| 1991 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | February 26–March 10, 1991 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Clarkson (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Mark Morris (1st title) |
| MVP | Hugo Belanger (Clarkson) |
| ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1990 1992 → | |
The 1991 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 30th tournament in league history. It was played between February 26 and March 10, 1991. 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, Clarkson received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
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 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 minigame would be played where a sudden-death overtime was allowed if the scheduled time did not produce a victor. 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 1991 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
| 1990–91 ECAC Hockey standings | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Clarkson†* | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 113 | 77 | 40 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 213 | 143 | |
| Cornell | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 93 | 69 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 143 | 111 | |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 101 | 79 | 35 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 146 | 121 | |
| Harvard | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 130 | 74 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 145 | 102 | |
| Rensselaer | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 118 | 93 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 171 | 140 | |
| Vermont | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 89 | 83 | 33 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 129 | 130 | |
| Colgate | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 93 | 81 | 32 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 138 | 125 | |
| Brown | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 78 | 99 | 27 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 94 | 127 | |
| Yale | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 80 | 89 | 29 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 98 | 123 | |
| Princeton | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 84 | 104 | 27 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 97 | 129 | |
| Army | 22 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 56 | 106 | 29 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 104 | 121 | |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 131 | 28 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 68 | 170 | |
| Championship: Clarkson † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first two rounds
| First Round February 26 | Quarterfinals March 1–2 | Semifinals March 9 | Championship March 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Clarkson | 4 | 6 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Colgate | 5 | 9 | Yale | 0 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Princeton | 2 | 1 | Clarkson | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Harvard | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Cornell | 10 | 8 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Colgate | 3 | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Clarkson | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Lawrence | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Lawrence | 8 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Brown | 1 | 6 | Vermont | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Yale | 2 | 2 | Cornell | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Lawrence | 4* | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Harvard | 7 | 3 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Rensselaer | 3 | 3 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Preliminary round
(7) Colgate vs. (10) Princeton
| February 26 | Colgate | 5 – 2 | Princeton | Starr Rink | ||||
(8) Brown vs. (9) Yale
| February 26 | Brown | 1 – 2 | Yale | Meehan Auditorium | ||||
Quarterfinals
(1) Clarkson vs. (9) Yale
| March 1 | Clarkson | 4 – 0 | Yale | Walker Arena | ||||
| March 2 | Clarkson | 6 – 3 | Yale | Walker Arena | ||||
| Clarkson won series 2–0 | |
(2) Cornell vs. (7) Colgate
| March 1 | Cornell | 10 – 3 | Colgate | Lynah Rink | ||||
| March 2 | Cornell | 8 – 1 | Colgate | Lynah Rink | ||||
| Cornell won series 2–0 | |
(3) St. Lawrence vs. (6) Vermont
| March 1 | St. Lawrence | 8 – 2 | Vermont | Appleton Arena | ||||
| March 2 | St. Lawrence | 1 – 3 | Vermont | Appleton Arena | ||||
| March 2 | St. Lawrence | 1 – 0 (mini) | Vermont | Appleton Arena | ||||
| St. Lawrence won series 2–1 | |
(4) Harvard vs. (5) Rensselaer
| March 1 | Harvard | 7 – 3 | Rensselaer | Bright Hockey Center | ||||
| March 2 | Harvard | 3 – 3 | Rensselaer | Bright Hockey Center | ||||
| Harvard won series 1–0–1 | |
Semifinals
(1) Clarkson vs. (4) Harvard
| March 9 | Clarkson | 3 - 1 | Harvard | Boston Garden | ||||
(2) Cornell vs. (3) St. Lawrence
| March 9 | Cornell | 3 – 4 | OT | St. Lawrence | Boston Garden | |||
Championship
(1) Clarkson vs. (3) St. Lawrence
| March 10 | Clarkson | 5 – 4 | St. Lawrence | Boston Garden | ||||
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- F Scott Thomas (Clarkson)
- F Andy Pritchard (St. Lawrence)
- F Hugo Belanger* (Clarkson)
- D Dave Tretowicz (Clarkson)
- D Daniel Laperrière (St. Lawrence)
- G Chris Rogles (Clarkson)
References
- "Clarkson Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- "Mark Morris Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- "College Hockey Notebook; Road to Final a 3-Way Route". The New York Times. March 8, 1988. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
- "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
- 1990–91 ECAC Hockey Standings
- 1990–91 NCAA Standings
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