1993 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
The 1993 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 32nd tournament in league history. It was played between March 9 and March 20, 1993.[4] Preliminary and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were, for the first time, played at the Olympic Arena (subsequently renamed Herb Brooks Arena) in Lake Placid, New York. The third place game was brought back after a three-year hiatus. By winning the tournament, Clarkson received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 1993 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 9–20, 1993 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Olympic Arena Lake Placid, New York |
| Champions | Clarkson[1] (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Mark Morris[2] (2nd title) |
| MVP | Chris Rogles[3] (Clarkson) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
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 preliminary 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 and higher ranked qualifier, the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed played a modified best-of-three series, where the first team to receive 3 points moves on. 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 1993 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
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Harvard† | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 95 | 61 | 31 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 137 | 85 | |
| Rensselaer | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 96 | 61 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 145 | 108 | |
| Clarkson* | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 103 | 64 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 157 | 95 | |
| Brown | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 102 | 78 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 134 | 123 | |
| Yale | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 97 | 86 | 31 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 132 | 122 | |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 89 | 77 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 133 | 114 | |
| Vermont | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 71 | 68 | 31 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 95 | 102 | |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 82 | 96 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 98 | 121 | |
| Colgate | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 81 | 101 | 34 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 135 | 146 | |
| Princeton | 22 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 70 | 98 | 29 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 90 | 124 | |
| Cornell | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 61 | 94 | 26 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 75 | 114 | |
| Union | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 107 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 53 | 120 | |
| Championship: Clarkson † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first two rounds
| Preliminary Round March 9 | Quarterfinals March 12–14 | Semifinals March 19 | Championship March 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Harvard | 6 | 8 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Vermont | 1 | 10 | Princeton | 2 | 0 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Princeton | 3 | 1 | Harvard | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Brown | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rensselaer | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Colgate | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Clarkson | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Brown | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Clarkson | 3 | 5 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Dartmouth | 3 | 6 | St. Lawrence | 1 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Colgate | 4** | 2 | Rensselaer | 3 | Third Place | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Clarkson | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Brown | 3* | 5 | — | 1 | Harvard | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Yale | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | Rensselaer | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Preliminary round
(7) Vermont vs. (10) Princeton
| March 9 | Vermont | 1 – 3 | Princeton | Gutterson Fieldhouse | ||||
(8) Dartmouth vs. (9) Colgate
| March 9 | Dartmouth | 3 – 4 | 2OT | Colgate | Thompson Arena | |||
Quarterfinals
(1) Harvard vs. (10) Princeton
| March 12 | Harvard | 6 – 2 | Princeton | Bright Hockey Center | ||||
| March 13 | Harvard | 8 – 0 | Princeton | Bright Hockey Center | ||||
| Harvard won series 2–0 | |
(2) Rensselaer vs. (9) Colgate
| March 12 | Rensselaer | 2 – 5 | Colgate | Houston Field House | ||||
| March 13 | Rensselaer | 5 – 4 | Colgate | Houston Field House | ||||
| March 14 | Rensselaer | 5 – 1 | Colgate | Houston Field House | ||||
| Rensselaer won series 2–1 | |
(3) Clarkson vs. (6) St. Lawrence
| March 12 | Clarkson | 3 – 1 | St. Lawrence | Cheel Arena | ||||
| March 13 | Clarkson | 5 – 3 | St. Lawrence | Cheel Arena | ||||
| Clarkson won series 2–0 | |
(4) Brown vs. (5) Yale
| March 12 | Brown | 3 – 3 | OT | Yale | Meehan Auditorium | |||
| March 13 | Brown | 5 – 3 | Yale | Meehan Auditorium | ||||
| Brown won series 1–0–1 | |
Semifinals
(1) Harvard vs. (4) Brown
| March 19 | Harvard | 1 – 3 | Brown | Olympic Arena | ||||
(2) Rensselaer vs. (3) Clarkson
| March 19 | Rensselaer | 3 – 5 | Clarkson | Olympic Arena | ||||
Third place
(1) Harvard vs. (2) Rensselaer
| March 20 | Harvard | 6 – 3 | Rensselaer | Olympic Arena | ||||
Championship
(3) Clarkson vs. (4) Brown
| March 20 | Clarkson | 3 – 1 | Brown | Olympic Arena | ||||
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- F Todd Marchant (Clarkson)
- F Matt Mallgrave (Harvard)
- F Chris Kaban (Brown)
- D Guy Sanderson (Clarkson)
- D Jamie O'Brien (Brown)
- G Chris Rogles* (Clarkson)