1988 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1988 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 27th tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 12, 1988.[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 winning the tournament, St. Lawrence received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1988 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 4–12, 1988
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsSt. Lawrence[1] (2nd title)
Winning coachJoe Marsh[2] (1st title)
MVPPete Lappin[3] (St. Lawrence)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The four teams that finish below eighth place in the standings are not eligible for tournament play. 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 a two-game series to determine the winner. In the two games no overtime was permitted and if the two teams remained tied after the two games then a 10-minute mini-game would be played where a sudden-death overtime was allowed if the scheduled time did not produce a victor.[5] After the opening round every series becomes a single-elimination game. 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. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Harvard†221840369352322111013296
St. Lawrence†*2218403612470382990200112
Cornell22157030986828199012181
Vermont2214712981673521113127101
Colgate22138127105633218113156104
Clarkson2210932386823517153133125
Princeton2211101238077281215194110
Rensselaer2291301899913215170164125
Dartmouth22813117598426101517098
Yale22616012609726620076128
Army22317285911930919297151
Brown22219154612026322163144
Championship: St. Lawrence
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  Quarterfinals
March 4–5		 Semifinals
March 11		 Championship
March 12
                               
  1 Harvard 5 6 — 1 Harvard 4  
8 Rensselaer 4 4 — 6 Clarkson 6  
  2 St. Lawrence 5 10 —
7 Princeton 1 1 —     2 St. Lawrence 3
  6 Clarkson 0
  3 Cornell 3 4 0
6 Clarkson 4 2 1
Third Place
  4 Vermont 8 3 — 2 St. Lawrence 4
5 Colgate 0 3 — 4 Vermont 2   1 Harvard 7
4 Vermont 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Harvard vs. (8) Rensselaer
Harvard won series 2–0

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (7) Princeton
St. Lawrence won series 2–0

(3) Cornell vs. (6) Clarkson
Clarkson won series 2–1

(4) Vermont vs. (5) Colgate
Vermont won series 1–0–1

Semifinals

(1) Harvard vs. (6) Clarkson

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (4) Vermont

Third Place

(1) Harvard vs. (4) Vermont

Championship

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (6) Clarkson

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team
  • F Peter Ciavaglia (Harvard)
  • F Pete Lappin* (St. Lawrence)
  • F Steve Williams (Clarkson)
  • D Pete McGeough (St. Lawrence)
  • D Hank Lammens (St. Lawrence)
  • G John Fletcher (Clarkson)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References
  1. "St. Lawrence Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. "Joe Marsh 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. "College Hockey Notebook; Road to Final a 3-Way Route". The New York Times. 1988-03-08. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  6. "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  7. "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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