The 1982 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 21st tournament in league history. It was played between March 9 and March 13, 1982.[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, Northeastern received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

This was the last ECAC Hockey tournament won by an East Region team. All teams from that division would later break from the conference to form Hockey East.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. 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 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. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1982 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

1981–82 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
East Region
Northeastern*211461.69012589362592212140
New Hampshire221570.682116913622140176159
Boston College211380.61985793019110131105
Providence211380.619119803320121162114
Boston University229103.477102912814113133102
Maine213180.14367155298210113189
West Region
Clarkson†201541.77510663352681185108
St. Lawrence211281.59588743119111152116
Colgate201181.57596773019101177109
Vermont228122.409951152911162133153
Rensselaer206122.3507696299182110135
Ivy Region
Harvard211182.571106853013152126109
Yale211191.5487776261510111393
Cornell2210111.4779280261213110791
Princeton217122.38181103269143105124
Dartmouth216141.310851192610151113140
Brown216150.28675121268180100155
Independent
Army^-------3625110260171
Championship: Northeastern
† 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 9 		Semifinals
March 12 		Championship
March 13
         
1 Clarkson 7
8 Colgate 4
1 Clarkson 1
4 Harvard 7
2 Northeastern 5
7 St. Lawrence 3
2 Northeastern 5
4 Harvard 2
3 New Hampshire 4
6 Providence 2
2 Northeastern 4 Third Place
3 New Hampshire 2
4 Harvard 2 1 Clarkson 5
5 Boston College 0 3 New Hampshire 6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (8) Colgate

March 9 Clarkson 7 – 4 Colgate Walker Arena

(2) Northeastern vs. (7) St. Lawrence

March 9 Northeastern 5 – 3 St. Lawrence Matthews Arena

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Providence

March 9 New Hampshire 4 – 2 Providence Snively Arena

(4) Harvard vs. (5) Boston College

March 9 Harvard 2 – 0 Boston College Bright Hockey Center

Semifinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (4) Harvard

March 12 Clarkson 1 – 7 Harvard Boston Garden

(2) Northeastern vs. (3) New Hampshire

March 12 Northeastern 4 – 2 New Hampshire Boston Garden

Third Place

(1) Clarkson vs. (3) New Hampshire

March 13 Clarkson 5 – 6 New Hampshire Boston Garden

Championship

(2) Northeastern vs. (4) Harvard

March 13 Northeastern 5 – 2 Harvard Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

MOP

  • Mark Davidner (Northeastern)

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References

  1. ↑ "Northeastern Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Fern Flaman 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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