1983 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

1983 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 4–12, 1983
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsHarvard[1] (2nd title)
Winning coachBill Cleary[2] (1st title)
MVPMitch Olson[3] (Harvard)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 1983 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 22nd tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 12, 1983.[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 winning the tournament, Harvard received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The three teams that were division champions automatically qualified for the tournament while the remaining five seeds were given to the teams with the highest winning percentage. The top four seeds were given out to the three division champions and the top qualifier and assorted based on winning percentage. The remaining four seeds were assigned to the other qualifiers and assorted based upon winning percentage. 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 a two-game series to determine the winner. In the two games no overtime was permitted and if the two teams remained tied after the two games then a 10-minute mini-game would be played where a sudden-death overtime was allowed if the scheduled time did not produce a victor.[5] 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 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

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

1982–83 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
East Region
Providence† 21 16 5 0 .762 111 86 43 33 10 0 225 143
New Hampshire 21 15 5 1 .738 109 79 35 22 11 2 180 137
Boston University 21 14 7 0 .667 94 77 30 18 11 1 125 107
Boston College 21 9 10 2 .476 85 80 30 15 13 2 140 114
Northeastern 21 9 11 1 .452 87 87 28 13 14 1 129 122
Maine 21 1 20 0 .048 71 140 29 5 24 0 105 168
West Region
St. Lawrence 20 14 6 0 .700 89 78 36 23 12 1 147 131
Clarkson 20 13 6 1 .675 104 67 31 19 11 1 155 104
Rensselaer 20 13 7 0 .650 122 90 29 18 11 0 167 130
Colgate 20 9 9 2 .500 89 81 28 15 10 3 152 114
Vermont 20 3 16 1 .175 60 106 28 6 21 1 89 148
Ivy Region
Harvard* 21 15 5 1 .738 113 67 34 23 9 2 177 105
Yale 21 12 9 0 .571 104 70 28 14 14 0 123 90
Cornell 21 10 8 3 .548 83 79 26 13 10 3 109 100
Princeton 21 7 12 2 .381 85 106 25 9 14 2 102 121
Dartmouth 21 6 14 1 .310 85 119 26 9 15 2 115 141
Brown 21 2 18 1 .119 53 127 25 3 21 1 70 145
Independent
Army^ - - - - - - - 37 25 11 1 218 137
Championship: Harvard
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
^ Army had been accepted into ECAC Hockey but had not begun a conference schedule

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

Quarterfinals
March 4–5 		Semifinals
March 11 		Championship
March 12
           
1 Providence 2 2 —
8 Yale 1 1 —
1 Providence 1
4 St. Lawrence 0
2 Harvard 5 4 —
7 Rensselaer 1 2 —
1 Providence 1
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 Harvard 4
3 New Hampshire 3 6 —
6 Boston University 3 2 —
2 Harvard 6 Third Place
3 New Hampshire 3
4 St. Lawrence 5 1 3 3 New Hampshire 5
5 Clarkson 3 2 0 4 St. Lawrence 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Providence vs. (8) Yale

March 4 Providence 2 – 1 Yale Schneider Arena
March 5 Providence 2 – 1 Yale Schneider Arena
Providence won series 2–0


(2) Harvard vs. (7) Rensselaer

March 4 Harvard 5 – 1 Rensselaer Bright Hockey Center
March 5 Harvard 4 – 2 Rensselaer Bright Hockey Center
Harvard won series 2–0


(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Boston University

March 4 New Hampshire 3 – 3 Boston University Snively Arena
March 5 New Hampshire 6 – 3 Boston University Snively Arena
New Hampshire won series 1–0–1


(4) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Clarkson

March 4 St. Lawrence 5 – 3 Clarkson Appleton Arena
March 5 St. Lawrence 1 – 2 Clarkson Appleton Arena
March 5 St. Lawrence 3 – 0 (mini) Clarkson Appleton Arena
St. Lawrence won series 2–1


Semifinals

(1) Providence vs. (4) St. Lawrence

March 11 Providence 1 – 0 St. Lawrence Boston Garden


(2) Harvard vs. (3) New Hampshire

March 11 Harvard 6 – 3 New Hampshire Boston Garden


Third Place

(3) New Hampshire vs. (4) St. Lawrence

March 12 New Hampshire 5 – 2 St. Lawrence Boston Garden


Championship

(1) Providence vs. (2) Harvard

March 12 Providence 1 – 4 Harvard Boston Garden


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

MOP

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References

  1. ^ "Harvard Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "Bill Cleary 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. ^ "College Hockey Notebook; Road to Final a 3-Way Route". The New York Times. March 8, 1988. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  6. ^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  7. ^ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.