1979 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1979 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 18th tournament in league history. It was played between March 6 and March 10, 1979.^[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, New Hampshire and Dartmouth received invitations to participate in the 1979 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

1979 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 6–10, 1979
Teams	8
Finals site	Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Champions	New Hampshire[1] (1st title)
Winning coach	Charlie Holt[2] (1st title)
MVP	Greg Moffett[3] (New Hampshire)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 1978 1980 →

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

1978–79 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	Pct.	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Boston University†	23	17	4	2	.783	101	76		30	21	7	2	138	106
New Hampshire*	25	17	5	3	.740	151	103		35	22	10	3	203	148
Cornell	22	16	6	0	.727	129	88		29	21	8	0	166	114
Dartmouth	22	14	7	1	.659	104	78		30	19	9	2	144	102
Clarkson	22	13	9	0	.591	135	106		31	19	12	0	184	136
Providence	24	13	9	2	.583	105	102		28	16	10	2	134	123
Yale	22	12	9	1	.568	105	91		27	13	12	2	129	125
Vermont	21	11	10	0	.524	97	98		30	12	18	0	122	141
Northeastern	22	11	11	0	.500	94	107		27	12	15	0	112	129
Brown	21	10	11	0	.476	86	89		25	11	14	0	105	108
Boston College	22	10	12	0	.455	106	112		30	16	14	0	167	141
Colgate	20	7	13	0	.350	97	124		28	15	13	0	166	144
Rensselaer	25	8	16	1	.340	124	136		28	10	17	1	141	145
Harvard	22	5	16	1	.250	86	109		26	7	18	1	108	131
St. Lawrence	24	5	18	1	.229	81	132		31	8	21	2	118	162
Princeton	21	2	15	4	.190	71	119		26	5	17	4	95	138
Championship: New Hampshire † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion

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Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round

	Quarterfinals March 6					Semifinals March 9					Championship March 10
	1	Boston University	4
	8	Vermont	3
						1	Boston University	3
						4	Dartmouth	5
	2	New Hampshire	9
	7	Yale	2
											2	New Hampshire	3
											4	Dartmouth	2
	3	Cornell	6*
	6	Providence	5
						2	New Hampshire	4			Third Place
						3	Cornell	2
	4	Dartmouth	2*								1	Boston University	4
	5	Clarkson	1								3	Cornell	7

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston University vs. (8) Vermont

March 6

Boston University

4 – 3

Vermont

Walter Brown Arena

(2) New Hampshire vs. (7) Yale

March 6

New Hampshire

9 – 2

Yale

Snively Arena

(3) Cornell vs. (6) Providence

March 6

Cornell

6 – 5

OT

Providence

Lynah Rink

(4) Dartmouth vs. (5) Clarkson

March 6

Dartmouth

2 – 1

OT

Clarkson

Thompson Arena

Semifinals

(1) Boston University vs. (4) Dartmouth

March 9

Boston University

3 – 5

Dartmouth

Boston Garden

(2) New Hampshire vs. (3) Cornell

March 9

New Hampshire

5 – 2

Cornell

Boston Garden

Third Place

(1) Boston University vs. (3) Cornell

March 10

Boston University

4 – 7

Cornell

Boston Garden

Championship

(2) New Hampshire vs. (4) Dartmouth

March 10

New Hampshire

3 – 2

Dartmouth

Boston Garden

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

MOP

• Greg Moffett (New Hampshire)

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