1964 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 1964 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 3rd tournament in league history. It was played between March 6 and March 14, 1964.[4] Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. By reaching the championship game Providence was invited to participate in the 1964 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. St. Lawrence, however, was passed over with Rensselaer chosen instead as the second eastern representative.

1964 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 6–14, 1964
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Arena
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsProvidence[1] (1st title)
Winning coachTom Eccleston[2] (1st title)
MVPBob Perani[3] (St. Lawrence)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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

1963–64 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Providence†*191630.842885626197011080
Army211740.8101184428208015469
Colgate211560.714994827198010959
Harvard211560.714956124177010870
Boston College241671.6881267428189114490
Dartmouth211470.6671067221147010672
Rensselaer181260.667915026188012169
Clarkson161051.656864825177113576
Northeastern221480.63611481241410011692
Vermont8422.6254531105325438
Bowdoin201280.60087662214808766
Brown221282.591977224139210478
Norwich17971.55973651910817974
St. Lawrence16871.531614125131029166
New Hampshire2513120.52089112251312089112
Cornell209101.475556523121016467
Williams17890.471711001899071100
Merrimack13670.4625456158705456
Massachusetts16682.4385560176925560
Boston University219120.42969632491307874
Hamilton175120.29445901861204590
Connecticut7250.2862454113804274
Colby205141.2756311019612168115
Princeton226160.2737911324816079113
American International154110.2676997187110104103
Middlebury204160.2005712523419060136
Yale204160.200489722418052102
Amherst162140.12548941951404894
MIT100100.00016741601601886
Championship: Providence
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket
  Quarterfinals
March 6		 Semifinals
March 13		 Championship
March 14
                           
  1 Providence 3*  
8 Colgate 2  
  1 Providence 6  
  4 Clarkson 5  
4 Clarkson 6
  5 Harvard 4  
    1 Providence 3
  7 St. Lawrence 1
  2 Army 2  
7 St. Lawrence 3  
  6 Rensselaer 1 Third place
  7 St. Lawrence 3  
3 Boston College 2 4 Clarkson 2
  6 Rensselaer 3   6 Rensselaer 7

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Providence vs. (8) Colgate

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

(3) Boston College vs. (6) Rensselaer

(4) Clarkson vs. (5) Harvard

(1) Providence vs. (4) Clarkson

(6) Rensselaer vs. (7) St. Lawrence

(4) Clarkson vs. (6) Rensselaer

(1) Providence vs. (7) St. Lawrence

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

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References
  1. "Providence Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. "Thomas Eccleston Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  3. "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  4. "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  5. "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  6. "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
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