1977 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1977 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 16th tournament in league history. It was played between March 8 and March 12, 1977.[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 New Hampshire received invitations to participate in the 1977 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1977 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 8–12, 1977
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsBoston University[1] (5th title)
Winning coachJack Parker[2] (4th 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

1976–77 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Clarkson†231940.82614687342680222127
New Hampshire272160.7781821213927120245181
Cornell231661.717160102292081204134
Boston University*241671.6881421103422111198160
Boston College231391.5871251063018111174130
Rensselaer2414100.5831381313017121184168
Brown211290.571121952716110145118
Providence2514110.5601241053017130146128
Harvard2212100.5459278261412010895
Dartmouth2411121.4791361182612122146124
Vermont2310130.4351051033015150141122
Colgate2410140.4171101442812160128170
Northeastern229130.409921252711160121141
Pennsylvania247170.29293148269170105157
Yale235171.2397313025618184140
St. Lawrence203170.15086147288200134182
Princeton243201.1467014325321172150
Championship: Boston University
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

[5]

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

Quarterfinals
March 8 		Semifinals
March 11 		Championship
March 12
         
1 Clarkson 6
8 Providence 3
1 Clarkson 6
4 Boston University 7
2 New Hampshire 4*
7 Brown 3
2 New Hampshire 6
4 Boston University 8
3 Cornell 7
6 Rensselaer 5
2 New Hampshire 10** Third Place
3 Cornell 9
4 Boston University 8 1 Clarkson 4
5 Boston College 7 3 Cornell 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Clarkson vs. (8) Providence
March 8 Clarkson 6 – 3 Providence Walker Arena

(2) New Hampshire vs. (7) Brown
March 8 New Hampshire 4 – 3 OT Brown Snively Arena

(3) Cornell vs. (6) Rensselaer
March 8 Cornell 7 – 5 Rensselaer Lynah Rink

(4) Boston University vs. (5) Boston College
March 8 Boston University 8 – 7 Boston College Walter Brown Arena

(1) Clarkson vs. (4) Boston University
March 11 Clarkson 6 – 7 Boston University Boston Garden

(2) New Hampshire vs. (3) Cornell
March 11 New Hampshire 10 – 9 2OT Cornell Boston Garden

(1) Clarkson vs. (3) Cornell
March 12 Clarkson 4 – 5 Cornell Boston Garden

(2) New Hampshire vs. (4) Boston University
March 12 New Hampshire 6 – 8 Boston University Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

MOP

[6]

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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