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The 1970 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 9th tournament in league history. It was played between March 10 and March 14, 1970.[4] Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. By reaching the championship game both, Cornell and Clarkson received invitations to participate in the 1970 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1970 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 10–14, 1970
Teams8
Finals siteBoston Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsCornell[1] (4th title)
Winning coachNed Harkness[2] (4th title)
MVPBruce Bullock[3] (Clarkson)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

Format

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The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The top eight teams, based on conference rankings, qualified to participate in the tournament. In the quarterfinals the first seed and eighth seed, the second seed and seventh seed, the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed played against one another. 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.

Conference standings

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Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

1969–70 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T Pct. GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Cornell†* 21 21 0 0 1.000 142 39 29 29 0 0 179 56
Clarkson 17 14 3 0 .824 87 51 32 24 8 0 171 107
Boston University 22 17 5 0 .773 120 67 27 20 7 0 149 82
Harvard 20 14 6 0 .700 116 62 25 16 9 0 145 92
Brown 21 14 6 1 .690 104 70 24 15 8 1 117 81
Boston College 21 14 7 0 .667 116 86 26 16 10 0 143 116
New Hampshire 17 9 6 2 .588 98 73 31 19 10 2 172 120
Colgate 17 7 7 3 .500 65 69 24 14 7 3 117 86
St. Lawrence 17 8 9 0 .471 75 83 26 11 15 0 112 124
Providence 19 7 10 2 .421 65 85 25 11 12 2 89 107
Army 13 5 8 0 .385 32 50 25 13 12 0 72 79
Yale 22 6 16 0 .273 65 107 24 6 18 0 68 113
Dartmouth 19 5 14 0 .263 80 121 24 9 15 0 101 142
Princeton 21 5 15 1 .262 65 132 23 5 17 1 68 139
Rensselaer 17 3 13 1 .206 54 103 24 8 15 1 85 128
Pennsylvania 15 3 12 0 .200 46 80 24 8 16 0 88 114
Northeastern 17 1 16 0 .059 51 105 23 3 20 0 80 138
Championship: Cornell
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

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Teams are reseeded after the first round

Quarterfinals
March 10 		Semifinals
March 13 		Championship
March 14
         
1 Cornell 6
8 St. Lawrence 1
1 Cornell 6
5 Harvard 5
2 Clarkson 6*
7 Brown 5
1 Cornell 3
2 Clarkson 2
3 Boston University 2
6 New Hampshire 0
2 Clarkson 5 Third Place
3 Boston University 4
4 Boston College 5 3 Boston University 8
5 Harvard 10 5 Harvard 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

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

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March 10 Cornell 6 – 1 St. Lawrence Lynah Rink


(2) Clarkson vs. (7) Brown

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March 10 Clarkson 6 – 5 OT Brown Clarkson Arena


(3) Boston University vs. (6) New Hampshire

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March 10 Boston University 2 – 0 New Hampshire Boston Arena


(4) Boston College vs. (5) Harvard

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March 10 Boston College 4 – 3 Harvard McHugh Forum


Semifinals

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(1) Cornell vs. (5) Harvard

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March 13 Cornell 6 – 5 Harvard Boston Garden


(2) Clarkson vs. (3) Boston University

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March 13 Clarkson 5 – 4 Boston University Boston Garden


Third Place

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(3) Boston University vs. (5) Harvard

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March 14 Boston University 8 – 2 Harvard Boston Garden


Championship

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(1) Cornell vs. (2) Clarkson

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March 14 Cornell 3 – 2 Clarkson Boston Garden Recap  
(Fullan, Bertrand) Garth Ryan - 01:47 First period 01:08 - Jerry Kemp (St. Jean, Magnusson)
15:48 - PP - Steve Warr (Maki, Halme)
(Stewart, Brush) Ed Ambis - 12:38 Second period No scoring
(Lodboa, Pettit) John Hughes - GW - 19:46 Third period No scoring
( 19 saves / 21 shots ) Brian Cropper Goalie stats Bruce Bullock ( 48 saves / 51 shots )


Tournament awards

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All-Tournament Team

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References

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  1. ^ "Cornell Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "Ned Harkness 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.
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