The 1997 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 36th tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 15, 1997.[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, Cornell received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 1997 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 4–15, 1997 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Olympic Arena Lake Placid, New York |
| Champions | Cornell[1] (9th title) |
| Winning coach | Mike Schafer[2] (2nd title) |
| MVP | Jason Elliott[3] (Cornell) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format
editThe 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 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Conference standings
editNote: 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 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 94 | 54 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 154 | 91 | |
| Cornell* | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 80 | 63 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 123 | 100 | |
| Vermont | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 67 | 60 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 125 | 105 | |
| Rensselaer | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 83 | 71 | 36 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 137 | 112 | |
| Union | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 63 | 54 | 34 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 106 | 79 | |
| Princeton | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 70 | 59 | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 111 | 103 | |
| Colgate | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 79 | 79 | 33 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 126 | 124 | |
| Harvard | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 64 | 67 | 32 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 85 | 106 | |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 78 | 92 | 35 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 121 | 148 | |
| Yale | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 61 | 82 | 32 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 90 | 114 | |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 75 | 100 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 105 | 121 | |
| Brown | 22 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 81 | 114 | 29 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 108 | 148 | |
| Championship: Cornell † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
editTeams are reseeded after the first two rounds
| Preliminary Round March 4 | Quarterfinals March 7–9 | Semifinals March 14 | Championship March 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Clarkson | 5 | 4 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Colgate | 0 | 10 | Yale | 2 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Yale | 1 | 1 | Clarkson | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Princeton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Cornell | 2* | 4 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Harvard | 2 | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Clarkson | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Cornell | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Vermont | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Harvard | 4 | 6 | Princeton | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | St. Lawrence | 2 | 2 | Cornell | 5 | Third Place | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Rensselaer | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Rensselaer | 3 | 3 | — | 4 | Rensselaer | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Union | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | Princeton | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Preliminary round
edit(7) Colgate vs. (10) Yale
edit| March 4 | Clarkson | 0 – 1 | Yale | Starr Rink | ||||
(8) Harvard vs. (9) St. Lawrence
edit| March 4 | Harvard | 4 – 2 | St. Lawrence | Bright Hockey Center | ||||
Quarterfinals
edit(1) Clarkson vs. (10) Yale
edit| March 7 | Clarkson | 5 – 2 | Yale | Cheel Arena | ||||
| March 8 | Clarkson | 4 – 1 | Yale | Cheel Arena | ||||
| Clarkson won series 2–0 | |
(2) Cornell vs. (8) Harvard
edit| March 7 | Cornell | 2 – 2 | OT | Harvard | Lynah Rink | |||
| March 8 | Cornell | 4 – 1 | Harvard | Lynah Rink | ||||
| Cornell won series 1–0–1 | |
(3) Vermont vs. (6) Princeton
edit| March 7 | Vermont | 2 – 3 | Princeton | Gutterson Fieldhouse | ||||
| March 8 | Vermont | 7 – 1 | Princeton | Gutterson Fieldhouse | ||||
| March 9 | Vermont | 2 – 3 | Princeton | Gutterson Fieldhouse | ||||
| Princeton won series 2–1 | |
(4) Rensselaer vs. (5) Union
edit| March 7 | Rensselaer | 3 – 1 | Union | Houston Field House | ||||
| March 8 | Rensselaer | 3 – 1 | Union | Houston Field House | ||||
| Rensselaer won series 2–0 | |
Semifinals
edit(1) Clarkson vs. (6) Princeton
edit| March 14 | Clarkson | 5 – 1 | Princeton | Olympic Arena | ||||
(2) Cornell vs. (4) Rensselaer
edit| March 14 | Cornell | 5 – 3 | Rensselaer | Olympic Arena | ||||
Third place
edit(4) Rensselaer vs. (6) Princeton
edit| March 15 | Rensselaer | 8 – 4 | Princeton | Olympic Arena | ||||
Championship
edit(1) Clarkson vs. (2) Cornell
edit| March 15 | Clarkson | 1 – 2 | Cornell | Olympic Arena | ||||
Tournament awards
edit- F Todd White (Clarkson)
- F Jean-Francois Houle (Clarkson)
- F Matt Garver (Rensselaer)
- D Steve Wilson (Cornell)
- D Jason Dailey (Cornell)
- G Jason Elliott* (Cornell)
References
edit- ↑ "Cornell Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- ↑ "Mike Schafer 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
edit- ECAC Hockey Archived 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- 1996–97 ECAC Hockey Standings
- 1996–97 NCAA Standings