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[[Image:Darthmouth vs Princeton 1.jpg|thumb|right|A men's game between the Big Green and Tigers at [[Thompson Arena]] in Hanover]] |
[[Image:Darthmouth vs Princeton 1.jpg|thumb|right|A men's game between the Big Green and Tigers at [[Thompson Arena]] in Hanover]] |
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[[Image:SLU women v Clarkson Feb 2007.jpg|thumb|right|A women's game between the Golden Knights & Saints at [[Appleton Arena]] in Canton.]] |
[[Image:SLU women v Clarkson Feb 2007.jpg|thumb|right|A women's game between the Golden Knights & Saints at [[Appleton Arena]] in Canton.]] |
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'''ECAC Hockey''' is one of the six |
'''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 [[college]]s in the eastern [[United States]]. This relationship ended in 2004, however the ECAC acronym was retained in the name of the hockey conference. <ref name="ecachockey.com">[http://www.ecachockey.com/men/history/M_timeline.pdf?dec= timeline of ECACH history, ECACHockey.com]</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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|[[Colgate University#Athletics|Raiders]] |
|[[Colgate University#Athletics|Raiders]] |
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|1819 |
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|Private/Non-sectarian, founded by |
|Private/Non-sectarian, founded by Bapti |
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|2,800 |
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|[[Patriot League]] |
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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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|[[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/[[Congregational church|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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|[[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/[[Unitarianism|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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|[[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 [[Presbyterianism|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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|[[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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|[[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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|[[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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|[[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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|[[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/[[Congregational church|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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==Men's ECAC championship games== |
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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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Since 2003, the ECAC Championship Game has been held at the [[Times Union Center]] (formerly Pepsi Arena) in [[Albany, New York]]. |
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Beginning in 2011, the Championship will move to [[Boardwalk Hall]] in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]] for three years. |
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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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*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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*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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===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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==Women's ECAC championship games== |
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*1985 '''Providence''' def. New Hampshire |
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*1986 '''New Hampshire''' def. Northeastern |
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*1987 '''New Hampshire''' def. Northeastern |
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*1988 '''Northeastern''' def. Providence |
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*1989 '''Northeastern''' def. Providence |
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*1990 '''New Hampshire''' def. Providence (in [[Durham, New Hampshire]]) |
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*1991 '''New Hampshire''' def. Northeastern (Durham) |
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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 (Durham) |
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*1997 '''Northeastern''' def. New Hampshire (Boston) |
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*1998 '''Brown''' def. New Hampshire (Boston) |
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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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==Conference arenas== |
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!Hockey arena |
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|Brown |
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|[[Meehan Auditorium]] (1962) |
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|3,100 |
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|Clarkson |
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|[[Cheel Arena]] (1991) |
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|3,000 |
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|Colgate |
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|[[Starr Rink]] (1959) |
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|2,246 |
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|Cornell |
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|[[Lynah Rink]] (1957) |
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|4,267 |
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|Dartmouth |
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|[[Thompson Arena]] (1975) |
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|4,500 |
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|Harvard |
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|[[Bright Hockey Center]] (1956/1979) |
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|2,850 |
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|Princeton |
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|[[Hobey Baker Memorial Rink]] (1923) |
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|2,092 |
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|Quinnipiac |
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|[[TD Bank Sports Center]] (2007) |
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|3,386 |
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|Rensselaer |
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|[[Houston Field House]] (1949) |
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|4,780 |
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|St. Lawrence |
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|[[Appleton Arena]] (1951) |
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|3,000 |
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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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|Yale |
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|[[Ingalls Rink]] (1958) |
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|3,500 |
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==NCAA Records== |
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* 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 third 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 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. <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 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.<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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* 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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==References== |
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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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Revision as of 07:23, 14 February 2011
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| Association | NCAA |
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| Commissioner | Steve Hagwell |
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| Division | Division I |
| Region | Northeastern United States |
| Official website | www.ecachockey.com |
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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. [1]
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
- Brown University
- 3-time ECAC women's champions (1998, 2000, 2002)
- Clarkson University
- 5-time ECAC men's champions (1966, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2007)
- 10-time ECAC men's regular season champions (1966, 1977, 1981-82, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2008)
- Colgate University
- 1-time ECAC men's champions (1990)
- 3-time ECAC men's regular season champions (1990, 2004, 2006)
- Last ECAC Hockey Team to reach the NCAA Men's Championship Game (1990)
- Cornell University
- 12-time ECAC men's champions (1967-70, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1996-97, 2003, 2005, 2010)
- 8-time ECAC men's regular season champions (1968-70, 1972-73, 2002-03, 2005)
- 1-time ECAC women's champions (2010)
- 1-time ECAC women's regular season champions (2010)
- 2-time NCAA men's champions (1967, 1970)
- Dartmouth College
- 1-time ECAC men's regular season champions (2006)
- 4-time ECAC women's champions (2001, 2003, 2007, 2009)
- Harvard University
- 8-time ECAC men's champions (1963, 1971, 1983, 1987, 1994, 2002, 2004, 2006)
- 5-time ECAC women's champions (1999, 2004-06, 2008)
- 10-time ECAC men's regular season champions (1963, 1973, 1975, 1986-89, 1992-94)
- 5-time ECAC women's regular season champions (1999, 2003-05, 2008)
- 1-time NCAA men's champions (1989)
- 1-time women's national champions (1999, crowned by AWCHA, pre-dated NCAA Women's "Frozen Four")
- Princeton University
- 2-time ECAC men's champions (1998, 2008)
- Quinnipiac University
- New member in 2005
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- 3-time ECAC men's champions (1984-85, 1995)
- 2-time ECAC men's regular season champions (1984-85)
- 2-time NCAA men's champions (1954, 1985)
- Women's team joined in 2006
- St. Lawrence University (Team article)
- 6-time ECAC men's champions (1962, 1988-89, 1992, 2000-01)
- 2-time ECAC men's regular season champions (2000, 2007)
- 2-time ECAC women's regular season champions (2005-06)
- Union College
- Yale University
- 1-time ECAC men's champions (2009)
- 3-time ECAC men's regular season champions (1998, 2009, 2010)
As of the 2006-07 season, all ECAC schools participate with men's and women's teams, making ECAC Hockey the only Division I hockey conference with a full complement of teams for both sexes.[1]
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 Bapti |
- ^ a b c d timeline of ECACH history, ECACHockey.com
- ^ 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