History The ECAC Northeast tournament began in 1972, after several teams formed the first third-tier ice hockey conference. For the first three years the championship was only a single game between the teams judged to be the top two in the conference. Because all games between ECAC teams regardless of division were counted the teams with the two best records weren't necessarily invited to play. In 1975 the tournament was expanded to 4 teams with one of the four chosen as the host. Host teams were dropped after 1977 with the higher-seeded teams playing at home afterwards. With the conference ballooning to more than two dozen teams, the conference tournament was expanded to 8 for 1984. Two years later the conference split into North and South divisions with each holding an individual 6-team postseason tournament and the two champions meeting to decide the conference champion. When the conference divided itself into three divisions for the 1992–93 season, the divisional tournament was scrapped and replaced with a single 8-team series. The top teams from each division were seeded 1–3 according to their overall conference records while the five teams with the best remaining conference records were seeded 4–8. In 1998 the conference abandoned divisional alignments but did not change the form of the conference tournament. A year later the four Division II programs in the conference played in a separate Division II tournament, allowing the remaining 14 teams to vie for the official ECAC Northeast championship with the champion receiving an automatic bid to the National Tournament.
1972 SeedSchoolConference Record1 Worcester State 13–3–02 Nichols 4–9–0
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1973 SeedSchoolConference Record1 Worcester State 12–1–02 North Adams State 2–5–0
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1974 SeedSchoolConference Record1 Worcester State 8–0–12 Wesleyan 5–2–0
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1975 SeedSchoolConference Record1 Bryant 10–2–02 North Adams State 11–2–03 Worcester State 8–3–04 Wesleyan 5–4–0 Note: team in italics served as host.
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1976 SeedSchoolConference Record1 Amherst 6–0–12 Worcester State 8–1–03 RIT 5–1–04 Framingham State 9–3–0 Note: team in italics served as host.
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1977 SeedSchoolConference Record1 Worcester State 11–1–02 Westfield State 12–4–03 Framingham State 9–4–04 Trinity 10–4–0 Note: team in italics served as host.
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1978 SeedSchoolConference Record1 Westfield State 13–0–02 Framingham State 13–1–03 Trinity 10–5–04 Iona 10–3–2
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1979 SeedSchoolConference Record1 Framingham State 12–1–02 Trinity 14–3–03 RIT 7–1–04 Wesleyan 9–4–0
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1980 SeedSchoolConference Record1 Amherst 11–1–02 Wesleyan 9–4–03 Bentley 13–3–04 RIT 6–2–0
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1981 SeedSchoolConference Record1 Bentley 17–0–02 13–2–03 Wesleyan 12–3–04 Iona 12–2–1
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1982 SeedSchoolConference Record1 Massachusetts–Boston 16–1–02 Assumption 14–2–03 Bentley 11–3–04 Amherst 10–3–1
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1983 SeedSchoolConference Record1 Iona 14–1–02 Wesleyan 12–3–13 11–4–04 Fitchburg State 15–4–0
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1984 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Amherst 13–1–05 Bentley 11–5–02 Assumption 12–4–06 Trinity 9–6–13 13–3–17 Iona 15–2–24 New Hampshire College 18–4–15 Wesleyan 12–7–0
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1985 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Trinity 14–2–05 Assumption 13–3–02 Iona 18–3–06 Fitchburg State 16–4–03 15–3–07 Curry 16–4–14 Amherst 12–3–18 Framingham State 12–5–1
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1986
North SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 20–0–04 Curry 18–6–12 Fitchburg State 15–5–05 Assumption 12–6–03 Plymouth State 17–5–06 Saint Michael's 12–6–1
South SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Trinity 15–1–04 Quinnipiac 18–6–02 Connecticut College 15–1–05 St. John's 9–6–03 Iona 13–5–06 Amherst 8–7–0
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1987
North SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 16–2–14 New Hampshire College 13–8–22 Fitchburg State 15–4–05 Curry 21–7–03 Framingham State 18–4–06 Hawthorne 11–9–0
South SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Trinity 17–0–04 Wesleyan 12–5–12 Quinnipiac 19–4–15 Iona 13–6–03 Connecticut College 13–3–06 Roger Williams 8–7–1
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1988
North SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Curry 23–1–04 Tufts 14–6–02 Fitchburg State 18–1–15 Saint Michael's 13–6–03 19–2–06 Plymouth State 13–9–0
South SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Trinity 18–0–04 Iona 13–6–12 Connecticut College 12–2–15 Roger Williams 10–8–03 Quinnipiac 13–9–16 Skidmore 12–8–0
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1989
North SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 18–3–04 Tufts 13–5–12 Curry 15–3–15 Fitchburg State 14–6–03 Saint Michael's 15–3–16 Suffolk 14–6–1
South SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Iona 15–4–04 Amherst 10–6–02 Connecticut College 13–4–05 Western New England 10–4–13 Trinity 12–5–06 Wesleyan 12–7–0
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1990
North SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Fitchburg State 17–4–04 Southern Maine 11–6–22 16–4–05 New Hampshire College 11–7–23 Assumption 14–8–16 Curry 10–6–2
South SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Trinity 16–3–04 Western New England 13–7–12 Connecticut College 14–3–05 Amherst 11–7–03 Iona 14–2–06 Roger Williams 12–12–1
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1991
North SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Fitchburg State 17–0–04 Plymouth State 11–6–12 Suffolk 20–4–05 Assumption 11–7–33 16–2–26 Tufts 11–7–2
South SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Trinity 13–3–14 Amherst 11–7–02 Iona 14–2–25 Western New England 11–9–23 Skidmore 13–7–26 Roger Williams 13–10–1
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1992
North SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Assumption 18–2–04 14–5–02 Fitchburg State 14–2–15 Suffolk 14–8–13 Southern Maine 12–8–16 Framingham State 15–7–0
South SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Amherst 10–4–14 Iona 9–9–02 Western New England 13–7–05 Wesleyan 10–9–13 Fairfield 14–9–06 Skidmore 8–9–0
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1993 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 5 Assumption 2 Southern Maine 16–4–16 Fitchburg State 11–5–23 Iona 7 Suffolk 4 Plymouth State 8 Skidmore Note: teams in italics were division champions.
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1994 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 5 Assumption 2 Fitchburg State 6 Plymouth State 3 Skidmore 7 Bentley 4 Western New England 8 Framingham State Note: teams in italics were division champions.
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1995 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 5 Fairfield 2 Fitchburg State 6 Tufts 3 Skidmore 7 Assumption 4 Framingham State 8 Nichols Note: teams in italics were division champions.
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1996 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 5 Bentley 14–7–12 Fitchburg State 6 Tufts 3 Skidmore 7 Saint Michael's 12–8–14 Roger Williams 8 Framingham State Note: teams in italics were division champions.
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1997 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Bentley 17–5–15 2 Fitchburg State 6 Assumption 3 Skidmore 7 Worcester State 4 Saint Michael's 17–3–18 Framingham State Note: teams in italics were division champions.
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1998 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Fitchburg State 5 Bentley 12–4–02 Saint Michael's 17–3–06 New Hampshire College 3 Wentworth 14–5–07 Worcester State 4 8 Plymouth State Note: teams in italics were division champions.
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1999 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 14–1–25 Tufts 12–4–12 Fitchburg State 14–1–26 New Hampshire College 11–5–13 Wentworth 13–3–17 Plymouth State 10–7–04 Saint Michael's 12–4–18 Johnson & Wales 9–8–0
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2000 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Wentworth 11–1–15 Lebanon Valley 8–4–12 Fitchburg State 10–1–26 Johnson & Wales 7–6–03 Tufts 9–3–17 Western New England 7–6–04 8–3–28 Salve Regina 6–6–1
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2001 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Tufts 15–1–15 10–5–22 Wentworth 14–2–16 Worcester State 9–7–13 Johnson & Wales 14–2–17 Fitchburg State 9–7–14 Lebanon Valley 12–4–18 Salve Regina 7–10–0
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2002 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Lebanon Valley 13–1–15 Johnson & Wales 11–4–02 13–2–06 Fitchburg State 9–6–03 Wentworth 13–2–07 Salve Regina 8–7–04 Curry 11–4–08 Plymouth State 7–8–0
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2003 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Wentworth 13–1–25 Johnson & Wales 11–4–12 Lebanon Valley 14–2–06 9–6–13 Curry 13–3–07 Salve Regina 8–7–14 Fitchburg State 12–3–18 Worcester State 7–7–2
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2004 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Curry 16–0–05 11–4–12 Lebanon Valley 14–2–06 Fitchburg State 7–6–33 Wentworth 12–2–27 Suffolk 6–8–24 Framingham State 11–3–28 Salve Regina 6–7–2
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2005 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Curry 14–0–15 Fitchburg State 8–6–12 14–1–06 Johnson & Wales 8–7–03 Wentworth 11–2–27 Salve Regina 7–7–14 Plymouth State 9–5–18 Framingham State 5–10–0
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2006 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 14–1–05 Wentworth 10–5–02 Curry 13–1–16 Johnson & Wales 7–6–23 Plymouth State 13–2–07 Fitchburg State 8–7–04 Nichols 10–3–28 Salve Regina 8–7–0
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2007 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 14–1–05 Fitchburg State 9–4–22 Curry 13–1–16 Johnson & Wales 9–6–03 Wentworth 11–2–27 Nichols 8–6–14 Plymouth State 10–4–18 Salve Regina 8–7–0
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2008 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Curry 14–1–15 Suffolk 10–6–02 13–3–06 Becker 9–6–13 Nichols 12–4–07 Salve Regina 8–5–34 Wentworth 10–5–18 Fitchburg State 8–5–3
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2009 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Nichols 16–1–05 Fitchburg State 9–5–32 Curry 15–1–16 Becker 9–7–13 Wentworth 13–3–17 Johnson & Wales 8–7–24 13–3–18 Westfield State 7–7–3
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2010 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Wentworth 11–3–05 Nichols 7–6–12 Curry 10–3–16 Johnson & Wales 7–6–13 Suffolk 8–4–27 Western New England 2–12–04 Becker 8–6–08 Salve Regina 0–13–1
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2011 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Curry 10–2–24 Becker 7–4–32 Wentworth 10–3–15 Nichols 6–8–03 Johnson & Wales 10–4–06 Western New England 5–9–0
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2012 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Wentworth 11–2–14 Western New England 8–5–12 Curry 11–3–05 Johnson & Wales 7–5–23 Nichols 9–4–16 Becker 4–9–1
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2013 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Wentworth 10–2–24 Western New England 8–6–02 Nichols 9–4–15 Salve Regina 5–7–23 Curry 7–3–46 Johnson & Wales 5–8–1
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2014 SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Nichols 9–3–24 Johnson & Wales 7–6–12 Wentworth 9–5–05 Suffolk 6–7–13 Salve Regina 9–5–06 Curry 6–8–0
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