1981 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1981 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 20th tournament in league history. It was played between March 10 and March 14, 1981.[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, Providence received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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 1981 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings[5]

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning Percentage; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
East Region
Boston College221363.6598572312083126100
Northeastern211290.5711181042613130140139
Maine211290.571101933423110197147
Providence*221291.568106903317151165143
New Hampshire2413101.5631281003319131166129
Boston University2210120.45587882914150115116
West Region
Clarkson†201721.87511965372674202119
Colgate201271.62599843521122194150
Rensselaer2110110.47698832916130158118
St. Lawrence229121.43277873315162137126
Vermont224162.22781114349232136173
Ivy Region
Cornell221291.56895793119111144110
Yale211191.548961012613121127137
Princeton2110110.4767899251213093111
Harvard218121.40579982611141103119
Dartmouth228140.364871152610160100138
Brown223181.1596712526520183144
Independent
Army^-------3521131230160
Championship: Providence
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
^ Army had been accepted into ECAC Hockey but had not begun a conference schedule
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  Quarterfinals
March 10		 Semifinals
March 13		 Championship
March 14
                           
  1 Clarkson 3 1 Clarkson 3  
8 New Hampshire 4 7 Providence 4*  
  2 Boston College 2
7 Providence 5     4 Cornell 4
  7 Providence 8
  3 Colgate 5
6 Northeastern 3
Third Place
  4 Cornell 7 3 Colgate 3
5 Maine 4 4 Cornell 4   1 Clarkson 3*
3 Colgate 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)


Quarterfinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (8) New Hampshire

(2) Boston College vs. (7) Providence

(3) Colgate vs. (6) Northeastern

(4) Cornell vs. (5) Maine

Semifinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (7) Providence

(3) Colgate vs. (4) Cornell

Third Place

(1) Clarkson vs. (3) Colgate

Championship

(4) Cornell vs. (7) Providence

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[6]

None

MOP


References

  1. ↑ "Providence Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. ↑ "Lou Lamoriello Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  3. ↑ "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  4. ↑ "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  5. ↑ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  6. ↑ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
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