1992 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

1992 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 3–14, 1992
Teams10
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsSt. Lawrence[1] (4th title)
Winning coachJoe Marsh[2] (3rd title)
MVPDaniel Laperrière[3] (St. Lawrence)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 1992 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 31st tournament in league history. It was played between March 3 and March 14, 1992.[4] Preliminary and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were, for the final time, played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. By winning the tournament, St. Lawrence received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1992 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. Each round was a single-elimination series. In the preliminary round, the seventh and tenth seeds and the eighth and ninth seeds each play 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. In the semifinals, the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the two other teams play with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1992 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

1991–92 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Harvard† 22 13 3 6 32 90 59 27 14 7 6 103 78
St. Lawrence* 22 15 6 1 31 104 66 34 22 10 2 160 109
Clarkson 22 15 6 1 31 101 63 33 22 10 1 165 100
Yale 22 11 4 7 29 103 90 27 13 7 7 121 110
Cornell 22 10 8 4 24 70 59 29 14 11 4 92 78
Brown 22 10 8 4 24 93 86 30 11 15 4 118 135
Vermont 22 10 9 3 23 78 74 31 16 12 3 116 95
Colgate 22 11 11 0 22 105 108 31 14 16 1 152 151
Princeton 22 9 12 1 19 84 91 27 12 14 1 108 116
Rensselaer 22 6 12 4 16 70 89 33 14 15 4 124 128
Dartmouth 22 3 17 2 8 60 116 26 3 21 2 70 142
Union 22 2 19 1 5 61 118 25 3 21 1 82 138
Championship: St. Lawrence
† 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 3 		Quarterfinals
March 7 		Semifinals
March 13 		Championship
March 14
1 Harvard 3
7 Vermont 1 10 Rensselaer 4*
10 Rensselaer 5 2 St. Lawrence 6**
10 Rensselaer 5
2 St. Lawrence 6
9 Princeton 3
2 St. Lawrence 4
5 Cornell 2
3 Clarkson 8
8 Colgate 4 6 Brown 3
9 Princeton 5** 3 Clarkson 3
5 Cornell 4**
4 Yale 1
5 Cornell 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Preliminary round

(7) Vermont vs. (10) Rensselaer

March 3 Vermont 5 – 1 Rensselaer Gutterson Fieldhouse


(8) Colgate vs. (9) Princeton

March 3 Colgate 4 – 5 2OT Princeton Starr Rink


Quarterfinals

(1) Harvard vs. (10) Rensselaer

March 7 Harvard 3 – 4 OT Rensselaer Bright Hockey Center


(2) St. Lawrence vs. (9) Princeton

March 7 St. Lawrence 6 – 3 Princeton Appleton Arena


(3) Clarkson vs. (6) Brown

March 7 Clarkson 8 – 3 Brown Cheel Arena


(4) Yale vs. (5) Cornell

March 7 Yale 1 – 4 Cornell Ingalls Rink


Semifinals

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (10) Rensselaer

March 13 St. Lawrence 6 – 5 2OT Rensselaer Boston Garden


(3) Clarkson vs. (5) Cornell

March 13 Clarkson 3 – 4 2OT Cornell Boston Garden


Championship

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

March 14 St. Lawrence 4 – 2 Cornell Boston Garden


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References

  1. ^ "St. Lawrence Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "Joe Marsh 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.