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− | The '''ECAC Hockey League''' is one of the [[Big Four]] conferences in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Men's Division I]], and is one of four conferences in [[Women's Division I]]. |
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+ | | text_color = white |
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+ | | bg_color = #08517B |
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+ | | logo = ECAC Hockey.gif |
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+ | | division = I |
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+ | | founded = 1961 |
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+ | | number = '''Men:''' 12<br />'''Women:''' 12 |
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+ | | commissioner= [[Steve Hagwell]] |
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+ | | m_champ = [[Princeton Tigers]] |
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+ | | w_champ = [[Harvard Crimson]] |
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+ | | website = http://www.ecachockey.com/ |
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+ | }} |
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+ | '''ECAC Hockey''' is one of the six conferences that compete in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] [[college hockey|ice hockey]]. The conference used to be affiliated with the [[Eastern College Athletic Conference]], a consortium of over 300 colleges in the eastern [[United States| ]][[United States]]. This relationship ended in 2004, however the ECAC acronym was retained in the name of the hockey conference. |
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+ | ==History== |
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− | Its member teams are: |
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+ | The ECAC Hockey League was founded in 1962. In June 1983, concerns that the Ivy League schools were potentially leaving the conference and disagreements over schedule length versus academics caused [[Boston University]], [[Boston College]], [[Providence College|Providence]], [[Northeastern University|Northeastern]] and [[University of New Hampshire|New Hampshire]] to decide to leave the ECAC to form what would become [[Hockey East]], which began play in 1984-1985 season.<ref name="ecachockey.com"/> By that fall, [[University of Maine|Maine]] also departed the ECAC for the new conference.<ref>[http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/hea/index.php About Hockey East]</ref> This left the ECAC with twelve teams ([[United States Military Academy|Army]], Brown, Clarkson, Colgate, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, RPI, St. Lawrence, [[University of Vermont|Vermont]], and Yale). Army would stay in the conference until the end of the 1990-1991 season, at which point they became independent (they now play in [[Atlantic Hockey]]) and were replaced by [[Union College (New York)|Union College]]. Vermont left the ECAC for Hockey East at the end of the 2004-2005 season, and were replaced in the conference by [[Quinnipiac University|Quinnipiac]].<ref name="ecachockey.com"/> |
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− | * [[Brown Bears]] |
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− | * [[Clarkson Golden Knights]] |
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− | * [[Colgate Raiders]] |
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− | * [[Cornell Big Red]] |
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− | * [[Dartmouth Big Green]] |
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− | * [[Harvard Crimson]] |
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− | * [[Princeton Tigers]] |
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− | * [[St. Lawrence Saints]] |
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− | * [[Rensselaer Engineers]] |
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− | * [[Union Dutchmen]] (women's team known as the "Dutchwomen") |
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− | * [[Vermont Catamounts]] |
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− | * [[Yale Bulldogs]] |
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− | The ECAC's women's league consists of all of the same teams as the men's league with the exception of Rensselaer, who will join the league in 2006. |
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− | In 2005, the Vermont Catamounts will leave the ECAC, and the [[Quinnipiac Bobcats]] will join both the men's and women's leagues. |
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+ | [[File:ECAC_Hockey_League.gif|thumb|previous logo]] |
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− | == |
+ | ==Membership== |
+ | Six of the members of ECAC Hockey are also members of the [[Ivy League]], and all of the Ivy universities with Division I ice hockey programs are also members of ECAC Hockey. Neither the [[University of Pennsylvania]] nor [[Columbia University]] have intercollegiate ice hockey programs. UPenn supported an intercollegiate varsity hockey program in the past and was an ECAC Hockey member from 1966 to 1978 before the team was disbanded. The Ivy school that has the best regular season record against other Ivy opponents is crowned the Ivy League ice hockey champion. Yale won the 2009 Ivy League ice hockey championship. The Ivy League schools require their teams to play seasons that are about three weeks shorter than those of the other schools in the league.<ref>[http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/standings.asp?intSID=8 Ivy League standings]</ref> Thus, they enter the league schedule with fewer non-conference warm-up games, though Harvard competes in the annual [[Beanpot (Ice Hockey)|Beanpot Tournament]] and Cornell hosts a [[Florida College Hockey Classic|holiday tournament]] in [[Estero, Florida|Estero]], [[Florida]]. |
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+ | {| class="sortable wikitable" |
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− | The Eastern College Athletic Conference's hockey conference was formed in 1961 in response to demand for an all-eastern tournament to be held in order to send an official champion on to the NCAA tournament. The original lineup contained 28 teams. By 1964, the Division I lineup had been whittled down to the so-called "stronger" 15 teams: [[Army Black Knights|Army]], [[Boston College Eagles|Boston College]], [[Boston University Terriers|Boston University]], Brown, Clarkson, Colgate, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, [[Northeastern Huskies|Northeastern]], Princeton, [[Providence Friars|Providence]], Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, and Yale. |
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+ | !Institution |
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+ | !Location |
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+ | !Nickname |
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+ | !Founded |
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+ | !Historical Affiliation |
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+ | !Enrollment |
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+ | !Primary Conference |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Brown University]] |
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+ | |[[Providence, Rhode Island]] |
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+ | |[[Brown University#Athletics|Bears]] |
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+ | |1764 |
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+ | |Nonsectarian, founded by Baptists, but founding charter promises "no religious tests" and "full liberty of conscience"<ref>Brown's website characterizes it as "the Baptist answer to Congregationalist Yale and Harvard; Presbyterian Princeton; and Episcopalian Penn and Columbia," but adds that at the time it was "the only one that welcomed students of all religious persuasions."[http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Admission/gettoknowus/ourhistory.html] Brown's charter stated that "into this liberal and catholic institution shall never be admitted any religious tests, but on the contrary, all the members hereof shall forever enjoy full, free, absolute, and uninterrupted liberty of conscience." The charter called for twenty-two of the thirty-six trustees to be Baptists, but required that the remainder be "five Friends, four Congregationalists, and five Episcopalians"[http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/PRE_PYR/PROVIDENCE.html]</ref> |
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+ | |7,744<ref>[http://www.brown.edu/web/facts.shtml facts about Brown University]</ref> |
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+ | |[[Ivy League]] |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Clarkson University]] |
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+ | |[[Potsdam (village), New York|Potsdam, New York]] |
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+ | |[[Clarkson University#Athletics|Golden Knights]] |
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+ | |1896 |
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+ | |Private/Non-sectarian |
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+ | |3,100 |
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+ | |[[Liberty League]] ([[Division III (NCAA)|D-III]]) |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Colgate University]] |
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+ | |[[Hamilton (town), New York|Hamilton, New York]] |
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+ | |[[Colgate University#Athletics|Raiders]] |
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+ | |1819 |
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+ | |Private/Non-sectarian, founded by Baptists<ref>[http://www.colgate.edu/DesktopDefault1.aspx?tabid=497 Colgate University: History & Traditions] accessed 04-22-2008</ref> |
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+ | |2,800 |
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+ | |[[Patriot League]] |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Cornell University]] |
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+ | |[[Ithaca, New York]] |
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+ | |[[Cornell Big Red|Big Red]] |
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+ | |1865 |
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+ | |Private/Non-sectarian |
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+ | |20,400<ref>[http://www.cornell.edu/about/facts/stats.cfm Cornell facts sheet]</ref> |
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+ | |[[Ivy League]] |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Dartmouth College]] |
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+ | |[[Hanover, New Hampshire]] |
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+ | |[[Dartmouth College#Athletics|Big Green]] |
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+ | |1769 |
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+ | |Private/Congregationalist |
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+ | |5,753<ref>[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~oir/pdfs/enrollments.pdf Dartmouth enrollment data sheet]</ref> |
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+ | |[[Ivy League]] |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Harvard University#Athletics|Harvard University]] |
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+ | |[[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] |
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+ | |[[Harvard Crimson|Crimson]] |
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+ | |1636 |
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+ | |Private/Unitarian |
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+ | |20,042<ref>[http://www.news.harvard.edu/glance/ Harvard at a glance]</ref> |
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+ | |[[Ivy League]] |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Princeton University#Athletics|Princeton University]] |
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+ | |[[Princeton, New Jersey]] |
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+ | |[[Princeton Tigers|Tigers]] |
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+ | |1746 |
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+ | |Nonsectarian, but founded by Presbyterians<ref>http://www.princeton.edu/~oktour/virtualtour/Stop05.htm Princeton online campus tour </ref> |
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+ | |6,677 <ref>[http://www.princeton.edu/pr/facts/profile/05/ Princeton University profile]</ref> |
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+ | |[[Ivy League]] |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Quinnipiac University]] |
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+ | |[[Hamden, Connecticut]] |
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+ | |Bobcats |
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+ | |1929 |
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+ | |Private/Non-sectarian |
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+ | |7,700 |
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+ | |[[Northeast Conference|NEC]] |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]] |
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+ | |[[Troy, New York]] |
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+ | |[[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute#Athletics|Engineers]] |
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+ | |1824 |
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+ | |Private/Non-sectarian |
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+ | |6,376 |
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+ | |[[Liberty League]] ([[Division III (NCAA)|D-III]]) |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[St. Lawrence University]] |
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+ | |[[Canton (village), New York|Canton, New York]] |
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+ | |[[Skating Saints|Saints]] |
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+ | |1856 |
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+ | |Non-denominational, founded by Universalist Church of America |
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+ | |2,100 |
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+ | |[[Liberty League]] ([[Division III (NCAA)|D-III]]) |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Union College (New York)|Union College]] |
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+ | |[[Schenectady, New York]] |
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+ | |Dutchmen |
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+ | |1795 |
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+ | |Private/Non-sectarian |
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+ | |2,100 |
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+ | |[[Liberty League]] ([[Division III (NCAA)|D-III]]) |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Yale University#Athletics|Yale University]] |
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+ | |[[New Haven, Connecticut]] |
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+ | |[[Yale Bulldogs|Bulldogs]] |
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+ | |1701 |
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+ | |Private/Congregationalist |
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+ | |11,483<ref>[http://www.yale.edu/oir/factsheet.html Yale University factsheet]</ref> |
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+ | |[[Ivy League]] |
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+ | |} |
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+ | ==Men's ECAC championship games== |
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− | In the following 15 years, more teams joined the ECAC, including [[New Hampshire Wildcats|New Hampshire]], Vermont, and [[Maine Black Bears|Maine]]. [[Pennsylvania Quakers|Pennsylvania]] joined as well but dropped their hockey program 11 years after joining. Army left the ECAC in 1973 for Division II. |
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+ | From 1962 to 1992, the ECAC Championship Game was held in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], at the [[Boston Arena]] from 1962 to 1966, and at [[Boston Garden]] from 1966 to 1992. |
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+ | From 1993 to 2002, the ECAC Championship Game was held at the [[Herb Brooks Arena|Olympic Center]] in [[Lake Placid, New York]]. |
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− | The ECAC split into three divisions in 1979. The [[Ivy League|Ivy]] division contained Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. The West division contained Clarkson, Colgate, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, and Vermont. The East division contained Boston College, Boston University, Maine, New Hampshire, Northeastern, and Providence. In 1983, in response to a rumored Ivy split from the ECAC, the East division instead broke away to form their own conference, [[Hockey East]]. |
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+ | From2003 to 2010, the ECAC Championship Game has been held at the [[Times Union Center]] (formerly Pepsi Arena) in [[Albany, New York]]. |
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− | Following the break with Hockey East, Army rejoined the ECAC, although it later departed again in 1991. Union replaced Army in the ECAC, leading to the current twelve-team conference lineup. |
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+ | From 2011 to 2013 , the Championship will move to [[Boardwalk Hall]] in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]] for three years. |
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− | In 2004, the hockey administration broke away from the main ECAC offices, creating the ECAC Hockey League. The name of the league will likely change again in the near future to make the break with the main ECAC offices complete. |
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+ | From 2014 to at least 2016 the Championship will be held at the [[Herb Brooks Arena]] in [[Lake Placid, New York]]. |
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− | == ECAC Resources == |
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+ | |||
− | * [[ECAC Tournament]] |
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+ | The winner of the game is awarded the Whitelaw Cup and receives an automatic bid to the [[NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship|NCAA Men's Division I Hockey Tournament]]. |
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− | * [[List of ECAC Regular Season Champions]] |
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+ | {{MultiCol}} |
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+ | *1962 '''St. Lawrence''' def. Clarkson 5-2 |
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+ | *1963 '''Harvard''' def. [[Boston College]] 4-3 (ot) |
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+ | *1964 '''[[Providence College|Providence]]''' def. St. Lawrence 3-1 |
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+ | *1965 '''Boston College''' def. Brown 6-2 |
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+ | *1966 '''Clarkson''' def. Cornell 6-2 |
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+ | *1967 '''Cornell''' def. [[Boston University]] 4-3 |
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+ | *1968 '''Cornell''' def. Boston College 6-3 |
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+ | *1969 '''Cornell''' def. Harvard 4-2 |
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+ | *1970 '''Cornell''' def. Clarkson 3-2 |
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+ | *1971 '''Harvard''' def. Clarkson 7-4 |
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+ | *1972 '''Boston University''' def. Cornell 4-1 |
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+ | *1973 '''Cornell''' def. Boston College 3-2 |
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+ | *1974 '''Boston University''' def. Harvard 4-2 |
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+ | *1975 '''Boston University''' def. Harvard 7-3 |
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+ | *1976 '''Boston University''' def. Brown 9-2 |
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+ | *1977 '''Boston University''' def. [[University of New Hampshire|New Hampshire]] 8-6 |
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+ | *1978 '''Boston College''' def. Providence 4-2 |
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+ | *1979 '''New Hampshire''' def. Dartmouth 3-2 |
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+ | *1980 '''Cornell''' def. Dartmouth 5-1 |
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+ | *1981 '''Providence''' def. Cornell 8-4 |
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+ | *1982 '''[[Northeastern University, Boston|Northeastern]]''' def. Harvard 5-2 |
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+ | *1983 '''Harvard''' def. Providence 4-1 |
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+ | *1984 '''Rensselaer''' def. Boston University 5-2 |
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+ | *1985 '''Rensselaer''' def. Harvard 3-1 |
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+ | *1986 '''Cornell''' def. Clarkson 3-2 (ot) |
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+ | *1987 '''Harvard''' def. St. Lawrence 6-3 |
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+ | *1988 '''St. Lawrence''' def. Clarkson 3-0 |
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+ | |||
+ | {{ColBreak}} |
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+ | *1989 '''St. Lawrence''' def. [[University of Vermont|Vermont]] 4-1 |
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+ | *1990 '''Colgate''' def. Rensselaer 5-4 |
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+ | *1991 '''Clarkson''' def. St. Lawrence 5-4 |
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+ | *1992 '''St. Lawrence''' def. Cornell 4-2 |
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+ | *1993 '''Clarkson''' def. Brown 3-1 |
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+ | *1994 '''Harvard''' def. Rensselaer 3-0 |
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+ | *1995 '''Rensselaer''' def. Princeton 5-1 |
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+ | *1996 '''Cornell''' def. Harvard 2-1 |
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+ | *1997 '''Cornell''' def. Clarkson 2-1 |
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+ | *1998 '''Princeton''' def. Clarkson 5-4 (2ot) |
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+ | *1999 '''Clarkson''' def. St. Lawrence 3-2 |
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+ | *2000 '''St. Lawrence''' def. Rensselaer 2-0 |
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+ | *2001 '''St. Lawrence''' def. Cornell 3-1 |
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+ | *2002 '''Harvard''' def. Cornell 4-3 (2ot) |
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+ | *2003 '''Cornell''' def. Harvard 3-2 (ot) |
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+ | *2004 '''Harvard''' def. Clarkson 4-2 |
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+ | *2005 '''Cornell''' def. Harvard 3-1 |
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+ | *2006 '''Harvard''' def. Cornell 6-2 |
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+ | *2007 '''Clarkson''' def. Quinnipiac 4-2 |
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+ | *2008 '''Princeton''' def. Harvard 4-1 |
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+ | *2009 '''Yale''' def. Cornell 5-0 |
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+ | *2010 '''Cornell''' def. Union 3-0 |
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+ | *2011 '''Yale''' def. Cornell 6-0 |
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+ | *2012 '''Union '''def. Harvard 3-1 |
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+ | *2013 '''Union''' def. Brown 3-1 |
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+ | *2014 '''Union''' def. Colgate 5-2 |
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+ | *2015 '''Harvard''' def. Colgate 4-2 |
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+ | *2016 '''Quinnipiac''' def. Harvard 4-1 |
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+ | *2017 '''Harvard''' def. Cornell 4-1 |
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+ | *2018 '''Princeton''' def Clarkson 2-1 |
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+ | *2019 '''Clarkson''' defeated Cornell 3-2 (ot) |
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+ | {{EndMultiCol}} |
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+ | |||
+ | ===Cleary Cup=== |
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+ | The Cleary Cup, named for former Harvard player and coach [[Bill Cleary (hockey)|Bill Cleary]], is awarded to the regular-season champion (the team with the best in-conference record). At present, this team is given the top seed in the ECAC conference tournament (including the first-round bye given to the top four seeded teams), but is not given any special consideration in the NCAA tournament. |
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+ | |||
+ | {{Div col|colwidth=22em}} |
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+ | *1984–85 Rensselaer |
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+ | *1985–86 Harvard |
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+ | *1986–87 Harvard |
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+ | *1987–88 Harvard and St. Lawrence |
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+ | *1988–89 Harvard |
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+ | *1989–90 Colgate |
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+ | *1990–91 Clarkson |
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+ | *1991–92 Harvard |
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+ | *1992–93 Harvard |
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+ | *1993–94 Harvard |
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+ | *1994–95 Clarkson |
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+ | *1995–96 Vermont |
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+ | *1996–97 Clarkson |
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+ | *1997–98 Yale |
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+ | *1998–99 Clarkson |
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+ | *1999–00 St. Lawrence |
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+ | *2000–01 Clarkson |
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+ | *2001–02 Cornell |
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+ | *2002–03 Cornell |
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+ | *2003–04 Colgate |
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+ | *2004–05 Cornell |
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+ | *2005–06 Colgate and Dartmouth |
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+ | *2006–07 St. Lawrence |
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+ | *2007–08 Clarkson |
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+ | *2008–09 Yale |
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+ | *2009–10 Yale |
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+ | *2010–11 Union |
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+ | *2011–12 Union |
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+ | *2012–13 Quinnipiac |
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+ | *2013–14 Union |
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+ | *2014–15 Quinnipiac |
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+ | *2015–16 Quinnipiac |
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+ | *2016–17 Harvard and Union |
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+ | *2017–18 Cornell |
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+ | *2018-19 Quinnipiac and Cornell |
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+ | {{Div col end}} |
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+ | |||
+ | ==Women's ECAC championship games== |
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+ | {{MultiCol}} |
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+ | *1984 '''Providence''' def. New Hampshire (in [[Providence, Rhode Island]]) |
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+ | *1985 '''Providence''' def. New Hampshire (in [[Durham, New Hampshire]]) |
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+ | *1986 '''New Hampshire''' def. Northeastern (in [[Durham, New Hampshire]]) |
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+ | *1987 '''New Hampshire''' def. Northeastern (in [[Durham, New Hampshire]]) |
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+ | *1988 '''Northeastern''' def. Providence (in Boston) |
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+ | *1989 '''Northeastern''' def. Providence (in [[Providence, Rhode Island]]) |
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+ | *1990 '''New Hampshire''' def. Providence (in [[Durham, New Hampshire]]) |
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+ | *1991 '''New Hampshire''' def. Northeastern (in [[Durham, New Hampshire]]) |
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+ | *1992 '''Providence''' def. New Hampshire (in [[Providence, Rhode Island]]) |
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+ | *1993 '''Providence''' def. New Hampshire (in Boston) |
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+ | *1994 '''Providence''' def. Northeastern (Providence) |
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+ | *1995 '''Providence''' def. New Hampshire (Providence) |
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+ | *1996 '''New Hampshire''' def. Providence (in [[Durham, New Hampshire]]) |
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+ | *1997 '''Northeastern''' def. New Hampshire (Boston) |
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+ | *1998 '''Brown''' def. New Hampshire (Boston) |
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+ | |||
+ | {{ColBreak}} |
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+ | *1999 '''Harvard''' def. New Hampshire (Providence) |
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+ | *2000 '''Brown''' def. Dartmouth (Providence) |
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+ | *2001 '''Dartmouth''' def. Harvard (in [[Hanover, New Hampshire]]) |
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+ | *2002 '''Brown''' def. Dartmouth (Hanover) |
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+ | *2003 '''Dartmouth''' def. Harvard (Providence) |
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+ | *2004 '''Harvard''' def. St. Lawrence (in [[Schenectady, New York]]) |
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+ | *2005 '''Harvard''' def. Dartmouth (Schenectady) |
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+ | *2006 '''Harvard''' def. Brown (in [[Canton, New York]]) |
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+ | *2007 '''Dartmouth''' def. St. Lawrence (Hanover) |
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+ | *2008 '''Harvard''' def. St. Lawrence (Boston) |
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+ | *2009 '''Dartmouth''' def. Rensselaer (Boston) |
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+ | *2010 '''Cornell''' def. Clarkson (in [[Ithaca, New York]]) |
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+ | *2011 '''Cornell''' def. Dartmouth (in Ithaca, New York) |
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+ | *2012 '''St. Lawrence''' def. Cornell (in [[Ithaca, New York]]) |
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+ | *2013 '''Cornell''' def. Harvard (in [[Ithaca, New York]]) |
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+ | *2014 '''Cornell''' def. Clarkson (in [[Potsdam, NY]]) |
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+ | *2015 '''Harvard''' def. Cornell (in [[Potsdam, NY]]) |
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+ | *2016 '''Quinnipiac''' def. Clarkson ([[Hamden, Connecticut]]) |
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+ | *2017 '''Clarkson''' def. Cornell (Potsdam) |
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+ | *2018 '''Clarkson''' def. Colgate (Potsdam) |
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+ | {{EndMultiCol}} |
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+ | |||
+ | ==Conference arenas== |
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+ | {| class="sortable wikitable" |
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+ | !School |
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+ | !Hockey arena |
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+ | !Capacity |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Brown |
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+ | |[[Meehan Auditorium]] (1962) |
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+ | |3,100 |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Clarkson |
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+ | |[[Cheel Arena]] (1991) |
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+ | |3,000 |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Colgate |
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+ | | |
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+ | [[Starr Rink]] (1959)<br /> |
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+ | [[Class of 1965 Arena]] (2016) |
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+ | |2,246<br /> |
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+ | 2,100 |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Cornell |
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+ | |[[Lynah Rink]] (1957) |
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+ | |4,267 |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Dartmouth |
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+ | |[[Thompson Arena]] (1975) |
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+ | |4,500 |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Harvard |
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+ | |[[Bright-Landry Hockey Center]] (1956/1979) |
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+ | |2,850 |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Princeton |
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+ | |[[Hobey Baker Memorial Rink]] (1923) |
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+ | |2,092 |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Quinnipiac |
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+ | |[[TD Bank Sports Center]] (2007) |
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+ | |3,386 |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Rensselaer |
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+ | |[[Houston Field House]] (1949) |
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+ | |4,780 |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |St. Lawrence |
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+ | |[[Appleton Arena]] (1951) |
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+ | |3,000 |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Union |
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+ | |[[Achilles Center|Frank L. Messa Rink at Achilles Center]] (1975) |
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+ | |2,225 |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Yale |
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+ | |[[Ingalls Rink]] (1958) |
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+ | |3,486 |
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+ | |} |
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+ | |||
+ | ==NCAA Records== |
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+ | (as of the start of the 2015-16 season) |
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+ | * In 2000, St. Lawrence University won the longest game in NCAA <u>tournament</u> history. St. Lawrence defeated [[Boston University]] in quadruple overtime by a score of 3-2. Currently, this game is the fifth longest game in NCAA division I history. <ref>[http://www.stlawu.edu/sports/m_hockey/program.html St. Lawrence University: Men's Hockey<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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+ | * On March 4, 2006, Union College played host to the then longest NCAA men's ice hockey game in NCAA history. In Game 2 of the first round of the 2006 ECACHL Tournament (best of three series) between Yale University and Union, Yale won 3-2 1:35 into the 5th overtime. Overall, the game took 141:35 to decide the winner. This was the first D-I men's game to go into a fifth 20 minute overtime period <ref>[http://www.uscho.com/ncaad1/?data=longest_games USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online :: NCAA Longest_games<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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+ | * On March 10, 1996 the longest women's game in NCAA D-I history took place between New Hampshire and Providence for the ECAC championship going 5 overtimes and 145 minutes 35 seconds. UNH won the game 3-2 |
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+ | * On March 11, 2010 Union College was defeated by Quinnipiac 3-2. The game, which lasted 150 minutes and 22 seconds, set a new record for the longest hockey game in NCAA history replacing the 2006 Union-Yale game. This would be the longest game in D-I history until a 2015 game between Notre Dame and Massachusetts broke the record by one minute 20 seconds.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=4991859 :: Game is longest ever in college hockey<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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+ | * The ECAC has been involved in 5 of the 8 longest games in NCAA Men's D-I history. |
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+ | * Cornell University recorded the only undefeated season in NCAA Division I Hockey history in 1970. <ref>[http://www.ncaa.com/history/m-hockey-d1.html NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey History<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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+ | * Colgate University is the last ECAC Hockey team to have reached the NCAA Men's Championship Game in 1990. |
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+ | ==Conference Tie-breakers== |
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+ | #Comparison of game results between tied teams (head to head). |
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+ | #Wins. |
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+ | #Comparison of results of games against the top four teams. |
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+ | #Comparison of results of games against the top eight teams. |
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+ | #Goal differential in head-to-head competition. |
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+ | #Goal differential in games against the top four teams. |
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+ | #Goal differential in games against the top eight teams. |
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+ | ==References== |
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+ | <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;"><references /></div> |
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+ | ==External links== |
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+ | *ECAC Hockey home pages: |
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+ | **[http://www.ecachockey.com/men/index Men] |
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+ | **[http://www.ecachockey.com/women/index Women] |
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+ | *[http://www.ecachockey.com/men/2010-11/News/20100809_50th_Anniversary_Announce ECAC Hockey to Celebrate 50th Anniversary] (September 8, 2010 press release). ECAC Hockey official website. Retrieved 2010-09-25. |
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+ | ==See also== |
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+ | *[[List of ECAC Seasons]] |
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ECAC Hockey NCAA Division I Conference | |
Founded: | 1961 |
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Number of teams: | Men: 12 Women: 12 |
Commissioner: | Steve Hagwell |
Defending champions (men): | Princeton Tigers |
Defending champions (women): | Harvard Crimson |
Website: | http://www.ecachockey.com/ |
ECAC Hockey is one of the six conferences that compete in NCAA Division I ice hockey. The conference used to be affiliated with the Eastern College Athletic Conference, a consortium of over 300 colleges in the eastern United States. This relationship ended in 2004, however the ECAC acronym was retained in the name of the hockey conference.
History
The ECAC Hockey League was founded in 1962. In June 1983, concerns that the Ivy League schools were potentially leaving the conference and disagreements over schedule length versus academics caused Boston University, Boston College, Providence, Northeastern and New Hampshire to decide to leave the ECAC to form what would become Hockey East, which began play in 1984-1985 season.[1] By that fall, Maine also departed the ECAC for the new conference.[2] This left the ECAC with twelve teams (Army, Brown, Clarkson, Colgate, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, RPI, St. Lawrence, Vermont, and Yale). Army would stay in the conference until the end of the 1990-1991 season, at which point they became independent (they now play in Atlantic Hockey) and were replaced by Union College. Vermont left the ECAC for Hockey East at the end of the 2004-2005 season, and were replaced in the conference by Quinnipiac.[1]
Membership
Six of the members of ECAC Hockey are also members of the Ivy League, and all of the Ivy universities with Division I ice hockey programs are also members of ECAC Hockey. Neither the University of Pennsylvania nor Columbia University have intercollegiate ice hockey programs. UPenn supported an intercollegiate varsity hockey program in the past and was an ECAC Hockey member from 1966 to 1978 before the team was disbanded. The Ivy school that has the best regular season record against other Ivy opponents is crowned the Ivy League ice hockey champion. Yale won the 2009 Ivy League ice hockey championship. The Ivy League schools require their teams to play seasons that are about three weeks shorter than those of the other schools in the league.[3] Thus, they enter the league schedule with fewer non-conference warm-up games, though Harvard competes in the annual Beanpot Tournament and Cornell hosts a holiday tournament in Estero, Florida.
Institution | Location | Nickname | Founded | Historical Affiliation | Enrollment | Primary Conference |
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Brown University | Providence, Rhode Island | Bears | 1764 | Nonsectarian, founded by Baptists, but founding charter promises "no religious tests" and "full liberty of conscience"[4] | 7,744[5] | Ivy League |
Clarkson University | Potsdam, New York | Golden Knights | 1896 | Private/Non-sectarian | 3,100 | Liberty League (D-III) |
Colgate University | Hamilton, New York | Raiders | 1819 | Private/Non-sectarian, founded by Baptists[6] | 2,800 | Patriot League |
Cornell University | Ithaca, New York | Big Red | 1865 | Private/Non-sectarian | 20,400[7] | Ivy League |
Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire | Big Green | 1769 | Private/Congregationalist | 5,753[8] | Ivy League |
Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Crimson | 1636 | Private/Unitarian | 20,042[9] | Ivy League |
Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey | Tigers | 1746 | Nonsectarian, but founded by Presbyterians[10] | 6,677 [11] | Ivy League |
Quinnipiac University | Hamden, Connecticut | Bobcats | 1929 | Private/Non-sectarian | 7,700 | NEC |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, New York | Engineers | 1824 | Private/Non-sectarian | 6,376 | Liberty League (D-III) |
St. Lawrence University | Canton, New York | Saints | 1856 | Non-denominational, founded by Universalist Church of America | 2,100 | Liberty League (D-III) |
Union College | Schenectady, New York | Dutchmen | 1795 | Private/Non-sectarian | 2,100 | Liberty League (D-III) |
Yale University | New Haven, Connecticut | Bulldogs | 1701 | Private/Congregationalist | 11,483[12] | Ivy League |
Men's ECAC championship games
From 1962 to 1992, the ECAC Championship Game was held in Boston, Massachusetts, at the Boston Arena from 1962 to 1966, and at Boston Garden from 1966 to 1992.
From 1993 to 2002, the ECAC Championship Game was held at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York.
From2003 to 2010, the ECAC Championship Game has been held at the Times Union Center (formerly Pepsi Arena) in Albany, New York.
From 2011 to 2013 , the Championship will move to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey for three years.
From 2014 to at least 2016 the Championship will be held at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York.
The winner of the game is awarded the Whitelaw Cup and receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Hockey Tournament.
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Cleary Cup
The Cleary Cup, named for former Harvard player and coach Bill Cleary, is awarded to the regular-season champion (the team with the best in-conference record). At present, this team is given the top seed in the ECAC conference tournament (including the first-round bye given to the top four seeded teams), but is not given any special consideration in the NCAA tournament.
- 1984–85 Rensselaer
- 1985–86 Harvard
- 1986–87 Harvard
- 1987–88 Harvard and St. Lawrence
- 1988–89 Harvard
- 1989–90 Colgate
- 1990–91 Clarkson
- 1991–92 Harvard
- 1992–93 Harvard
- 1993–94 Harvard
- 1994–95 Clarkson
- 1995–96 Vermont
- 1996–97 Clarkson
- 1997–98 Yale
- 1998–99 Clarkson
- 1999–00 St. Lawrence
- 2000–01 Clarkson
- 2001–02 Cornell
- 2002–03 Cornell
- 2003–04 Colgate
- 2004–05 Cornell
- 2005–06 Colgate and Dartmouth
- 2006–07 St. Lawrence
- 2007–08 Clarkson
- 2008–09 Yale
- 2009–10 Yale
- 2010–11 Union
- 2011–12 Union
- 2012–13 Quinnipiac
- 2013–14 Union
- 2014–15 Quinnipiac
- 2015–16 Quinnipiac
- 2016–17 Harvard and Union
- 2017–18 Cornell
- 2018-19 Quinnipiac and Cornell
Women's ECAC championship games
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Conference arenas
School | Hockey arena | Capacity |
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Brown | Meehan Auditorium (1962) | 3,100 |
Clarkson | Cheel Arena (1991) | 3,000 |
Colgate |
Starr Rink (1959) |
2,246 2,100 |
Cornell | Lynah Rink (1957) | 4,267 |
Dartmouth | Thompson Arena (1975) | 4,500 |
Harvard | Bright-Landry Hockey Center (1956/1979) | 2,850 |
Princeton | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink (1923) | 2,092 |
Quinnipiac | TD Bank Sports Center (2007) | 3,386 |
Rensselaer | Houston Field House (1949) | 4,780 |
St. Lawrence | Appleton Arena (1951) | 3,000 |
Union | Frank L. Messa Rink at Achilles Center (1975) | 2,225 |
Yale | Ingalls Rink (1958) | 3,486 |
NCAA Records
(as of the start of the 2015-16 season)
- In 2000, St. Lawrence University won the longest game in NCAA tournament history. St. Lawrence defeated Boston University in quadruple overtime by a score of 3-2. Currently, this game is the fifth longest game in NCAA division I history. [13]
- On March 4, 2006, Union College played host to the then longest NCAA men's ice hockey game in NCAA history. In Game 2 of the first round of the 2006 ECACHL Tournament (best of three series) between Yale University and Union, Yale won 3-2 1:35 into the 5th overtime. Overall, the game took 141:35 to decide the winner. This was the first D-I men's game to go into a fifth 20 minute overtime period [14]
- On March 10, 1996 the longest women's game in NCAA D-I history took place between New Hampshire and Providence for the ECAC championship going 5 overtimes and 145 minutes 35 seconds. UNH won the game 3-2
- On March 11, 2010 Union College was defeated by Quinnipiac 3-2. The game, which lasted 150 minutes and 22 seconds, set a new record for the longest hockey game in NCAA history replacing the 2006 Union-Yale game. This would be the longest game in D-I history until a 2015 game between Notre Dame and Massachusetts broke the record by one minute 20 seconds.[15]
- The ECAC has been involved in 5 of the 8 longest games in NCAA Men's D-I history.
- Cornell University recorded the only undefeated season in NCAA Division I Hockey history in 1970. [16]
- Colgate University is the last ECAC Hockey team to have reached the NCAA Men's Championship Game in 1990.
Conference Tie-breakers
- Comparison of game results between tied teams (head to head).
- Wins.
- Comparison of results of games against the top four teams.
- Comparison of results of games against the top eight teams.
- Goal differential in head-to-head competition.
- Goal differential in games against the top four teams.
- Goal differential in games against the top eight teams.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ About Hockey East
- ↑ Ivy League standings
- ↑ Brown's website characterizes it as "the Baptist answer to Congregationalist Yale and Harvard; Presbyterian Princeton; and Episcopalian Penn and Columbia," but adds that at the time it was "the only one that welcomed students of all religious persuasions."[1] Brown's charter stated that "into this liberal and catholic institution shall never be admitted any religious tests, but on the contrary, all the members hereof shall forever enjoy full, free, absolute, and uninterrupted liberty of conscience." The charter called for twenty-two of the thirty-six trustees to be Baptists, but required that the remainder be "five Friends, four Congregationalists, and five Episcopalians"[2]
- ↑ facts about Brown University
- ↑ Colgate University: History & Traditions accessed 04-22-2008
- ↑ Cornell facts sheet
- ↑ Dartmouth enrollment data sheet
- ↑ Harvard at a glance
- ↑ http://www.princeton.edu/~oktour/virtualtour/Stop05.htm Princeton online campus tour
- ↑ Princeton University profile
- ↑ Yale University factsheet
- ↑ St. Lawrence University: Men's Hockey
- ↑ USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online :: NCAA Longest_games
- ↑ :: Game is longest ever in college hockey
- ↑ NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey History
External links
- ECAC Hockey home pages:
- ECAC Hockey to Celebrate 50th Anniversary (September 8, 2010 press release). ECAC Hockey official website. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
See also
External Links
NCAA Division I hockey conferences | |
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Current | Atlantic Hockey - Big Ten Conference - Central Collegiate Hockey Association - College Hockey America (women's) - ECAC Hockey - Hockey East - National Collegiate Hockey Conference - New England Women's Hockey Alliance - Western Collegiate Hockey Association (women's) - Independents |
Former | College Hockey America (men's) - Great West Hockey Conference - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference - Tri-State League - Western Collegiate Hockey Association (men's) |
Championships: Men / Women |