1965 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1965 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 4th tournament in league history. It was played between March 9 and March 13, 1965.[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, Boston College and Brown received invitations to participate in the 1965 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1965 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 9–13, 1966
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Arena
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsBoston College[1] (1st title)
Winning coachJohn Kelley[2] (1st title)
MVPPat Murphy[3] (Boston College)
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

1964–65 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Boston University†181530.833863431256016565
Boston College*201550.75011373312470183117
Clarkson151140.733653825187010464
Brown221660.72710969302190148101
Cornell181350.722875526197015075
Northeastern191180.5796968281810013597
Dartmouth16880.5005869231490118104
Providence17791.44153682614111110100
Yale208120.400678023111208686
Rensselaer15582.400526822101029596
Harvard207130.35055882491506692
Army10370.300374224177013156
Colgate144100.286425725111409099
Princeton214170.1905510824618059111
St. Lawrence141121.10734672251616396
Championship: Boston College
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket
  Quarterfinals
March 9–10		 Semifinals
March 12		 Championship
March 13
                           
  1 Boston University 5  
8 Providence 3  
  1 Boston University 2  
  4 Brown 5  
4 Brown 4*
  5 Cornell 3  
    2 Boston College 6
  4 Brown 2
  2 Boston College 4  
7 Dartmouth 1  
  2 Boston College 3* Third place
  3 Clarkson 2  
3 Clarkson 6 1 Boston University 4
  6 Northeastern 3   3 Clarkson 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Boston University vs. (8) Providence

(2) Boston College vs. (7) Dartmouth

(3) Clarkson vs. (6) Northeastern

(4) Brown vs. (5) Cornell

(1) Boston University vs. (4) Brown

(2) Boston College vs. (3) Clarkson

(1) Boston University vs. (3) Clarkson

(2) Boston College vs. (4) Brown

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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References
  1. "Boston College Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. "John "Snooks" Kelley 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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