1970 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1970 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 9th tournament in league history. It was played between March 10 and March 14, 1970.[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 Clarkson received invitations to participate in the 1970 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1970 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 10–14, 1970
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsCornell[1] (4th title)
Winning coachNed Harkness[2] (4th title)
MVPBruce Bullock[3] (Clarkson)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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 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

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning Percentage; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

1969–70 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Cornell†*2121001.0001423929290017956
Clarkson171430.8248751322480171107
Boston University221750.7731206727207014982
Harvard201460.7001166225169014592
Brown211461.6901047024158111781
Boston College211470.667116862616100143116
New Hampshire17962.58898733119102172120
Colgate17773.500656924147311786
St. Lawrence17890.47175832611150112124
Providence197102.4216585251112289107
Army13580.385325025131207279
Yale226160.2736510724618068113
Dartmouth195140.26380121249150101142
Princeton215151.2626513223517168139
Rensselaer173131.2065410324815185128
Pennsylvania153120.200468024816088114
Northeastern171160.0595110523320080138
Championship: Cornell
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  Quarterfinals
March 10		 Semifinals
March 13		 Championship
March 14
                           
  1 Cornell 6 1 Cornell 6  
8 St. Lawrence 1 5 Harvard 5  
  2 Clarkson 6*
7 Brown 5     1 Cornell 3
  2 Clarkson 2
  3 Boston University 2
6 New Hampshire 0
Third Place
  4 Boston College 5 2 Clarkson 5
5 Harvard 10 3 Boston University 4   3 Boston University 8
5 Harvard 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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

(2) Clarkson vs. (7) Brown

(3) Boston University vs. (6) New Hampshire

(4) Boston College vs. (5) Harvard

(1) Cornell vs. (5) Harvard

(2) Clarkson vs. (3) Boston University

(3) Boston University vs. (5) Harvard

(1) Cornell vs. (2) Clarkson

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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References
  1. "Cornell Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. "Ned Harkness Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  3. "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  4. "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  5. "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  6. "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
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