1967 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1967 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 6th tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 11, 1967.^[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, Cornell and Boston University received invitations to participate in the 1967 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1967 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 7–11, 1967
Teams	8
Finals site	Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	Cornell[1] (1st title)
Winning coach	Ned Harkness[2] (1st title)
MVP	Doug Ferguson[3] (Cornell)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1966 1968 →

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The top eight teams, based on conference rankings, 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 winner of the first and eighth matchup played the winner of the fourth and fifth matchup while the other two remaining teams played 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

1966–67 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Boston University†	20	19	0	1	.975	147	48		31	25	5	1	176	66
Cornell*	20	18	1	1	.925	106	32		29	27	1	1	132	46
Boston College	20	14	6	0	.700	121	60		28	20	8	0	171	91
St. Lawrence	15	9	5	1	.633	66	64		26	17	8	1	122	84
Yale	22	13	9	0	.591	117	112		24	13	11	0	119	112
Clarkson	15	8	6	1	.567	78	65		23	14	8	1	127	84
New Hampshire^	9	5	4	0	.556	32	34		25	18	7	0	115	71
Brown	16	8	8	0	.500	88	64		24	13	11	0	135	98
Harvard	21	10	11	0	.476	97	86		23	11	12	0	106	88
Army	11	5	6	0	.455	41	47		27	15	12	0	151	104
Northeastern	20	9	11	0	.450	62	79		26	12	14	0	86	95
Colgate	16	5	11	0	.313	41	87		26	11	15	0	88	130
Princeton	20	6	14	0	.300	85	106		22	7	15	0	92	106
Providence	15	2	13	0	.133	37	111		20	3	17	0	46	136
Dartmouth	15	1	14	0	.067	37	115		20	4	16	0	56	130
Rensselaer	15	1	14	0	.067	58	118		24	8	15	1	106	158
Championship: Cornell † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ New Hampshire had been readmitted to the ECAC but played only a partial schedule and still qualified for the ECAC II playoffs

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Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 7					Semifinals March 10					Championship March 11
	1	Boston University	6
	8	Harvard	2
						1	Boston University	6
						4	St. Lawrence	2
	4	St. Lawrence	4
	5	Yale	2
											1	Boston University	3
											2	Cornell	4
	2	Cornell	11
	7	Brown	2
						2	Cornell	12			Third place
						3	Boston College	2
	3	Boston College	9								3	Boston College	6
	6	Clarkson	2								4	St. Lawrence	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston University vs. (8) Harvard

March 7

Boston University

6 – 2

Harvard

Boston Arena

(2) Cornell vs. (7) Brown

March 7

Cornell

11 – 2

Brown

Lynah Rink

(3) Boston College vs. (6) Clarkson

March 7

Boston College

9 – 2

Clarkson

McHugh Forum

(4) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Yale

March 7

St. Lawrence

4 – 2

Yale

Appleton Arena

Semifinals

(1) Boston University vs. (4) St. Lawrence

March 10

Boston University

6 – 2

St. Lawrence

Boston Garden

(2) Cornell vs. (3) Boston College

March 10

Cornell

12 – 2

Boston College

Boston Garden

Third Place

(3) Boston College vs. (4) St. Lawrence

March 11

Boston College

6 – 4

St. Lawrence

Boston Garden

Championship

(1) Boston University vs. (6) Cornell

March 11

Boston University

3 – 4

Cornell

Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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First Team F Mike Doran (Cornell) F Jim Quinn (Boston University) F Doug Ferguson* (Cornell) D Harry Orr (Cornell) D Brian Gilmour (Boston University) G Ken Dryden (Cornell) * Most Outstanding Player(s)

Second Team F Jerry York (Boston College) F Herb Wakabayashi (Boston University) F Dave Ferguson (Cornell) D Peter McLachlan (Boston University) D Skip Stanowski (Cornell) G Wayne Ryan (Boston University)

References

1. "Cornell Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
2. "Ned Harkness 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.

External links

• ECAC Hockey Archived 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
• 1966–67 ECAC Hockey Standings
• 1966–67 NCAA Standings