1978 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1978 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 17th tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 11, 1978.[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 College and Providence received invitations to participate in the 1978 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1978 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 7–11, 1978
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsBoston College[1] (2nd title)
Winning coachLen Ceglarski[2] (1st title)
MVPJoe Mullen[3] (Boston College)
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

1977–78 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Boston University†222110.95513585323020199126
Cornell221651.75016179272061195100
Clarkson231670.6961391093019110174145
Rensselaer211380.61910083291991162117
Boston College*231490.6091171163424100186147
Brown231391.587101782914141117102
Providence231292.565116953417152172146
New Hampshire2514110.5601541243018120197150
Yale2612131.48192114261213192114
Harvard2310130.43587112261214099122
Dartmouth239140.391971142611150107129
Vermont239140.391941083115160139137
St. Lawrence228140.364911243012180124152
Princeton217131.3578389259142102102
Northeastern247161.3131311282810171155142
Pennsylvania215142.2868212326717298145
Colgate254201.1808118028522191187
Championship: Boston College
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

[5]

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

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

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Boston University vs. (8) New Hampshire
March 7 Boston University 6 – 5 OT New Hampshire Walter Brown Arena

(2) Cornell vs. (7) Providence
March 7 Cornell 8 – 5 Providence Lynah Rink

(3) Clarkson vs. (6) Brown
March 7 Clarkson 2 – 6 Brown Walker Arena

(4) Rensselaer vs. (5) Boston College
March 7 Rensselaer 6 – 7 OT Boston College Houston Field House

(1) Boston University vs. (7) Providence
March 10 Boston University 1 – 5 Providence Boston Garden

(5) Boston College vs. (6) Brown
March 10 Boston College 6 – 4 Brown Boston Garden

(1) Boston University vs. (6) Brown
March 11 Boston University 8 – 4 Brown Boston Garden

(5) Boston College vs. (7) Providence
March 11 Boston College 4 – 2 Providence Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

MOP

[6]

References
  1. "Boston College Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. "Len Ceglarski 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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