1995 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1995 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 34th tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 18, 1995.[4] Preliminary and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Olympic Arena (subsequently renamed Herb Brooks Arena) in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, Rensselaer received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1995 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 7–18, 1995
Teams10
Finals siteOlympic Arena
Lake Placid, New York
ChampionsRensselaer[1] (3rd title)
Winning coachDan Fridgen[2] (1st title)
MVPMike Tamburro[3] (Rensselaer)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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 preliminary 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 modified best-of-three series, where the first team to receive 3 points moves on. 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 1995 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

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Clarkson†22145331116703723104195125
Brown2213722878763015123108109
Harvard221291257968301414210799
Colgate2212912598783720161158144
Vermont2211922485613519142134106
Rensselaer*2210932375783719144127123
Princeton2291032181833518134123117
St. Lawrence221012020831103315171116150
Cornell2281042072763011154105115
Union226124167087299164100116
Dartmouth227132168011127916295136
Yale22613315658428817391115
Championship: Rensselaer
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first two rounds

  Preliminary Round
March 7		 Quarterfinals
March 10-12		 Semifinals
March 17		 Championship
March 18
                                         
  1 Clarkson 6 7 — 1 Clarkson 1  
7 Princeton 5 9 Cornell 2 2 — 7 Princeton 2  
10 Union 2
  2 Brown 3 3 2
8 St. Lawrence 2 7 Princeton 4 2 3**     6 Rensselaer 5
9 Cornell 6   7 Princeton 1
  3 Harvard 2 1 —
6 Rensselaer 2 3 — Third Place
  4 Colgate 2 2 3 4 Colgate 1 1 Clarkson 10
5 Vermont 5 0 1 6 Rensselaer 2   4 Colgate 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)


Preliminary Round

(7) Princeton vs. (10) Union

(8) St. Lawrence vs. (9) Cornell

Quarterfinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (9) Cornell
Clarkson won series 2–0

(2) Brown vs. (7) Princeton
Princeton won series 2–1

(3) Harvard vs. (6) Rensselaer
Rensselaer won series 1–0–1

(4) Colgate vs. (5) Vermont
Colgate won series 2–1


Semifinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (7) Princeton

(4) Colgate vs. (6) Rensselaer

Third place

(1) Clarkson vs. (4) Colgate

Championship

(6) Rensselaer vs. (7) Princeton

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team
  • F Jonathan Kelly (Princeton)
  • F Tim Regan (Rensselaer)
  • F Chris Lipsett (Clarkson)
  • D Brian Mueller (Clarkson)
  • D Adam Bartell (Rensselaer)
  • G Mike Tamburro* (Rensselaer)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References
  1. "Rensselaer Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. "Dan Fridgen 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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