ECAC 2 tournament explained

ECAC 2 tournament
Optional Subheader:Conference hockey championship
Defunct:1984
Sport:Ice hockey
Conference:ECAC 2
Number Of Teams:4–16
Format:Single-elimination
Years:1967–1984
Most Championships:Bowdoin, (4)
Lowell,
Merrimack

The ECAC 2 Tournament was a college ice hockey conference tournament played from 1967 until 1984. For several years it was the only championship held for lower-tier college programs under the oversight of the NCAA and served as the de facto NCAA national championship until 1978.

History

ECAC 2 began holding a conference tournament for the 1965–66 season with four teams invited to participate. Even after 5 teams left in 1971 to form ECAC 3 the league's membership had risen from 15 to 24 teams in the interim and the championship was expanded to eight. When ECAC 2 reached 32 member institutions in 1977–1978, the league elected to stage separate 8–team tournaments for each of its two divisions rather than establishing a single 16–team competition (East and West). This was partly done to guarantee the two tournament champions automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament which began play the same year. Some schools, however, either had policies that barred them from appearing in national tournaments[1] or were ineligible to appear in a Division II tournament due to being primarily a Division I or Division III school. This arrangement held for 6 years before the entire Division II level of college hockey collapsed after 1983–84 and ECAC 2 was formally split into two separate conferences the following season.

1966

SeedSchoolConference Record
1American International11–4–0
2New Hampshire11–5–0
3Colby8–4–0
4Merrimack4–4–1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1967

SeedSchoolConference Record
1Norwich14–2–1
2Colby9–2–1
3Middlebury8–3–0
4Merrimack7–3–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1968

SeedSchoolConference Record
1Merrimack10–1–0
2Colby15–2–0
3Hamilton13–2–1
4American International10–5–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1969

SeedSchoolConference Record
1Merrimack7–2–0
2American International13–5–0
3Colby12–6–0
4Norwich10–6–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1970

SeedSchoolConference Record
1Bowdoin13–0–0
2Vermont12–4–0
3Middlebury11–5–0
4Merrimack9–4–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1971

SeedSchoolConference Record
1Bowdoin14–2–0
2Vermont13–3–0
3Massachusetts12–3–1
4Norwich10–8–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1972

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Massachusetts15–3–05Salem State10–9–1
2Buffalo10–2–06Lowell Tech8–10–0
3Vermont12–2–17Boston State13–10–0
4Merrimack12–4–08Saint Anselm7–6–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1973

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Vermont16–0–05Norwich11–6–2
2Bowdoin11–4–16Middlebury9–7–0
3Massachusetts12–4–27Williams14–5–0
4Merrimack13–5–18Saint Anselm15–4–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1974

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Vermont15–1–05Massachusetts10–6–0
2Salem State18–3–06Norwich10–8–1
3Merrimack16–6–27Williams7–5–2
4Boston State13–9–28Army9–2–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1975

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Merrimack22–2–15Salem State15–7–0
2Bowdoin11–5–06Saint Anselm12–9–1
3Middlebury10–4–17Army12–7–0
4Hamilton13–5–18Lowell Tech13–8–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1976

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Merrimack21–2–05Oswego State13–6–1
2Union13–1–06Hamilton9–7–1
3Bowdoin13–3–07Army12–5–0
4Salem State15–5–08Buffalo9–4–1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1977

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Merrimack20–2–15American International14–5–0
2Union11–1–06Lowell16–8–1
3Bowdoin13–2–07Salem State16–6–0
4Army14–2–18Elmira19–2–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1978

East

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Bowdoin13–3–15Holy Cross14–7–0
2Merrimack16–4–16American International13–7–1
3Lowell16–5–17Saint Anselm10–10–1
4Salem State17–7–08Colby9–12–1

West

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Middlebury11–3–05Norwich13–9–0
2Elmira18–4–06Army10–8–1
3Plattsburgh State16–3–07Hamilton11–8–0
4Oswego State16–8–08Buffalo12–10–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1979

East

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Maine16–4–05Bowdoin10–7–0
2Lowell21–5–06Holy Cross15–8–0
3Merrimack20–5–07New Haven13–7–1
4Salem State18–8–18American International13–10–0

West

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Plattsburgh State22–2–05Westfield State14–4–1
2Middlebury14–4–16Buffalo11–8–0
3Elmira21–4–07Oswego State12–12–0
4Norwich15–8–08Williams8–10–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1980

East

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Bowdoin14–2–25Holy Cross15–6–0
2Lowell19–4–06Merrimack14–8–2
3Babson15–7–27New Haven12–8–0
4Salem State19–6–08Colby12–8–0

West

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Elmira18–2–15Westfield State12–8–0
2Plattsburgh State18–5–26Army15–10–1
3Oswego State16–7–07Norwich9–12–0
4Middlebury11–5–38North Adams State11–9–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1981

East

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Lowell18–3–05Bowdoin11–7–0
2Merrimack17–6–06Babson11–9–0
3Salem State16–6–17Holy Cross11–11–0
4New England College14–6–08Colby13–8–0

West

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Oswego State19–2–15Norwich14–8–1
2Plattsburgh State17–3–26North Adams State11–8–1
3Elmira18–7–07Westfield State11–8–1
4Williams10–3–38Hamilton6–10–3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1982

East

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Lowell19–1–05Colby12–7–2
2Babson16–5–16Bowdoin11–8–0
3Merrimack17–8–17Salem State14–11–1
4New England College15–9–18Holy Cross12–10–2

West

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Oswego State17–5–05Williams10–7–1
2Plattsburgh State18–6–16RIT16–7–1
3Norwich16–9–07Elmira11–11–0
4North Adams State16–7–08Potsdam State

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1983

East

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Lowell18–0–05Salem State14–8–3
2Babson15–4–16Bowdoin9–8–1
3Holy Cross16–7–17New England College13–10–0
4Colby11–8–08Saint Anselm9–11–0

West

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1RIT20–4–05Potsdam State14–9–1
2Oswego State18–5–06North Adams State9–11–1
3Norwich14–7–07Elmira14–11–0
4Plattsburgh State16–8–08Middlebury7–9–1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1984

East

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Bowdoin12–3–15Merrimack10–10–0
2Babson16–3–16Colby7–8–1
3New England College16–6–27Salem State10–11–3
4Norwich14–7–08Massachusetts–Boston7–9–0

West

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1RIT22–2–05North Adams State15–8–2
2Oswego State17–4–06Plattsburgh State14–11–0
3Elmira17–8–07Potsdam State14–10–1
4Union13–5–18Hamilton9–10–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Championships

SchoolChampionships
Bowdoin4
Lowell4
Merrimack4
Vermont3
Oswego State2
Plattsburgh State2
American International1
Babson1
Colby1
Elmira1
Massachusetts1
Middlebury1
RIT1

See also

References

General

Notes and References

  1. News: Bowdoin College Men's Hockey History. Bowdoin Polar Bears. November 28, 2018. November 29, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181129013211/http://athletics.bowdoin.edu/records/mhhistory.pdf. dead.

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