ECAC Northeast tournament
History
The ECAC Northeast tournament began in 1972, after several teams formed the first third-tier ice hockey conference. For the first three years the championship was only a single game between the teams judged to be the top two in the conference. Because all games between ECAC teams regardless of division were counted the teams with the two best records weren't necessarily invited to play. In 1975 the tournament was expanded to 4 teams with one of the four chosen as the host. Host teams were dropped after 1977 with the higher-seeded teams playing at home afterwards. With the conference ballooning to more than two dozen teams, the conference tournament was expanded to 8 for 1984. Two years later the conference split into North and South divisions with each holding an individual 6-team postseason tournament and the two champions meeting to decide the conference champion. When the conference divided itself into three divisions for the 1992–93 season, the divisional tournament was scrapped and replaced with a single 8-team series. The top teams from each division were seeded 1–3 according to their overall conference records while the five teams with the best remaining conference records were seeded 4–8. In 1998 the conference abandoned divisional alignments but did not change the form of the conference tournament. A year later the four Division II programs in the conference played in a separate Division II tournament, allowing the remaining 14 teams to vie for the official ECAC Northeast championship with the champion receiving an automatic bid to the National Tournament.[1971–72 [NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season|1972]]
Note: * denotes overtime period[1972–73 [NCAA College Division men's ice hockey season|1973]]
Note: * denotes overtime period[1973–74 [NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season|1974]]
Note: * denotes overtime period1975">1974–75 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1975
Note: team in italics served as host.Note: * denotes overtime period
1976">1975–76 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1976
Note: team in italics served as host.Note: * denotes overtime period
1977">1976–77 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1977
Note: team in italics served as host.Note: * denotes overtime period
1978">1977–78 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1978
Note: * denotes overtime period1979">1978–79 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1979
Note: * denotes overtime period1980">1979–80 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1980
Note: * denotes overtime period1981">1980–81 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1981
Note: * denotes overtime period1982">1981–82 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1982
Note: * denotes overtime period1983">1982–83 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1983
Note: * denotes overtime period1984">1983–84 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1984
Note: * denotes overtime period1985">1984–85 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1985
Note: * denotes overtime period1986">1985–86 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1986
South
Note: * denotes overtime period1987">1986–87 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1987
South
Note: * denotes overtime period1988">1987–88 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1988
South
Note: * denotes overtime period1989">1988–89 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1989
South
Note: * denotes overtime period1990">1989–90 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1990
South
Note: * denotes overtime period1991">1990–91 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1991
South
Note: * denotes overtime period1992">1991–92 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1992
South
Note: * denotes overtime period1993">1992–93 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1993
Note: teams in italics were division champions.Note: * denotes overtime period
1994">1993–94 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1994
Note: teams in italics were division champions.Note: * denotes overtime period
1995">1994–95 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1995
Note: teams in italics were division champions.Note: * denotes overtime period
1996">1995–96 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1996
Note: teams in italics were division champions.Note: * denotes overtime period
1997">1996–97 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1997
Note: teams in italics were division champions.Note: * denotes overtime period
1998">1997–98 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1998
Note: teams in italics were division champions.Note: * denotes overtime period