ECAC 2 Tournament

ECAC 2 Tournament (defunct)
	Conference Hockey Championship
Sport	Ice hockey
Conference	ECAC 2
Format	Single-elimination
Played	1967–1984

History

ECAC 2 began holding a conference tournament for the 1965–66 season with four teams invited to participate. Even after 5 teams left in 1971 to form ECAC 3 the league's membership had risen from 15 to 24 teams in the interim and the championship was expanded to eight. By 1977–78 ECAC 2 has 32 member schools and rather than institute a single 16-team tournament the league decided to hold one 8-team tournament for each of its two divisions (East and West). This was partly done to guarantee the two tournament champions automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament which began play the same year. Some schools, however, either had policies that barred them from appearing in national tournaments[1] or were ineligible to appear in a Division II tournament due to being primarily a Division I or Division III school. This arrangement held for 6 years before the entire Division II level of college hockey collapsed after 1983–84 and ECAC 2 was formally split into two separate conferences the following season.

1966

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	American International
	Colby
	New Hampshire	11–5–0
4	Merrimack	5–5–1

Semifinals March 8–9			ECAC 2 Championship March 12


1	American International	1

4	Merrimack	4
			4	Merrimack	0

				Colby	5
Colby		2

New Hampshire		1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1967

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Norwich	14–2–1
2	Colby	10–2–1
3	Middlebury	9–3–0
4	Merrimack	7–3–0

Semifinals March 8–9			ECAC 2 Championship March 11


1	Norwich	3

4	Merrimack	12
			4	Merrimack	6

			2	Colby	4
2	Colby	4**

3	Middlebury	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1968

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	10–1–0
	Hamilton
	Colby
4	American International

Semifinals March 6–7			ECAC 2 Championship March 9


1	Merrimack	6

4	American International	1
			1	Merrimack	5

				Hamilton	4
Hamilton		6

Colby		3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1969

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	7–2–0
2	American International
3	Colby
4	Norwich	10–6–0

Semifinals March 5–6			ECAC 2 Championship March 8


1	Merrimack	3

4	Norwich	5
			4	Norwich	6

			2	American International	7
2	American International	10

3	Colby	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1970

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Bowdoin
2	Vermont	12–4–0
3	Middlebury
4	Merrimack	9–5–0

Semifinals March 11			ECAC 2 Championship March 14


1	Bowdoin	9

4	Merrimack	1
			1	Bowdoin	1

			2	Vermont	4
2	Vermont	5

3	Middlebury	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1971

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Bowdoin
2	Vermont	13–3–0
3	Massachusetts	12–3–1
4	Norwich	10–8–0

Semifinals March 10			ECAC 2 Championship March 13


1	Bowdoin	8

4	Norwich	2
			1	Bowdoin	5*

			2	Vermont	4
2	Vermont	2

3	Massachusetts	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1972

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Massachusetts	15–3–0	5	Merrimack	13–4–0
2	Buffalo	10–2–0	6	Lowell Tech	11–10–0
3	Vermont	12–2–1	7	Boston State
4	Salem State		8	Saint Anselm	8–5–0

Quarterfinals March 4-5			Semifinals March 7-8			ECAC 2 Championship March 11

1	Massachusetts	5	1	Massachusetts	4
8	Saint Anselm	3	5	Merrimack	2

2	Buffalo	9
7	Boston State	5				1	Massachusetts	8
						2	Buffalo	1

3	Vermont	5
6	Lowell Tech	0

4	Salem State	2	2	Buffalo	4
5	Merrimack	4	3	Vermont	0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1973

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Vermont	16–0–0	5	Norwich	10–6–2
2	Bowdoin		6	Middlebury
3	Massachusetts	12–4–2	7	Williams
4	Merrimack	13–5–1	8	Saint Anselm	13–4–0

Quarterfinals March 3-4			Semifinals March 6-7			ECAC 2 Championship March 10

1	Vermont	6	1	Vermont	4
8	Saint Anselm	2	4	Merrimack	3

2	Bowdoin	5*
7	Williams	4				1	Vermont	8
						2	Bowdoin	1

3	Massachusetts	10
6	Middlebury	2

4	Merrimack	3	2	Bowdoin	9
5	Norwich	2	3	Massachusetts	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1974

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Vermont	15–1–0	5	Massachusetts	9–6–0
2	Salem State		6	Norwich	10–7–1
3	Merrimack	15–6–2	7	Williams
4	Boston State		8	Army	10–2–0

Quarterfinals March 2-3			Semifinals March 5-6			ECAC 2 Championship March 9

1	Vermont	10	1	Vermont	4
8	Army	1	5	Massachusetts	3

2	Salem State	9
7	Williams	6				1	Vermont	6
						3	Merrimack	2

3	Merrimack	4
6	Norwich	3

4	Boston State	4	2	Salem State	2
5	Massachusetts	7	3	Merrimack	7

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1975

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	21–2–1	5	Salem State
2	Bowdoin		6	Saint Anselm	11–8–1
3	Middlebury		7	Army	12–5–0
4	Hamilton		8	Lowell Tech	13–7–0

Quarterfinals March 1-3			Semifinals March 5-6			ECAC 2 Championship March 8

1	Merrimack	4	1	Merrimack	3
8	Lowell Tech	2	4	Hamilton	4

2	Bowdoin	8
7	Army	4				4	Hamilton	4
						2	Bowdoin	6

3	Middlebury	5
6	Saint Anselm	4

4	Hamilton	6	2	Bowdoin	3*
5	Salem State	3	3	Middlebury	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1976

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	21–2–0	5	Oswego State	12–6–1
2	Union		6	Hamilton
3	Bowdoin		7	Army	12–5–0
4	Salem State		8	Buffalo

Quarterfinals March 5-6			Semifinals March 9-10			ECAC 2 Championship March 13

1	Merrimack	7	1	Merrimack	8
8	Buffalo	4	7	Army	2

2	Union	2
7	Army	3				1	Merrimack	5
						3	Bowdoin	6

3	Bowdoin	7
6	Hamilton	3

4	Salem State	3	3	Bowdoin	4
5	Oswego State	1	4	Salem State	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1977

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	20–2–1	5	American International	14–5–0
2	Union	11–1–0	6	Lowell	16–8–1
3	Bowdoin	13–2–0	7	Salem State
4	Army	14–2–1	8	Elmira	17–2–0

Quarterfinals March 4-5			Semifinals March 8-9			ECAC 2 Championship March 16

1	Merrimack	5	1	Merrimack	6
8	Elmira	1	6	Lowell	2

2	Union	12
7	Salem State	6				1	Merrimack	6
						2	Union	4

3	Bowdoin	2
6	Lowell	4

4	Army	7*	2	Union	11
5	American International	6	4	Army	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1978

East

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Bowdoin	13–3–1	5	Holy Cross	13–7–1
2	Merrimack	16–4–1	6	American International
3	Lowell	16–5–1	7	Saint Anselm	11–10–1
4	Salem State	17–7–0	8	Colby	9–12–1

Quarterfinals March 4-5			Semifinals March 8-9			ECAC East Championship March 16

1	Bowdoin	7	1	Bowdoin	4
8	Colby	4	4	Salem State	1

2	Merrimack	12
7	Saint Anselm	3				1	Bowdoin	3
						2	Merrimack	0

3	Lowell	6
6	American International	4

4	Salem State	4	2	Merrimack	6
5	Holy Cross	1	3	Lowell	3

West

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Middlebury	11–3–0	5	Norwich	13–9–0
2	Elmira	18–4–0	6	Army	10–8–1
3	Plattsburgh State	16–3–0	7	Hamilton	11–8–0
4	Oswego State	16–8–0	8	Buffalo	12–10–0

Quarterfinals March 4-5			Semifinals March 8-9			ECAC West Championship March 16

1	Middlebury	7	1	Middlebury	5*
8	Buffalo	3	5	Norwich	4

2	Elmira	5
7	Hamilton	4				1	Middlebury	3
						2	Elmira	6

3	Plattsburgh State	6
6	Army	3

4	Oswego State	3	2	Elmira	4
5	Norwich	5	3	Plattsburgh State	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1979

East

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Salem State		5	American International
2	Lowell	21–5–0	6	Holy Cross	13–8–0
3	Merrimack	20–5–0	7	New Haven
4	Maine	15–4–0	8	Bowdoin

Quarterfinals March 3			Semifinals March 7			ECAC East Championship March 10

1	Salem State	4*	1	Salem State	7
8	Bowdoin	3	4	Maine	4

2	Lowell	7
7	New Haven	3				1	Salem State	1
						2	Lowell	4

3	Merrimack	4
6	Holy Cross	1

4	Maine	4	2	Lowell	7
5	American International	1	3	Merrimack	6

West

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Plattsburgh State	23–2–0	5	Westfield State
2	Middlebury	14–4–1	6	Buffalo
3	Elmira	21–4–0	7	Oswego State	12–12–0
4	Norwich	15–8–0	8	Williams

Quarterfinals March 3			Semifinals March 7			ECAC West Championship March 10

1	Plattsburgh State	11	1	Plattsburgh State	5
8	Williams	1	4	Norwich	6

2	Middlebury	7
7	Oswego State	2				4	Norwich	1
						2	Middlebury	2

3	Elmira	5
6	Buffalo	4

4	Norwich	9	2	Middlebury	5
5	Westfield State	1	3	Elmira	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1980

East

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Bowdoin	14–2–2	5	Holy Cross	15–6–0
2	Lowell	19–4–0	6	Merrimack	14–8–2
3	Babson	15–7–2	7	New Haven	15–10–0
4	Salem State	19–6–0	8	Colby	12–8–0

Quarterfinals March 1–2			Semifinals March 5			ECAC East Championship March 8

1	Bowdoin	5	1	Bowdoin	4
8	Colby	2	6	Merrimack	5*

2	Lowell	8
7	New Haven	5				6	Merrimack	4
						2	Lowell	0

3	Babson	3
6	Merrimack	9

4	Salem State	1	2	Lowell	4
5	Holy Cross	5	5	Holy Cross	2

West

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Elmira	18–2–1	5	Westfield State
2	Plattsburgh State	18–5–2	6	Army	15–9–1
3	Oswego State	16–7–0	7	Norwich	9–12–0
4	Middlebury	11–5–3	8	North Adams State

Quarterfinals March 1–2			Semifinals March 5			ECAC West Championship March 8

1	Elmira	5	2	Plattsburgh State	4
8	North Adams State	7	8	North Adams State	3

2	Plattsburgh State	4
7	Norwich	3				2	Plattsburgh State	3
						3	Oswego State	8

3	Oswego State	12
6	Army	6

4	Middlebury	5*	3	Oswego State	4
5	Westfield State	4	4	Middlebury	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1981

East

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Lowell	18–3–0	5	Bowdoin	11–7–0
2	Merrimack	17–6–0	6	Babson	11–9–0
3	Salem State	16–6–1	7	Holy Cross	11–11–0
4	New England College	14–6–0	8	Colby	13–8–0

Quarterfinals February 28–March 1			Semifinals March 4			ECAC East Championship March 7

1	Lowell	4	1	Lowell	6
8	Colby	3	5	Bowdoin	3

2	Merrimack	10
7	Holy Cross	7				1	Lowell	6
						2	Merrimack	4

3	Salem State	4
6	Babson	3

4	New England College	2	2	Merrimack	5
5	Bowdoin	3	3	Salem State	3

West

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Oswego State	19–2–1	5	Norwich	14–8–1
2	Plattsburgh State	17–3–2	6	North Adams State
3	Elmira	18–7–0	7	Westfield State	11–8–1
4	Williams	10–3–3	8	Hamilton	6–10–3

Quarterfinals February 28–March 1			Semifinals March 4			ECAC East Championship March 7

1	Oswego State	6	1	Oswego State	12
8	Hamilton	4	5	Norwich	5

2	Plattsburgh State	9
7	Westfield State	5				1	Oswego State	6
						2	Plattsburgh State	7

3	Elmira	13
6	North Adams State	5

4	Williams	3	2	Plattsburgh State	5
5	Norwich	6	3	Elmira	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1982

East

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Lowell	19–1–0	5	Colby
2	Babson	16–4–1	6	Bowdoin
3	Merrimack	17–8–1	7	Salem State
4	New England College		8	Holy Cross	12–10–2

Quarterfinals February 27–28			Semifinals March 3			ECAC East Championship March 7

1	Lowell	8	1	Lowell	3*
8	Holy Cross	2	4	New England College	2

2	Babson	6
7	Salem State	3				1	Lowell	5
						3	Merrimack	1

3	Merrimack	7
6	Bowdoin	4

4	New England College	5	2	Babson	2
5	Colby	2	3	Merrimack	3

West

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Oswego State	17–5–0	5	Williams
2	Plattsburgh State	18–6–1	6	Rochester Tech
3	Norwich	15–9–1	7	Elmira	11–11–0
4	North Adams State		8	Potsdam State

Quarterfinals February 27–28			Semifinals March 3			ECAC East Championship March 7

1	Oswego State	5	2	Plattsburgh State	11
8	Potsdam State	6*	8	Potsdam State	3

2	Plattsburgh State	7
7	Elmira	3				2	Plattsburgh State	14
						6	North Adams State	3

5	Williams	3
4	North Adams State	5

3	Norwich	4	6	Rochester Tech	3
6	Rochester Tech	5	4	North Adams State	5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1983

East

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Lowell	18–0–0	4	Colby
2	Babson	15–4–1	6	Bowdoin
3	Holy Cross	16–7–1	7	New England College
5	Salem State		8	Saint Anselm	8–10–0

Quarterfinals February 26–27			Semifinals March 2			ECAC East Championship March 5

1	Lowell	9	1	Lowell	5
8	Saint Anselm	2		Salem State	1

2	Babson	5
7	New England College	3				1	Lowell	3*
						2	Babson	2

3	Holy Cross	14
6	Bowdoin	9

4	Colby	4	2	Babson	6
5	Salem State	5	3	Holy Cross	2

West

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	RIT	18–4–0	5	Potsdam State
2	Oswego State	16–5–0	6	North Adams State
3	Norwich	14–6–0	7	Elmira	14–11–0
4	Plattsburgh State	16–8–0	8	Middlebury	7–9–1

Quarterfinals February 26–27			Semifinals March 2			ECAC East Championship March 5

1	RIT	3	2	Oswego State	8
8	Middlebury	5	8	Middlebury	2

2	Oswego State	9
7	Elmira	3				2	Oswego State	9
						4	Plattsburgh State	6

3	Norwich	3
6	North Adams State	5

4	Plattsburgh State	5	4	Plattsburgh State	5
5	Potsdam State	2	6	North Adams State	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1984

East

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Bowdoin		5	Merrimack	10–10–0
2	Babson	17–3–1	6	Colby
3	New England College		7	Salem State
4	Norwich	14–7–0	8	Massachusetts–Boston	7–9–0

Quarterfinals February 28–29			Semifinals March 3			ECAC East Championship March 5

1	Bowdoin	6	1	Bowdoin	4*
8	Massachusetts–Boston	4	6	Colby	3

2	Babson	6
7	Salem State	2				1	Bowdoin	1
						2	Babson	4

3	New England College	2
6	Colby	3

4	Norwich	7	2	Babson	3
5	Merrimack	4	4	Norwich	1

West

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	RIT	18–2–0	5	Plattsburgh State	14–11–0
2	Oswego State	14–5–0	6	North Adams State
3	Union		7	Potsdam State
4	Elmira	17–7–0	8	Hamilton

Quarterfinals February 26–27			Semifinals March 2			ECAC East Championship March 5

1	RIT	7	1	RIT	6
8	Hamilton	0	5	Plattsburgh State	2

2	Oswego State	9
7	Potsdam State	2				1	RIT	3
						3	Union	1

4	Elmira	1
5	Plattsburgh State	6

3	Union	6	2	Oswego State	3
6	North Adams State	3	3	Union	5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Championships

School	Championships
Bowdoin	4
Lowell	4
Merrimack	4
Vermont	3
Oswego State	2
Plattsburgh State	2
American International	1
Babson	1
Colby	1
Elmira	1
Massachusetts	1
Middlebury	1
RIT	1

References

"Bowdoin College Men's Hockey History" (PDF). Bowdoin Polar Bears. Retrieved November 28, 2018.

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