1990 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1990 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 29th tournament in league history. It was played between February 27 and March 11, 1990.[4] Preliminary and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. By winning the tournament, Colgate received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 1990 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | February 27–March 11, 1990 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Colgate[1] (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Terry Slater[2] (1st title) |
| MVP | Craig Woodcroft[3] (Colgate) |
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The Quarterfinal game between Colgate and Yale scheduled for March 3 was postponed until the following day due to a Zamboni malfunction.[5]
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 first 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 seed and higher ranked qualifier, the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed played a two-game series to determine the winner. In the two games no overtime was permitted and if the two teams remained tied after the two games then a 10-minute mini-game would be played where a sudden-death overtime was allowed if the scheduled time did not produce a victor.[6] 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 1990 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
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Colgate†* | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 101 | 62 | 38 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 179 | 119 | |
| Rensselaer | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 131 | 107 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 176 | 151 | |
| Cornell | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 86 | 69 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 109 | 92 | |
| Clarkson | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 91 | 77 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 156 | 116 | |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 87 | 74 | 32 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 113 | 123 | |
| Harvard | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 110 | 77 | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 125 | 108 | |
| Princeton | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 95 | 91 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 111 | 116 | |
| Brown | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 78 | 94 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 105 | 127 | |
| Vermont | 22 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 71 | 96 | 31 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 98 | 134 | |
| Yale | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 75 | 105 | 29 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 102 | 146 | |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 58 | 98 | 26 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 69 | 124 | |
| Army | 22 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 59 | 92 | 30 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 93 | 113 | |
| Championship: Colgate † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first two rounds
| First Round February 27 |
Quarterfinals March 2-4 |
Semifinals March 10 |
Championship March 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Colgate | 10 | 5 | — | 1 | Colgate | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Princeton | 1 | 10 | Yale | 3 | 4 | — | 4 | Clarkson | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | Yale | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rensselaer | 5 | 6 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Brown | 7 | 8 | Brown | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | Colgate | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | Vermont | 5 | 2 | Rensselaer | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Cornell | 6 | 4 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Harvard | 2 | 2 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Clarkson | 4 | 5 | — | 2 | Rensselaer | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | St. Lawrence | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | Cornell | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
(1) Colgate vs. (10) Yale
| March 2 | Colgate | 10 – 3 | Yale | Starr Rink | ||||
| March 4 (ppd) | Colgate | 5 – 4 | Yale | Starr Rink | ||||
| Colgate won series 2–0 | |
(2) Rensselaer vs. (8) Brown
| March 2 | Rensselaer | 5 – 3 | Brown | Houston Field House | ||||
| March 3 | Rensselaer | 6 – 4 | Brown | Houston Field House | ||||
| Rensselaer won series 2–0 | |
(3) Cornell vs. (6) Harvard
| March 2 | Cornell | 6 – 2 | Harvard | Lynah Rink | ||||
| March 3 | Cornell | 4 – 2 | Harvard | Lynah Rink | ||||
| Cornell won series 2–0 | |
(4) Clarkson vs. (5) St. Lawrence
| March 2 | Clarkson | 4 – 1 | St. Lawrence | Walker Arena | ||||
| March 3 | Clarkson | 5 – 2 | St. Lawrence | Walker Arena | ||||
| Clarkson won series 2–0 | |
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- F Joel Gardiner (Colgate)
- F Craig Woodcroft* (Colgate)
- F Tony Hejna (Rensselaer)
- D Dave Tretowicz (Clarkson)
- D Dan Ratushny (Cornell)
- D Stephane Robitaille (Rensselaer)
- G Dave Gagnon (Colgate)
References
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- "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2014-04-26.