The 1974 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 13th tournament in league history. It was played between March 5 and March 9, 1974.[4] Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston GardeninBoston, Massachusetts. By reaching the championship game, both Boston University and Harvard received invitations to participate in the 1974 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 1974 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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| Dates | March 5–9, 1974 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Boston University[1] (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Jack Parker[2] (1st title) |
| MVP | Ed Walsh[3] (Boston University) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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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.
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against
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| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | Pct. | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| New Hampshire† | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .750 | 113 | 71 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 171 | 105 | |
| Harvard | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .714 | 166 | 109 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 155 | 113 | |
| Boston University* | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .700 | 167 | 89 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 190 | 95 | |
| Cornell | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .675 | 135 | 108 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 146 | 110 | |
| St. Lawrence | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .559 | 79 | 83 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 125 | 123 | |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | .545 | 93 | 104 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 99 | 100 | |
| Providence | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .500 | 83 | 103 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 115 | 113 | |
| Rensselaer | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 | 101 | 116 | 30 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 141 | 142 | |
| Clarkson | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .452 | 70 | 89 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 97 | 115 | |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .429 | 67 | 71 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 75 | 87 | |
| Boston College | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | .421 | 89 | 98 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 137 | 138 | |
| Northeastern | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | .421 | 74 | 88 | 27 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 116 | 124 | |
| Brown | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .389 | 63 | 69 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 87 | 86 | |
| Princeton | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | .375 | 62 | 100 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 87 | 117 | |
| Yale | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | .278 | 60 | 91 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 80 | 114 | |
| Colgate | 20 | 5 | 14 | 1 | .275 | 73 | 104 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 122 | 133 | |
| Championship: Boston University † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion | ||||||||||||||
Teams are reseeded after the first round
| Quarterfinals March 5 | Semifinals March 8 | Championship March 9 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Hampshire | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Rensselaer | 7* | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Harvard | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Rensselaer | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Harvard | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Providence | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Harvard | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Dartmouth | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 7 | Third Place | |||||||||||
| 4 | Cornell | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Cornell | 5 | 4 | Cornell | 8 | |||||||||
| 5 | St. Lawrence | 3 | 8 | Rensselaer | 2 | |||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
| March 5 | New Hampshire | 6 – 7 | OT | Rensselaer | Snively Arena | |||
| March 5 | Harvard | 9 – 3 | Providence | Donald C. Watson Rink | ||||
| March 5 | Boston University | 8 – 0 | Dartmouth | Walter Brown Arena | ||||
| March 5 | Cornell | 5 – 3 | St. Lawrence | Lynah Rink | ||||
| March 8 | Harvard | 7 – 2 | Rensselaer | Boston Garden | ||||
| March 8 | Boston University | 7 – 3 | Cornell | Boston Garden | ||||
| March 9 | Cornell | 8 – 2 | Rensselaer | Boston Garden | ||||
| March 9 | Harvard | 2 – 4 | Boston University | Boston Garden | ||||
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