ECAC 2 Tournament


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. By 1977–78 ECAC 2 has 32 member schools and rather than institute a single 16-team tournament the league decided to hold one 8-team tournament for each of its two divisions. 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 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.

[1965–66 [NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season|1966]]

SeedSchoolConference Record
1American International
Colby
New Hampshire11–5–0
4Merrimack5–5–1

Note: * denotes overtime period

[1966–67 NCAA [College Division men's ice hockey season|1967]]

SeedSchoolConference Record
1Norwich14–2–1
2Colby10–2–1
3Middlebury9–3–0
4Merrimack7–3–0

Note: * denotes overtime period

1968">1967–68 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season">1968

SeedSchoolConference Record
1Merrimack10–1–0
Hamilton
Colby
4American International

Note: * denotes overtime period

1969">1968–69 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season">1969

SeedSchoolConference Record
1Merrimack7–2–0
2American International
3Colby
4Norwich10–6–0

Note: * denotes overtime period

1970">1969–70 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season">1970

SeedSchoolConference Record
1Bowdoin
2Vermont12–4–0
3Middlebury
4Merrimack9–5–0

Note: * denotes overtime period

1971">1970–71 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season">1971

SeedSchoolConference Record
1Bowdoin
2Vermont13–3–0
3Massachusetts12–3–1
4Norwich10–8–0

Note: * denotes overtime period

1972">1971–72 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season">1972

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Massachusetts15–3–05Merrimack13–4–0
2Buffalo10–2–06Lowell Tech11–10–0
3Vermont12–2–17Boston State
4Salem State8Saint Anselm8–5–0

Note: * denotes overtime period

1973">1972–73 NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season">1973

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Vermont16–0–05Norwich10–6–2
2Bowdoin6Middlebury
3Massachusetts12–4–27Williams
4Merrimack13–5–18Saint Anselm13–4–0

Note: * denotes overtime period

[1973–74 [NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season|1974]]

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Vermont15–1–05Massachusetts9–6–0
2Salem State6Norwich10–7–1
3Merrimack15–6–27Williams
4Boston State8Army10–2–0

Note: * denotes overtime period

1975">1974–75 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season">1975

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Merrimack21–2–15Salem State
2Bowdoin6Saint Anselm11–8–1
3Middlebury7Army12–5–0
4Hamilton8Lowell Tech13–7–0

Note: * denotes overtime period

1976">1975–76 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season">1976

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Merrimack21–2–05Oswego State12–6–1
2Union6Hamilton
3Bowdoin7Army12–5–0
4Salem State8Buffalo

Note: * denotes overtime period

1977">1976–77 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season">1977

SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record
1Merrimack20–2–15American International14–5–0
2Union11–1–06Lowell16–8–1
3Bowdoin13–2–07Salem State
4Army14–2–18Elmira17–2–0

Note: * denotes overtime period

1978">1977–78 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season">1978

East

West

Note: * denotes overtime period

1979">1978–79 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season">1979

East

West

Note: * denotes overtime period

1980">1979–80 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season">1980

East

West

Note: * denotes overtime period

1981">1980–81 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season">1981

East

West

Note: * denotes overtime period

1982">1981–82 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season">1982

East

West

Note: * denotes overtime period

1983">1982–83 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season">1983

East

West

Note: * denotes overtime period

1984">1983–84 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season">1984

East

West

Note: * denotes overtime period

Championships

SchoolChampionships
Bowdoin4
Lowell4
Merrimack4
Vermont3
Oswego State2
Plattsburgh State2
American International1
Babson1
Colby1
Elmira1
Massachusetts1
Middlebury1
RIT1