The 1966 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 5th tournament in league history. It was played between March 8 and March 12, 1966. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. By reaching the championship game Clarkson was indeed invited to participate in the 1966 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. As runner-up, Cornell received the second bid to the tournament, however, due to a disagreement between the Ivy League and the NCAA on postseason participation the Big Red declined the invitation and were replaced by Boston University.
Format 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 winner of the first and eighth matchup played the winner of the fourth and fifth matchup while the other two remaining teams played with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers advancing to the third place game.
Conference standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against
Bracket
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Quarterfinals
(1) Clarkson vs. (8) Colgate
(2) Boston University vs. (7) Northeastern
(3) Cornell vs. (6) Boston College
(4) Brown vs. (5) St. Lawrence
Semifinals
(1) Clarkson vs. (4) Brown
(2) Boston University vs. (3) Cornell
Third Place
(2) Boston University vs. (4) Brown
Championship
(1) Clarkson vs. (3) Cornell
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
First Team F Harry Dunn (Clarkson) F Tom Hurley (Clarkson) F Doug Ferguson (Cornell) D Harry Orr (Cornell) D Bob Gaudreau (Brown) G Terry Yurkiewicz* (Clarkson) * Most Outstanding Player(s)
Second Team F Mike Doran (Cornell) F Fred Bassi (Boston University) F Dave Ferguson (Cornell) D Tom Ross (Boston University) D Gary Patterson (Clarkson) G Dave Ferguson (Brown)
References
External links ECAC Hockey 1965–66 ECAC Hockey Standings 1965–66 NCAA Standings