1989 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

1989 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 3–11, 1989
Teams	8
Finals site	Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	St. Lawrence [1] (3rd title)
Winning coach	Joe Marsh [2] (2nd title)
MVP	Doug Murray [3] (St. Lawrence)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 28th tournament in league history. It was played between March 3 and March 11, 1989. ^[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, St. Lawrence received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The four teams that finished below eighth place in the standings were not eligible for tournament play. 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 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 mini-game would be played where a sudden-death overtime was allowed if the scheduled time did not produce a victor. ^[5] 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 1989 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

1988–89 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Harvard†	22	20	2	0	40	130	49		34	31	3	0	191	89
St. Lawrence*	22	18	4	0	36	99	56		36	29	7	0	169	95
Colgate	22	15	6	1	31	108	82		31	19	10	2	161	118
Clarkson	22	13	7	2	28	104	87		32	16	13	3	135	129
Cornell	22	13	9	0	26	76	74		30	16	13	1	113	100
Vermont	22	13	9	0	26	108	73		34	20	13	1	158	116
Yale	22	10	12	0	20	72	84		31	11	19	1	99	137
Rensselaer	22	8	12	2	18	74	82		32	12	17	3	118	123
Dartmouth	22	7	14	1	15	70	96		26	8	17	1	82	113
Army	22	6	15	1	13	62	108		30	13	16	1	93	125
Princeton	22	4	17	1	9	73	113		26	6	19	1	97	133
Brown	22	1	21	0	2	51	132		26	1	25	0	58	155
Championship: St. Lawrence † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

	Quarterfinals March 3–4							Semifinals March 10					Championship March 11
	1	Harvard	7	5	—
	8	Rensselaer	3	4	—
								1	Harvard	2
								6	Vermont	3*
	2	St. Lawrence	2	9	—
	7	Yale	1	2	—
													2	St. Lawrence	4
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
													6	Vermont	1
	3	Colgate	2	4	—
	6	Vermont	2	8	—
								2	St. Lawrence	6			Third Place
								5	Cornell	1
	4	Clarkson	3	0	—								1	Harvard	6
	5	Cornell	5	0	—								5	Cornell	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Harvard vs. (8) Rensselaer

March 3

Harvard

7 – 3

Rensselaer

Bright Hockey Center

March 4

Harvard

5 – 4

Rensselaer

Bright Hockey Center

Harvard won series 2–0

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (7) Yale

March 3

St. Lawrence

2 – 1

Yale

Appleton Arena

March 4

St. Lawrence

9 – 2

Yale

Appleton Arena

St. Lawrence won series 2–0

(3) Colgate vs. (6) Vermont

March 3

Colgate

2 – 2

Vermont

Starr Rink

March 4

Colgate

4 – 8

Vermont

Starr Rink

Vermont won series 1–0–1

(4) Clarkson vs. (5) Cornell

March 3

Clarkson

3 – 5

Cornell

Walker Arena

March 4

Clarkson

0 – 0

Cornell

Walker Arena

Cornell won series 1–0–1

Semifinals

(1) Harvard vs. (6) Vermont

March 10

Harvard

2 – 3

OT

Vermont

Boston Garden

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Cornell

March 10

St. Lawrence

6 – 1

Cornell

Boston Garden

Third Place

(1) Harvard vs. (5) Cornell

March 11

Harvard

6 – 3

Cornell

Boston Garden

Championship

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (6) Vermont

March 11

St. Lawrence

4 – 1

Vermont

Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• F Lane MacDonald (Harvard)
• F Ian Boyce (Vermont)
• F Doug Murray* (St. Lawrence)
• D Russ Mann (St. Lawrence)
• D Mike Hurlbut (St. Lawrence)
• G Paul Cohen (St. Lawrence)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References

1. "St. Lawrence Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
2. "Joe Marsh 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. "College Hockey Notebook; Road to Final a 3-Way Route". The New York Times. March 8, 1988. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
6. "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
7. "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
• 1988–89 ECAC Hockey Standings
• 1988–89 NCAA Standings