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.
| 1987 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 6–14, 1987 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Harvard[1] (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Bill Cleary[2] (2nd title) |
| MVP | Lane MacDonald[3] (Harvard) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format
editThe 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
editNote: 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 | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
editTeams 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
edit(1) Harvard vs. (8) Brown
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| March 6 | Yale | 4 – 4 | Clarkson | Ingalls Rink | ||||
| March 7 | Yale | 4 – 3 | Clarkson | Ingalls Rink | ||||
| Yale won series 1–0–1 | |
Semifinals
edit(1) Harvard vs. (7) Rensselaer
edit| March 13 | Harvard | 4 – 1 | Rensselaer | Boston Garden | ||||
(3) St. Lawrence vs. (4) Yale
edit| March 13 | St. Lawrence | 7 – 0 | Yale | Boston Garden | ||||
Third Place
edit(4) Yale vs. (7) Rensselaer
edit| March 14 | Yale | 4 – 4 | OT | Rensselaer | Boston Garden | |||
Championship
edit(1) Harvard vs. (3) St. Lawrence
edit| March 14 | Harvard | 6 – 3 | St. Lawrence | Boston Garden | ||||
Tournament awards
editNone
- Lane MacDonald (Harvard)
References
edit- ^ "Harvard Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ^ "Bill Cleary 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.
- ^ "College Hockey Notebook; Road to Final a 3-Way Route". The New York Times. March 8, 1988. Retrieved April 29, 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
- 1986–87 ECAC Hockey Standings
- 1986–87 NCAA Standings