1990 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1990 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 29th tournament in league history. It was played between February 27 and March 11, 1990.^[4] Preliminary and 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, Colgate received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1990 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	February 27–March 11, 1990
Teams	10
Finals site	Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	Colgate[1] (1st title)
Winning coach	Terry Slater[2] (1st title)
MVP	Craig Woodcroft[3] (Colgate)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1989 1991 →

The Quarterfinal game between Colgate and Yale scheduled for March 3 was postponed until the following day due to a Zamboni malfunction.^[5]

Format

The 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 first 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 seed and higher ranked qualifier, the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed played a two-game series to determine the winner. In the two games no overtime was permitted and if the two teams remained tied after the two games then a 10-minute mini-game would be played where a sudden-death overtime was allowed if the scheduled time did not produce a victor.^[6] 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 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

1989–90 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Colgate†*	22	18	3	1	37	101	62		38	31	6	1	179	119
Rensselaer	22	14	8	0	28	131	107		34	20	14	0	176	151
Cornell	22	12	7	3	27	86	69		29	16	10	3	109	92
Clarkson	22	12	7	3	27	91	77		35	21	11	3	156	116
St. Lawrence	22	12	8	2	26	87	74		32	13	15	4	113	123
Harvard	22	12	9	1	25	110	77		28	13	14	1	125	108
Princeton	22	11	10	1	23	95	91		27	12	14	1	111	116
Brown	22	8	11	3	19	78	94		29	10	16	3	105	127
Vermont	22	7	13	2	16	71	96		31	9	20	2	98	134
Yale	22	6	15	1	13	75	105		29	8	20	1	102	146
Dartmouth	22	4	14	4	12	58	98		26	4	18	4	69	124
Army	22	4	15	3	11	59	92		30	10	16	4	93	113
Championship: Colgate † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first two rounds

	First Round February 27					Quarterfinals March 2–4							Semifinals March 10					Championship March 11
						1	Colgate	10	5	—
	7	Princeton	1			10	Yale	3	4	—
	10	Yale	5										1	Colgate	5
													4	Clarkson	3
						2	Rensselaer	5	6	—
						8	Brown	3	4	—
																		1	Colgate	5
																		2	Rensselaer	4
						3	Cornell	6	4	—
	8	Brown	7			6	Harvard	2	2	—
	9	Vermont	5										2	Rensselaer	3
													3	Cornell	2
						4	Clarkson	4	5	—
						5	St. Lawrence	1	2	—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Preliminary round

(7) Princeton vs. (10) Yale

February 27

Princeton

1 – 5

Yale

Hobey Baker Memorial Rink

(8) Brown vs. (9) Vermont

February 27

Brown

7 – 5

Vermont

Meehan Auditorium

Quarterfinals

(1) Colgate vs. (10) Yale

March 2

Colgate

10 – 3

Yale

Starr Rink

March 4 (ppd)

Colgate

5 – 4

Yale

Starr Rink

Colgate won series 2–0

(2) Rensselaer vs. (8) Brown

March 2

Rensselaer

5 – 3

Brown

Houston Field House

March 3

Rensselaer

6 – 4

Brown

Houston Field House

Rensselaer won series 2–0

(3) Cornell vs. (6) Harvard

March 2

Cornell

6 – 2

Harvard

Lynah Rink

March 3

Cornell

4 – 2

Harvard

Lynah Rink

Cornell won series 2–0

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

March 2

Clarkson

4 – 1

St. Lawrence

Walker Arena

March 3

Clarkson

5 – 2

St. Lawrence

Walker Arena

Clarkson won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Colgate vs. (4) Clarkson

March 10

Colgate

5 – 3

Clarkson

Boston Garden

(2) Rensselaer vs. (3) Cornell

March 10

Rensselaer

3 – 2

Cornell

Boston Garden

Championship

(1) Colgate vs. (2) Rensselaer

March 11

Colgate

5 – 4

Rensselaer

Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• F Joel Gardner (Colgate)
• F Craig Woodcroft* (Colgate)
• F Tony Hejna (Rensselaer)
• D Dave Tretowicz (Clarkson)
• D Dan Ratushny (Cornell)
• D Stephane Robitaille (Rensselaer)
• G Dave Gagnon (Colgate)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References

1. "Colgate Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
2. "Terry Slater 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. "Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume CXIV, Number 92, 7 March 1990 — Page 12". Columbia Spectator. March 7, 1990. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
6. "College Hockey Notebook; Road to Final a 3-Way Route". The New York Times. March 8, 1988. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
7. "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
8. "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
• 1989–90 ECAC Hockey Standings
• 1989–90 NCAA Standings