1971 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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.

1971 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 9–13, 1971
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsHarvard[1] (2nd title)
Winning coachCooney Weiland[2] (2nd title)
MVPDave Hynes[3] (Harvard)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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†201811.9251394231282121060
Clarkson191621.868763833284115175
Cornell201730.8501114427225015963
Harvard*211551.7381245527188114674
Brown191360.684706324131007787
Providence191270.63294702817110141106
Pennsylvania191180.5799074251411012993
Rensselaer14752.5711198125167212595
New Hampshire201190.55011992292090210112
Boston College219120.429921122611150121141
Army11371.31832482381418180
St. Lawrence175120.2945773241014010597
Dartmouth216150.2867610624915096114
Yale205150.2506410524617174127
Colgate174130.2355411124717087156
Northeastern193160.1583512229722077175
Princeton211200.0485414023122056155
Championship: Harvard
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  Quarterfinals
March 9		 Semifinals
March 12		 Championship
March 13
                           
  1 Boston University 11 1 Boston University 2  
8 Rensselaer 0 4 Harvard 4  
  2 Clarkson 5
7 Pennsylvania 2     2 Clarkson 4
  4 Harvard 7
  3 Cornell 6
6 Providence 3
Third Place
  4 Harvard 4 2 Clarkson 4
5 Brown 3 3 Cornell 1   1 Boston University 6
3 Cornell 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston University vs. (8) Rensselaer

(2) Clarkson vs. (7) Pennsylvania

(3) Cornell vs. (6) Providence

(4) Harvard vs. (5) Brown

Semifinals

(1) Boston University vs. (4) Harvard

(2) Clarkson vs. (3) Cornell

Third Place

(1) Boston University vs. (3) Cornell

Championship

(2) Clarkson vs. (4) Harvard

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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References
  1. "Harvard Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. "Ralph "Cooney" Weiland Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  3. "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  4. "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  5. "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  6. "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
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