1967 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1967
Conference:ECAC
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 7–11, 1967
Teams:8
Finalarena:Boston Garden
Finalcity:Boston, Massachusetts
Champions:Cornell[1]
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Ned Harkness[2]
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Doug Ferguson[3]
Mvpteam:Cornell
Prevseason Year:1966
Prevseason Link:1966 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:1968
Nextseason Link:1968 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1967 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 6th tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 11, 1967.[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 reaching the championship game both, Cornell and Boston University received invitations to participate in the 1967 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) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Yale

Semifinals

(2) Cornell vs. (3) Boston College

Third Place

(3) Boston College vs. (4) St. Lawrence

Championship

(1) Boston University vs. (6) Cornell

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

[6]

First Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)]]

Second Team

External links

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Notes and References

  1. News: Cornell Men's Team History. USCHO.com. 2014-04-23.
  2. News: Ned Harkness 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 .