ECAC West men's tournament
The ECAC West men's tournament was a Division III conference tournament held from establishment of the ECAC West as an independent league until the dissolution of the conference in 2017.
History
The ECAC West men's tournament began in 1985, a year after the ECAC West split from ECAC 2 and followed the same format it had during the time in its predecessor. In the first 8 years the champion received an automatic bid to the [NCAA NCAA Division III|Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship|NCAA Tournament]. In 1992 an effort was made by some universities to restart the Division II Championship. Because Mercyhurst was one such team all SUNYAC members were forced to leave the conference and membership dropped to 7 schools. This necessitated a change to the conference tournament which was decreased from 8 to 4 participants. During the 90's the league would routinely send members to both the D-II and D-III national tournaments but all efforts at continuing the second-tier tournament ended after 1998.The 4-member tournament continued unabated until 2007 when a single quarterfinal game was instituted. This arrangement held for six years before a second quarterfinal match was instituted and the 6-team tournament continued until the entire tournament was discontinued in 2017 due to the conference's dissolution.
[1984–85 [NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season|1985]]
Note: * denotes overtime period[1985–86 [NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season|1986]]
Note: Canisius was invited to play in the tournament despite not being an ECAC West memberNote: * denotes overtime period
1987">1986–87 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1987
Note: Canisius was invited to play in the tournament despite not being an ECAC West memberNote: * denotes overtime period
1988">1987–88 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1988
Note: * denotes overtime period1989">1988–89 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1989
Note: * denotes overtime period1990">1989–90 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1990
Note: * denotes overtime period1991">1990–91 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1991
Note: * denotes overtime period1992">1991–92 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1992
Note: * denotes overtime period1993">1992–93 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1993
Note: * denotes overtime period1994">1993–94 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1994
Note: * denotes overtime period1995">1994–95 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1995
Note: * denotes overtime period1996">1995–96 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1996
Note: * denotes overtime period1997">1996–97 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season">1997
Note: Niagara possessed the second best record in the conference but was ineligible for tournament playNote: * denotes overtime period