The 1972 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 11th tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 11, 1972.[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, Boston University and Cornell received invitations to participate in the 1972 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The top eight teams, based on winning percentage, 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 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.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

1971–72 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Cornell†201730.8501175829236017582
Harvard211641.7861186226178112776
Boston University*201541.775885331264115569
Pennsylvania211470.6671077525169012290
New Hampshire181260.66782613020100140109
Clarkson201280.60096743020100158102
Rensselaer17971.559646227179112384
Providence17980.5297375241491106102
Dartmouth18981.52881782413101120103
Boston College2110110.476931063014160130155
Brown219111.452707523101217884
St. Lawrence185121.30663782610142100108
Yale175120.294701052410140108128
Colgate195140.263529426818083122
Princeton195140.2635210823518062127
Northeastern203170.15068118266200102145
Army10190.100294425111409988
Championship: Boston University
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

Quarterfinals
March 7 		Semifinals
March 10 		Championship
March 11
         
1 Cornell 11
8 Providence 1
1 Cornell 6
5 New Hampshire 3
2 Boston University 8
7 Rensselaer 2
1 Cornell 1
2 Boston University 4
3 Harvard 6*
6 Clarkson 5
2 Boston University 3 Third Place
3 Harvard 1
4 Pennsylvania 3 3 Harvard 1
5 New Hampshire 5 5 New Hampshire 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Cornell vs. (8) Providence

March 7 Cornell 11 – 1 Providence Lynah Rink

(2) Boston University vs. (7) Rensselaer

March 7 Boston University 8 – 2 Rensselaer Walter Brown Arena

(3) Harvard vs. (6) Clarkson

March 7 Harvard 6 – 5 OT Clarkson Donald C. Watson Rink

(4) Pennsylvania vs. (5) New Hampshire

March 7 Pennsylvania 3 – 5 New Hampshire Class of 1923 Arena

Semifinals

(1) Cornell vs. (5) New Hampshire

March 10 Cornell 6 – 3 New Hampshire Boston Garden

(2) Boston University vs. (3) Harvard

March 10 Boston University 3 – 1 Harvard Boston Garden

Third Place

(3) Harvard vs. (5) New Hampshire

March 11 Harvard 1 – 4 New Hampshire Boston Garden

Championship

(1) Cornell vs. (2) Boston University

March 11 Cornell 1 – 4 Boston University Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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References

  1. ↑ "Boston University Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Jack Kelley 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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