1962 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1962 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 1st tournament in league history. It was played between March 6 and March 10, 1962.[4] Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. By reaching the championship game both, St. Lawrence and Clarkson received invitations to participate in the 1962 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1962 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 6–10, 1962
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Arena
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsSt. Lawrence[1] (1st title)
Winning coachGeorge Menard[2] (1st title)
MVPArlie Parker[3] (St. Lawrence)
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 winner of the first and eighth matchup played the winner of the fourth and fifth matchup while the other two remaining teams played 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

1961–62 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Colby†191711.9211243027196214762
Harvard201820.9001033026215013056
Clarkson151311.900972826223117355
Williams201631.8251596420163115964
Army191441.763814024176111152
Colgate241860.7501405724186014057
Rensselaer161240.750995623167014293
Cornell161150.68868451813507745
MIT151050.66770491510507049
St. Lawrence*15951.633834727179113578
New Hampshire171070.5881006318107110366
Boston College2513111.540847528151219686
Merrimack13760.5397152137607152
Providence17872.529746521118211077
Middlebury17881.500838122119210798
Bowdoin2110110.4768973231111110684
Massachusetts188100.44484941881008494
Norwich208111.425105103218121109110
Princeton218121.40560882181216088
Dartmouth208120.400101122208120101122
Yale217140.33378872481607897
Boston University247161.3137111925717174123
Northeastern237160.3048313624717085149
Brown247170.2928212224717081119
Connecticut9261.2783086122913086
American International194150.2117816019415078160
Hamilton151131.10024721511412472
Amherst151140.0672014315114020143
Championship: St. Lawrence
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket
  Quarterfinals
March 6		 Semifinals
March 9		 Championship
March 10
                           
  1 Clarkson 6  
8 Providence 3  
  1 Clarkson 4  
  3 Colby 1  
3 Colby 7
  6 Rensselaer 6  
    1 Clarkson 2
  4 St. Lawrence 5
  2 Harvard 2*  
7 Army 1  
  2 Harvard 5 Third place
  4 St. Lawrence 6  
4 St. Lawrence 5 2 Harvard 2
  5 Boston College 3   3 Colby 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Clarkson vs. (8) Providence

(2) Harvard vs. (7) Army

(3) Colby vs. (6) Rensselaer

(4) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Boston College

(1) Clarkson vs. (3) Colby

(2) Harvard vs. (4) St. Lawrence

(2) Harvard vs. (3) Colby

(1) Clarkson vs. (4) St. Lawrence

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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References
  1. "St. Lawrence Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. "George Menard 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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