ECAC West men's tournament

Last updated
ECAC West men's tournament (defunct)
Conference hockey championship
Sport Ice hockey
Conference ECAC West
Format Single-elimination
Played1985–2017
Current champion Hobart
Most championships Elmira (9)

The ECAC West men's tournament was a Division III conference tournament held from establishment of the ECAC West as an independent league until the dissolution of the conference in 2017.

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History

The ECAC West men's tournament began in 1985, a year after the ECAC West split from ECAC 2 and followed the same format it had during the time in its predecessor. In the first 8 years the champion received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. In 1992 an effort was made by some universities to restart the Division II Championship. Because Mercyhurst was one such team all SUNYAC members were forced to leave the conference and membership dropped to 7 schools. This necessitated a change to the conference tournament which was decreased from 8 to 4 participants. During the 90's the league would routinely send members to both the D-II and D-III national tournaments but all efforts at continuing the second-tier tournament ended after 1998.

The 4-member tournament continued unabated until 2007 when a single quarterfinal game was instituted. This arrangement held for six years before a second quarterfinal match was instituted and the 6-team tournament continued until the entire tournament was discontinued in 2017 due to the conference's dissolution.

2017

SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record
1 Utica 12–2–04 Nazareth 8–6–0
2 Manhattanville 10–4–05 Neumann 7–6–1
3 Hobart 9–4–16 Stevenson 4–9–1
Quarterfinals
February 22
Semifinals
February 25
Championship
March 5
1 Utica4
3 Hobart65 Neumann 3
6 Stevenson 2 1 Utica 1
3 Hobart2*
2 Manhattanville 2
4 Nazareth 1 3 Hobart6
5 Neumann4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Championships

SchoolYearsChampionships
Elmira 339
RIT 218
Hobart 335
Manhattanville 184
Plattsburgh State 82
Neumann 161
Mercyhurst 111
Union 71
Niagara 21
Utica 160
Canisius 110
Brockport State 80
Cortland State 80
Geneseo State 80
Hamilton 80
Oswego State 80
Potsdam State 80
Lebanon Valley 70
St. Bonaventure 70
Binghamton 50
Fredonia State 50
Nazareth 50
Buffalo 30
Scranton 30
Stevenson 10

See also

ECAC 2 Tournament

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