1968 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
The 1968 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 7th tournament in league history. It was played between March 5 and March 9, 1968.[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 1968 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 1968 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 5–9, 1968 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Cornell[1] (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Ned Harkness[2] (2nd title) |
| MVP | Ken Dryden[3] (Cornell) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format edit
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 edit
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Cornell†* | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 144 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 187 | 43 | |
| Clarkson | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 91 | 68 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 159 | 85 | |
| St. Lawrence | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .676 | 86 | 73 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 124 | 90 | |
| Harvard | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | .667 | 123 | 74 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 139 | 88 | |
| Boston University | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | .667 | 116 | 61 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 174 | 89 | |
| Brown | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | .650 | 116 | 63 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 135 | 79 | |
| Boston College | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | .630 | 113 | 79 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 155 | 116 | |
| Princeton | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | .587 | 92 | 79 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 93 | 85 | |
| New Hampshire^ | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | 49 | 50 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 159 | 77 | |
| Colgate | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | .529 | 67 | 65 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 96 | 83 | |
| Rensselaer | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 | 80 | 70 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 109 | 94 | |
| Army | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 46 | 50 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 110 | 84 | |
| Yale | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | .273 | 43 | 117 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 50 | 120 | |
| Northeastern | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | .250 | 56 | 89 | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 87 | 126 | |
| Providence | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | .188 | 32 | 114 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 67 | 149 | |
| Dartmouth | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | .095 | 55 | 115 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 67 | 120 | |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | .063 | 22 | 154 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 42 | 180 | |
| Championship: Cornell † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ New Hampshire had been readmitted to the ECAC but played only a partial schedule and still qualified for the ECAC II playoffs | ||||||||||||||
Bracket edit
| Quarterfinals March 5 | Semifinals March 8 | Championship March 9 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Cornell | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Princeton | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Cornell | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Boston University | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Harvard | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Boston University | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Cornell | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Boston College | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Clarkson | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Brown | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Clarkson | 5 | Third place | |||||||||||
| 6 | Boston College | 6** | ||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Lawrence | 6 | 2 | Clarkson | 4 | |||||||||
| 6 | Boston College | 7* | 5 | Boston University | 1 | |||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals edit
(1) Cornell vs. (8) Princeton edit
| March 5 | Cornell | 6 – 1 | Princeton | Lynah Rink | ||||
(2) Clarkson vs. (7) Brown edit
| March 5 | Clarkson | 7 – 3 | Brown | Clarkson Arena | ||||
(3) St. Lawrence vs. (6) Boston College edit
| March 5 | St. Lawrence | 6 – 7 | OT | Boston College | Appleton Arena | |||
(4) Harvard vs. (5) Boston University edit
| March 5 | Harvard | 3 – 6 | Boston University | Donald C. Watson Rink | ||||
Semifinals edit
(1) Cornell vs. (5) Boston University edit
| March 8 | Cornell | 7 – 2 | Boston University | Boston Garden | ||||
(2) Clarkson vs. (6) Boston College edit
| March 8 | Clarkson | 5 – 6 | 2OT | Boston College | Boston Garden | |||
Third Place edit
(2) Clarkson vs. (5) Boston University edit
| March 9 | Clarkson | 4 – 1 | Boston University | Boston Garden | ||||
Championship edit
(1) Cornell vs. (6) Boston College edit
| March 9 | Cornell | 6 – 3 | Boston College | Boston Garden | ||||
Tournament awards edit
All-Tournament Team edit
First Team edit
| Second Team edit
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References edit
- ^ "Cornell Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "Ned Harkness Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- ^ "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
External links edit
- ECAC Hockey 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- 1967–68 ECAC Hockey Standings
- 1967–68 NCAA Standings