1970 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

1970 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 10–14, 1970
Teams	8
Finals site	Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	Cornell (4th title)
Winning coach	Ned Harkness (4th title)
MVP	Bruce Bullock (Clarkson)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 9th tournament in league history. It was played between March 10 and March 14, 1970. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. By reaching the championship game both, Cornell and Clarkson received invitations to participate in the 1970 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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 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.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

1969–70 ECAC Hockey standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Cornell†*	21	21	0	0	1.000	142	39		29	29	0	0	179	56
Clarkson	17	14	3	0	.824	87	51		32	24	8	0	171	107
Boston University	22	17	5	0	.773	120	67		27	20	7	0	149	82
Harvard	20	14	6	0	.700	116	62		25	16	9	0	145	92
Brown	21	14	6	1	.690	104	70		24	15	8	1	117	81
Boston College	21	14	7	0	.667	116	86		26	16	10	0	143	116
New Hampshire	17	9	6	2	.588	98	73		31	19	10	2	172	120
Colgate	17	7	7	3	.500	65	69		24	14	7	3	117	86
St. Lawrence	17	8	9	0	.471	75	83		26	11	15	0	112	124
Providence	19	7	10	2	.421	65	85		25	11	12	2	89	107
Army	13	5	8	0	.385	32	50		25	13	12	0	72	79
Yale	22	6	16	0	.273	65	107		24	6	18	0	68	113
Dartmouth	19	5	14	0	.263	80	121		24	9	15	0	101	142
Princeton	21	5	15	1	.262	65	132		23	5	17	1	68	139
Rensselaer	17	3	13	1	.206	54	103		24	8	15	1	85	128
Pennsylvania	15	3	12	0	.200	46	80		24	8	16	0	88	114
Northeastern	17	1	16	0	.059	51	105		23	3	20	0	80	138
Championship: Cornell † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

	Quarterfinals March 10					Semifinals March 13					Championship March 14
	1	Cornell	6
	8	St. Lawrence	1
						1	Cornell	6
						5	Harvard	5
	2	Clarkson	6*
	7	Brown	5
											1	Cornell	3
											2	Clarkson	2
	3	Boston University	2
	6	New Hampshire	0
						2	Clarkson	5			Third Place
						3	Boston University	4
	4	Boston College	5								3	Boston University	8
	5	Harvard	10								5	Harvard	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Cornell vs. (8) St. Lawrence

March 10

Cornell

6 – 1

St. Lawrence

Lynah Rink

(2) Clarkson vs. (7) Brown

March 10

Clarkson

6 – 5

OT

Brown

Clarkson Arena

(3) Boston University vs. (6) New Hampshire

March 10

Boston University

2 – 0

New Hampshire

Boston Arena

(4) Boston College vs. (5) Harvard

March 10

Boston College

4 – 3

Harvard

McHugh Forum

Semifinals

(1) Cornell vs. (5) Harvard

March 13

Cornell

6 – 5

Harvard

Boston Garden

(2) Clarkson vs. (3) Boston University

March 13

Clarkson

5 – 4

Boston University

Boston Garden

Third Place

(3) Boston University vs. (5) Harvard

March 14

Boston University

8 – 2

Harvard

Boston Garden

Championship

(1) Cornell vs. (2) Clarkson

March 14	Cornell		3 – 2		Clarkson	Boston Garden	Recap
(Fullan, Bertrand) Garth Ryan - 01:47		First period			01:08 - Jerry Kemp (St. Jean, Magnusson) 15:48 - PP - Steve Warr (Maki, Halme)
(Stewart, Brush) Ed Ambis - 12:38		Second period			No scoring
(Lodboa, Pettit) John Hughes - GW - 19:46		Third period			No scoring
( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Brian Cropper		Goalie stats			Bruce Bullock ( 48 saves / 51 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

First Team

• F Joe Cavanagh* (Harvard)
• F Kevin Pettit (Cornell)
• F Dick Toomey (Boston University)
• D Dan Lodboa (Cornell)
• D Steve Warr (Clarkson)
• G Bruce Bullock (Clarkson)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

Second Team

• F George McManama (Harvard)
• F John Halme (Clarkson)
• F Larry Davenport (Boston University)
• D Wayne LaChance (Clarkson)
• D Mike Hyndman (Boston University)
• G Bruce Durno (Harvard)
• G Brian Cropper (Cornell)

External links

• ECAC Hockey Archived 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
• 1969–70 ECAC Hockey Standings
• 1969–70 NCAA Standings