1980 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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The 1980 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 19th tournament in league history. It was played between March 11 and March 15, 1980. [4] 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 Dartmouth received invitations to participate in the 1980 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The three teams that were division champions automatically qualified for the tournament while the remaining five seeds were given to the teams with the highest winning percentage. The top four seeds were given out to the three division champions and the top qualifier and assorted based upon winning percentage. The remaining four seeds were assigned to the other qualifiers and assorted based upon winning percentage. 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

ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPct.GFGAGPWLTGFGA
East Region
Boston College221831.84112475332571184120
Providence 231760.739104823221110148123
Maine 2210111.477901123215161129144
New Hampshire 249150.375971173012180120133
Boston University 228140.36499992811170128131
Northeastern 215160.23877120277200103149
West Region
Vermont 231670.69698813523120156135
Clarkson 211470.667141983421121205151
Rensselaer 221480.636114842716110133112
Colgate 2110101.50078753118121139118
St. Lawrence 213180.1435411332626097178
Ivy Region
Dartmouth 221561.705132973119111151125
Cornell*2211110.5001091083116150150146
Brown 229112.4557881261014291113
Princeton 219120.4298193261115096111
Harvard 217113.4058391268153102122
Yale 215143.29596118267163112135
Championship: Cornell
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

Quarterfinals
March 11
Semifinals
March 14
Championship
March 15
         
1 Boston College 1
8 Cornell5
2 Providence 5
8 Cornell6
2 Providence8
7 Colgate 3
3 Dartmouth 1
8 Cornell5
3 Dartmouth8
6 Rensselaer 0
3 Dartmouth6Third Place
5 Clarkson 4
4 Vermont 3 2 Providence6*
5 Clarkson85 Clarkson 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston College vs. (8) Cornell

March 11Boston College1 – 5Cornell McHugh Forum

(2) Providence vs. (7) Colgate

March 11Providence8 – 3Colgate Schneider Arena

(3) Dartmouth vs. (6) Rensselaer

March 11Dartmouth8 – 0Rensselaer Thompson Arena

(4) Vermont vs. (5) Clarkson

March 11Vermont3 – 8Clarkson Gutterson Fieldhouse

Semifinals

(2) Providence vs. (8) Cornell

March 14Providence5 – 6Cornell Boston Garden

(3) Dartmouth vs. (5) Clarkson

March 14Dartmouth6 – 4Clarkson Boston Garden

Third Place

(2) Providence vs. (5) Clarkson

March 15Providence6 – 5OTClarkson Boston Garden

Championship

(3) Dartmouth vs. (8) Cornell

March 15Dartmouth1 – 5Cornell Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

MOP

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References

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  2. "Dick Bertrand 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.