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 (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 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
SeedSchoolConference Record1 American International 11–4–02 New Hampshire 11–5–03 Colby 8–4–04 Merrimack 4–4–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1967
SeedSchoolConference Record1 Norwich 14–2–12 Colby 9–2–13 Middlebury 8–3–04 Merrimack 7–3–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1968
SeedSchoolConference Record1 Merrimack 10–1–02 Colby 15–2–03 Hamilton 13–2–14 American International 10–5–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1969
SeedSchoolConference Record1 Merrimack 7–2–02 American International 13–5–03 Colby 12–6–04 Norwich 10–6–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1970
SeedSchoolConference Record1 Bowdoin 13–0–02 Vermont 12–4–03 Middlebury 11–5–04 Merrimack 9–4–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1971
SeedSchoolConference Record1 Bowdoin 14–2–02 Vermont 13–3–03 Massachusetts 12–3–14 Norwich 10–8–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1972
SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Massachusetts 15–3–05 Salem State 10–9–12 Buffalo 10–2–06 Lowell Tech 8–10–03 Vermont 12–2–17 Boston State 13–10–04 Merrimack 12–4–08 Saint Anselm 7–6–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1973
SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Vermont 16–0–05 Norwich 11–6–22 Bowdoin 11–4–16 Middlebury 9–7–03 Massachusetts 12–4–27 Williams 14–5–04 Merrimack 13–5–18 Saint Anselm 15–4–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1974
SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Vermont 15–1–05 Massachusetts 10–6–02 Salem State 18–3–06 Norwich 10–8–13 Merrimack 16–6–27 Williams 7–5–24 Boston State 13–9–28 Army 9–2–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1975
SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Merrimack 22–2–15 Salem State 15–7–02 Bowdoin 11–5–06 Saint Anselm 12–9–13 Middlebury 10–4–17 Army 12–7–04 Hamilton 13–5–18 Lowell Tech 13–8–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1976
SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Merrimack 21–2–05 Oswego State 13–6–12 Union 13–1–06 Hamilton 9–7–13 Bowdoin 13–3–07 Army 12–5–04 Salem State 15–5–08 Buffalo 9–4–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1977
SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Merrimack 20–2–15 American International 14–5–02 Union 11–1–06 Lowell 16–8–13 Bowdoin 13–2–07 Salem State 16–6–04 Army 14–2–18 Elmira 19–2–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1978
East SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Bowdoin 13–3–15 Holy Cross 14–7–02 Merrimack 16–4–16 American International 13–7–13 Lowell 16–5–17 Saint Anselm 10–10–14 Salem State 17–7–08 Colby 9–12–1
West SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Middlebury 11–3–05 Norwich 13–9–02 Elmira 18–4–06 Army 10–8–13 Plattsburgh State 16–3–07 Hamilton 11–8–04 Oswego State 16–8–08 Buffalo 12–10–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1979
East SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Maine 16–4–05 Bowdoin 10–7–02 Lowell 21–5–06 Holy Cross 15–8–03 Merrimack 20–5–07 New Haven 13–7–14 Salem State 18–8–18 American International 13–10–0
West SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Plattsburgh State 22–2–05 Westfield State 14–4–12 Middlebury 14–4–16 Buffalo 11–8–03 Elmira 21–4–07 Oswego State 12–12–04 Norwich 15–8–08 Williams 8–10–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1980
East SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Bowdoin 14–2–25 Holy Cross 15–6–02 Lowell 19–4–06 Merrimack 14–8–23 Babson 15–7–27 New Haven 12–8–04 Salem State 19–6–08 Colby 12–8–0
West SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Elmira 18–2–15 Westfield State 12–8–02 Plattsburgh State 18–5–26 Army 15–10–13 Oswego State 16–7–07 Norwich 9–12–04 Middlebury 11–5–38 North Adams State 11–9–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1981
East SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Lowell 18–3–05 Bowdoin 11–7–02 Merrimack 17–6–06 Babson 11–9–03 Salem State 16–6–17 Holy Cross 11–11–04 New England College 14–6–08 Colby 13–8–0
West SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Oswego State 19–2–15 Norwich 14–8–12 Plattsburgh State 17–3–26 North Adams State 11–8–13 Elmira 18–7–07 Westfield State 11–8–14 Williams 10–3–38 Hamilton 6–10–3
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1982
East SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Lowell 19–1–05 Colby 12–7–22 Babson 16–5–16 Bowdoin 11–8–03 Merrimack 17–8–17 Salem State 14–11–14 New England College 15–9–18 Holy Cross 12–10–2
West SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Oswego State 17–5–05 Williams 10–7–12 Plattsburgh State 18–6–16 RIT 16–7–13 Norwich 16–9–07 Elmira 11–11–04 North Adams State 16–7–08 Potsdam State
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1983
East SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Lowell 18–0–05 Salem State 14–8–32 Babson 15–4–16 Bowdoin 9–8–13 Holy Cross 16–7–17 New England College 13–10–04 Colby 11–8–08 Saint Anselm 9–11–0
West SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 RIT 20–4–05 Potsdam State 14–9–12 Oswego State 18–5–06 North Adams State 9–11–13 Norwich 14–7–07 Elmira 14–11–04 Plattsburgh State 16–8–08 Middlebury 7–9–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1984
East SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 Bowdoin 12–3–15 Merrimack 10–10–02 Babson 16–3–16 Colby 7–8–13 New England College 16–6–27 Salem State 10–11–34 Norwich 14–7–08 Massachusetts–Boston 7–9–0
West SeedSchoolConference RecordSeedSchoolConference Record1 RIT 22–2–05 North Adams State 15–8–22 Oswego State 17–4–06 Plattsburgh State 14–11–03 Elmira 17–8–07 Potsdam State 14–10–14 Union 13–5–18 Hamilton 9–10–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Championships
SchoolChampionships 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
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