1994 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1994 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 33rd tournament in league history. It was played between March 8 and March 19, 1994.[4] Preliminary and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Olympic Arena (subsequently renamed Herb Brooks Arena) in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, Harvard received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 1994 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 8–19, 1994 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Olympic Arena Lake Placid, New York |
| Champions | Harvard[1] (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Ronn Tomassoni[2] (1st title) |
| MVP | Sean McCann[3] (Harvard) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format
The tournament featured four rounds of play. The two teams that finish below tenth place in the standings are not eligible for tournament play. In the preliminary round, the seventh and tenth seeds and the eighth and ninth seeds each play a single game to determine the final qualifying teams for the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the first seed and lower ranked qualifier, the second and higher ranked qualifier, the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed played a modified best-of-three series, where the first team to receive 3 points moves on. 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 1994 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†* | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 107 | 60 | 33 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 155 | 89 | |
| Clarkson | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 92 | 67 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 147 | 114 | |
| Rensselaer | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 99 | 75 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 171 | 115 | |
| Brown | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 91 | 73 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 116 | 117 | |
| Vermont | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 86 | 75 | 33 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 127 | 113 | |
| Union | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 83 | 89 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 117 | 118 | |
| Colgate | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 97 | 90 | 33 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 144 | 137 | |
| Cornell | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 73 | 89 | 30 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 97 | 126 | |
| Princeton | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 63 | 80 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 88 | 101 | |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 74 | 95 | 31 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 99 | 134 | |
| Yale | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 58 | 102 | 27 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 73 | 133 | |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 80 | 111 | 27 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 94 | 137 | |
| Championship: Harvard † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first two rounds
| Preliminary Round March 8 |
Quarterfinals March 11-13 |
Semifinals March 18 |
Championship March 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Harvard | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | Harvard | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Colgate | 4 | 8 | Cornell | 4 | 3 | — | 4 | Brown | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | St. Lawrence | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Clarkson | 7 | 5 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Cornell | 5* | 7 | Colgate | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | Harvard | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | Princeton | 4 | 3 | Rensselaer | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Rensselaer | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Union | 4 | 1 | 3 | Third Place | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Brown | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Clarkson | 2 | 2 | Clarkson | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Vermont | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Rensselaer | 6 | 4 | Brown | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Preliminary Round
(7) Colgate vs. (10) St. Lawrence
| March 8 | Colgate | 4 – 3 | St. Lawrence | Starr Rink | ||||
Quarterfinals
(1) Harvard vs. (8) Cornell
| March 11 | Harvard | 5 – 4 | Cornell | Bright Hockey Center | ||||
| March 12 | Harvard | 5 – 3 | Cornell | Bright Hockey Center | ||||
| Harvard won series 2–0 | |
(2) Clarkson vs. (7) Colgate
| March 11 | Clarkson | 7 – 6 | Colgate | Cheel Arena | ||||
| March 12 | Clarkson | 5 – 2 | Colgate | Cheel Arena | ||||
| Clarkson won series 2–0 | |
(3) Rensselaer vs. (6) Union
| March 11 | Rensselaer | 3 – 4 | Union | Houston Field House | ||||
| March 12 | Rensselaer | 5 – 1 | Union | Houston Field House | ||||
| March 13 | Rensselaer | 8 – 5 | Union | Houston Field House | ||||
| Rensselaer won series 2–1 | |
(4) Brown vs. (5) Vermont
| March 11 | Brown | 5 – 8 | Vermont | Meehan Auditorium | ||||
| March 12 | Brown | 3 – 2 | Vermont | Meehan Auditorium | ||||
| March 13 | Brown | 3 – 2 | Vermont | Meehan Auditorium | ||||
| Brown won series 2–1 | |
Semifinals
Third place
Championship
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- F Bryan Richardson (Rensselaer)
- F Steve Martins (Harvard)
- F Craig Conroy (Clarkson)
- D Derek Maguire (Harvard)
- D Sean McCann* (Harvard)
- G Aaron Israel (Harvard)
References
- "Harvard Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- "Ronn Tomassoni Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
- "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2014-04-26.