1968 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1968 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 7th tournament in league history. It was played between March 5 and March 9, 1968.[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, Cornell and Boston College received invitations to participate in the 1968 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1968 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 5–9, 1968
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsCornell[1] (2nd title)
Winning coachNed Harkness[2] (2nd title)
MVPKen Dryden[3] (Cornell)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The top eight teams, based on conference rankings, 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 winner of the first and eighth matchup played the winner of the fourth and fifth matchup while the other two remaining teams played 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

Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Cornell†*201910.9501442929272018743
Clarkson161150.688916824167115985
St. Lawrence171151.676867323148112490
Harvard211470.6671237424159013988
Boston University211362.6671166132209317489
Brown201262.6501166324157213579
Boston College231481.630113793119111155116
Princeton231391.587927924131019385
New Hampshire^13760.538495029227015977
Colgate17980.529676523121109683
Rensselaer17890.4718070221111010994
Army12570.4174650241410011084
Yale226160.2734311724618050120
Northeastern174130.250568924617187126
Providence163130.1883211425718067149
Dartmouth212190.0955511523419067120
Pennsylvania161150.0632215424618042180
Championship: Cornell
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
^ New Hampshire had been readmitted to the ECAC but played only a partial schedule and still qualified for the ECAC II playoffs

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Bracket
  Quarterfinals
March 5		 Semifinals
March 8		 Championship
March 9
                           
  1 Cornell 6  
8 Princeton 1  
  1 Cornell 7  
  5 Boston University 2  
4 Harvard 3
  5 Boston University 6  
    1 Cornell 6
  6 Boston College 3
  2 Clarkson 7  
7 Brown 3  
  2 Clarkson 5 Third place
  6 Boston College 6**  
3 St. Lawrence 6 2 Clarkson 4
  6 Boston College 7*   5 Boston University 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)


Quarterfinals

(1) Cornell vs. (8) Princeton

(2) Clarkson vs. (7) Brown

(3) St. Lawrence vs. (6) Boston College

(4) Harvard vs. (5) Boston University

Semifinals

(1) Cornell vs. (5) Boston University

(2) Clarkson vs. (6) Boston College

Third Place

(2) Clarkson vs. (5) Boston University

Championship

(1) Cornell vs. (6) Boston College

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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References
  1. "Cornell Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. "Ned Harkness 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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