1969 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1969 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 8th tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 8, 1969.[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, Cornell and Harvard received invitations to participate in the 1969 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1969 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 4–8, 1969
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsCornell[1] (3rd title)
Winning coachNed Harkness[2] (3rd title)
MVPKen Dryden[3] (Cornell)
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

[5] Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

1968–69 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Cornell†*201910.9501393929272019054
Boston College211650.7621147226197014491
Harvard231661.71713574281981157101
Clarkson181251.694946528197215896
New Hampshire161051.656685629226115577
Boston University211380.61910769291910115484
Rensselaer14851.60758542112819377
Brown201091.5259883221011110086
St. Lawrence18882.5008376241111210296
Army11461.4094548282071167104
Yale239140.3917211324915072113
Colgate166100.37553682512130116110
Dartmouth216132.3338314623714291154
Providence154110.26743762171406795
Northeastern184140.2225610823716074127
Princeton235180.21762912451906291
Pennsylvania151140.0674411622715079131
Championship: Cornell
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Bracket
Quarterfinals
March 4 		Semifinals
March 7 		Championship
March 8
         
1 Cornell 3
8 St. Lawrence 0
1 Cornell 3*
4 Boston University 2
4 Boston University 4
5 Rensselaer 2
1 Cornell 4
2 Harvard 2
2 Harvard 4*
7 New Hampshire 3
2 Harvard 8 Third place
6 Clarkson 6
3 Boston College 2 4 Boston University 5
6 Clarkson 4 6 Clarkson 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Cornell vs. (8) St. Lawrence
March 4 Cornell 3 – 0 St. Lawrence Lynah Rink

(2) Harvard vs. (7) New Hampshire
March 4 Harvard 4 – 3 OT New Hampshire Donald C. Watson Rink

(3) Boston College vs. (6) Clarkson
March 4 Boston College 2 – 4 Clarkson McHugh Forum

(4) Boston University vs. (5) Rensselaer
March 4 Boston University 4 – 2 Rensselaer Boston Arena

(1) Cornell vs. (4) Boston University
March 7 Cornell 3 – 2 OT Boston University Boston Garden

(2) Harvard vs. (6) Clarkson
March 7 Harvard 8 – 6 Clarkson Boston Garden

(4) Boston University vs. (6) Clarkson
March 8 Boston University 5 – 0 Clarkson Boston Garden

(1) Cornell vs. (2) Harvard
March 8 Cornell 4 – 2 Harvard Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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References
  1. "Cornell Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. "Ned Harkness 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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