1964 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1964
Conference:ECAC
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 6–14, 1964
Teams:8
Finalarena:Boston Arena
Finalcity:Boston, Massachusetts
Champions:Providence[1]
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Tom Eccleston[2]
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Bob Perani[3]
Mvpteam:St. Lawrence
Prevseason Year:1963
Prevseason Link:1963 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:1965
Nextseason Link:1965 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1964 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 3rd tournament in league history. It was played between March 6 and March 14, 1964.[4] Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. By reaching the championship game Providence was invited to participate in the 1964 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. St. Lawrence, however, was passed over with Rensselaer chosen instead as the second eastern representative.

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[5]

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(4) Clarkson vs. (5) Harvard

Semifinals

(6) Rensselaer vs. (7) St. Lawrence

Third Place

(4) Clarkson vs. (6) Rensselaer

Championship

(1) Providence vs. (7) St. Lawrence

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

[6]

First Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)]]

Second Team

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Providence Men's Team History. USCHO.com. 2014-04-23.
  2. News: Thomas Eccleston Year-by-Year Coaching Record. USCHO.com. 2013-05-22.
  3. News: ECAC Awards. College Hockey Historical Archive. 2014-04-23.
  4. News: ECAC Tournament. College Hockey Historical Archives. 2014-04-23.
  5. News: 2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides. ECAC Hockey. 2014-04-23.
  6. News: Men's All-Tournament Teams . ECAC Hockey . 2014-04-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130616195013/http://www.ecachockey.com/men/tournament/Men-s_All-Tournament_Teams.pdf . 2013-06-16 . live .