1979 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
| 1979 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 6–10, 1979 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | New Hampshire[1] (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Charlie Holt[2] (1st title) |
| MVP | Greg Moffett[3] (New Hampshire) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 1979 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 18th tournament in league history. It was played between March 6 and March 10, 1979.[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, New Hampshire and Dartmouth received invitations to participate in the 1979 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
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
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† | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | .783 | 101 | 76 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 138 | 106 | |
| New Hampshire* | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | .740 | 151 | 103 | 35 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 203 | 148 | |
| Cornell | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | .727 | 129 | 88 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 166 | 114 | |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | .659 | 104 | 78 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 144 | 102 | |
| Clarkson | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .591 | 135 | 106 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 184 | 136 | |
| Providence | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | .583 | 105 | 102 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 134 | 123 | |
| Yale | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | .568 | 105 | 91 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 129 | 125 | |
| Vermont | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | .524 | 97 | 98 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 122 | 141 | |
| Northeastern | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .500 | 94 | 107 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 112 | 129 | |
| Brown | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | 86 | 89 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 105 | 108 | |
| Boston College | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | .455 | 106 | 112 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 167 | 141 | |
| Colgate | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | .350 | 97 | 124 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 166 | 144 | |
| Rensselaer | 25 | 8 | 16 | 1 | .340 | 124 | 136 | 28 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 141 | 145 | |
| Harvard | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | .250 | 86 | 109 | 26 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 108 | 131 | |
| St. Lawrence | 24 | 5 | 18 | 1 | .229 | 81 | 132 | 31 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 118 | 162 | |
| Princeton | 21 | 2 | 15 | 4 | .190 | 71 | 119 | 26 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 95 | 138 | |
| Championship: New Hampshire † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first round
| Quarterfinals March 6 | Semifinals March 9 | Championship March 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston University | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Vermont | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston University | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Dartmouth | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | New Hampshire | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Yale | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | New Hampshire | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Dartmouth | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Cornell | 6* | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Providence | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | New Hampshire | 4 | Third Place | |||||||||||
| 3 | Cornell | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Dartmouth | 2* | 1 | Boston University | 4 | |||||||||
| 5 | Clarkson | 1 | 3 | Cornell | 7 | |||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
(1) Boston University vs. (8) Vermont
| March 6 | Boston University | 4 – 3 | Vermont | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
(2) New Hampshire vs. (7) Yale
| March 6 | New Hampshire | 9 – 2 | Yale | Snively Arena | ||||
(3) Cornell vs. (6) Providence
| March 6 | Cornell | 6 – 5 | OT | Providence | Lynah Rink | |||
(4) Dartmouth vs. (5) Clarkson
| March 6 | Dartmouth | 2 – 1 | OT | Clarkson | Thompson Arena | |||
Semifinals
(1) Boston University vs. (4) Dartmouth
| March 9 | Boston University | 3 – 5 | Dartmouth | Boston Garden | ||||
(2) New Hampshire vs. (3) Cornell
| March 9 | New Hampshire | 5 – 2 | Cornell | Boston Garden | ||||
Third Place
(1) Boston University vs. (3) Cornell
| March 10 | Boston University | 4 – 7 | Cornell | Boston Garden | ||||
Championship
(2) New Hampshire vs. (4) Dartmouth
| March 10 | New Hampshire | 3 – 2 | Dartmouth | Boston Garden | ||||
Tournament awards
None
- Greg Moffett (New Hampshire)
References
- ^ "New Hampshire Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "Charlie Holt 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
- ECAC Hockey Archived 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- 1978–79 ECAC Hockey Standings
- 1978–79 NCAA Standings