1980 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1980 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 19th tournament in league history. It was played between March 11 and March 15, 1980.[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 Dartmouth received invitations to participate in the 1980 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1980 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 11–15, 1980
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsCornell[1] (6th title)
Winning coachDick Bertrand[2] (2nd title)
MVPDarren Eliot[3] (Cornell)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The three teams that were division champions automatically qualified for the tournament while the remaining five seeds were given to the teams with the highest winning percentage. The top four seeds were given out to the three division champions and the top qualifier and assorted based upon winning percentage. The remaining four seeds were assigned to the other qualifiers and assorted based upon winning percentage. 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

1979–80 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
East Region
Boston College†221831.84112475332571184120
Providence231760.739104823221110148123
Maine2210111.477901123215161129144
New Hampshire249150.375971173012180120133
Boston University228140.36499992811170128131
Northeastern215160.23877120277200103149
West Region
Vermont231670.69698813523120156135
Clarkson211470.667141983421121205151
Rensselaer221480.636114842716110133112
Colgate2110101.50078753118121139118
St. Lawrence213180.1435411332626097178
Ivy Region
Dartmouth221561.705132973119111151125
Cornell*2211110.5001091083116150150146
Brown229112.4557881261014291113
Princeton219120.4298193261115096111
Harvard217113.4058391268153102122
Yale215143.29596118267163112135
Championship: Cornell
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

[5]

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  Quarterfinals
March 11		 Semifinals
March 14		 Championship
March 15
                           
  1 Boston College 1 2 Providence 5  
8 Cornell 5 8 Cornell 6  
  2 Providence 8
7 Colgate 3     3 Dartmouth 1
  8 Cornell 5
  3 Dartmouth 8
6 Rensselaer 0
Third Place
  4 Vermont 3 3 Dartmouth 6
5 Clarkson 8 5 Clarkson 4   2 Providence 6*
5 Clarkson 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)


(1) Boston College vs. (8) Cornell

(2) Providence vs. (7) Colgate

(3) Dartmouth vs. (6) Rensselaer

(4) Vermont vs. (5) Clarkson

(2) Providence vs. (8) Cornell

(3) Dartmouth vs. (5) Clarkson

(2) Providence vs. (5) Clarkson

(3) Dartmouth vs. (8) Cornell


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

MOP

[6]

References
  1. "Cornell Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. "Dick Bertrand 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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