1997 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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The 1997 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 36th tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 15, 1997. [4] Preliminary and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Olympic Arena (subsequently renamed Herb Brooks Arena) in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, Cornell received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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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 preliminary 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 modified best-of-three series, where the first team to receive 3 points moves on. 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 1997 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

1996–97 ECAC Hockey standings
ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
Clarkson†221750349454372710015491
Cornell*221462308063352195123100
Vermont 2213632967603622113125105
Rensselaer 2212732783713620124137112
Union 221183256354341813310679
Princeton 2211832570593418124111103
Colgate 2210932379793316143126124
Harvard 229112206467321118385106
St. Lawrence 2251251578923510205121148
Yale 226142146182321019390114
Dartmouth 22515212751002910172105121
Brown 2241621081114297193108148
Championship: Cornell
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first two rounds

Preliminary Round
March 4 		Quarterfinals
March 7–9 		Semifinals
March 14 		Championship
March 15
1 Clarkson54—
7 Colgate 0 10 Yale 2 1 —
10 Yale11 Clarkson5
6 Princeton 1
2 Cornell2* 4—
8 Harvard 2 1 —
1 Clarkson 1
2 Cornell2
3 Vermont 2 72
8 Harvard46 Princeton31 3
9 St. Lawrence 2 2 Cornell5Third Place
4 Rensselaer 3
4 Rensselaer33— 4 Rensselaer8
5 Union 1 1 — 6 Princeton 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Preliminary round

(7) Colgate vs. (10) Yale

March 4Clarkson0 – 1Yale Starr Rink

(8) Harvard vs. (9) St. Lawrence

March 4Harvard4 – 2St. Lawrence Bright Hockey Center

Quarterfinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (10) Yale

March 7Clarkson5 – 2Yale Cheel Arena
March 8Clarkson4 – 1Yale Cheel Arena
Clarkson won series 2–0

(2) Cornell vs. (8) Harvard

March 7Cornell2 – 2OTHarvard Lynah Rink
March 8Cornell4 – 1Harvard Lynah Rink
Cornell won series 1–0–1

(3) Vermont vs. (6) Princeton

March 7Vermont2 – 3Princeton Gutterson Fieldhouse
March 8Vermont7 – 1Princeton Gutterson Fieldhouse
March 9Vermont2 – 3Princeton Gutterson Fieldhouse
Princeton won series 2–1

(4) Rensselaer vs. (5) Union

March 7Rensselaer3 – 1Union Houston Field House
March 8Rensselaer3 – 1Union Houston Field House
Rensselaer won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (6) Princeton

March 14Clarkson5 – 1Princeton Olympic Arena

(2) Cornell vs. (4) Rensselaer

March 14Cornell5 – 3Rensselaer Olympic Arena

Third place

(4) Rensselaer vs. (6) Princeton

March 15Rensselaer8 – 4Princeton Olympic Arena

Championship

(1) Clarkson vs. (2) Cornell

March 15Clarkson1 – 2Cornell Olympic Arena

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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