1971 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1971 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 10th tournament in league history. It was played in the Northeastern United States between March 9 and March 13, 1971.^[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 Harvard was invited to participate in the 1971 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Clarkson, however, was passed over with Boston University chosen instead as the second eastern representative.

1971 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 9–13, 1971
Teams	8
Finals site	Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	Harvard[1] (2nd title)
Winning coach	Cooney Weiland[2] (2nd title)
MVP	Dave Hynes[3] (Harvard)
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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

1970–71 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Boston University†	20	18	1	1	.925	139	42		31	28	2	1	210	60
Clarkson	19	16	2	1	.868	76	38		33	28	4	1	151	75
Cornell	20	17	3	0	.850	111	44		27	22	5	0	159	63
Harvard*	21	15	5	1	.738	124	55		27	18	8	1	146	74
Brown	19	13	6	0	.684	70	63		24	13	10	0	77	87
Providence	19	12	7	0	.632	94	70		28	17	11	0	141	106
Pennsylvania	19	11	8	0	.579	90	74		25	14	11	0	129	93
Rensselaer	14	7	5	2	.571	119	81		25	16	7	2	125	95
New Hampshire	20	11	9	0	.550	119	92		29	20	9	0	210	112
Boston College	21	9	12	0	.429	92	112		26	11	15	0	121	141
Army	11	3	7	1	.318	32	48		23	8	14	1	81	80
St. Lawrence	17	5	12	0	.294	57	73		24	10	14	0	105	97
Dartmouth	21	6	15	0	.286	76	106		24	9	15	0	96	114
Yale	20	5	15	0	.250	64	105		24	6	17	1	74	127
Colgate	17	4	13	0	.235	54	111		24	7	17	0	87	156
Northeastern	19	3	16	0	.158	35	122		29	7	22	0	77	175
Princeton	21	1	20	0	.048	54	140		23	1	22	0	56	155
Championship: Harvard † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

	Quarterfinals March 9					Semifinals March 12					Championship March 13
	1	Boston University	11
	8	Rensselaer	0
						1	Boston University	2
						4	Harvard	4
	2	Clarkson	5
	7	Pennsylvania	2
											2	Clarkson	4
											4	Harvard	7
	3	Cornell	6
	6	Providence	3
						2	Clarkson	4			Third Place
						3	Cornell	1
	4	Harvard	4								1	Boston University	6
	5	Brown	3								3	Cornell	5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston University vs. (8) Rensselaer

March 9

Boston University

11 – 0

Rensselaer

Boston Arena

(2) Clarkson vs. (7) Pennsylvania

March 9

Clarkson

5 – 2

Pennsylvania

Clarkson Arena

(3) Cornell vs. (6) Providence

March 9

Cornell

6 – 3

Providence

Lynah Rink

(4) Harvard vs. (5) Brown

March 9

Harvard

4 – 3

Brown

Donald C. Watson Rink

Semifinals

(1) Boston University vs. (4) Harvard

March 12

Boston University

2 – 4

Harvard

Boston Garden

(2) Clarkson vs. (3) Cornell

March 12

Clarkson

7 – 4

Cornell

Boston Garden

Third Place

(1) Boston University vs. (3) Cornell

March 13

Boston University

6 – 5

Cornell

Boston Garden

Championship

(2) Clarkson vs. (4) Harvard

March 13

Clarkson

4 – 7

Harvard

Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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First Team F Dave Hynes* (Harvard) F John Halme (Clarkson) F Joe Cavanagh (Harvard) D Jim Higgs (Cornell) D Steve Warr (Clarkson) G Bruce Bullock (Clarkson) * Most Outstanding Player(s)

Second Team F Steve Stirling (Boston University) F Jerry Kemp (Clarkson) F Larry Fullan (Cornell) D Bob Brown (Boston University) D Ric Jordan (Boston University) G Bruce Durno (Harvard)

References

1. "Harvard Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
2. "Ralph "Cooney" Weiland 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
• 1970–71 ECAC Hockey Standings
• 1970–71 NCAA Standings