ECAC 2 tournament

The ECAC 2 Tournament was a college ice hockey conference tournament played from 1967 until 1984. For several years it was the only championship held for lower-tier college programs under the oversight of the NCAA and served as the de facto NCAA national championship until 1978.

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. 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]]

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

Note: * denotes overtime period

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

Note: * denotes overtime period

[1967–68 NCAA [College Division men's ice hockey season|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

Note: * denotes overtime period

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

Note: * denotes overtime period

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

Note: * denotes overtime period

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

Note: * denotes overtime period

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

Note: * denotes overtime period

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

Note: * denotes overtime period

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

Note: * denotes overtime period

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

Note: * denotes overtime period

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

Note: * denotes overtime period

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

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

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

Specific

General

Category:NCAA Division III men's ice hockey
Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1966
Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1984