1974 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1974 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 13th tournament in league history. It was played between March 5 and March 9, 1974.[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 Boston University and Harvard received invitations to participate in the 1974 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1974 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 5–9, 1974
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsBoston University[1] (2nd title)
Winning coachJack Parker[2] (1st title)
MVPEd Walsh[3] (Boston University)
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
New Hampshire†201550.75011371312290171105
Harvard211560.7141661092917111155113
Boston University*201460.7001678931238019095
Cornell201361.675135108271971146110
St. Lawrence17971.55979832812151125123
Dartmouth2212100.54593104251311199100
Providence19991.500831032614111115113
Rensselaer17890.4711011163014151141142
Clarkson219111.4527089271214197115
Pennsylvania219120.429677124101407587
Boston College198110.42189982816120137138
Northeastern197102.42174882710134116124
Brown187110.389636923101308786
Princeton207121.3756210024914187117
Yale185130.278609124816080114
Colgate205141.275731042811161122133
Championship: Boston University
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  Quarterfinals
March 5		 Semifinals
March 8		 Championship
March 9
                           
  1 New Hampshire 6 2 Harvard 7  
8 Rensselaer 7* 8 Rensselaer 2  
  2 Harvard 9
7 Providence 3     2 Harvard 2
  3 Boston University 4
  3 Boston University 8
6 Dartmouth 0
Third Place
  4 Cornell 5 3 Boston University 7
5 St. Lawrence 3 4 Cornell 3   4 Cornell 8
8 Rensselaer 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)


Quarterfinals

(1) New Hampshire vs. (8) Rensselaer

(2) Harvard vs. (7) Providence

(3) Boston University vs. (6) Dartmouth

(4) Cornell vs. (5) St. Lawrence

Semifinals

(2) Harvard vs. (8) Rensselaer

(3) Boston University vs. (4) Cornell

Third Place

(4) Cornell vs. (8) Rensselaer

Championship

(2) Harvard vs. (3) Boston University


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

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MOP


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References
  1. "Boston University Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. "Jack Parker 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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