1983 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1983 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 22nd tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 12, 1983.[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 winning the tournament, Harvard received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1983 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 4–12, 1983
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsHarvard[1] (2nd title)
Winning coachBill Cleary[2] (1st title)
MVPMitch Olson[3] (Harvard)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The three teams that were division champions automatically qualified for the tournament while the remaining five seeds were given to the teams with the highest winning percentage. The top four seeds were given out to the three division champions and the top qualifier and assorted based upon winning percentage. The remaining four seeds were assigned to the other qualifiers and assorted based upon winning percentage. 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 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.[5] 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 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning Percentage; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

1982–83 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
East Region
Providence†211650.762111864333100225143
New Hampshire211551.738109793522112180137
Boston University211470.66794773018111125107
Boston College219102.47685803015132140114
Northeastern219111.45287872813141129122
Maine211200.04871140295240105168
West Region
St. Lawrence201460.70089783623121147131
Clarkson201361.675104673119111155104
Rensselaer201370.650122902918110167130
Colgate20992.50089812815103152114
Vermont203161.1756010628621189148
Ivy Region
Harvard*211551.73811367342392177105
Yale211290.57110470281414012390
Cornell211083.54883792613103109100
Princeton217122.38185106259142102121
Dartmouth216141.31085119269152115141
Brown212181.1195312725321170145
Independent
Army^-------3725111218137
Championship: Harvard
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
^ Army had been accepted into ECAC Hockey but had not begun a conference schedule

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  Quarterfinals
March 4-5		 Semifinals
March 11		 Championship
March 12
                               
  1 Providence 2 2 — 1 Providence 1  
8 Yale 1 1 — 4 St. Lawrence 0  
  2 Harvard 5 4 —
7 Rensselaer 1 2 —     1 Providence 1
  2 Harvard 4
  3 New Hampshire 3 6 —
6 Boston University 3 2 —
Third Place
  4 St. Lawrence 5 1 3 2 Harvard 6
5 Clarkson 3 2 0 3 New Hampshire 3   3 New Hampshire 5
4 St. Lawrence 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)


(1) Providence vs. (8) Yale
Providence won series 2–0

(2) Harvard vs. (7) Rensselaer
Harvard won series 2–0

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Boston University
New Hampshire won series 1–0–1

(4) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Clarkson
St. Lawrence won series 2–1

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

(2) Harvard vs. (3) New Hampshire

(3) New Hampshire vs. (4) St. Lawrence

(1) Providence vs. (2) Harvard


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

MOP
  • Mitch Olson (Harvard)

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References
  1. "Harvard Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. "Bill Cleary 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. "College Hockey Notebook; Road to Final a 3-Way Route". The New York Times. 1988-03-08. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  6. "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  7. "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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