1991 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1991 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 30th tournament in league history. It was played between February 26 and March 10, 1991.[4] Preliminary and 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, Clarkson received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. The two teams that finish below tenth place in the standings are not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the seventh and tenth seeds and the eighth and ninth seeds each play a single game to determine the final qualifying teams for the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the first seed and lower ranked qualifier, the second and higher ranked qualifier, 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 minigame 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 1991 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
Clarkson†* 22 15 5 2 32 113 77 40 29 9 2 213 143
Cornell 22 14 5 3 31 93 69 32 18 11 3 143 111
St. Lawrence 22 15 6 1 31 101 79 35 21 13 1 146 121
Harvard 22 13 7 2 28 130 74 29 14 12 3 145 102
Rensselaer 22 14 8 0 28 118 93 32 19 12 1 171 140
Vermont 22 12 8 2 26 89 83 33 17 14 2 129 130
Colgate 22 9 9 4 22 93 81 32 16 12 4 138 125
Brown 22 9 11 2 20 78 99 27 9 15 3 94 127
Yale 22 9 11 2 20 80 89 29 11 16 2 98 123
Princeton 22 7 14 0 15 84 104 27 8 18 1 97 129
Army 22 3 17 2 8 56 106 29 8 18 3 104 121
Dartmouth 22 0 19 3 3 52 131 28 1 24 3 68 170
Championship: Clarkson
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first two rounds

  First Round
February 26		 Quarterfinals
March 1–2		 Semifinals
March 9		 Championship
March 10
                                         
  1  Clarkson 4 6 — 1  Clarkson 3  
7  Colgate 5 9  Yale 0 3 — 4  Harvard 2  
10  Princeton 2
  2  Cornell 10 8 —
8  Brown 1 7  Colgate 3 1 —     1  Clarkson 5
9  Yale 2   3  St. Lawrence 4
  3  St. Lawrence 8 1 1
6  Vermont 2 3 0
  4  Harvard 7 3 — 2  Cornell 3
5  Rensselaer 3 3 — 3  St. Lawrence 4*  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Preliminary Round

(7) Colgate vs. (10) Princeton

(8) Brown vs. (9) Yale

Quarterfinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (9) Yale

Clarkson won series 2–0

(2) Cornell vs. (7) Colgate

Cornell won series 2–0

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

St. Lawrence won series 2–1

(4) Harvard vs. (5) Rensselaer

Harvard won series 1–0–1

Semifinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (4) Harvard

(2) Cornell vs. (3) St. Lawrence

Championship

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

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[7]

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Clarkson Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. ↑ "Mark Morris 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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