1974 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1974 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 13th tournament in league history. It was played between March 5 and March 9, 1974.[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 University and Harvard received invitations to participate in the 1974 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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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

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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
New Hampshire 20 15 5 0 .750 113 71 31 22 9 0 171 105
Harvard 21 15 6 0 .714 166 109 29 17 11 1 155 113
Boston University* 20 14 6 0 .700 167 89 31 23 8 0 190 95
Cornell 20 13 6 1 .675 135 108 27 19 7 1 146 110
St. Lawrence 17 9 7 1 .559 79 83 28 12 15 1 125 123
Dartmouth 22 12 10 0 .545 93 104 25 13 11 1 99 100
Providence 19 9 9 1 .500 83 103 26 14 11 1 115 113
Rensselaer 17 8 9 0 .471 101 116 30 14 15 1 141 142
Clarkson 21 9 11 1 .452 70 89 27 12 14 1 97 115
Pennsylvania 21 9 12 0 .429 67 71 24 10 14 0 75 87
Boston College 19 8 11 0 .421 89 98 28 16 12 0 137 138
Northeastern 19 7 10 2 .421 74 88 27 10 13 4 116 124
Brown 18 7 11 0 .389 63 69 23 10 13 0 87 86
Princeton 20 7 12 1 .375 62 100 24 9 14 1 87 117
Yale 18 5 13 0 .278 60 91 24 8 16 0 80 114
Colgate 20 5 14 1 .275 73 104 28 11 16 1 122 133
Championship: Boston University
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

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Teams are reseeded after the first round

Quarterfinals
March 5
Semifinals
March 8
Championship
March 9
         
1 New Hampshire 6
8 Rensselaer 7*
2 Harvard 7
8 Rensselaer 2
2 Harvard 9
7 Providence 3
2 Harvard 2
3 Boston University 4
3 Boston University 8
6 Dartmouth 0
3 Boston University 7 Third Place
4 Cornell 3
4 Cornell 5 4 Cornell 8
5 St. Lawrence 3 8 Rensselaer 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

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(1) New Hampshire vs. (8) Rensselaer

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March 5 New Hampshire 6 – 7 OT Rensselaer Snively Arena


(2) Harvard vs. (7) Providence

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March 5 Harvard 9 – 3 Providence Donald C. Watson Rink


(3) Boston University vs. (6) Dartmouth

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March 5 Boston University 8 – 0 Dartmouth Walter Brown Arena


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

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March 5 Cornell 5 – 3 St. Lawrence Lynah Rink


Semifinals

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(2) Harvard vs. (8) Rensselaer

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March 8 Harvard 7 – 2 Rensselaer Boston Garden


(3) Boston University vs. (4) Cornell

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March 8 Boston University 7 – 3 Cornell Boston Garden


Third Place

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(4) Cornell vs. (8) Rensselaer

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March 9 Cornell 8 – 2 Rensselaer Boston Garden


Championship

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(2) Harvard vs. (3) Boston University

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March 9 Harvard 2 – 4 Boston University Boston Garden


Tournament awards

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None

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References

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  1. ^ "Boston University Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "Jack Parker 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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