1967 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1967 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 6th tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 11, 1967.[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 Boston University received invitations to participate in the 1967 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1967 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 7–11, 1967
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsCornell[1] (1st title)
Winning coachNed Harkness[2] (1st title)
MVPDoug Ferguson[3] (Cornell)
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

1966–67 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Boston University†201901.9751474831255117666
Cornell*201811.9251063229271113246
Boston College201460.7001216028208017191
St. Lawrence15951.633666426178112284
Yale221390.5911171122413110119112
Clarkson15861.567786523148112784
New Hampshire^9540.556323425187011571
Brown16880.5008864241311013598
Harvard2110110.4769786231112010688
Army11560.45541472715120151104
Northeastern209110.450627926121408695
Colgate165110.3134187261115088130
Princeton206140.3008510622715092106
Providence152130.1333711120317046136
Dartmouth151140.0673711520416056130
Rensselaer151140.06758118248151106158
Championship: Cornell
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
^ New Hampshire had been readmitted to the ECAC but played only a partial schedule and still qualified for the ECAC II playoffs

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Bracket
  Quarterfinals
March 7		 Semifinals
March 10		 Championship
March 11
                           
  1 Boston University 6  
8 Harvard 2  
  1 Boston University 6  
  4 St. Lawrence 2  
4 St. Lawrence 4
  5 Yale 2  
    1 Boston University 3
  2 Cornell 4
  2 Cornell 11  
7 Brown 2  
  2 Cornell 12 Third place
  3 Boston College 2  
3 Boston College 9 3 Boston College 6
  6 Clarkson 2   4 St. Lawrence 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Boston University vs. (8) Harvard

(2) Cornell vs. (7) Brown

(3) Boston College vs. (6) Clarkson

(4) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Yale

(1) Boston University vs. (4) St. Lawrence

(2) Cornell vs. (3) Boston College

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

(1) Boston University vs. (6) Cornell

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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