" (PDF). Vermont Catamounts. Retrieved November 28, 2018.