1979 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1979 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 18th tournament in league history. It was played between March 6 and March 10, 1979.[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, New Hampshire and Dartmouth received invitations to participate in the 1979 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1979 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 6–10, 1979
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsNew Hampshire[1] (1st title)
Winning coachCharlie Holt[2] (1st title)
MVPGreg Moffett[3] (New Hampshire)
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

1978–79 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Boston University†231742.78310176302172138106
New Hampshire*251753.7401511033522103203148
Cornell221660.72712988292180166114
Dartmouth221471.65910478301992144102
Clarkson221390.5911351063119120184136
Providence241392.5831051022816102134123
Yale221291.568105912713122129125
Vermont2111100.52497983012180122141
Northeastern2211110.500941072712150112129
Brown2110110.47686892511140105108
Boston College2210120.4551061123016140167141
Colgate207130.350971242815130166144
Rensselaer258161.3401241362810171141145
Harvard225161.25086109267181108131
St. Lawrence245181.22981132318212118162
Princeton212154.1907111926517495138
Championship: New Hampshire
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

[5]

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

Quarterfinals
March 6 		Semifinals
March 9 		Championship
March 10
         
1 Boston University 4
8 Vermont 3
1 Boston University 3
4 Dartmouth 5
2 New Hampshire 9
7 Yale 2
2 New Hampshire 3
4 Dartmouth 2
3 Cornell 6*
6 Providence 5
2 New Hampshire 4 Third Place
3 Cornell 2
4 Dartmouth 2* 1 Boston University 4
5 Clarkson 1 3 Cornell 7

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Boston University vs. (8) Vermont
March 6 Boston University 4 – 3 Vermont Walter Brown Arena

(2) New Hampshire vs. (7) Yale
March 6 New Hampshire 9 – 2 Yale Snively Arena

(3) Cornell vs. (6) Providence
March 6 Cornell 6 – 5 OT Providence Lynah Rink

(4) Dartmouth vs. (5) Clarkson
March 6 Dartmouth 2 – 1 OT Clarkson Thompson Arena

(1) Boston University vs. (4) Dartmouth
March 9 Boston University 3 – 5 Dartmouth Boston Garden

(2) New Hampshire vs. (3) Cornell
March 9 New Hampshire 5 – 2 Cornell Boston Garden

(1) Boston University vs. (3) Cornell
March 10 Boston University 4 – 7 Cornell Boston Garden

(2) New Hampshire vs. (4) Dartmouth
March 10 New Hampshire 3 – 2 Dartmouth Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

MOP
  • Greg Moffett (New Hampshire)

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References
  1. "New Hampshire Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. "Charlie Holt 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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