1973 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1973 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 12th tournament in league history. It was played between March 6 and March 10, 1973.^[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 Boston College received invitations to participate in the 1973 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1973 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 6–10, 1973
Teams	8
Finals site	Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	Cornell[1] (5th title)
Winning coach	Dick Bertrand[2] (1st title)
MVP	Carlo Ugolini[3] (Cornell)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1972 1974 →

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were single-elimination. The top eight teams, based on winning percentage, 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

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

1972–73 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Cornell†*	18	14	3	1	.806	81	60		29	23	5	1	156	92
Harvard†	18	14	3	1	.806	117	62		22	17	4	1	141	79
Boston College	19	13	5	1	.711	118	88		30	22	7	1	188	121
Pennsylvania	22	13	7	2	.636	90	78		27	16	9	2	115	97
New Hampshire	19	11	8	0	.579	93	87		29	16	10	3	129	121
Clarkson	20	11	9	0	.550	101	82		33	18	15	0	176	137
Rensselaer	20	11	9	0	.550	87	67		31	16	15	0	142	124
Boston University^	18	9	8	1	.528	100	51		29	11	17	1	174	86
Brown	19	10	9	0	.526	72	75		23	11	12	0	84	96
Northeastern	21	10	11	0	.476	93	98		29	17	12	0	144	125
St. Lawrence	18	8	10	0	.444	87	89		28	15	13	0	149	131
Dartmouth	20	8	11	1	.425	74	85		24	12	11	1	106	93
Yale	15	5	9	1	.367	47	69		23	12	10	1	102	89
Providence	17	6	11	0	.353	62	79		25	11	14	0	107	110
Colgate	17	5	12	0	.294	58	94		25	11	14	0	107	165
Princeton	21	3	18	0	.143	55	123		23	5	18	0	66	127
Army	10	1	9	0	.100	28	64		27	9	17	1	121	136
Championship: Cornell † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Boston University was required to forfeit 11 after the season for using an ineligible player

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

	Quarterfinals March 6					Semifinals March 9					Championship March 10
	1	Cornell	9
	8	Rensselaer	3
						1	Cornell	9
						7	Clarkson	4
	2	Harvard	4
	7	Clarkson	7
											1	Cornell	3
											3	Boston College	2
	3	Boston College	4
	6	New Hampshire	2
						3	Boston College	5			Third Place
						5	Pennsylvania	3
	4	Boston University	3								5	Pennsylvania	0
	5	Pennsylvania	7								7	Clarkson	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Cornell vs. (8) Rensselaer

March 6

Cornell

9 – 3

Rensselaer

Lynah Rink

(2) Harvard vs. (7) Clarkson

March 6

Harvard

4 – 7

Clarkson

Donald C. Watson Rink

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

March 6

Boston College

4 – 2

New Hampshire

McHugh Forum

(4) Boston University vs. (5) Pennsylvania

March 6

Boston University

3 – 7

Pennsylvania

Walter Brown Arena

Semifinals

(1) Cornell vs. (7) Clarkson

March 9

Cornell

9 – 4

Clarkson

Boston Garden

(3) Boston College vs. (5) Pennsylvania

March 9

Boston College

5 – 3

Pennsylvania

Boston Garden

Third Place

(5) Pennsylvania vs. (7) Clarkson

March 10

Pennsylvania

0 – 4

Clarkson

Boston Garden

Championship

(1) Cornell vs. (3) Boston College

March 10

Cornell

3 – 2

Boston College

Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

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MOP

• Carlo Ugolini (Cornell)