ECAC 2 tournament

Last updated
ECAC 2 tournament (defunct)
Conference hockey championship
Sport Ice hockey
Conference ECAC 2
Number of teams4–16
Format Single-elimination
Played1967–1984
Most championships Bowdoin, (4)
Lowell,
Merrimack

The ECAC 2 Tournament was a college ice hockey conference tournament played from 1967 until 1984. For several years it was the only championship held for lower-tier college programs under the oversight of the NCAA and served as the de facto NCAA national championship until 1978.

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History

ECAC 2 began holding a conference tournament for the 1965–66 season with four teams invited to participate. Even after 5 teams left in 1971 to form ECAC 3 the league's membership had risen from 15 to 24 teams in the interim and the championship was expanded to eight. When ECAC 2 reached 32 member institutions in 1977–1978, the league elected to stage separate 8–team tournaments for each of its two divisions rather than establishing a single 16–team competition (East and West). This was partly done to guarantee the two tournament champions automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament which began play the same year. Some schools, however, either had policies that barred them from appearing in national tournaments [1] or were ineligible to appear in a Division II tournament due to being primarily a Division I or Division III school. This arrangement held for 6 years before the entire Division II level of college hockey collapsed after 1983–84 and ECAC 2 was formally split into two separate conferences the following season.

1966

SeedSchoolConference Record
1 American International 11–4–0
2 New Hampshire 11–5–0
3 Colby 8–4–0
4 Merrimack 4–4–1


Semifinals
March 8–9
ECAC 2 Championship
March 12
      
1 American International 1
4 Merrimack4
4 Merrimack 0
3 Colby5
2 New Hampshire 1
3 Colby2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1967

SeedSchoolConference Record
1 Norwich 14–2–1
2 Colby 9–2–1
3 Middlebury 8–3–0
4 Merrimack 7–3–0


Semifinals
March 8–9
ECAC 2 Championship
March 11
      
1 Norwich 3
4 Merrimack12
4 Merrimack6
2 Colby 4
2 Colby4**
3 Middlebury 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1968

SeedSchoolConference Record
1 Merrimack 10–1–0
2 Colby 15–2–0
3 Hamilton 13–2–1
4 American International 10–5–0


Semifinals
March 6–7
ECAC 2 Championship
March 9
      
1 Merrimack6
4 American International 1
1 Merrimack5
3 Hamilton 4
2 Colby 3
3 Hamilton6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1969

SeedSchoolConference Record
1 Merrimack 7–2–0
2 American International 13–5–0
3 Colby 12–6–0
4 Norwich 10–6–0


Semifinals
March 5–6
ECAC 2 Championship
March 8
      
1 Merrimack 3
4 Norwich5
4 Norwich 6
2 American International7
2 American International10
3 Colby 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1970

SeedSchoolConference Record
1 Bowdoin 13–0–0
2 Vermont 12–4–0
3 Middlebury 11–5–0
4 Merrimack 9–4–0
Semifinals
March 11
ECAC 2 Championship
March 14
      
1 Bowdoin9
4 Merrimack 1
1 Bowdoin 1
2 Vermont4
2 Vermont5
3 Middlebury 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1971

SeedSchoolConference Record
1 Bowdoin 14–2–0
2 Vermont 13–3–0
3 Massachusetts 12–3–1
4 Norwich 10–8–0
Semifinals
March 10
ECAC 2 Championship
March 13
      
1 Bowdoin8
4 Norwich 2
1 Bowdoin5*
2 Vermont 4
2 Vermont2
3 Massachusetts 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1972

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1 Massachusetts 15–3–05 Salem State 10–9–1
2 Buffalo 10–2–06 Lowell Tech 8–10–0
3 Vermont 12–2–17 Boston State 13–10–0
4 Merrimack 12–4–08 Saint Anselm 7–6–0


Quarterfinals
March 4-5
Semifinals
March 7-8
ECAC 2 Championship
March 11
         
1 Massachusetts5
8 Saint Anselm 3
1 Massachusetts4
4 Merrimack 2
2 Buffalo9
7 Boston State 5
1 Massachusetts8
2 Buffalo 1
3 Vermont5
6 Lowell Tech 0
2 Buffalo4
3 Vermont 0
4 Merrimack4
5 Salem State 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1973

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1 Vermont 16–0–05 Norwich 11–6–2
2 Bowdoin 11–4–16 Middlebury 9–7–0
3 Massachusetts 12–4–27 Williams 14–5–0
4 Merrimack 13–5–18 Saint Anselm 15–4–0


Quarterfinals
March 3-4
Semifinals
March 6-7
ECAC 2 Championship
March 10
         
1 Vermont6
8 Saint Anselm 2
1 Vermont4
4 Merrimack 3
2 Bowdoin5*
7 Williams 4
1 Vermont8
2 Bowdoin 1
3 Massachusetts10
6 Middlebury 2
2 Bowdoin9
3 Massachusetts 3
4 Merrimack3
5 Norwich 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1974

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1 Vermont 15–1–05 Massachusetts 10–6–0
2 Salem State 18–3–06 Norwich 10–8–1
3 Merrimack 16–6–27 Williams 7–5–2
4 Boston State 13–9–28 Army 9–2–0
Quarterfinals
March 2-3
Semifinals
March 5-6
ECAC 2 Championship
March 9
         
1 Vermont10
8 Army 1
1 Vermont4
5 Massachusetts 3
2 Salem State9
7 Williams 6
1 Vermont6
3 Merrimack 2
3 Merrimack4
6 Norwich 3
2 Salem State 2
3 Merrimack7
4 Boston State 4
5 Massachusetts7

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1975

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1 Merrimack 22–2–15 Salem State 15–7–0
2 Bowdoin 11–5–06 Saint Anselm 12–9–1
3 Middlebury 10–4–17 Army 12–7–0
4 Hamilton 13–5–18 Lowell Tech 13–8–0
Quarterfinals
March 1-3
Semifinals
March 5-6
ECAC 2 Championship
March 8
         
1 Merrimack4
8 Lowell Tech 2
1 Merrimack 3
4 Hamilton4
2 Bowdoin8
7 Army 4
4 Hamilton 4
2 Bowdoin6
3 Middlebury5
6 Saint Anselm 4
2 Bowdoin3*
3 Middlebury 2
4 Hamilton6
5 Salem State 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1976

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1 Merrimack 21–2–05 Oswego State 13–6–1
2 Union 13–1–06 Hamilton 9–7–1
3 Bowdoin 13–3–07 Army 12–5–0
4 Salem State 15–5–08 Buffalo 9–4–1
Quarterfinals
March 5-6
Semifinals
March 9-10
ECAC 2 Championship
March 13
         
1 Merrimack7
8 Buffalo 4
1 Merrimack8
7 Army 2
2 Union 2
7 Army3
1 Merrimack 5
3 Bowdoin6
3 Bowdoin7
6 Hamilton 3
3 Bowdoin4
4 Salem State 1
4 Salem State3
5 Oswego State 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1977

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1 Merrimack 20–2–15 American International 14–5–0
2 Union 11–1–06 Lowell 16–8–1
3 Bowdoin 13–2–07 Salem State 16–6–0
4 Army 14–2–18 Elmira 19–2–0
Quarterfinals
March 4-5
Semifinals
March 8-9
ECAC 2 Championship
March 16
         
1 Merrimack5
8 Elmira 1
1 Merrimack6
6 Lowell 2
2 Union12
7 Salem State 6
1 Merrimack6
2 Union 4
3 Bowdoin 2
6 Lowell4
2 Union11
4 Army 4
4 Army7*
5 American International 6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1978

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1979

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1980

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1981

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1982

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1983

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1984

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Championships

SchoolChampionships
Bowdoin 4
Lowell 4
Merrimack 4
Vermont 3
Oswego State 2
Plattsburgh State 2
American International 1
Babson 1
Colby 1
Elmira 1
Massachusetts 1
Middlebury 1
RIT 1

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References

Specific

  1. "Bowdoin College Men's Hockey History" (PDF). Bowdoin Polar Bears. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2018.

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