1976 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1976 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 15th tournament in league history. It was played between March 9 and March 13, 1976.[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, Boston University and Brown received invitations to participate in the 1976 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The top eight teams, based on winning percentage, 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 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.

Conference standings

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Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Boston University†* 23 21 2 0 .915 141 77 30 25 5 0 182 108
New Hampshire 28 22 6 0 .786 163 97 31 24 7 0 184 108
Brown 23 18 5 0 .783 149 90 30 23 7 0 186 126
Clarkson 25 16 8 1 .660 135 114 31 18 12 1 170 146
Cornell 23 13 9 1 .587 127 98 29 18 10 1 174 128
Dartmouth 24 14 10 0 .583 123 112 27 16 11 0 140 123
Harvard 20 10 7 3 .575 101 89 26 13 10 3 134 125
Boston College 21 11 9 1 .548 115 96 29 15 13 1 158 135
Providence 25 11 12 2 .480 132 111 31 14 15 2 171 141
Rensselaer 23 9 12 2 .435 123 121 28 13 13 2 153 143
Vermont 22 9 13 0 .409 102 112 32 15 16 1 179 160
St. Lawrence 19 7 11 1 .395 87 102 27 11 17 1 128 144
Colgate 20 6 14 0 .300 88 126 25 9 16 0 117 153
Northeastern 23 6 16 1 .283 93 124 26 9 16 1 117 133
Princeton 23 6 16 1 .283 76 135 24 7 16 1 86 138
Pennsylvania 23 5 17 1 .239 85 141 26 6 19 1 107 163
Yale 21 1 20 0 .048 68 166 25 4 21 0 91 189
Championship: Boston University
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

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Teams are reseeded after the first round

Quarterfinals
March 9
Semifinals
March 12
Championship
March 13
         
1 Boston University 6
8 Boston College 5
1 Boston University 8
7 Harvard 4
2 New Hampshire 3
7 Harvard 4
1 Boston University 9
3 Brown 2
3 Brown 5*
6 Dartmouth 4
3 Brown 6 Third Place
5 Cornell 2
4 Clarkson 7 5 Cornell 7
5 Cornell 9 7 Harvard 6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

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(1) Boston University vs. (8) Boston College

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March 9 Boston University 6 – 5 Boston College Walter Brown Arena


(2) New Hampshire vs. (7) Harvard

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March 9 New Hampshire 3 – 4 Harvard Snively Arena


(3) Brown vs. (6) Dartmouth

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March 9 Brown 5 – 4 OT Dartmouth Meehan Auditorium


(4) Clarkson vs. (5) Cornell

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March 8 Clarkson 8 – 7 Cornell Walker Arena


Semifinals

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(1) Boston University vs. (7) Harvard

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March 12 Boston University 8 – 4 Harvard Boston Garden


(3) Brown vs. (5) Cornell

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March 12 Brown 6 – 2 Cornell Boston Garden


Third Place

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(5) Cornell vs. (7) Harvard

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March 13 Cornell 7 – 6 Harvard Boston Garden


Championship

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(1) Boston University vs. (3) Brown

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March 13 Boston University 9 – 2 Brown Boston Garden


Tournament awards

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None

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References

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  1. ^ "Boston University Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "Jack Parker Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  3. ^ "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  4. ^ "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  5. ^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  6. ^ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
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