ECAC 2 tournament

The ECAC 2 Tournament was a college ice hockey conference tournament played from 1967 until 1984. For several years it was the only championship held for lower-tier college programs under the oversight of the NCAA and served as the de facto NCAA national championship until 1978.

ECAC 2 tournament (defunct)
Conference hockey championship
Sport	Ice hockey
Conference	ECAC 2
Number of teams	4–16
Format	Single-elimination
Played	1967–1984
Most championships	Bowdoin, (4) Lowell, Merrimack

History

ECAC 2 began holding a conference tournament for the 1965–66 season with four teams invited to participate. Even after 5 teams left in 1971 to form ECAC 3 the league's membership had risen from 15 to 24 teams in the interim and the championship was expanded to eight. When ECAC 2 reached 32 member institutions in 1977–1978, the league elected to stage separate 8–team tournaments for each of its two divisions rather than establishing a single 16–team competition (East and West). This was partly done to guarantee the two tournament champions automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament which began play the same year. Some schools, however, either had policies that barred them from appearing in national tournaments^[1] or were ineligible to appear in a Division II tournament due to being primarily a Division I or Division III school. This arrangement held for 6 years before the entire Division II level of college hockey collapsed after 1983–84 and ECAC 2 was formally split into two separate conferences the following season.

1966

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	American International	11–4–0
2	New Hampshire	11–5–0
3	Colby	8–4–0
4	Merrimack	4–4–1

	Semifinals March 8–9					ECAC 2 Championship March 12
	1	American International	1
	4	Merrimack	4
						4	Merrimack	0
						3	Colby	5
	2	New Hampshire	1
	3	Colby	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1967

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Norwich	14–2–1
2	Colby	9–2–1
3	Middlebury	8–3–0
4	Merrimack	7–3–0

	Semifinals March 8–9					ECAC 2 Championship March 11
	1	Norwich	3
	4	Merrimack	12
						4	Merrimack	6
						2	Colby	4
	2	Colby	4**
	3	Middlebury	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1968

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	10–1–0
2	Colby	15–2–0
3	Hamilton	13–2–1
4	American International	10–5–0

	Semifinals March 6–7					ECAC 2 Championship March 9
	1	Merrimack	6
	4	American International	1
						1	Merrimack	5
						3	Hamilton	4
	2	Colby	3
	3	Hamilton	6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1969

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	7–2–0
2	American International	13–5–0
3	Colby	12–6–0
4	Norwich	10–6–0

	Semifinals March 5–6					ECAC 2 Championship March 8
	1	Merrimack	3
	4	Norwich	5
						4	Norwich	6
						2	American International	7
	2	American International	10
	3	Colby	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1970

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Bowdoin	13–0–0
2	Vermont	12–4–0
3	Middlebury	11–5–0
4	Merrimack	9–4–0

	Semifinals March 11					ECAC 2 Championship March 14
	1	Bowdoin	9
	4	Merrimack	1
						1	Bowdoin	1
						2	Vermont	4
	2	Vermont	5
	3	Middlebury	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1971

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Bowdoin	14–2–0
2	Vermont	13–3–0
3	Massachusetts	12–3–1
4	Norwich	10–8–0

	Semifinals March 10					ECAC 2 Championship March 13
	1	Bowdoin	8
	4	Norwich	2
						1	Bowdoin	5*
						2	Vermont	4
	2	Vermont	2
	3	Massachusetts	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1972

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Massachusetts	15–3–0	5	Salem State	10–9–1
2	Buffalo	10–2–0	6	Lowell Tech	8–10–0
3	Vermont	12–2–1	7	Boston State	13–10–0
4	Merrimack	12–4–0	8	Saint Anselm	7–6–0

	Quarterfinals March 4-5					Semifinals March 7-8					ECAC 2 Championship March 11
	1	Massachusetts	5
	8	Saint Anselm	3
						1	Massachusetts	4
						4	Merrimack	2
	2	Buffalo	9
	7	Boston State	5
											1	Massachusetts	8
											2	Buffalo	1
	3	Vermont	5
	6	Lowell Tech	0
						2	Buffalo	4
						3	Vermont	0
	4	Merrimack	4
	5	Salem State	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1973

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Vermont	16–0–0	5	Norwich	11–6–2
2	Bowdoin	11–4–1	6	Middlebury	9–7–0
3	Massachusetts	12–4–2	7	Williams	14–5–0
4	Merrimack	13–5–1	8	Saint Anselm	15–4–0

	Quarterfinals March 3-4					Semifinals March 6-7					ECAC 2 Championship March 10
	1	Vermont	6
	8	Saint Anselm	2
						1	Vermont	4
						4	Merrimack	3
	2	Bowdoin	5*
	7	Williams	4
											1	Vermont	8
											2	Bowdoin	1
	3	Massachusetts	10
	6	Middlebury	2
						2	Bowdoin	9
						3	Massachusetts	3
	4	Merrimack	3
	5	Norwich	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1974

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Vermont	15–1–0	5	Massachusetts	10–6–0
2	Salem State	18–3–0	6	Norwich	10–8–1
3	Merrimack	16–6–2	7	Williams	7–5–2
4	Boston State	13–9–2	8	Army	9–2–0

	Quarterfinals March 2-3					Semifinals March 5-6					ECAC 2 Championship March 9
	1	Vermont	10
	8	Army	1
						1	Vermont	4
						5	Massachusetts	3
	2	Salem State	9
	7	Williams	6
											1	Vermont	6
											3	Merrimack	2
	3	Merrimack	4
	6	Norwich	3
						2	Salem State	2
						3	Merrimack	7
	4	Boston State	4
	5	Massachusetts	7

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1975

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	22–2–1	5	Salem State	15–7–0
2	Bowdoin	11–5–0	6	Saint Anselm	12–9–1
3	Middlebury	10–4–1	7	Army	12–7–0
4	Hamilton	13–5–1	8	Lowell Tech	13–8–0

	Quarterfinals March 1-3					Semifinals March 5-6					ECAC 2 Championship March 8
	1	Merrimack	4
	8	Lowell Tech	2
						1	Merrimack	3
						4	Hamilton	4
	2	Bowdoin	8
	7	Army	4
											4	Hamilton	4
											2	Bowdoin	6
	3	Middlebury	5
	6	Saint Anselm	4
						2	Bowdoin	3*
						3	Middlebury	2
	4	Hamilton	6
	5	Salem State	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1976

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	21–2–0	5	Oswego State	13–6–1
2	Union	13–1–0	6	Hamilton	9–7–1
3	Bowdoin	13–3–0	7	Army	12–5–0
4	Salem State	15–5–0	8	Buffalo	9–4–1

	Quarterfinals March 5-6					Semifinals March 9-10					ECAC 2 Championship March 13
	1	Merrimack	7
	8	Buffalo	4
						1	Merrimack	8
						7	Army	2
	2	Union	2
	7	Army	3
											1	Merrimack	5
											3	Bowdoin	6
	3	Bowdoin	7
	6	Hamilton	3
						3	Bowdoin	4
						4	Salem State	1
	4	Salem State	3
	5	Oswego State	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1977

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	20–2–1	5	American International	14–5–0
2	Union	11–1–0	6	Lowell	16–8–1
3	Bowdoin	13–2–0	7	Salem State	16–6–0
4	Army	14–2–1	8	Elmira	19–2–0

	Quarterfinals March 4-5					Semifinals March 8-9					ECAC 2 Championship March 16
	1	Merrimack	5
	8	Elmira	1
						1	Merrimack	6
						6	Lowell	2
	2	Union	12
	7	Salem State	6
											1	Merrimack	6
											2	Union	4
	3	Bowdoin	2
	6	Lowell	4
						2	Union	11
						4	Army	4
	4	Army	7*
	5	American International	6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1978

East Seed School Conference Record Seed School Conference Record 1 Bowdoin 13–3–1 5 Holy Cross 14–7–0 2 Merrimack 16–4–1 6 American International 13–7–1 3 Lowell 16–5–1 7 Saint Anselm 10–10–1 4 Salem State 17–7–0 8 Colby 9–12–1 Quarterfinals March 4-5 Semifinals March 8-9 ECAC East Championship March 16                   1 Bowdoin 7 8 Colby 4 1 Bowdoin 4 4 Salem State 1 2 Merrimack 12 7 Saint Anselm 3 1 Bowdoin 3 2 Merrimack 0 3 Lowell 6 6 American International 4 2 Merrimack 6 3 Lowell 3 4 Salem State 4 5 Holy Cross 1

West Seed School Conference Record Seed School Conference Record 1 Middlebury 11–3–0 5 Norwich 13–9–0 2 Elmira 18–4–0 6 Army 10–8–1 3 Plattsburgh State 16–3–0 7 Hamilton 11–8–0 4 Oswego State 16–8–0 8 Buffalo 12–10–0 Quarterfinals March 4-5 Semifinals March 8-9 ECAC West Championship March 16                   1 Middlebury 7 8 Buffalo 3 1 Middlebury 5* 5 Norwich 4 2 Elmira 5 7 Hamilton 4 1 Middlebury 3 2 Elmira 6 3 Plattsburgh State 6 6 Army 3 2 Elmira 4 3 Plattsburgh State 3 4 Oswego State 3 5 Norwich 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1979

East Seed School Conference Record Seed School Conference Record 1 Maine 16–4–0 5 Bowdoin 10–7–0 2 Lowell 21–5–0 6 Holy Cross 15–8–0 3 Merrimack 20–5–0 7 New Haven 13–7–1 4 Salem State 18–8–1 8 American International 13–10–0 Quarterfinals March 3 Semifinals March 7 ECAC East Championship March 10                   1 Maine 4 8 American International 1 1 Maine 4 4 Salem State 7 2 Lowell 7 7 New Haven 3 4 Salem State 1 2 Lowell 4 3 Merrimack 4 6 Holy Cross 1 2 Lowell 7 3 Merrimack 6 4 Salem State 4* 5 Bowdoin 3

West Seed School Conference Record Seed School Conference Record 1 Plattsburgh State 22–2–0 5 Westfield State 14–4–1 2 Middlebury 14–4–1 6 Buffalo 11–8–0 3 Elmira 21–4–0 7 Oswego State 12–12–0 4 Norwich 15–8–0 8 Williams 8–10–0 Quarterfinals March 3 Semifinals March 7 ECAC West Championship March 10                   1 Plattsburgh State 11 8 Williams 1 1 Plattsburgh State 5 4 Norwich 6 2 Middlebury 7 7 Oswego State 2 4 Norwich 1 2 Middlebury 2 3 Elmira 5 6 Buffalo 4 2 Middlebury 5 3 Elmira 3 4 Norwich 9 5 Westfield State 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1980

East Seed School Conference Record Seed School Conference Record 1 Bowdoin 14–2–2 5 Holy Cross 15–6–0 2 Lowell 19–4–0 6 Merrimack 14–8–2 3 Babson 15–7–2 7 New Haven 12–8–0 4 Salem State 19–6–0 8 Colby 12–8–0 Quarterfinals March 1–2 Semifinals March 5 ECAC East Championship March 8                   1 Bowdoin 5 8 Colby 2 1 Bowdoin 4 6 Merrimack 5* 2 Lowell 8 7 New Haven 5 6 Merrimack 4 2 Lowell 0 3 Babson 3 6 Merrimack 9 2 Lowell 4 5 Holy Cross 2 4 Salem State 1 5 Holy Cross 5

West Seed School Conference Record Seed School Conference Record 1 Elmira 18–2–1 5 Westfield State 12–8–0 2 Plattsburgh State 18–5–2 6 Army 15–10–1 3 Oswego State 16–7–0 7 Norwich 9–12–0 4 Middlebury 11–5–3 8 North Adams State 11–9–0 Quarterfinals March 1–2 Semifinals March 5 ECAC West Championship March 8                   1 Elmira 5 8 North Adams State 7 2 Plattsburgh State 4 8 North Adams State 3 2 Plattsburgh State 4 7 Norwich 3 2 Plattsburgh State 3 3 Oswego State 8 3 Oswego State 12 6 Army 6 3 Oswego State 4 4 Middlebury 2 4 Middlebury 5* 5 Westfield State 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1981

East Seed School Conference Record Seed School Conference Record 1 Lowell 18–3–0 5 Bowdoin 11–7–0 2 Merrimack 17–6–0 6 Babson 11–9–0 3 Salem State 16–6–1 7 Holy Cross 11–11–0 4 New England College 14–6–0 8 Colby 13–8–0 Quarterfinals February 28–March 1 Semifinals March 4 ECAC East Championship March 7                   1 Lowell 4 8 Colby 3 1 Lowell 6 5 Bowdoin 3 2 Merrimack 10 7 Holy Cross 7 1 Lowell 6 2 Merrimack 4 3 Salem State 4 6 Babson 3 2 Merrimack 5 3 Salem State 3 4 New England College 2 5 Bowdoin 3

West Seed School Conference Record Seed School Conference Record 1 Oswego State 19–2–1 5 Norwich 14–8–1 2 Plattsburgh State 17–3–2 6 North Adams State 11–8–1 3 Elmira 18–7–0 7 Westfield State 11–8–1 4 Williams 10–3–3 8 Hamilton 6–10–3 Quarterfinals February 28–March 1 Semifinals March 4 ECAC West Championship March 7                   1 Oswego State 6 8 Hamilton 4 1 Oswego State 12 5 Norwich 5 2 Plattsburgh State 9 7 Westfield State 5 1 Oswego State 6 2 Plattsburgh State 7 3 Elmira 13 6 North Adams State 5 2 Plattsburgh State 5 3 Elmira 2 4 Williams 3 5 Norwich 6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1982

East Seed School Conference Record Seed School Conference Record 1 Lowell 19–1–0 5 Colby 12–7–2 2 Babson 16–5–1 6 Bowdoin 11–8–0 3 Merrimack 17–8–1 7 Salem State 14–11–1 4 New England College 15–9–1 8 Holy Cross 12–10–2 Quarterfinals February 27–28 Semifinals March 3 ECAC East Championship March 7                   1 Lowell 8 8 Holy Cross 2 1 Lowell 3* 4 New England College 2 2 Babson 6 7 Salem State 3 1 Lowell 5 3 Merrimack 1 3 Merrimack 7 6 Bowdoin 4 2 Babson 2 3 Merrimack 3 4 New England College 5 5 Colby 2

West Seed School Conference Record Seed School Conference Record 1 Oswego State 17–5–0 5 Williams 10–7–1 2 Plattsburgh State 18–6–1 6 RIT 16–7–1 3 Norwich 16–9–0 7 Elmira 11–11–0 4 North Adams State 16–7–0 8 Potsdam State Quarterfinals February 27–28 Semifinals March 3 ECAC West Championship March 7                   1 Oswego State 5 8 Potsdam State 6* 2 Plattsburgh State 11 8 Potsdam State 3 2 Plattsburgh State 7 7 Elmira 3 2 Plattsburgh State 14 6 North Adams State 3 5 Williams 3 4 North Adams State 5 6 RIT 3 4 North Adams State 5 3 Norwich 4 6 RIT 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1983

East Seed School Conference Record Seed School Conference Record 1 Lowell 18–0–0 5 Salem State 14–8–3 2 Babson 15–4–1 6 Bowdoin 9–8–1 3 Holy Cross 16–7–1 7 New England College 13–10–0 4 Colby 11–8–0 8 Saint Anselm 9–11–0 Quarterfinals February 26–27 Semifinals March 2 ECAC East Championship March 5                   1 Lowell 9 8 Saint Anselm 2 1 Lowell 5 5 Salem State 1 2 Babson 5 7 New England College 3 1 Lowell 3* 2 Babson 2 3 Holy Cross 14 6 Bowdoin 9 2 Babson 6 3 Holy Cross 2 4 Colby 4 5 Salem State 5

West Seed School Conference Record Seed School Conference Record 1 RIT 20–4–0 5 Potsdam State 14–9–1 2 Oswego State 18–5–0 6 North Adams State 9–11–1 3 Norwich 14–7–0 7 Elmira 14–11–0 4 Plattsburgh State 16–8–0 8 Middlebury 7–9–1 Quarterfinals February 26–27 Semifinals March 2 ECAC West Championship March 5                   1 RIT 3 8 Middlebury 5 2 Oswego State 8 8 Middlebury 2 2 Oswego State 9 7 Elmira 3 2 Oswego State 9 4 Plattsburgh State 6 3 Norwich 3 6 North Adams State 5 4 Plattsburgh State 5 6 North Adams State 4 4 Plattsburgh State 5 5 Potsdam State 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1984

East Seed School Conference Record Seed School Conference Record 1 Bowdoin 12–3–1 5 Merrimack 10–10–0 2 Babson 16–3–1 6 Colby 7–8–1 3 New England College 16–6–2 7 Salem State 10–11–3 4 Norwich 14–7–0 8 Massachusetts–Boston 7–9–0 Quarterfinals February 28–29 Semifinals March 3 ECAC East Championship March 5                   1 Bowdoin 6 8 Massachusetts–Boston 4 1 Bowdoin 4* 6 Colby 3 2 Babson 6 7 Salem State 2 1 Bowdoin 1 2 Babson 4 3 New England College 2 6 Colby 3 2 Babson 3 4 Norwich 1 4 Norwich 7 5 Merrimack 4

West Seed School Conference Record Seed School Conference Record 1 RIT 22–2–0 5 North Adams State 15–8–2 2 Oswego State 17–4–0 6 Plattsburgh State 14–11–0 3 Elmira 17–8–0 7 Potsdam State 14–10–1 4 Union 13–5–1 8 Hamilton 9–10–0 Quarterfinals February 26–27 Semifinals March 2 ECAC West Championship March 5                   1 RIT 7 8 Hamilton 0 1 RIT 6 6 Plattsburgh State 2 2 Oswego State 9 7 Potsdam State 2 1 RIT 3 4 Union 1 3 Elmira 1 6 Plattsburgh State 6 2 Oswego State 3 4 Union 5 4 Union 6 5 North Adams State 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Championships

School	Championships
Bowdoin	4
Lowell	4
Merrimack	4
Vermont	3
Oswego State	2
Plattsburgh State	2
American International	1
Babson	1
Colby	1
Elmira	1
Massachusetts	1
Middlebury	1
RIT	1

See also

• NEHC Men's Tournament
• ECAC West Men's Tournament