1974 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1974 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 13th tournament in league history. It was played between March 5 and March 9, 1974.^[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 Boston University and Harvard received invitations to participate in the 1974 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1974 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 5–9, 1974
Teams	8
Finals site	Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	Boston University[1] (2nd title)
Winning coach	Jack Parker[2] (1st title)
MVP	Ed Walsh[3] (Boston University)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1973 1975 →

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

1973–74 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
New Hampshire†	20	15	5	0	.750	113	71		31	22	9	0	171	105
Harvard	21	15	6	0	.714	166	109		29	17	11	1	155	113
Boston University*	20	14	6	0	.700	167	89		31	23	8	0	190	95
Cornell	20	13	6	1	.675	135	108		27	19	7	1	146	110
St. Lawrence	17	9	7	1	.559	79	83		28	12	15	1	125	123
Dartmouth	22	12	10	0	.545	93	104		25	13	11	1	99	100
Providence	19	9	9	1	.500	83	103		26	14	11	1	115	113
Rensselaer	17	8	9	0	.471	101	116		30	14	15	1	141	142
Clarkson	21	9	11	1	.452	70	89		27	12	14	1	97	115
Pennsylvania	21	9	12	0	.429	67	71		24	10	14	0	75	87
Boston College	19	8	11	0	.421	89	98		28	16	12	0	137	138
Northeastern	19	7	10	2	.421	74	88		27	10	13	4	116	124
Brown	18	7	11	0	.389	63	69		23	10	13	0	87	86
Princeton	20	7	12	1	.375	62	100		24	9	14	1	87	117
Yale	18	5	13	0	.278	60	91		24	8	16	0	80	114
Colgate	20	5	14	1	.275	73	104		28	11	16	1	122	133
Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

	Quarterfinals March 5					Semifinals March 8					Championship March 9
	1	New Hampshire	6
	8	Rensselaer	7*
						2	Harvard	7
						8	Rensselaer	2
	2	Harvard	9
	7	Providence	3
											2	Harvard	2
											3	Boston University	4
	3	Boston University	8
	6	Dartmouth	0
						3	Boston University	7			Third Place
						4	Cornell	3
	4	Cornell	5								4	Cornell	8
	5	St. Lawrence	3								8	Rensselaer	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) New Hampshire vs. (8) Rensselaer

March 5

New Hampshire

6 – 7

OT

Rensselaer

Snively Arena

(2) Harvard vs. (7) Providence

March 5

Harvard

9 – 3

Providence

Donald C. Watson Rink

(3) Boston University vs. (6) Dartmouth

March 5

Boston University

8 – 0

Dartmouth

Walter Brown Arena

(4) Cornell vs. (5) St. Lawrence

March 5

Cornell

5 – 3

St. Lawrence

Lynah Rink

Semifinals

(2) Harvard vs. (8) Rensselaer

March 8

Harvard

7 – 2

Rensselaer

Boston Garden

(3) Boston University vs. (4) Cornell

March 8

Boston University

7 – 3

Cornell

Boston Garden

Third Place

(4) Cornell vs. (8) Rensselaer

March 9

Cornell

8 – 2

Rensselaer

Boston Garden

Championship

(2) Harvard vs. (3) Boston University

March 9

Harvard

2 – 4

Boston University

Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

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MOP

• Ed Walsh (Boston University)