1998 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1998 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 37th tournament in league history. It was played between March 13 and March 21, 1998.[4] Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final five games were played at the Olympic Arena (subsequently renamed Herb Brooks Arena) in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, Princeton received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1998 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 13–21, 1998
Teams10
Finals siteOlympic Arena
Lake Placid, New York
ChampionsPrinceton[1] (1st title)
Winning coachDon Cahoon[2] (1st title)
MVPJeff Halpern[3] (Princeton)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two teams that finish below tenth place in the standings are not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and tenth seeds, the second and ninth seeds, the third seed and eighth seeds, the fourth seed and seventh seeds and the fifth seed and sixth seeds played a modified best-of-three series, where the first team to receive 3 points moves on, with the three highest-seeded winners advancing to the semifinals and the remaining two winners playing in the Four vs. Five matchup. After the opening round every series becomes a single-elimination game. In the semifinals, the highest seed plays the winner of the four vs. five game 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 1998 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

1997–98 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Yale†22174135824435239312180
Clarkson22164234864835239312887
Rensselaer2211742687753518134126110
Brown2211922473643113162100104
Harvard22101112172783314172112124
Colgate2291032169753516154116126
Princeton*227962071753618117125112
Cornell229121195568331516284101
Vermont227114186277341020489119
St. Lawrence22812218566933920490123
Dartmouth22712317727729111359688
Union22415311427632622474117
Championship: Princeton
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the First Round

First Round
March 13–15		Four vs. Five
March 19		Semifinals
March 20		Championship
March 21
1Yale3*3*4
10St. Lawrence331
1Yale1
2Clarkson2*5—7Princeton67Princeton2
9Vermont13—8Cornell2
3Rensselaer4342Clarkson4
8Cornell5057Princeton5**
4Brown263
7Princeton3052Clarkson6
5Harvard2
5Harvard54—
6Colgate42—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Yale vs. (10) St. Lawrence
March 13 Yale 3 – 3 OT St. Lawrence Ingalls Rink
March 14 Yale 3 – 3 OT St. Lawrence Ingalls Rink
March 15 Yale 4 – 1 St. Lawrence Ingalls Rink
Yale won series 1–0–2

(2) Clarkson vs. (9) Vermont
March 13 Clarkson 2 – 1 OT Vermont Cheel Arena
March 14 Clarkson 5 – 3 Vermont Cheel Arena
Clarkson won series 2–0

(3) Rensselaer vs. (8) Cornell
March 13 Rensselaer 4 – 5 Cornell Houston Field House
March 14 Rensselaer 3 – 0 Cornell Houston Field House
March 15 Rensselaer 4 – 5 Cornell Houston Field House
Cornell won series 2–1

(4) Brown vs. (7) Princeton
March 13 Brown 2 – 3 Princeton Meehan Auditorium
March 14 Brown 6 – 0 Princeton Meehan Auditorium
March 15 Brown 3 – 5 Princeton Meehan Auditorium
Princeton won series 2–1

(5) Harvard vs. (6) Colgate
March 13 Harvard 5 – 4 Colgate Bright Hockey Center
March 14 Harvard 4 – 2 Colgate Bright Hockey Center
Harvard won series 2–0

(7) Princeton vs. (8) Cornell
March 19 Princeton 6 – 2 Cornell Olympic Arena

(1) Yale vs. (7) Princeton
March 20 Yale 1 – 2 Princeton Olympic Arena

(2) Clarkson vs. (5) Harvard
March 20 Clarkson 6 – 2 Harvard Olympic Arena

(1) Yale vs. (5) Harvard
March 21 Yale 1 – 4 Harvard Olympic Arena

(2) Clarkson vs. (7) Princeton
March 21 Clarkson 4 – 5 2OT Princeton Olympic Arena

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References
  1. "Princeton Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. "Don Cahoon 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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