# 1984 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 1984 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 23rd tournament in league history. It was played between March 2 and March 10, 1984. 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, Rensselaer received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1984 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 upon 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 1984 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
1983–84 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 |||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .714 | 88 | 72 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 175 | 141 |
| Boston University | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .714 | 75 | 63 | 40 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 167 | 120 |
| New Hampshire | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | .619 | 94 | 73 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 169 | 139 |
| Providence | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | .619 | 84 | 78 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 143 | 122 |
| Northeastern | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .500 | 104 | 97 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 144 | 124 |
| Maine | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | .333 | 75 | 109 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 130 | 161 |
| West Region |||||||||||||||
| Rensselaer†* | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 117 | 53 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 218 | 113 |
| Clarkson | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .700 | 97 | 63 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 156 | 110 |
| Colgate | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | .525 | 83 | 89 | 35 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 171 | 149 |
| St. Lawrence | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .500 | 108 | 80 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 175 | 126 |
| Vermont | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | .325 | 89 | 97 | 29 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 127 | 132 |
| Ivy Region |||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 21 | 10 | 9 | 1 | .524 | 68 | 61 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 84 | 90 |
| Yale | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .500 | 76 | 73 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 91 | 92 |
| Cornell | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .429 | 83 | 94 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 106 | 113 |
| Brown | 21 | 5 | 15 | 1 | .262 | 59 | 109 | 26 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 70 | 135 |
| Princeton | 21 | 5 | 15 | 1 | .262 | 81 | 103 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 101 | 126 |
| Dartmouth | 21 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .143 | 58 | 119 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 71 | 148 |
| Independent |||||||||||||||
| Army^ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 241 | 104 |
| Lowell^ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 138 | 164 |
| Championship: Rensselaer † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Both Army and Lowell had been accepted into ECAC Hockey but had not begun a conference schedule |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round
| Quarterfinals March 2–3 | Quarterfinals March 2–3 | Quarterfinals March 2–3 | Quarterfinals March 2–3 | Quarterfinals March 2–3 | | | Semifinals March 9 | Semifinals March 9 | Semifinals March 9 | Championship March 10 | Championship March 10 | Championship March 10 |
| 1 | Rensselaer | 8 | 5 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Colgate | 5 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Colgate | 5 | 3 | — | | | 1 | Rensselaer | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | | 5 | Clarkson | 1 | | | |
| 2 | Boston College | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | 5 | Clarkson | 1 | | | |
| 7 | Providence | 3 | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Providence | 3 | 5 | 0 | | | | | | 1 | Rensselaer | 5 |
| (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 | Rensselaer | 5 |
| (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) | 3 | Boston University | 2 |
| 3 | Boston University | 3 | 5 | 1* | | | | | | | | | 3 | Boston University | 2 |
| 6 | New Hampshire | 8 | 2 | 0 | | | | | |
| 6 | New Hampshire | 8 | 2 | 0 | | | 2 | Boston College | 4 | Third Place | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | | | | | | 3 | Boston University | 6 |
| 4 | Harvard | 1 | 2 | — | | | 3 | Boston University | 6 | 2 | Boston College | 1 |
| 5 | Clarkson | 3 | 2 | — | | | | | | 5 | Clarkson | 3 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Rensselaer vs. (8) Colgate

* Rensselaer won series 2–0

#### (2) Boston College vs. (7) Providence

* Boston College won series 2–1

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

* Boston University won series 2–1

#### (4) Harvard vs. (5) Clarkson

* Clarkson won series 1–0–1

### Championship
#### (1) Rensselaer vs. (3) Boston University
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

None

### MOP

* Adam Oates (Rensselaer)