The 1991 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 30th tournament in league history. It was played between February 26 and March 10, 1991.[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, Clarkson received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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 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 minigame would be played where a sudden-death overtime was allowed if the scheduled time did not produce a victor.[5] 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 1991 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

1990–91 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Clarkson†*2215523211377402992213143
Cornell2214533193693218113143111
St. Lawrence22156131101793521131146121
Harvard22137228130742914123145102
Rensselaer22148028118933219121171140
Vermont2212822689833317142129130
Colgate229942293813216124138125
Brown22911220789927915394127
Yale229112208089291116298123
Princeton227141158410427818197129
Army223172856106298183104121
Dartmouth22019335213128124368170
Championship: Clarkson
† 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 26 		Quarterfinals
March 1–2 		Semifinals
March 9 		Championship
March 10
1 Clarkson 4 6 —
7 Colgate 5 9 Yale 0 3 —
10 Princeton 2 1 Clarkson 3
4 Harvard 2
2 Cornell 10 8 —
7 Colgate 3 1 —
1 Clarkson 5
3 St. Lawrence 4
3 St. Lawrence 8 1 1
8 Brown 1 6 Vermont 2 3 0
9 Yale 2 2 Cornell 3
3 St. Lawrence 4*
4 Harvard 7 3 —
5 Rensselaer 3 3 —

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Preliminary round

(7) Colgate vs. (10) Princeton

February 26 Colgate 5 – 2 Princeton Starr Rink

(8) Brown vs. (9) Yale

February 26 Brown 1 – 2 Yale Meehan Auditorium

Quarterfinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (9) Yale

March 1 Clarkson 4 – 0 Yale Walker Arena
March 2 Clarkson 6 – 3 Yale Walker Arena
Clarkson won series 2–0

(2) Cornell vs. (7) Colgate

March 1 Cornell 10 – 3 Colgate Lynah Rink
March 2 Cornell 8 – 1 Colgate Lynah Rink
Cornell won series 2–0

(3) St. Lawrence vs. (6) Vermont

March 1 St. Lawrence 8 – 2 Vermont Appleton Arena
March 2 St. Lawrence 1 – 3 Vermont Appleton Arena
March 2 St. Lawrence 1 – 0 (mini) Vermont Appleton Arena
St. Lawrence won series 2–1

(4) Harvard vs. (5) Rensselaer

March 1 Harvard 7 – 3 Rensselaer Bright Hockey Center
March 2 Harvard 3 – 3 Rensselaer Bright Hockey Center
Harvard won series 1–0–1

Semifinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (4) Harvard

March 9 Clarkson 3 - 1 Harvard Boston Garden

(2) Cornell vs. (3) St. Lawrence

March 9 Cornell 3 – 4 OT St. Lawrence Boston Garden

Championship

(1) Clarkson vs. (3) St. Lawrence

March 10 Clarkson 5 – 4 St. Lawrence Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References

  1. ↑ "Clarkson Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Mark Morris 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. ↑ "College Hockey Notebook; Road to Final a 3-Way Route". The New York Times. March 8, 1988. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  7. ↑ "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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