1994 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1994 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 33rd tournament in league history. It was played between March 8 and March 19, 1994.[4] Preliminary and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Olympic Arena (subsequently renamed Herb Brooks Arena) in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, Harvard received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1994 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 8–19, 1994
Teams10
Finals siteOlympic Arena
Lake Placid, New York
ChampionsHarvard[1] (4th title)
Winning coachRonn Tomassoni[2] (1st title)
MVPSean McCann[3] (Harvard)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. The two teams that finish below tenth place in the standings are not eligible for tournament play. In the preliminary round, the seventh and tenth seeds and the eighth and ninth seeds each play a single game to determine the final qualifying teams for the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the first seed and lower ranked qualifier, the second and higher ranked qualifier, the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed played a modified best-of-three series, where the first team to receive 3 points moves on. 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 1994 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

1993–94 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Harvard†*221624361076033245415589
Clarkson221354309267342095147114
Rensselaer2212642899753621114171115
Brown2212732791733215134116117
Vermont2210662686753315126127113
Union2210932383893015114117118
Colgate22101022297903314172144137
Cornell22710519738930817597126
Princeton227123176380281015388101
St. Lawrence228140167495311021099134
Yale225161115810227521173133
Dartmouth22417198011127521194137
Championship: Harvard
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first two rounds

  Preliminary Round
March 8		 Quarterfinals
March 11-13		 Semifinals
March 18		 Championship
March 19
                                         
  1 Harvard 5 5 — 1 Harvard 5  
7 Colgate 4 8 Cornell 4 3 — 4 Brown 1  
10 St. Lawrence 3
  2 Clarkson 7 5 —
8 Cornell 5* 7 Colgate 6 2 —     1 Harvard 3
9 Princeton 4   3 Rensselaer 0
  3 Rensselaer 3 5 8
6 Union 4 1 3 Third Place
  4 Brown 5 3 3 2 Clarkson 2 2 Clarkson 6
5 Vermont 8 2 2 3 Rensselaer 6   4 Brown 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)


(7) Colgate vs. (10) St. Lawrence

(8) Cornell vs. (9) Princeton

(1) Harvard vs. (8) Cornell
Harvard won series 2–0

(2) Clarkson vs. (7) Colgate
Clarkson won series 2–0

(3) Rensselaer vs. (6) Union
Rensselaer won series 2–1

(4) Brown vs. (5) Vermont
Brown won series 2–1


(1) Harvard vs. (4) Brown

(2) Clarkson vs. (3) Rensselaer

(2) Clarkson vs. (4) Brown

(1) Harvard vs. (3) Rensselaer

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team
  • F Bryan Richardson (Rensselaer)
  • F Steve Martins (Harvard)
  • F Craig Conroy (Clarkson)
  • D Derek Maguire (Harvard)
  • D Sean McCann* (Harvard)
  • G Aaron Israel (Harvard)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References
  1. "Harvard Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. "Ronn Tomassoni 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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