1988 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1988 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 27th tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 12, 1988.[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, St. Lawrence received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The four teams that finish below eighth place in the standings are not eligible for tournament play. 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 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 mini-game 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 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings[6]

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
Harvard† 22 18 4 0 36 93 52 32 21 11 0 132 96
St. Lawrence†* 22 18 4 0 36 124 70 38 29 9 0 200 112
Cornell 22 15 7 0 30 98 68 28 19 9 0 121 81
Vermont 22 14 7 1 29 81 67 35 21 11 3 127 101
Colgate 22 13 8 1 27 105 63 32 18 11 3 156 104
Clarkson 22 10 9 3 23 86 82 35 17 15 3 133 125
Princeton 22 11 10 1 23 80 77 28 12 15 1 94 110
Rensselaer 22 9 13 0 18 99 91 32 15 17 0 164 125
Dartmouth 22 8 13 1 17 59 84 26 10 15 1 70 98
Yale 22 6 16 0 12 60 97 26 6 20 0 76 128
Army 22 3 17 2 8 59 119 30 9 19 2 97 151
Brown 22 2 19 1 5 46 120 26 3 22 1 63 144
Championship: St. Lawrence
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  Quarterfinals
March 4-5		 Semifinals
March 11		 Championship
March 12
                               
  1  Harvard 5 6 — 1  Harvard 4  
8  Rensselaer 4 4 — 6  Clarkson 6  
  2  St. Lawrence 5 10 —
7  Princeton 1 1 —     2  St. Lawrence 3
  6  Clarkson 0
  3  Cornell 3 4 0
6  Clarkson 4 2 1
Third Place
  4  Vermont 8 3 — 2  St. Lawrence 4
5  Colgate 0 3 — 4  Vermont 2   1  Harvard 7
4  Vermont 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)


Quarterfinals

(1) Harvard vs. (8) Rensselaer

Harvard won series 2–0

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (7) Princeton

St. Lawrence won series 2–0

(3) Cornell vs. (6) Clarkson

Clarkson won series 2–1

(4) Vermont vs. (5) Colgate

Vermont won series 1–0–1

Semifinals

(1) Harvard vs. (6) Clarkson

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (4) Vermont

Third Place

(1) Harvard vs. (4) Vermont

Championship

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (6) Clarkson

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[7]

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

References

  1. ↑ "St. Lawrence Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. ↑ "Joe Marsh 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. ↑ "College Hockey Notebook; Road to Final a 3-Way Route". The New York Times. 1988-03-08. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  6. ↑ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  7. ↑ "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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