1978 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 7–11, 1978
Teams	8
Finals site	Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	Boston College[1] (2nd title)
Winning coach	Len Ceglarski[2] (1st title)
MVP	Joe Mullen[3] (Boston College)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 17th tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 11, 1978.^[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, Boston College and Providence received invitations to participate in the 1978 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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.

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

1977–78 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Boston University†	22	21	1	0	.955	135	85		32	30	2	0	199	126
Cornell	22	16	5	1	.750	161	79		27	20	6	1	195	100
Clarkson	23	16	7	0	.696	139	109		30	19	11	0	174	145
Rensselaer	21	13	8	0	.619	100	83		29	19	9	1	162	117
Boston College*	23	14	9	0	.609	117	116		34	24	10	0	186	147
Brown	23	13	9	1	.587	101	78		29	14	14	1	117	102
Providence	23	12	9	2	.565	116	95		34	17	15	2	172	146
New Hampshire	25	14	11	0	.560	154	124		30	18	12	0	197	150
Yale	26	12	13	1	.481	92	114		26	12	13	1	92	114
Harvard	23	10	13	0	.435	87	112		26	12	14	0	99	122
Dartmouth	23	9	14	0	.391	97	114		26	11	15	0	107	129
Vermont	23	9	14	0	.391	94	108		31	15	16	0	139	137
St. Lawrence	22	8	14	0	.364	91	124		30	12	18	0	124	152
Princeton	21	7	13	1	.357	83	89		25	9	14	2	102	102
Northeastern	24	7	16	1	.313	131	128		28	10	17	1	155	142
Pennsylvania	21	5	14	2	.286	82	123		26	7	17	2	98	145
Colgate	25	4	20	1	.180	81	180		28	5	22	1	91	187
Championship: Boston College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

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Teams are reseeded after the first round

	Quarterfinals March 7					Semifinals March 10					Championship March 11
	1	Boston University	6*
	8	New Hampshire	5
						1	Boston University	1
						7	Providence	5
	2	Cornell	5
	7	Providence	8
											5	Boston College	4
											7	Providence	2
	3	Clarkson	2
	6	Brown	6
						5	Boston College	6			Third Place
						6	Brown	4
	4	Rensselaer	6								1	Boston University	8
	5	Boston College	7*								6	Brown	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

March 7

Boston University

6 – 5

OT

New Hampshire

Walter Brown Arena

March 7

Cornell

8 – 5

Providence

Lynah Rink

March 7

Clarkson

2 – 6

Brown

Walker Arena

March 7

Rensselaer

6 – 7

OT

Boston College

Houston Field House

March 10

Boston University

1 – 5

Providence

Boston Garden

March 10

Boston College

6 – 4

Brown

Boston Garden

March 11

Boston University

8 – 4

Brown

Boston Garden

March 11

Boston College

4 – 2

Providence

Boston Garden

None

• Joe Mullen (Boston College)

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• ECAC Hockey Archived 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
• 1977–78 ECAC Hockey Standings
• 1977–78 NCAA Standings