1973 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1973 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 12th tournament in league history. It was played between March 6 and March 10, 1973.[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 Boston College received invitations to participate in the 1973 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1973 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 6–10, 1973
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsCornell[1] (5th title)
Winning coachDick Bertrand[2] (1st title)
MVPCarlo Ugolini[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 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

1972–73 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Cornell†*181431.806816029235115692
Harvard†181431.8061176222174114179
Boston College191351.71111888302271188121
Pennsylvania221372.636907827169211597
New Hampshire191180.57993872916103129121
Clarkson201190.550101823318150176137
Rensselaer201190.55087673116150142124
Boston University^18981.52810051291117117486
Brown191090.526727523111208496
Northeastern2110110.47693982917120144125
St. Lawrence188100.44487892815130149131
Dartmouth208111.4257485241211110693
Yale15591.3674769231210110289
Providence176110.35362792511140107110
Colgate175120.29458942511140107165
Princeton213180.1435512323518066127
Army10190.1002864279171121136
Championship: Cornell
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
^ Boston University was required to forfeit 11 after the season for using an ineligible player

[5]

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

Quarterfinals
March 6 		Semifinals
March 9 		Championship
March 10
         
1 Cornell 9
8 Rensselaer 3
1 Cornell 9
7 Clarkson 4
2 Harvard 4
7 Clarkson 7
1 Cornell 3
3 Boston College 2
3 Boston College 4
6 New Hampshire 2
3 Boston College 5 Third Place
5 Pennsylvania 3
4 Boston University 3 5 Pennsylvania 0
5 Pennsylvania 7 7 Clarkson 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Cornell vs. (8) Rensselaer
March 6 Cornell 9 – 3 Rensselaer Lynah Rink

(2) Harvard vs. (7) Clarkson
March 6 Harvard 4 – 7 Clarkson Donald C. Watson Rink

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

(4) Boston University vs. (5) Pennsylvania
March 6 Boston University 3 – 7 Pennsylvania Walter Brown Arena

(1) Cornell vs. (7) Clarkson
March 9 Cornell 9 – 4 Clarkson Boston Garden

(3) Boston College vs. (5) Pennsylvania
March 9 Boston College 5 – 3 Pennsylvania Boston Garden

(5) Pennsylvania vs. (7) Clarkson
March 10 Pennsylvania 0 – 4 Clarkson Boston Garden

(1) Cornell vs. (3) Boston College
March 10 Cornell 3 – 2 Boston College Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

[6]

MOP
  • Carlo Ugolini (Cornell)

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