1965 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1965
Conference:ECAC
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 9–13, 1965
Teams:8
Finalarena:Boston Arena
Finalcity:Boston, Massachusetts
Champions:Boston College[1]
Titlecount:1st
Coach:John Kelley[2]
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Pat Murphy[3]
Mvpteam:Boston College
Prevseason Year:1964
Prevseason Link:1964 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:1966
Nextseason Link:1966 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1965 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 4th tournament in league history. It was played between March 9 and March 13, 1965.[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 both, Boston College and Brown received invitations to participate in the 1965 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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) Brown vs. (5) Cornell

Semifinals

(2) Boston College vs. (3) Clarkson

Third Place

(1) Boston University vs. (3) Clarkson

Championship

(2) Boston College vs. (4) Brown

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

[6]

First Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)]]

Second Team

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Boston College Men's Team History. USCHO.com. 2014-04-23.
  2. News: John "Snooks" Kelley 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 .