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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

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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

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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†* 19 16 3 0 .842 88 56 26 19 7 0 110 80
Army 21 17 4 0 .810 118 44 28 20 8 0 154 69
Colgate 21 15 6 0 .714 99 48 27 19 8 0 109 59
Harvard 21 15 6 0 .714 95 61 24 17 7 0 108 70
Boston College 24 16 7 1 .688 126 74 28 18 9 1 144 90
Dartmouth 21 14 7 0 .667 106 72 21 14 7 0 106 72
Rensselaer 18 12 6 0 .667 91 50 26 18 8 0 121 69
Clarkson 16 10 5 1 .656 86 48 25 17 7 1 135 76
Northeastern 22 14 8 0 .636 114 81 24 14 10 0 116 92
Vermont 8 4 2 2 .625 45 31 10 5 3 2 54 38
Bowdoin 20 12 8 0 .600 87 66 22 14 8 0 87 66
Brown 22 12 8 2 .591 97 72 24 13 9 2 104 78
Norwich 17 9 7 1 .559 73 65 19 10 8 1 79 74
St. Lawrence 16 8 7 1 .531 61 41 25 13 10 2 91 66
New Hampshire 25 13 12 0 .520 89 112 25 13 12 0 89 112
Cornell 20 9 10 1 .475 55 65 23 12 10 1 64 67
Williams 17 8 9 0 .471 71 100 18 9 9 0 71 100
Merrimack 13 6 7 0 .462 54 56 15 8 7 0 54 56
Massachusetts 16 6 8 2 .438 55 60 17 6 9 2 55 60
Boston University 21 9 12 0 .429 69 63 24 9 13 0 78 74
Hamilton 17 5 12 0 .294 45 90 18 6 12 0 45 90
Connecticut 7 2 5 0 .286 24 54 11 3 8 0 42 74
Colby 20 5 14 1 .275 63 110 19 6 12 1 68 115
Princeton 22 6 16 0 .273 79 113 24 8 16 0 79 113
American International 15 4 11 0 .267 69 97 18 7 11 0 104 103
Middlebury 20 4 16 0 .200 57 125 23 4 19 0 60 136
Yale 20 4 16 0 .200 48 97 22 4 18 0 52 102
Amherst 16 2 14 0 .125 48 94 19 5 14 0 48 94
MIT 10 0 10 0 .000 16 74 16 0 16 0 18 86
Championship: Providence
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

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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)

Quarterfinals

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(1) Providence vs. (8) Colgate

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March 6 Providence 3 – 2 OT Colgate Rhode Island Auditorium


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

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March 6 Army 2 – 3 St. Lawrence Smith Rink


(3) Boston College vs. (6) Rensselaer

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March 6 Boston College 2 – 3 Rensselaer McHugh Forum


(4) Clarkson vs. (5) Harvard

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March 6 Clarkson 6 – 4 Harvard Clarkson Arena


Semifinals

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(1) Providence vs. (4) Clarkson

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March 13 Providence 6 – 5 Clarkson Boston Arena


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

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March 13 Rensselaer 1 – 3 St. Lawrence Boston Arena


Third Place

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(4) Clarkson vs. (6) Rensselaer

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March 14 Clarkson 2 – 7 Rensselaer Boston Arena


Championship

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

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March 14 Providence 3 – 1 St. Lawrence Boston Arena


Tournament awards

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All-Tournament Team

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References

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  1. ^ "Providence Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "Thomas Eccleston 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.
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