ECAC West men's tournament

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.

ECAC West men's tournament (defunct)
Conference hockey championship
SportIce hockey
ConferenceECAC West
FormatSingle-elimination
Played1985–2017
Current championHobart
Most championshipsElmira (9)

History

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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.

Seed School Conference record Seed School Conference record
1 Utica 12–2–0 4 Nazareth 8–6–0
2 Manhattanville 10–4–0 5 Neumann 7–6–1
3 Hobart 9–4–1 6 Stevenson 4–9–1
Quarterfinals
February 22
Semifinals
February 25
Championship
March 5
1 Utica 4
3 Hobart 6 5 Neumann 3
6 Stevenson 2 1 Utica 1
3 Hobart 2*
2 Manhattanville 2
4 Nazareth 1 3 Hobart 6
5 Neumann 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Championships

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School Years Championships
Elmira 33 9
RIT 21 8
Hobart 33 5
Manhattanville 18 4
Plattsburgh State 8 2
Neumann 16 1
Mercyhurst 11 1
Union 7 1
Niagara 2 1
Utica 16 0
Canisius 11 0
Brockport State 8 0
Cortland State 8 0
Geneseo State 8 0
Hamilton 8 0
Oswego State 8 0
Potsdam State 8 0
Lebanon Valley 7 0
St. Bonaventure 7 0
Binghamton 5 0
Fredonia State 5 0
Nazareth 5 0
Buffalo 3 0
Scranton 3 0
Stevenson 1 0

See also

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ECAC 2 Tournament

References

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  • "College Hockey Stats". College Hockey Stats. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  • "Golden Griffins Ice Hockey Year-By-Year Results" (PDF). Canisius Golden Griffins. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  • "Elmira Men's Hockey 2016-17 Media Guide". Elmira Soaring Eagles. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  • "Geneseo Athletics Record Book" (PDF). Geneseo Knights. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  • "All-Time Results". Hamilton Continentals. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  • "Mercyhurst 2004-05 men's ice hockey Guide" (PDF). Mercyhurst Lakers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-10. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  • "Oswego Men's Ice Hockey Game-by-Game Results". Oswego Lakers. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  • "Plattsburgh Men's Ice Hockey Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Plattsburgh Cardinals. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  • "RIT Tigers Men's Ice Hockey 2011-12 Media Guide" (PDF). RIT Tigers. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
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