The 1962 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 1st tournament in league history. It was played between March 6 and March 10, 1962.[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, St. Lawrence and Clarkson received invitations to participate in the 1962 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
1962 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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Dates | March 6–10, 1962 |
Teams | 8 |
Finals site | Boston Arena Boston, Massachusetts |
Champions | St. Lawrence[1] (1st title) |
Winning coach | George Menard[2] (1st title) |
MVP | Arlie Parker[3] (St. Lawrence) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
Format
editThe 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
editNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Colby† | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .921 | 124 | 30 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 147 | 62 | |
Harvard | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 103 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 130 | 56 | |
Clarkson | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 97 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 173 | 55 | |
Williams | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .825 | 159 | 64 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 159 | 64 | |
Army | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .763 | 81 | 40 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 111 | 52 | |
Colgate | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | .750 | 140 | 57 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 140 | 57 | |
Rensselaer | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 99 | 56 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 142 | 93 | |
Cornell | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 68 | 45 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 77 | 45 | |
MIT | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .667 | 70 | 49 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 49 | |
St. Lawrence* | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .633 | 83 | 47 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 135 | 78 | |
New Hampshire | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | .588 | 100 | 63 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 103 | 66 | |
Boston College | 25 | 13 | 11 | 1 | .540 | 84 | 75 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 96 | 86 | |
Merrimack | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .539 | 71 | 52 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 71 | 52 | |
Providence | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .529 | 74 | 65 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 110 | 77 | |
Middlebury | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .500 | 83 | 81 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 107 | 98 | |
Bowdoin | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | 89 | 73 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 106 | 84 | |
Massachusetts | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .444 | 84 | 94 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 84 | 94 | |
Norwich | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .425 | 105 | 103 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 109 | 110 | |
Princeton | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | .405 | 60 | 88 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 60 | 88 | |
Dartmouth | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | .400 | 101 | 122 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 101 | 122 | |
Yale | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | .333 | 78 | 87 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 78 | 97 | |
Boston University | 24 | 7 | 16 | 1 | .313 | 71 | 119 | 25 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 74 | 123 | |
Northeastern | 23 | 7 | 16 | 0 | .304 | 83 | 136 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 85 | 149 | |
Brown | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | .292 | 82 | 122 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 81 | 119 | |
Connecticut | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .278 | 30 | 86 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 30 | 86 | |
American International | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | .211 | 78 | 160 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 78 | 160 | |
Hamilton | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | .100 | 24 | 72 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 24 | 72 | |
Amherst | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .067 | 20 | 143 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 143 | |
Championship: St. Lawrence † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |
Bracket
editQuarterfinals March 6 | Semifinals March 9 | Championship March 10 | ||||||||||||
1 | Clarkson | 6 | ||||||||||||
8 | Providence | 3 | ||||||||||||
1 | Clarkson | 4 | ||||||||||||
3 | Colby | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Colby | 7 | ||||||||||||
6 | Rensselaer | 6 | ||||||||||||
1 | Clarkson | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | St. Lawrence | 5 | ||||||||||||
2 | Harvard | 2* | ||||||||||||
7 | Army | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Harvard | 5 | Third place | |||||||||||
4 | St. Lawrence | 6 | ||||||||||||
4 | St. Lawrence | 9 | 2 | Harvard | 2 | |||||||||
5 | Boston College | 4 | 3 | Colby | 0 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
edit(1) Clarkson vs. (8) Providence
editMarch 6 | Clarkson | 6 – 3 | Providence | Clarkson Arena |
(2) Harvard vs. (7) Army
editMarch 6 | Harvard | 2 – 1 | OT | Army | Donald C. Watson Rink |
(3) Colby vs. (6) Rensselaer
editMarch 6 | Colby | 7 – 6 | Rensselaer | Alfond Rink |
(4) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Boston College
editMarch 6 | St. Lawrence | 9 – 4 | Boston College | Appleton Arena |
Semifinals
edit(1) Clarkson vs. (3) Colby
editMarch 9 | Clarkson | 4 – 1 | Colby | Boston Arena |
(2) Harvard vs. (4) St. Lawrence
editMarch 9 | Harvard | 5 – 6 | St. Lawrence | Boston Arena |
Third Place
edit(2) Harvard vs. (3) Colby
editMarch 10 | Harvard | 2 – 0 | Colby | Boston Arena |
Championship
edit(1) Clarkson vs. (4) St. Lawrence
editMarch 10 | Clarkson | 2 – 5 | St. Lawrence | Boston Arena |
Tournament awards
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First Teamedit
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Second Teamedit
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References
edit- ^ "St. Lawrence Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "George Menard Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- ^ "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
External links
edit- ECAC Hockey Archived 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- 1961–62 ECAC Hockey Standings
- 1961–62 NCAA Standings