1982 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1982 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 21st tournament in league history. It was played between March 9 and March 13, 1982.^[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 winning the tournament, Northeastern received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1982 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 9–13, 1982
Teams	8
Finals site	Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	Northeastern[1] (1st title)
Winning coach	Fern Flaman[2] (1st title)
MVP	Mark Davidner[3] (Northeastern)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1981 1983 →

This was the last ECAC Hockey tournament won by an East Region team. All teams from that division would later break from the conference to form Hockey East.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The three teams that were division champions automatically qualified for the tournament while the remaining five seeds were given to the teams with the highest winning percentage. The top four seeds were given out to the three division champions and the top qualifier and assorted based upon winning percentage. The remaining four seeds were assigned to the other qualifiers and assorted based upon winning percentage. 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. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

1981–82 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
East Region
Northeastern*	21	14	6	1	.690	125	89		36	25	9	2	212	140
New Hampshire	22	15	7	0	.682	116	91		36	22	14	0	176	159
Boston College	21	13	8	0	.619	85	79		30	19	11	0	131	105
Providence	21	13	8	0	.619	119	80		33	20	12	1	162	114
Boston University	22	9	10	3	.477	102	91		28	14	11	3	133	102
Maine	21	3	18	0	.143	67	155		29	8	21	0	113	189
West Region
Clarkson†	20	15	4	1	.775	106	63		35	26	8	1	185	108
St. Lawrence	21	12	8	1	.595	88	74		31	19	11	1	152	116
Colgate	20	11	8	1	.575	96	77		30	19	10	1	177	109
Vermont	22	8	12	2	.409	95	115		29	11	16	2	133	153
Rensselaer	20	6	12	2	.350	76	96		29	9	18	2	110	135
Ivy Region
Harvard	21	11	8	2	.571	106	85		30	13	15	2	126	109
Yale	21	11	9	1	.548	77	76		26	15	10	1	113	93
Cornell	22	10	11	1	.477	92	80		26	12	13	1	107	91
Princeton	21	7	12	2	.381	81	103		26	9	14	3	105	124
Dartmouth	21	6	14	1	.310	85	119		26	10	15	1	113	140
Brown	21	6	15	0	.286	75	121		26	8	18	0	100	155
Independent
Army^	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		36	25	11	0	260	171
Championship: Northeastern † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Army had been accepted into ECAC Hockey but had not begun a conference schedule

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

	Quarterfinals March 9					Semifinals March 12					Championship March 13
	1	Clarkson	7
	8	Colgate	4
						1	Clarkson	1
						4	Harvard	7
	2	Northeastern	5
	7	St. Lawrence	3
											2	Northeastern	5
											4	Harvard	2
	3	New Hampshire	4
	6	Providence	2
						2	Northeastern	4			Third Place
						3	New Hampshire	2
	4	Harvard	2								1	Clarkson	5
	5	Boston College	0								3	New Hampshire	6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (8) Colgate

March 9

Clarkson

7 – 4

Colgate

Walker Arena

(2) Northeastern vs. (7) St. Lawrence

March 9

Northeastern

5 – 3

St. Lawrence

Matthews Arena

(3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Providence

March 9

New Hampshire

4 – 2

Providence

Snively Arena

(4) Harvard vs. (5) Boston College

March 9

Harvard

2 – 0

Boston College

Bright Hockey Center

Semifinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (4) Harvard

March 12

Clarkson

1 – 7

Harvard

Boston Garden

(2) Northeastern vs. (3) New Hampshire

March 12

Northeastern

4 – 2

New Hampshire

Boston Garden

Third Place

(1) Clarkson vs. (3) New Hampshire

March 13

Clarkson

5 – 6

New Hampshire

Boston Garden

Championship

(2) Northeastern vs. (4) Harvard

March 13

Northeastern

5 – 2

Harvard

Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

MOP

• Mark Davidner (Northeastern)

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References

1. "Northeastern Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
2. "Fern Flaman 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
• 1981–82 ECAC Hockey Standings
• 1981–82 NCAA Standings