1995 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:1995
Conference:ECAC
Gender:Men's
Dates:March 7–18, 1995
Teams:10
Finalarena:Olympic Arena
Finalcity:Lake Placid, New York
Champions:Rensselaer[1]
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Dan Fridgen[2]
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Mike Tamburro[3]
Mvpteam:Rensselaer
Prevseason Year:1994
Prevseason Link:1994 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Nextseason Year:1996
Nextseason Link:1996 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1995 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 34th tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 18, 1995.[4] Preliminary and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Olympic Arena (subsequently renamed Herb Brooks Arena) in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, Rensselaer received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. The two teams that finish below tenth place in the standings are not eligible for tournament play. In the preliminary round, the seventh and tenth seeds and the eighth and ninth seeds each play a single game to determine the final qualifying teams for the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the first seed and lower ranked qualifier, the second and higher ranked qualifier, the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed played a modified best-of-three series, where the first team to receive 3 points moves on. 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 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against[5]

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first two roundsNote: * denotes overtime period(s)

Preliminary round

(8) St. Lawrence vs. (9) Cornell

Quarterfinals

(4) Colgate vs. (5) Vermont

Semifinals

(4) Colgate vs. (6) Rensselaer

Third place

(1) Clarkson vs. (4) Colgate

Championship

(6) Rensselaer vs. (7) Princeton

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)]]

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External links

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Notes and References

  1. News: Rensselaer Men's Team History. USCHO.com. 2014-04-23.
  2. News: Dan Fridgen 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 .