1966 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

1966 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 8–12, 1966
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Arena
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsClarkson[1] (1st title)
Winning coachLen Ceglarski[2] (1st title)
MVPTerry Yurkiewicz[3] (Clarkson)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 1966 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th tournament in league history. It was played between March 8 and March 12, 1966.[4] Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. By reaching the championship game Clarkson was indeed invited to participate in the 1966 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. As runner-up, Cornell received the second bid to the tournament, however, due to a disagreement between the Ivy League and the NCAA on postseason participation the Big Red declined the invitation and were replaced by Boston University.[5]

Format

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

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

1965–66 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Clarkson†* 12 11 1 0 .917 67 28 27 24 3 0 150 70
Boston University 19 17 2 0 .895 105 75 35 27 8 0 178 92
Cornell 18 16 2 0 .889 92 33 27 22 5 0 151 54
Brown 18 12 6 0 .667 86 60 25 16 9 0 114 85
St. Lawrence 15 8 6 1 .567 75 54 24 15 8 1 130 95
Boston College 22 12 10 0 .545 105 80 28 16 12 0 135 101
Colgate 16 8 7 1 .531 79 67 26 14 11 1 137 98
Northeastern 18 9 8 1 .528 80 71 29 16 12 1 140 120
Harvard 19 8 11 0 .421 77 81 23 10 12 1 104 99
Yale 21 8 12 1 .405 82 103 23 10 12 1 86 105
Army 10 3 6 1 .350 34 69 25 17 7 1 132 85
Princeton 19 6 12 1 .342 76 101 20 7 12 1 76 101
Dartmouth 18 2 14 2 .167 55 111 24 5 17 2 80 127
Providence 14 2 12 0 .143 42 77 21 7 14 0 77 93
Rensselaer 13 0 13 0 .000 18 112 22 3 19 0 42 161
Championship: Clarkson
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 8 		Semifinals
March 11 		Championship
March 12
         
1 Clarkson 5
8 Colgate 2
1 Clarkson 2
4 Brown 1
4 Brown 4
5 St. Lawrence 2
1 Clarkson 6
3 Cornell 2
2 Boston University 4
7 Northeastern 1
2 Boston University 1 Third place
3 Cornell 8
3 Cornell 9 2 Boston University 5
6 Boston College 0 4 Brown 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (8) Colgate

March 8 Clarkson 5 – 2 Colgate Clarkson Arena


(2) Boston University vs. (7) Northeastern

March 8 Boston University 4 – 1 Northeastern Boston Arena


(3) Cornell vs. (6) Boston College

March 8 Cornell 9 – 0 Boston College Lynah Rink


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

March 8 Brown 4 – 2 St. Lawrence Meehan Auditorium


Semifinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (4) Brown

March 11 Clarkson 2 – 1 Brown Boston Arena


(2) Boston University vs. (3) Cornell

March 11 Boston University 1 – 8 Cornell Boston Arena


Third Place

(2) Boston University vs. (4) Brown

March 12 Boston University 5 – 2 Brown Boston Arena


Championship

(1) Clarkson vs. (3) Cornell

March 12 Clarkson 6 – 2 Cornell Boston Arena


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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References

  1. ^ "Clarkson Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "Len Ceglarski 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. ^ "Cornell Men's Hockey Media Guide Pages 59-88 (History and Records)" (PDF). Cornell Big Red. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
  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.