# 1983 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1983 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 22nd tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 12, 1983. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. By winning the tournament, Harvard received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The three teams that were division champions automatically qualified for the tournament while the remaining five seeds were given to the teams with the highest winning percentage. The top four seeds were given out to the three division champions and the top qualifier and assorted based on winning percentage. The remaining four seeds were assigned to the other qualifiers and assorted based upon winning percentage. 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 a two-game series to determine the winner. In the two games no overtime was permitted and if the two teams remained tied after the two games then a 10-minute mini-game would be played where a sudden-death overtime was allowed if the scheduled time did not produce a victor. After the opening round every series becomes a single-elimination game. 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. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against
1982–83 ECAC Hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| East Region |||||||||||||||
| Providence† | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .762 | 111 | 86 | 43 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 225 | 143 |
| New Hampshire | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .738 | 109 | 79 | 35 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 180 | 137 |
| Boston University | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | .667 | 94 | 77 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 125 | 107 |
| Boston College | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | .476 | 85 | 80 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 140 | 114 |
| Northeastern | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .452 | 87 | 87 | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 129 | 122 |
| Maine | 21 | 1 | 20 | 0 | .048 | 71 | 140 | 29 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 105 | 168 |
| West Region |||||||||||||||
| St. Lawrence | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .700 | 89 | 78 | 36 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 147 | 131 |
| Clarkson | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .675 | 104 | 67 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 155 | 104 |
| Rensselaer | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | .650 | 122 | 90 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 167 | 130 |
| Colgate | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .500 | 89 | 81 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 152 | 114 |
| Vermont | 20 | 3 | 16 | 1 | .175 | 60 | 106 | 28 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 89 | 148 |
| Ivy Region |||||||||||||||
| Harvard* | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .738 | 113 | 67 | 34 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 177 | 105 |
| Yale | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | .571 | 104 | 70 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 123 | 90 |
| Cornell | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | .548 | 83 | 79 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 109 | 100 |
| Princeton | 21 | 7 | 12 | 2 | .381 | 85 | 106 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 102 | 121 |
| Dartmouth | 21 | 6 | 14 | 1 | .310 | 85 | 119 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 115 | 141 |
| Brown | 21 | 2 | 18 | 1 | .119 | 53 | 127 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 70 | 145 |
| Independent |||||||||||||||
| Army^ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 218 | 137 |
| Championship: Harvard † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Army had been accepted into ECAC Hockey but had not begun a conference schedule |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round
| Quarterfinals March 4–5 | Quarterfinals March 4–5 | Quarterfinals March 4–5 | Quarterfinals March 4–5 | Quarterfinals March 4–5 | | | Semifinals March 11 | Semifinals March 11 | Semifinals March 11 | Championship March 12 | Championship March 12 | Championship March 12 |
| 1 | Providence | 2 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Yale | 1 | 1 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Yale | 1 | 1 | — | | | 1 | Providence | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 4 | St. Lawrence | 0 | | | |
| 2 | Harvard | 5 | 4 | — | | | 4 | St. Lawrence | 0 | | | |
| 7 | Rensselaer | 1 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Rensselaer | 1 | 2 | — | | | | | | 1 | Providence | 1 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 1 | Providence | 1 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 2 | Harvard | 4 |
| 3 | New Hampshire | 3 | 6 | — | | | | | | | | | 2 | Harvard | 4 |
| 6 | Boston University | 3 | 2 | — | | | | | |
| 6 | Boston University | 3 | 2 | — | | | 2 | Harvard | 6 | Third Place | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | | | | | | 3 | New Hampshire | 3 |
| 4 | St. Lawrence | 5 | 1 | 3 | | | 3 | New Hampshire | 3 | 3 | New Hampshire | 5 |
| 5 | Clarkson | 3 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | 4 | St. Lawrence | 2 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Providence vs. (8) Yale

* Providence won series 2–0

#### (2) Harvard vs. (7) Rensselaer

* Harvard won series 2–0

#### (3) New Hampshire vs. (6) Boston University

* New Hampshire won series 1–0–1

#### (4) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Clarkson

* St. Lawrence won series 2–1

### Championship
#### (1) Providence vs. (2) Harvard
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

None

### MOP

* Mitch Olson (Harvard)