1972 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
| 1972 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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| Dates | March 7–11, 1972 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Boston University[1] (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Jack Kelley[2] (1st title) |
| MVP | John Danby[3] (Boston University) |
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ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 1972 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 11th tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 11, 1972.[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 reaching the championship game both, Boston University and Cornell received invitations to participate in the 1972 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
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Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The top eight teams, based on winning percentage, qualified to participate in the tournament. 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 against one another. 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.
Conference Standings[5]
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning Percentage; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Cornell† | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 117 | 58 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 175 | 82 | |
| Harvard | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .786 | 118 | 62 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 127 | 76 | |
| Boston University* | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .775 | 88 | 53 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 155 | 69 | |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | .667 | 107 | 75 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 122 | 90 | |
| New Hampshire | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 82 | 61 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 140 | 109 | |
| Clarkson | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | .600 | 96 | 74 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 158 | 102 | |
| Rensselaer | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .559 | 64 | 62 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 123 | 84 | |
| Providence | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | .529 | 73 | 75 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 106 | 102 | |
| Dartmouth | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .528 | 81 | 78 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 120 | 103 | |
| Boston College | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | 93 | 106 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 130 | 155 | |
| Brown | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .452 | 70 | 75 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 78 | 84 | |
| St. Lawrence | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | .306 | 63 | 78 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 100 | 108 | |
| Yale | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | .294 | 70 | 105 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 108 | 128 | |
| Colgate | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | .263 | 52 | 94 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 83 | 122 | |
| Princeton | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | .263 | 52 | 108 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 62 | 127 | |
| Northeastern | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .150 | 68 | 118 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 102 | 145 | |
| Army | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | 29 | 44 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 99 | 88 | |
| Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll |
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Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first round
| Quarterfinals March 7 |
Semifinals March 10 |
Championship March 11 |
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| 1 | Cornell | 11 | 1 | Cornell | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Providence | 1 | 5 | New Hampshire | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston University | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Rensselaer | 2 | 1 | Cornell | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston University | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Harvard | 6* | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Clarkson | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Third Place | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Pennsylvania | 3 | 2 | Boston University | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | New Hampshire | 5 | 3 | Harvard | 1 | 3 | Harvard | 1 | ||||||||||
| 5 | New Hampshire | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
(1) Cornell vs. (8) Providence
| March 7 | Cornell | 11 – 1 | Providence | Lynah Rink | ||||
(2) Boston University vs. (7) Rensselaer
| March 7 | Boston University | 8 – 2 | Rensselaer | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
(3) Harvard vs. (6) Clarkson
| March 7 | Harvard | 6 – 5 | OT | Clarkson | Donald C. Watson Rink | |||
(4) Pennsylvania vs. (5) New Hampshire
| March 7 | Pennsylvania | 3 – 5 | New Hampshire | Class of 1923 Arena | ||||
Semifinals
(1) Cornell vs. (5) New Hampshire
| March 10 | Cornell | 6 – 3 | New Hampshire | Boston Garden | ||||
(2) Boston University vs. (3) Harvard
| March 10 | Boston University | 3 – 1 | Harvard | Boston Garden | ||||
Third Place
(3) Harvard vs. (5) New Hampshire
| March 11 | Harvard | 1 – 4 | New Hampshire | Boston Garden | ||||
Championship
(1) Cornell vs. (2) Boston University
| March 11 | Cornell | 1 – 4 | Boston University | Boston Garden | ||||
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team[6]
First Team
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Second Team
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