1963 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1963 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 2nd tournament in league history. It was played between March 5 and March 9, 1963.[4] Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. By reaching the championship game both Harvard and Boston College received invitations to participate in the 1963 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Harvard, however, declined the invitation and was replaced by Clarkson who won the third place game. This is the only time that the winner of the ECAC tournament has not made an appearance in the NCAA tournament. (as of 2014)

1963 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 5–9, 1963
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Arena
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsHarvard[1] (1st title)
Winning coachCooney Weiland[2] (1st title)
MVPGene Kinasewich[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 conference rankings, 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 winner of the first and eighth matchup played the winner of the fourth and fifth matchup while the other two remaining teams played 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

1962–63 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Harvard†*221732.8181135126213213462
Clarkson151122.800723328215215573
Boston College241950.7921134931229014479
St. Lawrence161231.781693227206112972
Providence191342.7371015123138211068
Army181242.722744225176212057
Colgate161141.719783022165113142
Brown221561.7051096324167111468
Williams211290.5711127822139012182
Norwich221291.568140104221291140104
Yale201190.550878622129110297
Connecticut4220.500172474302634
New Hampshire199100.47410180201010010987
Cornell17890.4715568199916971
Massachusetts15780.4675077167905179
Rensselaer14671.46466512310121133100
Merrimack12570.4174563136705363
Middlebury177100.41279872210120104109
Dartmouth208120.40087872081208787
Northeastern259160.360115140269170118145
Colby176110.353588921714072103
Boston University227150.318759023716087101
Bowdoin185130.278929119613010192
American International154110.2675311918711093125
Princeton215160.2385811823617094124
Hamilton162131.1562110017214125105
Amherst152130.1332811118414034118
MIT8170.12510651321013196
Championship: Harvard
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket
Quarterfinals
March 5 		Semifinals
March 8 		Championship
March 9
         
1 Boston College 3
8 Army 1
1 Boston College 6
4 St. Lawrence 2
4 St. Lawrence 2*
5 Providence 1
1 Boston College 3
3 Harvard 4*
2 Clarkson 3
7 Brown 1
2 Clarkson 4 Third place
3 Harvard 6
3 Harvard 5 2 Clarkson 7
6 Colgate 3 4 St. Lawrence 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Boston College vs. (8) Army
March 5 Boston College 3 – 1 Army McHugh Forum

(2) Clarkson vs. (7) Brown
March 5 Clarkson 3 – 1 Brown Clarkson Arena

(3) Harvard vs. (6) Colgate
March 5 Harvard 5 – 3 Colgate Donald C. Watson Rink

(4) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Providence
March 5 St. Lawrence 2 – 1 OT Providence Appleton Arena

(1) Boston College vs. (4) St. Lawrence
March 8 Boston College 6 – 2 St. Lawrence Boston Arena

(2) Clarkson vs. (3) Harvard
March 8 Clarkson 4 – 6 Harvard Boston Arena

(2) Clarkson vs. (4) St. Lawrence
March 9 Clarkson 7 – 5 St. Lawrence Boston Arena

(1) Boston College vs. (3) Harvard
March 9 Boston College 3 – 4 OT Harvard Boston Arena

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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References
  1. "Harvard Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. "Ralph "Cooney" Weiland Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  3. "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  4. "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  5. "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  6. "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
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