1992 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1992 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 31st tournament in league history. It was played between March 3 and March 14, 1992.[4] Preliminary and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were, for the final time, played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. By winning the tournament, St. Lawrence received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1992 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. Each round was a single-elimination series. In the preliminary round, the seventh and tenth seeds and the eighth and ninth seeds each play 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. In the semifinals, the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the two other teams play with the winners advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings[5]

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 13 3 6 32 90 59 27 14 7 7 103 78
St. Lawrence* 22 15 6 1 31 104 66 34 22 10 2 160 109
Clarkson 22 16 6 1 31 101 63 33 22 10 1 165 100
Yale 22 11 4 7 29 103 90 27 13 7 7 121 110
Cornell 22 10 8 4 24 70 59 29 14 11 4 92 78
Brown 22 10 8 4 24 93 86 30 11 15 4 118 135
Vermont 22 10 9 3 23 78 74 31 16 12 3 116 95
Colgate 22 11 11 0 22 105 108 31 14 16 1 152 151
Princeton 22 9 12 1 19 84 91 27 12 14 1 108 116
Rensselaer 22 6 12 4 16 70 89 33 14 15 4 124 128
Dartmouth 22 3 17 2 8 60 116 26 3 21 2 70 142
Union 22 2 19 1 5 61 118 25 3 21 1 82 138
Championship: St. Lawrence
† 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

  Preliminary Round
March 3		 Quarterfinals
March 7		 Semifinals
March 13		 Championship
March 14
                                     
  1  Harvard 3 2  St. Lawrence 6**  
7  Vermont 1 10  Rensselaer 4* 10  Rensselaer 5  
10  Rensselaer 5
  2  St. Lawrence 6
8  Colgate 4 9  Princeton 3     2  St. Lawrence 4
9  Princeton 5**   5  Cornell 2
  3  Clarkson 8
6  Brown 3
  4  Yale 1 3  Clarkson 3
5  Cornell 3 5  Cornell 4**  

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)


Preliminary Round

(7) Vermont vs. (10) Rensselaer

(8) Colgate vs. (9) Princeton

Quarterfinals

(1) Harvard vs. (10) Rensselaer

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (9) Princeton

(3) Clarkson vs. (6) Brown

(4) Yale vs. (5) Cornell


Semifinals

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (10) Rensselaer

(3) Clarkson vs. (5) Cornell


Championship

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Cornell

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[6]

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

References

  1. ↑ "St. Lawrence Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. ↑ "Joe Marsh 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. ↑ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  6. ↑ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2014-04-26.

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