1995 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

1995 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 7–18, 1995
Teams10
Finals siteOlympic Arena
Lake Placid, New York
ChampionsRensselaer[1] (3rd title)
Winning coachDan Fridgen[2] (1st title)
MVPMike Tamburro[3] (Rensselaer)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 1995 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 34th tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 18, 1995.[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, Rensselaer received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1995 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 1995 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

1994–95 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Clarkson† 22 14 5 3 31 116 70 37 23 10 4 195 125
Brown 22 13 7 2 28 78 76 30 15 12 3 108 109
Harvard 22 12 9 1 25 79 68 30 14 14 2 107 99
Colgate 22 12 9 1 25 98 78 37 20 16 1 158 144
Vermont 22 11 9 2 24 85 61 35 19 14 2 134 106
Rensselaer* 22 10 9 3 23 75 78 37 19 14 4 127 123
Princeton 22 9 10 3 21 81 83 35 18 13 4 123 117
St. Lawrence 22 10 12 0 20 83 110 33 15 17 1 116 150
Cornell 22 8 10 4 20 72 76 30 11 15 4 105 115
Union 22 6 12 4 16 70 87 29 9 16 4 100 116
Dartmouth 22 7 13 2 16 80 111 27 9 16 2 95 136
Yale 22 6 13 3 15 65 84 28 8 17 3 91 115
Championship: Rensselaer
† 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 7 		Quarterfinals
March 10–12 		Semifinals
March 17 		Championship
March 18
1 Clarkson 6 7 —
7 Princeton 5 9 Cornell 2 2 —
10 Union 2 1 Clarkson 1
7 Princeton 2
2 Brown 3 3 2
7 Princeton 4 2 3**
6 Rensselaer 5
7 Princeton 1
3 Harvard 2 1 —
8 St. Lawrence 2 6 Rensselaer 2 3 —
9 Cornell 6 4 Colgate 1 Third Place
6 Rensselaer 2
4 Colgate 2 2 3 1 Clarkson 10
5 Vermont 5 0 1 4 Colgate 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Preliminary round

(7) Princeton vs. (10) Union

March 7 Princeton 5 – 2 Union Hobey Baker Memorial Rink


(8) St. Lawrence vs. (9) Cornell

March 7 St. Lawrence 2 – 6 Cornell Appleton Arena


Quarterfinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (9) Cornell

March 10 Clarkson 6 – 2 Cornell Cheel Arena
March 11 Clarkson 7 – 2 Cornell Cheel Arena
Clarkson won series 2–0


(2) Brown vs. (7) Princeton

March 10 Brown 3 – 4 Princeton Meehan Auditorium
March 11 Brown 3 – 2 Princeton Meehan Auditorium
March 12 Brown 2 – 3 2OT Princeton Meehan Auditorium
Princeton won series 2–1


(3) Harvard vs. (6) Rensselaer

March 10 Harvard 2 – 2 OT Rensselaer Bright Hockey Center
March 11 Harvard 1 – 3 Rensselaer Bright Hockey Center
Rensselaer won series 1–0–1


(4) Colgate vs. (5) Vermont

March 10 Colgate 2 – 5 Vermont Starr Rink
March 11 Colgate 2 – 0 Vermont Starr Rink
March 12 Colgate 3 – 1 Vermont Starr Rink
Colgate won series 2–1


Semifinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (7) Princeton

March 17 Clarkson 1 – 2 Princeton Olympic Arena


(4) Colgate vs. (6) Rensselaer

March 17 Colgate 1 – 2 Rensselaer Olympic Arena


Third place

(1) Clarkson vs. (4) Colgate

March 18 Clarkson 10 – 5 Colgate Olympic Arena


Championship

(6) Rensselaer vs. (7) Princeton

March 18 Rensselaer 5 – 1 Princeton Olympic Arena


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References

  1. ^ "Rensselaer Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "Dan Fridgen 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.