1975 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1975 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 14th tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 8, 1975.[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 Harvard received invitations to participate in the 1975 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1975 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 4–8, 1975
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsBoston University[1] (3rd title)
Winning coachJack Parker[2] (2nd title)
MVPRick Meagher[3] (Boston University)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

1974–75 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Harvard†201910.9501052329236018494
Boston University*222020.90913769322651221126
Vermont171250.70683633624120201131
Cornell221561.70513290281792157117
New Hampshire251771.70014587312191189116
Providence191261.65812975271971197112
Brown221381.6149788251591120103
Clarkson19991.50097992913151142154
Northeastern2210111.4771001292815112136147
Rensselaer198101.447881072814131133155
Pennsylvania239131.41394112241013198115
Boston College206122.350831032811152138142
St. Lawrence227141.341881142810171115138
Princeton205132.3007011423615279132
Colgate225170.2271011542710170133170
Dartmouth224171.20593147245181106153
Yale200191.0256113623121176152
Championship: Boston University
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

[5]

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

Quarterfinals
March 4 		Semifinals
March 7 		Championship
March 8
         
1 Harvard 10
8 Clarkson 5
1 Harvard 6
4 Cornell 4
2 Boston University 5*
7 Brown 4
1 Harvard 3
2 Boston University 7
3 Vermont 7
6 Providence 5
2 Boston University 7 Third Place
3 Vermont 3
4 Cornell 4 3 Vermont 7
5 New Hampshire 2 4 Cornell 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Harvard vs. (8) Clarkson
March 4 Harvard 10 – 5 Clarkson Donald C. Watson Rink

(2) Boston University vs. (7) Brown
March 4 Boston University 5 – 4 OT Brown Walter Brown Arena

(3) Vermont vs. (6) Providence
March 4 Vermont 7 – 5 Providence Gutterson Fieldhouse

(4) Cornell vs. (5) New Hampshire
March 4 Cornell 4 – 2 New Hampshire Lynah Rink

(1) Harvard vs. (4) Cornell
March 7 Harvard 6 – 4 Cornell Boston Garden

(2) Boston University vs. (3) Vermont
March 7 Boston University 7 – 3 Vermont Boston Garden

(3) Vermont vs. (4) Cornell
March 8 Vermont 7 – 3 Cornell Boston Garden

(1) Harvard vs. (2) Boston University
March 8 Harvard 3 – 7 Boston University Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

[6]

MOP

References
  1. "Boston University Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. "Jack Parker Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  3. "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  4. "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  5. "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  6. "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
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