| 1986 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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| Dates | March 7–15, 1986 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Finals site | Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Cornell[1] (7th title) |
| Winning coach | Lou Reycroft[2] (1st title) |
| MVP | Doug Dadswell[3] (Cornell) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments
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The 1986 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 25th tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 15, 1986.[4] Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston GardeninBoston, Massachusetts. By winning the tournament, Cornell received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The four teams that finish below eighth place in the standings are not eligible for tournament play. 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.[5] 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 1986 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
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| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| Harvard† | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 129 | 53 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 187 | 95 | |
| Yale | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 104 | 72 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 160 | 116 | |
| Cornell* | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 101 | 74 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 145 | 104 | |
| Rensselaer | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 100 | 88 | 32 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 167 | 139 | |
| Clarkson | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 101 | 70 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 143 | 110 | |
| Vermont | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 64 | 63 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 102 | 99 | |
| St. Lawrence | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 92 | 92 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 145 | 150 | |
| Colgate | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 82 | 109 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 142 | 147 | |
| Princeton | 21 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 76 | 82 | 30 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 109 | 111 | |
| Dartmouth | 21 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 59 | 121 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 78 | 134 | |
| Army^ | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4^ | 36 | 57 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 154 | 111 | |
| Brown | 21 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 63 | 127 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 73 | 134 | |
| Championship: Cornell † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion ^ Army played a half schedule | ||||||||||||||
Teams are reseeded after the first round
| Quarterfinals March 7–8 | Semifinals March 14 | Championship March 15 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Harvard | 2 | 6 | — | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Colgate | 0 | 4 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Harvard | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Clarkson | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Yale | 6 | 9 | — | ||||||||||||
| 7 | St. Lawrence | 5 | 4 | — | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Cornell | 3* | ||||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Clarkson | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Cornell | 8 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Vermont | 3 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Yale | 2 | Third Place | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Cornell | 3** | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Rensselaer | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | Harvard | 6 | |||||||||
| 5 | Clarkson | 3 | 6 | — | 2 | Yale | 3 | |||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
| March 7 | Harvard | 2 – 0 | Colgate | Bright Hockey Center | ||||
| March 8 | Harvard | 6 – 4 | Colgate | Bright Hockey Center | ||||
| Harvard won series 2–0 | |
| March 7 | Yale | 6 – 5 | St. Lawrence | Ingalls Rink | ||||
| March 8 | Yale | 9 – 4 | St. Lawrence | Ingalls Rink | ||||
| Yale won series 2–0 | |
| March 7 | Cornell | 8 – 3 | Vermont | Lynah Rink | ||||
| March 8 | Cornell | 3 – 3 | Vermont | Lynah Rink | ||||
| Cornell won series 1–0–1 | |
| March 7 | Rensselaer | 1 – 3 | Clarkson | Houston Field House | ||||
| March 8 | Rensselaer | 4 – 6 | Clarkson | Houston Field House | ||||
| Clarkson won series 2–0 | |
| March 14 | Harvard | 2 – 4 | Clarkson | Boston Garden | ||||
| March 14 | Yale | 2 – 3 | 2OT | Cornell | Boston Garden | |||
| March 15 | Harvard | 6 – 3 | Yale | Boston Garden | ||||
| March 15 | Cornell | 3 – 2 | OT | Clarkson | Boston Garden | |||
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