1962 ECAC Hockey 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

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.

Format

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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

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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† 19 17 1 1 .921 124 30 27 19 6 2 147 62
Harvard 20 18 2 0 .900 103 30 26 21 5 0 130 56
Clarkson 15 13 1 1 .900 97 28 26 22 3 1 173 55
Williams 20 16 3 1 .825 159 64 20 16 3 1 159 64
Army 19 14 4 1 .763 81 40 24 17 6 1 111 52
Colgate 24 18 6 0 .750 140 57 24 18 6 0 140 57
Rensselaer 16 12 4 0 .750 99 56 23 16 7 0 142 93
Cornell 16 11 5 0 .688 68 45 18 13 5 0 77 45
MIT 15 10 5 0 .667 70 49 15 10 5 0 70 49
St. Lawrence* 15 9 5 1 .633 83 47 27 17 9 1 135 78
New Hampshire 17 10 7 0 .588 100 63 18 10 7 1 103 66
Boston College 25 13 11 1 .540 84 75 28 15 12 1 96 86
Merrimack 13 7 6 0 .539 71 52 13 7 6 0 71 52
Providence 17 8 7 2 .529 74 65 21 11 8 2 110 77
Middlebury 17 8 8 1 .500 83 81 22 11 9 2 107 98
Bowdoin 21 10 11 0 .476 89 73 23 11 11 1 106 84
Massachusetts 18 8 10 0 .444 84 94 18 8 10 0 84 94
Norwich 20 8 11 1 .425 105 103 21 8 12 1 109 110
Princeton 21 8 12 1 .405 60 88 21 8 12 1 60 88
Dartmouth 20 8 12 0 .400 101 122 20 8 12 0 101 122
Yale 21 7 14 0 .333 78 87 24 8 16 0 78 97
Boston University 24 7 16 1 .313 71 119 25 7 17 1 74 123
Northeastern 23 7 16 0 .304 83 136 24 7 17 0 85 149
Brown 24 7 17 0 .292 82 122 24 7 17 0 81 119
Connecticut 9 2 6 1 .278 30 86 12 2 9 1 30 86
American International 19 4 15 0 .211 78 160 19 4 15 0 78 160
Hamilton 15 1 13 1 .100 24 72 15 1 14 1 24 72
Amherst 15 1 14 0 .067 20 143 15 1 14 0 20 143
Championship: St. Lawrence
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

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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 9 2 Harvard 2
5 Boston College 4 3 Colby 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

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(1) Clarkson vs. (8) Providence

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March 6 Clarkson 6 – 3 Providence Clarkson Arena


(2) Harvard vs. (7) Army

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March 6 Harvard 2 – 1 OT Army Donald C. Watson Rink


(3) Colby vs. (6) Rensselaer

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March 6 Colby 7 – 6 Rensselaer Alfond Rink


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

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March 6 St. Lawrence 9 – 4 Boston College Appleton Arena


Semifinals

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(1) Clarkson vs. (3) Colby

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March 9 Clarkson 4 – 1 Colby Boston Arena


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

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March 9 Harvard 5 – 6 St. Lawrence Boston Arena


Third Place

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(2) Harvard vs. (3) Colby

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March 10 Harvard 2 – 0 Colby Boston Arena


Championship

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

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March 10 Clarkson 2 – 5 St. Lawrence Boston Arena


Tournament awards

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All-Tournament Team

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References

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  1. ^ "St. Lawrence Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "George Menard Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  3. ^ "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  4. ^ "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  5. ^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  6. ^ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
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