| 1981 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 10–14, 1981 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Providence [1] (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Lou Lamoriello [2] (1st title) |
| MVP | Kurt Kleinendorst [3] (Providence) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 1981 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 20th tournament in league history. It was played between March 10 and March 14, 1981. [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 winning the tournament, Providence received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
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. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against
| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| East Region | ||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | .659 | 85 | 72 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 126 | 100 | |
| Maine | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | .571 | 101 | 93 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 197 | 147 | |
| Northeastern | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | .571 | 118 | 104 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 140 | 139 | |
| Providence* | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | .568 | 106 | 90 | 33 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 165 | 143 | |
| New Hampshire | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | .563 | 128 | 100 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 166 | 129 | |
| Boston University | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | .455 | 87 | 88 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 115 | 116 | |
| West Region | ||||||||||||||
| Clarkson† | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 119 | 65 | 37 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 202 | 119 | |
| Colgate | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | .625 | 99 | 84 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 194 | 150 | |
| Rensselaer | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | 98 | 83 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 158 | 118 | |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | .432 | 77 | 87 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 137 | 126 | |
| Vermont | 22 | 4 | 16 | 2 | .227 | 81 | 114 | 34 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 136 | 173 | |
| Ivy Region | ||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | .568 | 95 | 79 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 144 | 110 | |
| Yale | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | .548 | 96 | 101 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 127 | 137 | |
| Princeton | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .476 | 78 | 99 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 93 | 111 | |
| Harvard | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | .405 | 79 | 98 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 103 | 119 | |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | .364 | 87 | 115 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 100 | 138 | |
| Brown | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1 | .159 | 67 | 125 | 26 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 83 | 144 | |
| Independent | ||||||||||||||
| Army^ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 230 | 160 | |
| Championship: Providence † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Army had been accepted into ECAC Hockey but had not begun a conference schedule | ||||||||||||||
Teams are reseeded after the first round
| Quarterfinals March 10 | Semifinals March 13 | Championship March 14 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Clarkson | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | New Hampshire | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Clarkson | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Providence | 4* | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Boston College | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Providence | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Cornell | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Providence | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Colgate | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Northeastern | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Colgate | 3 | Third Place | |||||||||||
| 4 | Cornell | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Cornell | 7 | 1 | Clarkson | 3* | |||||||||
| 5 | Maine | 4 | 3 | Colgate | 3 | |||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
| March 10 | Clarkson | 3 – 2 | New Hampshire | Walker Arena | ||||
| March 10 | Boston College | 2 – 5 | Providence | McHugh Forum | ||||
| March 10 | Colgate | 5 – 3 | Northeastern | Starr Rink | ||||
| March 10 | Cornell | 7 – 4 | Maine | Lynah Rink | ||||
| March 13 | Clarkson | 3 – 4 | OT | Providence | Boston Garden | |||
| March 13 | Colgate | 3 – 4 | Cornell | Boston Garden | ||||
| March 14 | Clarkson | 3 – 3 | OT | Colgate | Boston Garden | |||
| March 14 | Cornell | 4 – 8 | Providence | Boston Garden | ||||
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