The 1990 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 29th tournament in league history. It was played between February 27 and March 11, 1990.[4] Preliminary and 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, Colgate received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

The Quarterfinal game between Colgate and Yale scheduled for March 3 was postponed until the following day due to a Zamboni malfunction.[5]

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 first 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 seed and higher ranked qualifier, 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.[6] 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 1990 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

1989–90 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Colgate†*2218313710162383161179119
Rensselaer221480281311073420140176151
Cornell221273278669291610310992
Clarkson2212732791773521113156116
St. Lawrence2212822687743213154113123
Harvard22129125110772813141125108
Princeton22111012395912712141111116
Brown2281131978942910163105127
Vermont22713216719631920298134
Yale2261511375105298201102146
Dartmouth22414412589826418469124
Army224153115992301016493113
Championship: Colgate
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first two rounds

First Round
February 27 		Quarterfinals
March 2–4 		Semifinals
March 10 		Championship
March 11
1 Colgate 10 5 —
7 Princeton 1 10 Yale 3 4 —
10 Yale 5 1 Colgate 5
4 Clarkson 3
2 Rensselaer 5 6 —
8 Brown 3 4 —
1 Colgate 5
2 Rensselaer 4
3 Cornell 6 4 —
8 Brown 7 6 Harvard 2 2 —
9 Vermont 5 2 Rensselaer 3
3 Cornell 2
4 Clarkson 4 5 —
5 St. Lawrence 1 2 —

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Preliminary round

(7) Princeton vs. (10) Yale

February 27 Princeton 1 – 5 Yale Hobey Baker Memorial Rink

(8) Brown vs. (9) Vermont

February 27 Brown 7 – 5 Vermont Meehan Auditorium

Quarterfinals

(1) Colgate vs. (10) Yale

March 2 Colgate 10 – 3 Yale Starr Rink
March 4 (ppd) Colgate 5 – 4 Yale Starr Rink
Colgate won series 2–0

(2) Rensselaer vs. (8) Brown

March 2 Rensselaer 5 – 3 Brown Houston Field House
March 3 Rensselaer 6 – 4 Brown Houston Field House
Rensselaer won series 2–0

(3) Cornell vs. (6) Harvard

March 2 Cornell 6 – 2 Harvard Lynah Rink
March 3 Cornell 4 – 2 Harvard Lynah Rink
Cornell won series 2–0

(4) Clarkson vs. (5) St. Lawrence

March 2 Clarkson 4 – 1 St. Lawrence Walker Arena
March 3 Clarkson 5 – 2 St. Lawrence Walker Arena
Clarkson won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Colgate vs. (4) Clarkson

March 10 Colgate 5 – 3 Clarkson Boston Garden

(2) Rensselaer vs. (3) Cornell

March 10 Rensselaer 3 – 2 Cornell Boston Garden

Championship

(1) Colgate vs. (2) Rensselaer

March 11 Colgate 5 – 4 Rensselaer Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References

  1. ↑ "Colgate Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Terry Slater 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. ↑ "Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume CXIV, Number 92, 7 March 1990 — Page 12". Columbia Spectator. March 7, 1990. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ "College Hockey Notebook; Road to Final a 3-Way Route". The New York Times. March 8, 1988. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  7. ↑ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  8. ↑ "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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