ECAC Northeast tournament explained

ECAC Northeast tournament
Optional Subheader:	Conference hockey championship
Sport:	Ice hockey
Conference:	ECAC Northeast
Format:	Single-elimination
Years:	1972–2016

History

The ECAC Northeast tournament began in 1972, after several teams formed the first third-tier ice hockey conference. For the first three years the championship was only a single game between the teams judged to be the top two in the conference. Because all games between ECAC teams regardless of division were counted the teams with the two best records weren't necessarily invited to play. In 1975 the tournament was expanded to 4 teams with one of the four chosen as the host. Host teams were dropped after 1977 with the higher-seeded teams playing at home afterwards. With the conference ballooning to more than two dozen teams, the conference tournament was expanded to 8 for 1984. Two years later the conference split into North and South divisions with each holding an individual 6-team postseason tournament and the two champions meeting to decide the conference champion. When the conference divided itself into three divisions for the 1992–93 season, the divisional tournament was scrapped and replaced with a single 8-team series. The top teams from each division were seeded 1–3 according to their overall conference records while the five teams with the best remaining conference records were seeded 4–8. In 1998 the conference abandoned divisional alignments but did not change the form of the conference tournament. A year later the four Division II programs in the conference played in a separate Division II tournament, allowing the remaining 14 teams to vie for the official ECAC Northeast championship with the champion receiving an automatic bid to the National Tournament.

1972

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Worcester State	13–3–0
2	Nichols	4–9–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1973

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Worcester State	12–1–0
2	North Adams State	2–5–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1974

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Worcester State	8–0–1
2	Wesleyan	5–2–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1975

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Bryant	10–2–0
2	North Adams State	11–2–0
3	Worcester State	8–3–0
4	Wesleyan	5–4–0

Note: team in italics served as host.

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1976

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Amherst	6–0–1
2	Worcester State	8–1–0
3	RIT	5–1–0
4	Framingham State	9–3–0

Note: team in italics served as host.

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1977

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Worcester State	11–1–0
2	Westfield State	12–4–0
3	Framingham State	9–4–0
4	Trinity	10–4–0

Note: team in italics served as host.

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1978

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Westfield State	13–0–0
2	Framingham State	13–1–0
3	Trinity	10–5–0
4	Iona	10–3–2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1979

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Framingham State	12–1–0
2	Trinity	14–3–0
3	RIT	7–1–0
4	Wesleyan	9–4–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1980

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Amherst	11–1–0
2	Wesleyan	9–4–0
3	Bentley	13–3–0
4	RIT	6–2–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1981

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Bentley	17–0–0
2		13–2–0
3	Wesleyan	12–3–0
4	Iona	12–2–1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1982

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Massachusetts–Boston	16–1–0
2	Assumption	14–2–0
3	Bentley	11–3–0
4	Amherst	10–3–1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1983

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Iona	14–1–0
2	Wesleyan	12–3–1
3		11–4–0
4	Fitchburg State	15–4–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1984

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Amherst	13–1–0	5	Bentley	11–5–0
2	Assumption	12–4–0	6	Trinity	9–6–1
3		13–3–1	7	Iona	15–2–2
4	New Hampshire College	18–4–1	5	Wesleyan	12–7–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1985

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Trinity	14–2–0	5	Assumption	13–3–0
2	Iona	18–3–0	6	Fitchburg State	16–4–0
3		15–3–0	7	Curry	16–4–1
4	Amherst	12–3–1	8	Framingham State	12–5–1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1986

North

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1		20–0–0	4	Curry	18–6–1
2	Fitchburg State	15–5–0	5	Assumption	12–6–0
3	Plymouth State	17–5–0	6	Saint Michael's	12–6–1

South

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Trinity	15–1–0	4	Quinnipiac	18–6–0
2	Connecticut College	15–1–0	5	St. John's	9–6–0
3	Iona	13–5–0	6	Amherst	8–7–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1987

North

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1		16–2–1	4	New Hampshire College	13–8–2
2	Fitchburg State	15–4–0	5	Curry	21–7–0
3	Framingham State	18–4–0	6	Hawthorne	11–9–0

South

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Trinity	17–0–0	4	Wesleyan	12–5–1
2	Quinnipiac	19–4–1	5	Iona	13–6–0
3	Connecticut College	13–3–0	6	Roger Williams	8–7–1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1988

North

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Curry	23–1–0	4	Tufts	14–6–0
2	Fitchburg State	18–1–1	5	Saint Michael's	13–6–0
3		19–2–0	6	Plymouth State	13–9–0

South

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Trinity	18–0–0	4	Iona	13–6–1
2	Connecticut College	12–2–1	5	Roger Williams	10–8–0
3	Quinnipiac	13–9–1	6	Skidmore	12–8–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1989

North

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1		18–3–0	4	Tufts	13–5–1
2	Curry	15–3–1	5	Fitchburg State	14–6–0
3	Saint Michael's	15–3–1	6	Suffolk	14–6–1

South

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Iona	15–4–0	4	Amherst	10–6–0
2	Connecticut College	13–4–0	5	Western New England	10–4–1
3	Trinity	12–5–0	6	Wesleyan	12–7–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1990

North

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Fitchburg State	17–4–0	4	Southern Maine	11–6–2
2		16–4–0	5	New Hampshire College	11–7–2
3	Assumption	14–8–1	6	Curry	10–6–2

South

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Trinity	16–3–0	4	Western New England	13–7–1
2	Connecticut College	14–3–0	5	Amherst	11–7–0
3	Iona	14–2–0	6	Roger Williams	12–12–1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1991

North

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Fitchburg State	17–0–0	4	Plymouth State	11–6–1
2	Suffolk	20–4–0	5	Assumption	11–7–3
3		16–2–2	6	Tufts	11–7–2

South

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Trinity	13–3–1	4	Amherst	11–7–0
2	Iona	14–2–2	5	Western New England	11–9–2
3	Skidmore	13–7–2	6	Roger Williams	13–10–1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1992

North

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Assumption	18–2–0	4		14–5–0
2	Fitchburg State	14–2–1	5	Suffolk	14–8–1
3	Southern Maine	12–8–1	6	Framingham State	15–7–0

South

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Amherst	10–4–1	4	Iona	9–9–0
2	Western New England	13–7–0	5	Wesleyan	10–9–1
3	Fairfield	14–9–0	6	Skidmore	8–9–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1993

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1			5	Assumption
2	Southern Maine	16–4–1	6	Fitchburg State	11–5–2
3	Iona		7	Suffolk
4	Plymouth State		8	Skidmore

Note: teams in italics were division champions.

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1994

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1			5	Assumption
2	Fitchburg State		6	Plymouth State
3	Skidmore		7	Bentley
4	Western New England		8	Framingham State

Note: teams in italics were division champions.

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1995

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1			5	Fairfield
2	Fitchburg State		6	Tufts
3	Skidmore		7	Assumption
4	Framingham State		8	Nichols

Note: teams in italics were division champions.

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1996

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1			5	Bentley	14–7–1
2	Fitchburg State		6	Tufts
3	Skidmore		7	Saint Michael's	12–8–1
4	Roger Williams		8	Framingham State

Note: teams in italics were division champions.

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1997

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Bentley	17–5–1	5
2	Fitchburg State		6	Assumption
3	Skidmore		7	Worcester State
4	Saint Michael's	17–3–1	8	Framingham State

Note: teams in italics were division champions.

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1998

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Fitchburg State		5	Bentley	12–4–0
2	Saint Michael's	17–3–0	6	New Hampshire College
3	Wentworth	14–5–0	7	Worcester State
4			8	Plymouth State

Note: teams in italics were division champions.

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1999

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1		14–1–2	5	Tufts	12–4–1
2	Fitchburg State	14–1–2	6	New Hampshire College	11–5–1
3	Wentworth	13–3–1	7	Plymouth State	10–7–0
4	Saint Michael's	12–4–1	8	Johnson & Wales	9–8–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2000

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Wentworth	11–1–1	5	Lebanon Valley	8–4–1
2	Fitchburg State	10–1–2	6	Johnson & Wales	7–6–0
3	Tufts	9–3–1	7	Western New England	7–6–0
4		8–3–2	8	Salve Regina	6–6–1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2001

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Tufts	15–1–1	5		10–5–2
2	Wentworth	14–2–1	6	Worcester State	9–7–1
3	Johnson & Wales	14–2–1	7	Fitchburg State	9–7–1
4	Lebanon Valley	12–4–1	8	Salve Regina	7–10–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2002

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Lebanon Valley	13–1–1	5	Johnson & Wales	11–4–0
2		13–2–0	6	Fitchburg State	9–6–0
3	Wentworth	13–2–0	7	Salve Regina	8–7–0
4	Curry	11–4–0	8	Plymouth State	7–8–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2003

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Wentworth	13–1–2	5	Johnson & Wales	11–4–1
2	Lebanon Valley	14–2–0	6		9–6–1
3	Curry	13–3–0	7	Salve Regina	8–7–1
4	Fitchburg State	12–3–1	8	Worcester State	7–7–2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2004

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Curry	16–0–0	5		11–4–1
2	Lebanon Valley	14–2–0	6	Fitchburg State	7–6–3
3	Wentworth	12–2–2	7	Suffolk	6–8–2
4	Framingham State	11–3–2	8	Salve Regina	6–7–2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2005

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Curry	14–0–1	5	Fitchburg State	8–6–1
2		14–1–0	6	Johnson & Wales	8–7–0
3	Wentworth	11–2–2	7	Salve Regina	7–7–1
4	Plymouth State	9–5–1	8	Framingham State	5–10–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2006

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1		14–1–0	5	Wentworth	10–5–0
2	Curry	13–1–1	6	Johnson & Wales	7–6–2
3	Plymouth State	13–2–0	7	Fitchburg State	8–7–0
4	Nichols	10–3–2	8	Salve Regina	8–7–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2007

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1		14–1–0	5	Fitchburg State	9–4–2
2	Curry	13–1–1	6	Johnson & Wales	9–6–0
3	Wentworth	11–2–2	7	Nichols	8–6–1
4	Plymouth State	10–4–1	8	Salve Regina	8–7–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2008

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Curry	14–1–1	5	Suffolk	10–6–0
2		13–3–0	6	Becker	9–6–1
3	Nichols	12–4–0	7	Salve Regina	8–5–3
4	Wentworth	10–5–1	8	Fitchburg State	8–5–3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2009

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Nichols	16–1–0	5	Fitchburg State	9–5–3
2	Curry	15–1–1	6	Becker	9–7–1
3	Wentworth	13–3–1	7	Johnson & Wales	8–7–2
4		13–3–1	8	Westfield State	7–7–3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2010

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Wentworth	11–3–0	5	Nichols	7–6–1
2	Curry	10–3–1	6	Johnson & Wales	7–6–1
3	Suffolk	8–4–2	7	Western New England	2–12–0
4	Becker	8–6–0	8	Salve Regina	0–13–1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2011

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Curry	10–2–2	4	Becker	7–4–3
2	Wentworth	10–3–1	5	Nichols	6–8–0
3	Johnson & Wales	10–4–0	6	Western New England	5–9–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2012

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Wentworth	11–2–1	4	Western New England	8–5–1
2	Curry	11–3–0	5	Johnson & Wales	7–5–2
3	Nichols	9–4–1	6	Becker	4–9–1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2013

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Wentworth	10–2–2	4	Western New England	8–6–0
2	Nichols	9–4–1	5	Salve Regina	5–7–2
3	Curry	7–3–4	6	Johnson & Wales	5–8–1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2014

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Nichols	9–3–2	4	Johnson & Wales	7–6–1
2	Wentworth	9–5–0	5	Suffolk	6–7–1
3	Salve Regina	9–5–0	6	Curry	6–8–0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2015

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Nichols	11–1–2	4	Curry	7–6–1
2	Salve Regina	9–4–1	5	Wentworth	6–6–2
3	Johnson & Wales	8–6–0	6	Suffolk	5–7–2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2016

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Endicott	11–1–2	5	Wentworth	7–6–1
2	Nichols	9–4–1	6	Johnson & Wales	6–6–2
3	Salve Regina	8–6–0	7	Becker	5–7–2
4	Suffolk	8–6–0	align=center	-	-	-

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

See also

• ECAC 2 Tournament
  Commonwealth Coast Conference ice hockey Tournament

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