1987 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1987 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 26th tournament in league history. It was played between March 6 and March 14, 1987.[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 winning the tournament, Harvard received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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The tournament featured three rounds of play. The four teams that finish below eighth place in the standings are not eligible for tournament play. 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 a two-game series to determine the winner. In the two games no overtime was permitted and if the two teams remained tied after the two games then a 10-minute mini-game would be played where a sudden-death overtime was allowed if the scheduled time did not produce a victor.[5] After the opening round every series becomes a single-elimination game. 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. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

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Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Harvard†* 22 20 2 0 40 106 43 34 28 6 0 160 77
Colgate 22 15 6 1 31 111 85 33 23 9 1 170 116
St. Lawrence 22 14 7 1 30 109 73 35 24 11 0 180 114
Yale 22 13 9 0 29 77 71 30 15 12 3 101 113
Clarkson 22 12 10 0 26 84 66 31 17 13 1 117 101
Vermont 22 9 13 0 24 75 82 32 18 14 0 125 120
Rensselaer 22 9 13 0 18 81 75 33 13 18 2 123 98
Brown 22 9 13 0 18 83 102 27 11 16 0 103 128
Cornell 22 8 14 0 16 84 94 27 11 16 0 106 114
Princeton 22 7 14 1 15 67 87 26 8 17 1 81 107
Army 22 6 16 0 12 64 109 29 9 19 1 89 130
Dartmouth 22 2 19 1 5 57 109 25 2 22 1 63 127
Championship: Harvard
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 6–7
Semifinals
March 13
Championship
March 14
           
1 Harvard 6 5
8 Brown 2 2
1 Harvard 4
7 Rensselaer 1
2 Colgate 1 7 0
7 Rensselaer 9 2 2
1 Harvard 6
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 St. Lawrence 3
3 St. Lawrence 9 3
6 Vermont 1 1
3 St. Lawrence 7 Third Place
4 Yale 0
4 Yale 4 4 4 Yale 4*
5 Clarkson 4 3 7 Rensselaer 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

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(1) Harvard vs. (8) Brown

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March 6 Harvard 6 – 2 Brown Bright Hockey Center
March 7 Harvard 5 – 2 Brown Bright Hockey Center
Harvard won series 2–0


(2) Colgate vs. (7) Rensselaer

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March 6 Colgate 1 – 9 Rensselaer Starr Rink
March 7 Colgate 7 – 2 Rensselaer Starr Rink
March 7 Colgate 0 – 2 (mini) Rensselaer Starr Rink
Rensselaer won series 2–1


(3) St. Lawrence vs. (6) Vermont

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March 6 St. Lawrence 9 – 1 Vermont Appleton Arena
March 7 St. Lawrence 3 – 1 Vermont Appleton Arena
St. Lawrence won series 2–0


(4) Yale vs. (5) Clarkson

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March 6 Yale 4 – 4 Clarkson Ingalls Rink
March 7 Yale 4 – 3 Clarkson Ingalls Rink
Yale won series 1–0–1


Semifinals

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(1) Harvard vs. (7) Rensselaer

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March 13 Harvard 4 – 1 Rensselaer Boston Garden


(3) St. Lawrence vs. (4) Yale

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March 13 St. Lawrence 7 – 0 Yale Boston Garden


Third Place

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(4) Yale vs. (7) Rensselaer

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March 14 Yale 4 – 4 OT Rensselaer Boston Garden


Championship

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(1) Harvard vs. (3) St. Lawrence

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March 14 Harvard 6 – 3 St. Lawrence Boston Garden


Tournament awards

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None

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References

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  1. ^ "Harvard Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "Bill Cleary 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. ^ "College Hockey Notebook; Road to Final a 3-Way Route". The New York Times. March 8, 1988. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  6. ^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  7. ^ "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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