1986 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

1986 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates March 7–15, 1986
Teams 8
Finals site Boston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
Champions Cornell[1] (7th title)
Winning coach Lou Reycroft[2] (1st title)
MVP Doug Dadswell[3] (Cornell)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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The 1986 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 25th tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 15, 1986.[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, Cornell received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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 1986 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings[6]

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† 21 18 3 0 36 129 53 34 25 8 1 187 95
Yale 21 15 6 0 30 104 72 30 20 10 0 160 116
Cornell* 21 13 6 2 28 101 74 32 21 7 4 145 104
Rensselaer 21 13 7 1 27 100 88 32 20 11 1 167 139
Clarkson 21 12 6 3 27 101 70 32 18 11 3 143 110
Vermont 21 11 10 0 22 64 63 31 17 13 1 102 99
St. Lawrence 21 10 11 0 20 92 92 31 16 15 0 145 150
Colgate 21 9 11 1 19 82 109 32 15 15 2 142 147
Princeton 21 7 13 0 15 76 82 30 11 17 2 109 111
Dartmouth 21 4 17 0 8 59 121 25 7 18 0 78 134
Army^ 11 2 9 0 4 36 57 30 18 11 1 154 111
Brown 21 3 18 0 6 63 127 23 4 19 0 73 134
Championship: Cornell
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
^ Army played a half schedule
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

  Quarterfinals
March 7-8		 Semifinals
March 14		 Championship
March 15
                               
  1  Harvard 2 6 — 1  Harvard 2  
8  Colgate 0 4 — 5  Clarkson 4  
  2  Yale 6 9 —
7  St. Lawrence 5 4 —     3  Cornell 3*
  5  Clarkson 2
  3  Cornell 8 3 —
6  Vermont 3 3 —
Third Place
  4  Rensselaer 1 4 — 2  Yale 2
5  Clarkson 3 6 — 3  Cornell 3**   1  Harvard 6
2  Yale 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)


Quarterfinals

(1) Harvard vs. (8) Colgate

Harvard won series 2–0

(2) Yale vs. (7) St. Lawrence

Yale won series 2–0

(3) Cornell vs. (6) Vermont

Cornell won series 1–0–1

(4) Rensselaer vs. (5) Clarkson

Clarkson won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Harvard vs. (5) Clarkson

(2) Yale vs. (3) Cornell

Third Place

(1) Harvard vs. (2) Yale

Championship

(3) Cornell vs. (5) Clarkson

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[7]

None

MOP


References

  1. ↑ "Cornell Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. ↑ "Lou Reycroft Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  3. ↑ "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  4. ↑ "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  5. ↑ "College Hockey Notebook; Road to Final a 3-Way Route". The New York Times. 1988-03-08. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  6. ↑ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  7. ↑ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2014-04-26.

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