ECAC 2 tournament (defunct)
Conference hockey championship
Sport	Ice hockey
Conference	ECAC 2
Format	Single-elimination
Played	1967–1984

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. When ECAC 2 reached 32 member institutions in 1977–1978, the league elected to stage separate 8–team tournaments for each of its two divisions rather than establishing a single 16–team competition (East and West). 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 ^[1] 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.

1966

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	American International	11–4–0
2	New Hampshire	11–5–0
3	Colby	8–4–0
4	Merrimack	4–4–1

	Semifinals March 8–9					ECAC 2 Championship March 12
	1	American International	1
	4	Merrimack	4
						4	Merrimack	0
						3	Colby	5
	2	New Hampshire	1
	3	Colby	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1967

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Norwich	14–2–1
2	Colby	9–2–1
3	Middlebury	8–3–0
4	Merrimack	7–3–0

	Semifinals March 8–9					ECAC 2 Championship March 11
	1	Norwich	3
	4	Merrimack	12
						4	Merrimack	6
						2	Colby	4
	2	Colby	4**
	3	Middlebury	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1968

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	10–1–0
2	Colby	15–2–0
3	Hamilton	13–2–1
4	American International	10–5–0

	Semifinals March 6–7					ECAC 2 Championship March 9
	1	Merrimack	6
	4	American International	1
						1	Merrimack	5
						3	Hamilton	4
	2	Colby	3
	3	Hamilton	6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1969

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	7–2–0
2	American International	13–5–0
3	Colby	12–6–0
4	Norwich	10–6–0

	Semifinals March 5–6					ECAC 2 Championship March 8
	1	Merrimack	3
	4	Norwich	5
						4	Norwich	6
						2	American International	7
	2	American International	10
	3	Colby	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1970

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Bowdoin	13–0–0
2	Vermont	12–4–0
3	Middlebury	11–5–0
4	Merrimack	9–4–0

	Semifinals March 11					ECAC 2 Championship March 14
	1	Bowdoin	9
	4	Merrimack	1
						1	Bowdoin	1
						2	Vermont	4
	2	Vermont	5
	3	Middlebury	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1971

Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Bowdoin	14–2–0
2	Vermont	13–3–0
3	Massachusetts	12–3–1
4	Norwich	10–8–0

	Semifinals March 10					ECAC 2 Championship March 13
	1	Bowdoin	8
	4	Norwich	2
						1	Bowdoin	5*
						2	Vermont	4
	2	Vermont	2
	3	Massachusetts	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1972

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Massachusetts	15–3–0	5	Salem State	10–9–1
2	Buffalo	10–2–0	6	Lowell Tech	8–10–0
3	Vermont	12–2–1	7	Boston State	13–10–0
4	Merrimack	12–4–0	8	Saint Anselm	7–6–0

	Quarterfinals March 4-5					Semifinals March 7-8					ECAC 2 Championship March 11
	1	Massachusetts	5
	8	Saint Anselm	3
						1	Massachusetts	4
						4	Merrimack	2
	2	Buffalo	9
	7	Boston State	5
											1	Massachusetts	8
											2	Buffalo	1
	3	Vermont	5
	6	Lowell Tech	0
						2	Buffalo	4
						3	Vermont	0
	4	Merrimack	4
	5	Salem State	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1973

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Vermont	16–0–0	5	Norwich	11–6–2
2	Bowdoin	11–4–1	6	Middlebury	9–7–0
3	Massachusetts	12–4–2	7	Williams	14–5–0
4	Merrimack	13–5–1	8	Saint Anselm	15–4–0

	Quarterfinals March 3-4					Semifinals March 6-7					ECAC 2 Championship March 10
	1	Vermont	6
	8	Saint Anselm	2
						1	Vermont	4
						4	Merrimack	3
	2	Bowdoin	5*
	7	Williams	4
											1	Vermont	8
											2	Bowdoin	1
	3	Massachusetts	10
	6	Middlebury	2
						2	Bowdoin	9
						3	Massachusetts	3
	4	Merrimack	3
	5	Norwich	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1974

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Vermont	15–1–0	5	Massachusetts	10–6–0
2	Salem State	18–3–0	6	Norwich	10–8–1
3	Merrimack	16–6–2	7	Williams	7–5–2
4	Boston State	13–9–2	8	Army	9–2–0

	Quarterfinals March 2-3					Semifinals March 5-6					ECAC 2 Championship March 9
	1	Vermont	10
	8	Army	1
						1	Vermont	4
						5	Massachusetts	3
	2	Salem State	9
	7	Williams	6
											1	Vermont	6
											3	Merrimack	2
	3	Merrimack	4
	6	Norwich	3
						2	Salem State	2
						3	Merrimack	7
	4	Boston State	4
	5	Massachusetts	7

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1975

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	22–2–1	5	Salem State	15–7–0
2	Bowdoin	11–5–0	6	Saint Anselm	12–9–1
3	Middlebury	10–4–1	7	Army	12–7–0
4	Hamilton	13–5–1	8	Lowell Tech	13–8–0

	Quarterfinals March 1-3					Semifinals March 5-6					ECAC 2 Championship March 8
	1	Merrimack	4
	8	Lowell Tech	2
						1	Merrimack	3
						4	Hamilton	4
	2	Bowdoin	8
	7	Army	4
											4	Hamilton	4
											2	Bowdoin	6
	3	Middlebury	5
	6	Saint Anselm	4
						2	Bowdoin	3*
						3	Middlebury	2
	4	Hamilton	6
	5	Salem State	3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1976

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	21–2–0	5	Oswego State	13–6–1
2	Union	13–1–0	6	Hamilton	9–7–1
3	Bowdoin	13–3–0	7	Army	12–5–0
4	Salem State	15–5–0	8	Buffalo	9–4–1

	Quarterfinals March 5-6					Semifinals March 9-10					ECAC 2 Championship March 13
	1	Merrimack	7
	8	Buffalo	4
						1	Merrimack	8
						7	Army	2
	2	Union	2
	7	Army	3
											1	Merrimack	5
											3	Bowdoin	6
	3	Bowdoin	7
	6	Hamilton	3
						3	Bowdoin	4
						4	Salem State	1
	4	Salem State	3
	5	Oswego State	1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1977

Seed	School	Conference Record	Seed	School	Conference Record
1	Merrimack	20–2–1	5	American International	14–5–0
2	Union	11–1–0	6	Lowell	16–8–1
3	Bowdoin	13–2–0	7	Salem State	16–6–0
4	Army	14–2–1	8	Elmira	19–2–0

	Quarterfinals March 4-5					Semifinals March 8-9					ECAC 2 Championship March 16
	1	Merrimack	5
	8	Elmira	1
						1	Merrimack	6
						6	Lowell	2
	2	Union	12
	7	Salem State	6
											1	Merrimack	6
											2	Union	4
	3	Bowdoin	2
	6	Lowell	4
						2	Union	11
						4	Army	4
	4	Army	7*
	5	American International	6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1978

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1979

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1980

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1981

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1982

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1983

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

1984

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Championships

School	Championships
Bowdoin	4
Lowell	4
Merrimack	4
Vermont	3
Oswego State	2
Plattsburgh State	2
American International	1
Babson	1
Colby	1
Elmira	1
Massachusetts	1
Middlebury	1
RIT	1

See also

• NEHC Men's Tournament
• ECAC West Men's Tournament

References

Further reading

• "Army West Point hockey 2018-19 Record Book" (PDF). Army Black Knights. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Babson Men's Ice Hockey Conference Tournament Results". Babson Beavers. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Bowdoin College Men's Hockey History" (PDF). Bowdoin Polar Bears. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Elmira Men's Hockey 2016-17 Media Guide". Elmira Soaring Eagles. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "All-Time Results". Hamilton Continentals. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Holy Cross Crusaders Record Book" (PDF). Holy Cross Crusaders. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
• "UMass Hockey 2008-09 History" (PDF). UMass Minutemen. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 24, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "UMass Lowell History and Records". UMass Lowell River Hawks. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Year-By-Year Records" (PDF). Merrimack Warriors. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Middlebury College Men's Hockey History" (PDF). Middlebury Panthers. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Norwich men's hockey 2011-12 Yearbook". Norwich Cadets. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Oswego Men's Ice Hockey Game-by-Game Results". Oswego Lakers. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Plattsburgh Men's Ice Hockey Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Plattsburgh Cardinals. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "RIT Tigers Men's Ice Hockey 2011-12 Media Guide" (PDF). RIT Tigers. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Saint Anselm Hockey Record Book" (PDF). Saint Anselm Hawks. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
• "Vermont men's hockey 2017-18 Yearbook" (PDF). Vermont Catamounts. Retrieved November 28, 2018.