ECAC Hockey League

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The ECAC Hockey League is one of the six conferences that compete in NCAA Division I ice hockey. Despite its name, it is not sponsored by the Eastern College Athletic Conference, a consortium of over 300 colleges in the eastern United States. The name derives from the league's former direct association with the ECAC, which ended in 2004.

Contents

1 Membership
2 Men's ECAC championship games
3 Women's ECAC championship games
4 Conference arenas
5 External links

Membership

The ECAC Hockey League has 12 members. As of the 2006-07 season, all of them participate with men's and women's teams, making the ECAC Hockey League the only Division I hockey conference with a full complement of teams for both sexes.

Brown University
* 3-time ECAC women's champions (1998, 2000, 2002)
Clarkson University
* 4-time ECAC men's champions (1966, 1991, 1993, 1999)
* 9-time ECAC men's regular season champions (1966, 1977, 1981-82, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001)
Colgate University
* 1-time ECAC men's champions (1990)
* 3-time ECAC men's regular season champions (1990, 2004, 2006)
Cornell University
* 11-time ECAC men's champions (1967-70, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1996-97, 2003, 2005)
* 8-time ECAC men's regular season champions (1968-70, 1972-73, 2002-03, 2005)
* 2-time NCAA men's champions (1967, 1970)
Dartmouth College
* 1-time ECAC men's regular season champions (2006)
* 2-time ECAC women's champions (2001, 2003)
Harvard University
* 8-time ECAC men's champions (1963, 1971, 1983, 1987, 1994, 2002, 2004, 2006)
* 4-time ECAC women's champions (1999, 2004-06)
* 10-time ECAC men's regular season champions (1963, 1973, 1975, 1986-89, 1992-94)
* 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
* 1-time ECAC men's champions (1998)
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
* 6-time ECAC men's champions (1962, 1988-89, 1992, 2000-01)
* 1-time ECAC men's regular season champions (2000)
* 2-time ECAC women's regular season champions (2005-06)
Union College (NY)
Yale University
* 1-time ECAC men's regular season champions (1998)

Six of the members of the ECAC Hockey League are also members of the Ivy League, and all of the Ivy universities with Division I ice hockey programs are also members of the ECAC Hockey League. Neither the University of Pennsylvania nor Columbia University have intercollegiate ice hockey programs. The Ivy school that has the best regular season record against other Ivy opponents is crowned the Ivy League ice hockey champion. Harvard was the 2006 Ivy League ice hockey champion. 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. Thus, they enter the league schedule with fewer nonconference warm-up games, though Harvard competes in the annual Beanpot Tournament and Cornell hosts a holiday tournament in Florida.^[link]

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.

Since 2003, the ECAC Championship Game has been held at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, New York.

Winners of the game are awarded the Whitelaw Cup and receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I ice hockey championships.

1962 St. Lawrence def. Clarkson 5-2
1963 Harvard def. Boston College 4-3 (ot)
1964 Providence def. St. Lawrence 3-1
1965 Boston College def. Brown 6-2
1966 Clarkson def. Cornell 6-2
1967 Cornell def. Boston University 4-3
1968 Cornell def. Boston College 6-3
1969 Cornell def. Harvard 4-2
1970 Cornell def. Clarkson 3-2
1971 Harvard def. Clarkson 7-4
1972 Boston University def. Cornell 4-1
1973 Cornell def. Boston College 3-2
1974 Boston University def. Harvard 4-2
1975 Boston University def. Harvard 7-3
1976 Boston University def. Brown 9-2
1977 Boston University def. New Hampshire 8-6
1978 Boston College def. Providence 4-2
1979 New Hampshire def. Dartmouth 3-2
1980 Cornell def. Dartmouth 5-1
1981 Providence def. Cornell 8-4
1982 Northeastern def. Harvard 5-2
1983 Harvard def. Providence 4-1
1984 Rensselaer def. Boston University 5-2
1985 Rensselaer def. Harvard 3-1
1986 Cornell def. Clarkson 3-2 (ot)
1987 Harvard def. St. Lawrence 6-3
1988 St. Lawrence def. Clarkson 3-0
1989 St. Lawrence def. Vermont 4-1
1990 Colgate def. Rensselaer 5-4
1991 Clarkson def. St. Lawrence 5-4
1992 St. Lawrence def. Cornell 4-2
1993 Clarkson def. Brown 3-1
1994 Harvard def. Rensselaer 3-0
1995 Rensselaer def. Princeton 5-1
1996 Cornell def. Harvard 2-1
1997 Cornell def. Clarkson 2-1
1998 Princeton def. Clarkson 5-4 (ot)
1999 Clarkson def. St. Lawrence 3-2
2000 St. Lawrence def. Rensselaer 2-0
2001 St. Lawrence def. Cornell 3-1
2002 Harvard def. Cornell 4-3 (2ot)
2003 Cornell def. Harvard 3-2 (ot)
2004 Harvard def. Clarkson 4-2
2005 Cornell def. Harvard 3-1
2006 Harvard def. Cornell 6-2

The Cleary Cup, named for famous coach Bill Cleary, is awarded to the regular season champion (the team that has the best regular season in-conference record). At present, this team is given the top seed in the 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 (although they may, of course, go on to win the conference tournament and get an automatic bid that way, or be awarded an at-large bid based on the strength of their overall record).

Women's ECAC championship games

1985 Providence def. New Hampshire
1986 New Hampshire def. Northeastern
1987 New Hampshire def. Northeastern
1988 Northeastern def. Providence
1989 Northeastern def. Providence
1990 New Hampshire def. Providence (in Durham, New Hampshire)
1991 New Hampshire def. Northeastern (Durham)
1992 Providence def. New Hampshire (in Providence, Rhode Island)
1993 Providence def. New Hampshire (in Boston)
1994 Providence def. Northeastern (Providence)
1995 Providence def. New Hampshire (Providence)
1996 New Hampshire def. Providence (Durham)
1997 Northeastern def. New Hampshire (Boston)
1998 Brown def. New Hampshire (Boston)
1999 Harvard def. New Hampshire (Providence)
2000 Brown def. Dartmouth (Providence)
2001 Dartmouth def. Harvard (in Hanover, New Hampshire)
2002 Brown def. Dartmouth (Hanover)
2003 Dartmouth def. Harvard (Providence)
2004 Harvard def. St. Lawrence (in Schenectady, New York)
2005 Harvard def. Dartmouth (Schenectady)
2006 Harvard def. Brown (in Canton, New York)

Conference arenas

School	Hockey arena	Arena capacity
Brown	Meehan Auditorium (1962)	3,100
Clarkson	Cheel Arena (1991)	3,000
Colgate	Starr Rink (1959)	2,600
Cornell	Lynah Rink (1957)	3,836
Dartmouth	Thompson Arena (1975)	4,500
Harvard	Bright Hockey Center (1956/1979)	2,850
Princeton	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink (1923)	2,092
Quinnipiac	Northford Ice Pavilion (1998)	2,000
Rensselaer	Houston Field House (1949)	5,217
St. Lawrence	Appleton Arena (1951)	3,000
Union	Frank L. Messa Rink at Achilles Center (1975)	2,225
Yale	Ingalls Rink (1958)	3,486

External links

[ECAC Hockey League home page]

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