1979 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1979 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 18th tournament in league history. It was played between March 6 and March 10, 1979.[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, New Hampshire and Dartmouth received invitations to participate in the 1979 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 17 4 2 .783 101 76 30 21 7 2 138 106
New Hampshire* 25 17 5 3 .740 151 103 35 22 10 3 203 148
Cornell 22 16 6 0 .727 129 88 29 21 8 0 166 114
Dartmouth 22 14 7 1 .659 104 78 30 19 9 2 144 102
Clarkson 22 13 9 0 .591 135 106 31 19 12 0 184 136
Providence 24 13 9 2 .583 105 102 28 16 10 2 134 123
Yale 22 12 9 1 .568 105 91 27 13 12 2 129 125
Vermont 21 11 10 0 .524 97 98 30 12 18 0 122 141
Northeastern 22 11 11 0 .500 94 107 27 12 15 0 112 129
Brown 21 10 11 0 .476 86 89 25 11 14 0 105 108
Boston College 22 10 12 0 .455 106 112 30 16 14 0 167 141
Colgate 20 7 13 0 .350 97 124 28 15 13 0 166 144
Rensselaer 25 8 16 1 .340 124 136 28 10 17 1 141 145
Harvard 22 5 16 1 .250 86 109 26 7 18 1 108 131
St. Lawrence 24 5 18 1 .229 81 132 31 8 21 2 118 162
Princeton 21 2 15 4 .190 71 119 26 5 17 4 95 138
Championship: New Hampshire
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 6
Semifinals
March 9
Championship
March 10
         
1 Boston University 4
8 Vermont 3
1 Boston University 3
4 Dartmouth 5
2 New Hampshire 9
7 Yale 2
2 New Hampshire 3
4 Dartmouth 2
3 Cornell 6*
6 Providence 5
2 New Hampshire 4 Third Place
3 Cornell 2
4 Dartmouth 2* 1 Boston University 4
5 Clarkson 1 3 Cornell 7

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

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(1) Boston University vs. (8) Vermont

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March 6 Boston University 4 – 3 Vermont Walter Brown Arena


(2) New Hampshire vs. (7) Yale

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March 6 New Hampshire 9 – 2 Yale Snively Arena


(3) Cornell vs. (6) Providence

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March 6 Cornell 6 – 5 OT Providence Lynah Rink


(4) Dartmouth vs. (5) Clarkson

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March 6 Dartmouth 2 – 1 OT Clarkson Thompson Arena


Semifinals

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(1) Boston University vs. (4) Dartmouth

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March 9 Boston University 3 – 5 Dartmouth Boston Garden


(2) New Hampshire vs. (3) Cornell

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March 9 New Hampshire 5 – 2 Cornell Boston Garden


Third Place

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(1) Boston University vs. (3) Cornell

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March 10 Boston University 4 – 7 Cornell Boston Garden


Championship

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(2) New Hampshire vs. (4) Dartmouth

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March 10 New Hampshire 3 – 2 Dartmouth Boston Garden


Tournament awards

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None

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References

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  1. ^ "New Hampshire Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "Charlie Holt 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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