1995 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

1995 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 7–18, 1995
Teams	10
Finals site	Olympic Arena Lake Placid, New York
Champions	Rensselaer[1] (3rd title)
Winning coach	Dan Fridgen[2] (1st title)
MVP	Mike Tamburro[3] (Rensselaer)
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The 1995 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 34th tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 18, 1995.^[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, Rensselaer received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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 1995 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

1994–95 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Clarkson†	22	14	5	3	31	116	70		37	23	10	4	195	125
Brown	22	13	7	2	28	78	76		30	15	12	3	108	109
Harvard	22	12	9	1	25	79	68		30	14	14	2	107	99
Colgate	22	12	9	1	25	98	78		37	20	16	1	158	144
Vermont	22	11	9	2	24	85	61		35	19	14	2	134	106
Rensselaer*	22	10	9	3	23	75	78		37	19	14	4	127	123
Princeton	22	9	10	3	21	81	83		35	18	13	4	123	117
St. Lawrence	22	10	12	0	20	83	110		33	15	17	1	116	150
Cornell	22	8	10	4	20	72	76		30	11	15	4	105	115
Union	22	6	12	4	16	70	87		29	9	16	4	100	116
Dartmouth	22	7	13	2	16	80	111		27	9	16	2	95	136
Yale	22	6	13	3	15	65	84		28	8	17	3	91	115
Championship: Rensselaer † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first two rounds

	Preliminary Round March 7					Quarterfinals March 10–12							Semifinals March 17					Championship March 18
						1	Clarkson	6	7	—
	7	Princeton	5			9	Cornell	2	2	—
	10	Union	2										1	Clarkson	1
													7	Princeton	2
						2	Brown	3	3	2
						7	Princeton	4	2	3**
																		6	Rensselaer	5
																		7	Princeton	1
						3	Harvard	2	1	—
	8	St. Lawrence	2			6	Rensselaer	2	3	—
	9	Cornell	6										4	Colgate	1			Third Place
													6	Rensselaer	2
						4	Colgate	2	2	3								1	Clarkson	10
						5	Vermont	5	0	1								4	Colgate	5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Preliminary round

(7) Princeton vs. (10) Union

March 7

Princeton

5 – 2

Union

Hobey Baker Memorial Rink

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

March 7

St. Lawrence

2 – 6

Cornell

Appleton Arena

Quarterfinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (9) Cornell

March 10

Clarkson

6 – 2

Cornell

Cheel Arena

March 11

Clarkson

7 – 2

Cornell

Cheel Arena

Clarkson won series 2–0

(2) Brown vs. (7) Princeton

March 10

Brown

3 – 4

Princeton

Meehan Auditorium

March 11

Brown

3 – 2

Princeton

Meehan Auditorium

March 12

Brown

2 – 3

2OT

Princeton

Meehan Auditorium

Princeton won series 2–1

(3) Harvard vs. (6) Rensselaer

March 10

Harvard

2 – 2

OT

Rensselaer

Bright Hockey Center

March 11

Harvard

1 – 3

Rensselaer

Bright Hockey Center

Rensselaer won series 1–0–1

(4) Colgate vs. (5) Vermont

March 10

Colgate

2 – 5

Vermont

Starr Rink

March 11

Colgate

2 – 0

Vermont

Starr Rink

March 12

Colgate

3 – 1

Vermont

Starr Rink

Colgate won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (7) Princeton

March 17

Clarkson

1 – 2

Princeton

Olympic Arena

(4) Colgate vs. (6) Rensselaer

March 17

Colgate

1 – 2

Rensselaer

Olympic Arena

Third place

(1) Clarkson vs. (4) Colgate

March 18

Clarkson

10 – 5

Colgate

Olympic Arena

Championship

(6) Rensselaer vs. (7) Princeton

March 18

Rensselaer

5 – 1

Princeton

Olympic Arena

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• F Jonathan Kelly (Princeton)
• F Tim Regan (Rensselaer)
• F Chris Lipsett (Clarkson)
• D Brian Mueller (Clarkson)
• D Adam Bartell (Rensselaer)
• G Mike Tamburro* (Rensselaer)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References

1. "Rensselaer Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
2. "Dan Fridgen 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. "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
6. "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
• 1994–95 ECAC Hockey Standings
• 1994–95 NCAA Standings