1998 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1998 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 37th tournament in league history. It was played between March 13 and March 21, 1998.[4] Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final five games were played at the Olympic Arena (subsequently renamed Herb Brooks Arena) in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, Princeton received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 1998 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 13–21, 1998 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Olympic Arena Lake Placid, New York |
| Champions | Princeton[1] (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Don Cahoon[2] (1st title) |
| MVP | Jeff Halpern[3] (Princeton) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format
The tournament featured three 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 first and tenth seeds, the second and ninth seeds, the third seed and eighth seeds, the fourth seed and seventh seeds and the fifth seed and sixth seeds played a modified best-of-three series, where the first team to receive 3 points moves on, with the three highest-seeded winners advancing to the semifinals and the remaining two winners playing in the Four vs. Five matchup. After the opening round every series becomes a single-elimination game. In the semifinals, the highest seed plays the winner of the four vs. five game 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 1998 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 | ||
| Yale† | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 82 | 44 | 35 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 121 | 80 | |
| Clarkson | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 86 | 48 | 35 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 128 | 87 | |
| Rensselaer | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 87 | 75 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 126 | 110 | |
| Brown | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 73 | 64 | 31 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 100 | 104 | |
| Harvard | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 72 | 78 | 33 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 112 | 124 | |
| Colgate | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 69 | 75 | 35 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 116 | 126 | |
| Princeton* | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 71 | 75 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 125 | 112 | |
| Cornell | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 55 | 68 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 84 | 101 | |
| Vermont | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 62 | 77 | 34 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 89 | 119 | |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 56 | 69 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 90 | 123 | |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 72 | 77 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 96 | 88 | |
| Union | 22 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 76 | 32 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 74 | 117 | |
| Championship: Princeton † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the First Round
| First Round March 13–15 |
Four vs. Five March 19 |
Semifinals March 20 |
Championship March 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Yale | 3* | 3* | 4 | 1 | Yale | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | St. Lawrence | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | Princeton | 6 | 7 | Princeton | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | Cornell | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Clarkson | 2* | 5 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Vermont | 1 | 3 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Rensselaer | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Clarkson | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Cornell | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 | Princeton | 5** | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Brown | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Princeton | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Third Place | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Harvard | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | Clarkson | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Colgate | 4 | 2 | — | 5 | Harvard | 2 | 1 | Yale | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Harvard | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
(1) Yale vs. (10) St. Lawrence
| March 13 | Yale | 3 – 3 | OT | St. Lawrence | Ingalls Rink | |||
| March 14 | Yale | 3 – 3 | OT | St. Lawrence | Ingalls Rink | |||
| March 15 | Yale | 4 – 1 | St. Lawrence | Ingalls Rink | ||||
| Yale won series 1–0–2 | |
(2) Clarkson vs. (9) Vermont
| March 13 | Clarkson | 2 – 1 | OT | Vermont | Cheel Arena | |||
| March 14 | Clarkson | 5 – 3 | Vermont | Cheel Arena | ||||
| Clarkson won series 2–0 | |
(3) Rensselaer vs. (8) Cornell
| March 13 | Rensselaer | 4 – 5 | Cornell | Houston Field House | ||||
| March 14 | Rensselaer | 3 – 0 | Cornell | Houston Field House | ||||
| March 15 | Rensselaer | 4 – 5 | Cornell | Houston Field House | ||||
| Cornell won series 2–1 | |
(4) Brown vs. (7) Princeton
| March 13 | Brown | 2 – 3 | Princeton | Meehan Auditorium | ||||
| March 14 | Brown | 6 – 0 | Princeton | Meehan Auditorium | ||||
| March 15 | Brown | 3 – 5 | Princeton | Meehan Auditorium | ||||
| Princeton won series 2–1 | |
(5) Harvard vs. (6) Colgate
| March 13 | Harvard | 5 – 4 | Colgate | Bright Hockey Center | ||||
| March 14 | Harvard | 4 – 2 | Colgate | Bright Hockey Center | ||||
| Harvard won series 2–0 | |
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- F Syl Apps III (Princeton)
- F Jeff Halpern* (Princeton)
- F Matt Reid (Clarkson)
- D Willie Mitchell (Clarkson)
- D Steve Shirreffs (Princeton)
- G Erasmo Saltarelli (Princeton)
References
- "Princeton Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- "Don Cahoon Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
- "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2014-04-26.