1975 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

1975 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 4–8, 1975
Teams	8
Finals site	Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	Boston University[1] (3rd title)
Winning coach	Jack Parker[2] (2nd title)
MVP	Rick Meagher[3] (Boston University)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1974 1976 →

The 1975 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 14th tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 8, 1975.^[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 University and Harvard received invitations to participate in the 1975 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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

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	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Harvard†	20	19	1	0	.950	105	23		29	23	6	0	184	94
Boston University*	22	20	2	0	.909	137	69		32	26	5	1	221	126
Vermont	17	12	5	0	.706	83	63		36	24	12	0	201	131
Cornell	22	15	6	1	.705	132	90		28	17	9	2	157	117
New Hampshire	25	17	7	1	.700	145	87		31	21	9	1	189	116
Providence	19	12	6	1	.658	129	75		27	19	7	1	197	112
Brown	22	13	8	1	.614	97	88		25	15	9	1	120	103
Clarkson	19	9	9	1	.500	97	99		29	13	15	1	142	154
Northeastern	22	10	11	1	.477	100	129		28	15	11	2	136	147
Rensselaer	19	8	10	1	.447	88	107		28	14	13	1	133	155
Pennsylvania	23	9	13	1	.413	94	112		24	10	13	1	98	115
Boston College	20	6	12	2	.350	83	103		28	11	15	2	138	142
St. Lawrence	22	7	14	1	.341	88	114		28	10	17	1	115	138
Princeton	20	5	13	2	.300	70	114		23	6	15	2	79	132
Colgate	22	5	17	0	.227	101	154		27	10	17	0	133	170
Dartmouth	22	4	17	1	.205	93	147		24	5	18	1	106	153
Yale	20	0	19	1	.025	61	136		23	1	21	1	76	152
Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

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

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Harvard vs. (8) Clarkson

March 4

Harvard

10 – 5

Clarkson

Donald C. Watson Rink

(2) Boston University vs. (7) Brown

March 4

Boston University

5 – 4

OT

Brown

Walter Brown Arena

(3) Vermont vs. (6) Providence

March 4

Vermont

7 – 5

Providence

Gutterson Fieldhouse

(4) Cornell vs. (5) New Hampshire

March 4

Cornell

4 – 2

New Hampshire

Lynah Rink

Semifinals

(1) Harvard vs. (4) Cornell

March 7

Harvard

6 – 4

Cornell

Boston Garden

(2) Boston University vs. (3) Vermont

March 7

Boston University

7 – 3

Vermont

Boston Garden

Third Place

(3) Vermont vs. (4) Cornell

March 8

Vermont

7 – 3

Cornell

Boston Garden

Championship

(1) Harvard vs. (2) Boston University

March 8

Harvard

3 – 7

Boston University

Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

^[6]

MOP

• Rick Meagher (Boston University)

References

External links

• ECAC Hockey Archived 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
• 1974–75 ECAC Hockey Standings
• 1974–75 NCAA Standings