1976 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1976 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 15th tournament in league history. It was played between March 9 and March 13, 1976.[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 Brown received invitations to participate in the 1976 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1976 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 9–13, 1976
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsBoston University[1] (4th title)
Winning coachJack Parker[2] (3rd title)
MVPTerry Meagher[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
Boston University†*232120.91514177302550182108
New Hampshire282260.78616397312470184108
Brown231850.78314990302370186126
Clarkson251681.6601351143118121170146
Cornell231391.587127982918101174128
Dartmouth2414100.5831231122716110140123
Harvard201073.575101892613103134125
Boston College211191.548115962915131158135
Providence2511122.4801321113114152171141
Rensselaer239122.4351231212813132153143
Vermont229130.4091021123215161179160
St. Lawrence197111.395871022711171128144
Colgate206140.30088126259160117153
Northeastern236161.28393124269161117133
Princeton236161.2837613524716186138
Pennsylvania235171.23985141266191107163
Yale211200.0486816625421091189
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 9		 Semifinals
March 12		 Championship
March 13
                           
  1 Boston University 6 1 Boston University 8  
8 Boston College 5 7 Harvard 4  
  2 New Hampshire 3
7 Harvard 4     1 Boston University 9
  3 Brown 2
  3 Brown 5*
6 Dartmouth 4
Third Place
  4 Clarkson 7 3 Brown 6
5 Cornell 9 5 Cornell 2   5 Cornell 7
7 Harvard 6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)


Quarterfinals

(1) Boston University vs. (8) Boston College

(2) New Hampshire vs. (7) Harvard

(3) Brown vs. (6) Dartmouth

(4) Clarkson vs. (5) Cornell

Semifinals

(1) Boston University vs. (7) Harvard

(3) Brown vs. (5) Cornell

Third Place

(5) Cornell vs. (7) Harvard

Championship

(1) Boston University vs. (3) Brown


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

MOP
  • Terry Meagher (Boston University)

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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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