1994 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

1994 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 8–19, 1994
Teams10
Finals siteOlympic Arena
Lake Placid, New York
ChampionsHarvard[1] (4th title)
Winning coachRonn Tomassoni[2] (1st title)
MVPSean McCann[3] (Harvard)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 1994 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 33rd tournament in league history. It was played between March 8 and March 19, 1994.[4] Preliminary and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Olympic Arena (subsequently renamed Herb Brooks Arena) in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, Harvard received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. The two teams that finish below tenth place in the standings are not eligible for tournament play. In the preliminary round, the seventh and tenth seeds and the eighth and ninth seeds each play a single game to determine the final qualifying teams for the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the first seed and lower ranked qualifier, the second and higher ranked qualifier, the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed played a modified best-of-three series, where the first team to receive 3 points moves on. 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 1994 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

1993–94 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Harvard†* 22 16 2 4 36 107 60 33 24 5 4 155 89
Clarkson 22 13 5 4 30 92 67 34 20 9 5 147 114
Rensselaer 22 12 6 4 28 99 75 36 21 11 4 171 115
Brown 22 12 7 3 27 91 73 32 15 13 4 116 117
Vermont 22 10 6 6 26 86 75 33 15 12 6 127 113
Union 22 10 9 3 23 83 89 30 15 11 4 117 118
Colgate 22 10 10 2 22 97 90 33 14 17 2 144 137
Cornell 22 7 10 5 19 73 89 30 8 17 5 97 126
Princeton 22 7 12 3 17 63 80 28 10 15 3 88 101
St. Lawrence 22 8 14 0 16 74 95 31 10 21 0 99 134
Yale 22 5 16 1 11 58 102 27 5 21 1 73 133
Dartmouth 22 4 17 1 9 80 111 27 5 21 1 94 137
Championship: Harvard
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first two rounds

Preliminary Round
March 8 		Quarterfinals
March 11–13 		Semifinals
March 18 		Championship
March 19
1 Harvard 5 5 —
7 Colgate 4 8 Cornell 4 3 —
10 St. Lawrence 3 1 Harvard 5
4 Brown 1
2 Clarkson 7 5 —
7 Colgate 6 2 —
1 Harvard 3
3 Rensselaer 0
3 Rensselaer 3 5 8
8 Cornell 5* 6 Union 4 1 3
9 Princeton 4 2 Clarkson 2 Third Place
3 Rensselaer 6
4 Brown 5 3 3 2 Clarkson 6
5 Vermont 8 2 2 4 Brown 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Preliminary round

(7) Colgate vs. (10) St. Lawrence

March 8 Colgate 4 – 3 St. Lawrence Starr Rink


(8) Cornell vs. (9) Princeton

March 8 Cornell 5 – 4 OT Princeton Lynah Rink


Quarterfinals

(1) Harvard vs. (8) Cornell

March 11 Harvard 5 – 4 Cornell Bright Hockey Center
March 12 Harvard 5 – 3 Cornell Bright Hockey Center
Harvard won series 2–0


(2) Clarkson vs. (7) Colgate

March 11 Clarkson 7 – 6 Colgate Cheel Arena
March 12 Clarkson 5 – 2 Colgate Cheel Arena
Clarkson won series 2–0


(3) Rensselaer vs. (6) Union

March 11 Rensselaer 3 – 4 Union Houston Field House
March 12 Rensselaer 5 – 1 Union Houston Field House
March 13 Rensselaer 8 – 5 Union Houston Field House
Rensselaer won series 2–1


(4) Brown vs. (5) Vermont

March 11 Brown 5 – 8 Vermont Meehan Auditorium
March 12 Brown 3 – 2 Vermont Meehan Auditorium
March 13 Brown 3 – 2 Vermont Meehan Auditorium
Brown won series 2–1


Semifinals

(1) Harvard vs. (4) Brown

March 18 Harvard 5 – 1 Brown Olympic Arena


(2) Clarkson vs. (3) Rensselaer

March 18 Clarkson 2 – 6 Rensselaer Olympic Arena


Third place

(2) Clarkson vs. (4) Brown

March 19 Clarkson 6 – 2 Brown Olympic Arena


Championship

(1) Harvard vs. (3) Rensselaer

March 19 Harvard 3 – 0 Rensselaer Olympic Arena


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References

  1. ^ "Harvard Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "Ronn Tomassoni 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.