1995 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
The 1995 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 34th tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 18, 1995.[4] Preliminary and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Olympic Arena (subsequently renamed Herb Brooks Arena) in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, Rensselaer received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 1995 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 7–18, 1995 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Olympic Arena Lake Placid, New York |
| Champions | Rensselaer[1] (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Dan Fridgen[2] (1st title) |
| MVP | Mike Tamburro[3] (Rensselaer) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format
The tournament featured four rounds of play. The two teams that finish below tenth place in the standings are not eligible for tournament play. In the preliminary round, the seventh and tenth seeds and the eighth and ninth seeds each play a single game to determine the final qualifying teams for the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the first seed and lower ranked qualifier, the second and higher ranked qualifier, the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed played a modified best-of-three series, where the first team to receive 3 points moves on. After the opening round every series becomes a single-elimination game. 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. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Conference standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Clarkson† | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 116 | 70 | 37 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 195 | 125 | |
| Brown | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 78 | 76 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 108 | 109 | |
| Harvard | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 79 | 68 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 107 | 99 | |
| Colgate | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 98 | 78 | 37 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 158 | 144 | |
| Vermont | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 85 | 61 | 35 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 134 | 106 | |
| Rensselaer* | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 75 | 78 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 127 | 123 | |
| Princeton | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 81 | 83 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 123 | 117 | |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 83 | 110 | 33 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 116 | 150 | |
| Cornell | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 72 | 76 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 105 | 115 | |
| Union | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 70 | 87 | 29 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 100 | 116 | |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 80 | 111 | 27 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 95 | 136 | |
| Yale | 22 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 65 | 84 | 28 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 91 | 115 | |
| Championship: Rensselaer † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first two rounds
| Preliminary Round March 7 | Quarterfinals March 10–12 | Semifinals March 17 | Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Clarkson | 6 | 7 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Princeton | 5 | 9 | Cornell | 2 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Union | 2 | 1 | Clarkson | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Princeton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Brown | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Princeton | 4 | 2 | 3** | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Rensselaer | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Princeton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Harvard | 2 | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | St. Lawrence | 2 | 6 | Rensselaer | 2 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Cornell | 6 | 4 | Colgate | 1 | Third Place | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Rensselaer | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Colgate | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Clarkson | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Vermont | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Colgate | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
(1) Clarkson vs. (9) Cornell
| March 10 | Clarkson | 6 – 2 | Cornell | Cheel Arena | ||||
| March 11 | Clarkson | 7 – 2 | Cornell | Cheel Arena | ||||
| Clarkson won series 2–0 | |
(2) Brown vs. (7) Princeton
| March 10 | Brown | 3 – 4 | Princeton | Meehan Auditorium | ||||
| March 11 | Brown | 3 – 2 | Princeton | Meehan Auditorium | ||||
| March 12 | Brown | 2 – 3 | 2OT | Princeton | Meehan Auditorium | |||
| Princeton won series 2–1 | |
(3) Harvard vs. (6) Rensselaer
| March 10 | Harvard | 2 – 2 | OT | Rensselaer | Bright Hockey Center | |||
| March 11 | Harvard | 1 – 3 | Rensselaer | Bright Hockey Center | ||||
| Rensselaer won series 1–0–1 | |
(4) Colgate vs. (5) Vermont
| March 10 | Colgate | 2 – 5 | Vermont | Starr Rink | ||||
| March 11 | Colgate | 2 – 0 | Vermont | Starr Rink | ||||
| March 12 | Colgate | 3 – 1 | Vermont | Starr Rink | ||||
| Colgate won series 2–1 | |
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- F Jonathan Kelly (Princeton)
- F Tim Regan (Rensselaer)
- F Chris Lipsett (Clarkson)
- D Brian Mueller (Clarkson)
- D Adam Bartell (Rensselaer)
- G Mike Tamburro* (Rensselaer)
References
- "Rensselaer Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- "Dan Fridgen Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
External links
- ECAC Hockey Archived 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- 1994–95 ECAC Hockey Standings
- 1994–95 NCAA Standings