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1997 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1997 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 36th tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 15, 1997.[4] Preliminary and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Olympic Arena (subsequently renamed Herb Brooks Arena) in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, Cornell received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1997 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 4–15, 1997
Teams10
Finals siteOlympic Arena
Lake Placid, New York
ChampionsCornell[1] (9th title)
Winning coachMike Schafer[2] (2nd title)
MVPJason Elliott[3] (Cornell)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Format

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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 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

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

1996–97 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Clarkson† 22 17 5 0 34 94 54 37 27 10 0 154 91
Cornell* 22 14 6 2 30 80 63 35 21 9 5 123 100
Vermont 22 13 6 3 29 67 60 36 22 11 3 125 105
Rensselaer 22 12 7 3 27 83 71 36 20 12 4 137 112
Union 22 11 8 3 25 63 54 34 18 13 3 106 79
Princeton 22 11 8 3 25 70 59 34 18 12 4 111 103
Colgate 22 10 9 3 23 79 79 33 16 14 3 126 124
Harvard 22 9 11 2 20 64 67 32 11 18 3 85 106
St. Lawrence 22 5 12 5 15 78 92 35 10 20 5 121 148
Yale 22 6 14 2 14 61 82 32 10 19 3 90 114
Dartmouth 22 5 15 2 12 75 100 29 10 17 2 105 121
Brown 22 4 16 2 10 81 114 29 7 19 3 108 148
Championship: Cornell
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

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Bracket

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Teams are reseeded after the first two rounds

Preliminary Round
March 4 		Quarterfinals
March 7–9 		Semifinals
March 14 		Championship
March 15
1 Clarkson 5 4 —
7 Colgate 0 10 Yale 2 1 —
10 Yale 1 1 Clarkson 5
6 Princeton 1
2 Cornell 2* 4 —
8 Harvard 2 1 —
1 Clarkson 1
2 Cornell 2
3 Vermont 2 7 2
8 Harvard 4 6 Princeton 3 1 3
9 St. Lawrence 2 2 Cornell 5 Third Place
4 Rensselaer 3
4 Rensselaer 3 3 — 4 Rensselaer 8
5 Union 1 1 — 6 Princeton 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Preliminary round

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(7) Colgate vs. (10) Yale

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March 4 Clarkson 0 – 1 Yale Starr Rink


(8) Harvard vs. (9) St. Lawrence

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March 4 Harvard 4 – 2 St. Lawrence Bright Hockey Center


Quarterfinals

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(1) Clarkson vs. (10) Yale

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March 7 Clarkson 5 – 2 Yale Cheel Arena
March 8 Clarkson 4 – 1 Yale Cheel Arena
Clarkson won series 2–0


(2) Cornell vs. (8) Harvard

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March 7 Cornell 2 – 2 OT Harvard Lynah Rink
March 8 Cornell 4 – 1 Harvard Lynah Rink
Cornell won series 1–0–1


(3) Vermont vs. (6) Princeton

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March 7 Vermont 2 – 3 Princeton Gutterson Fieldhouse
March 8 Vermont 7 – 1 Princeton Gutterson Fieldhouse
March 9 Vermont 2 – 3 Princeton Gutterson Fieldhouse
Princeton won series 2–1


(4) Rensselaer vs. (5) Union

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March 7 Rensselaer 3 – 1 Union Houston Field House
March 8 Rensselaer 3 – 1 Union Houston Field House
Rensselaer won series 2–0


Semifinals

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(1) Clarkson vs. (6) Princeton

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March 14 Clarkson 5 – 1 Princeton Olympic Arena


(2) Cornell vs. (4) Rensselaer

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March 14 Cornell 5 – 3 Rensselaer Olympic Arena


Third place

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(4) Rensselaer vs. (6) Princeton

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March 15 Rensselaer 8 – 4 Princeton Olympic Arena


Championship

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(1) Clarkson vs. (2) Cornell

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March 15 Clarkson 1 – 2 Cornell Olympic Arena


Tournament awards

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All-Tournament Team

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* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References

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  1. ^ "Cornell Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "Mike Schafer 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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