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 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.
1985 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 RIT 20–2–05 Geneseo State 19–9–12 Plattsburgh State 19–4–06 Elmira 16–7–03 Union 14–4–17 Potsdam State 12–12–04 Oswego State 20–8–08 - -
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1986 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 RIT 22–3–05 Oswego State 18–9–12 Elmira 21–4–06 Geneseo State 15–12–13 Plattsburgh State 16–5–17 Canisius 12–8–14 Union 13–7–08 - - Note: Canisius was invited to play in the tournament despite not being an ECAC West member
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1987 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 Plattsburgh State 23–1–05 Canisius 13–9–02 Hamilton 15–5–06 Elmira 14–8–03 Oswego State 20–9–07 Geneseo State 16–13–04 RIT 13–6–08 - - Note: Canisius was invited to play in the tournament despite not being an ECAC West member
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1988 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 Elmira 20–2–05 RIT 13–7–12 Plattsburgh State 19–6–06 Hamilton 12–9–03 Oswego State 18–7–07 Canisius 10–7–04 Union 12–7–28 - -
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1989 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 RIT 19–2–15 Elmira 14–7–02 Hamilton 17–6–06 Canisius 13–9–03 Union 16–6–17 Geneseo State 14–13–14 Oswego State 17–8–18 Cortland State 11–11–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1990 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 RIT 16–2–25 Plattsburgh State 17–8–12 Elmira 19–3–16 Union 14–5–33 Mercyhurst 16–3–27 Hamilton 13–9–14 Geneseo State 19–7–08 Oswego State 13–12–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1991 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 Elmira 23–3–05 Fredonia State 14–9–12 Mercyhurst 15–3–06 Union 16–4–33 RIT 14–5–27 Cortland State 10–12–14 Geneseo State 21–3–38 Oswego State 12–12–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1992 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 Plattsburgh State 24–1–25 Geneseo State 15–10–12 Elmira 18–4–06 Oswego State 15–8–23 Mercyhurst 13–8–07 RIT 11–11–24 Fredonia State 14–9–18 Hobart 12–12–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1993 SeedSchoolConference record1 Elmira 19–5–02 Mercyhurst 15–3–03 Canisius 17–6–14 Hobart 14–8–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1994 SeedSchoolConference record1 Elmira 9–1–02 Canisius 7–3–03 RIT 6–4–04 Mercyhurst 6–4–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1995 SeedSchoolConference record1 Mercyhurst 6–1–12 RIT 5–2–13 Canisius 4–2–24 Elmira 2–4–2
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1996 SeedSchoolConference record1 RIT 5–2–12 Canisius 5–2–13 Mercyhurst 5–3–04 Elmira 4–4–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1997 SeedSchoolConference record1 RIT 8–1–12 Elmira 5–3–23 Mercyhurst 5–4–14 Canisius 1–8–2 Note: Niagara possessed the second best record in the conference but was ineligible for tournament play
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1998 SeedSchoolConference record1 Niagara 8–1–12 RIT 7–1–23 Mercyhurst 4–5–14 Canisius 4–5–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
1999 SeedSchoolConference record1 RIT 4–0–22 Elmira 4–1–13 Mercyhurst 2–3–14 Hobart 0–6–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2000 SeedSchoolConference record1 RIT 5–1–02 Elmira 5–1–03 Manhattanville 1–5–04 Hobart 1–5–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2001 SeedSchoolConference record1 RIT 6–0–02 Elmira 3–3–03 Manhattanville 2–3–14 Hobart 0–5–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2002 SeedSchoolConference record1 RIT 9–1–02 Elmira 8–2–03 Manhattanville 5–4–14 Hobart 5–5–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2003 SeedSchoolConference record1 RIT 8–1–12 Manhattanville 7–3–03 Elmira 6–3–14 Hobart 4–5–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2004 SeedSchoolConference record1 Hobart 7–2–12 Manhattanville 6–2–23 RIT 6–2–24 Utica 4–5–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2005 SeedSchoolConference record1 Utica 9–1–22 Manhattanville 8–3–13 RIT 7–4–14 Elmira 6–5–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2006 SeedSchoolConference record1 Manhattanville 11–2–22 Hobart 10–5–03 Elmira 8–6–14 Utica 7–6–2
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2007 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 Manhattanville 9–1–54 Elmira 7–6–22 Neumann 8–3–45 Hobart 5–7–33 Utica 7–5–3 - -
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2008 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 Elmira 10–2–34 Hobart 7–6–22 Manhattanville 8–5–25 Neumann 8–7–03 Utica 8–6–1 - -
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2009 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 Elmira 9–3–34 Neumann 8–5–22 Manhattanville 8–3–45 Utica 5–9–13 Hobart 9–4–2 - -
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2010 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 Elmira 11–4–04 Neumann 7–5–32 Manhattanville 10–4–15 Utica 4–9–23 Hobart 9–4–2 - -
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2011 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 Elmira 8–3–14 Hobart 4–7–12 Neumann 7–4–15 Manhattanville 3–9–03 Utica 6–5–1 - -
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2012 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 Elmira 8–2–24 Utica 4–6–22 Manhattanville 6–6–05 Neumann 3–6–33 Hobart 5–6–1 - -
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2013 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 Utica 11–3–14 Manhattanville 6–6–32 Hobart 11–3–15 Elmira 5–10–03 Neumann 8–6–16 Nazareth 1–14–0
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2014 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 Utica 10–4–14 Manhattanville 5–8–22 Elmira 9–5–15 Neumann 4–8–33 Hobart 7–5–36 Nazareth 4–9–2
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2015 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 Hobart 12–3–04 Elmira 5–8–22 Neumann 9–5–15 Utica 4–8–33 Nazareth 7–4–46 Manhattanville 2–11–2
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2016 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 Hobart 12–3–04 Neumann 6–7–22 Manhattanville 8–7–05 Nazareth 5–9–13 Utica 6–6–36 Elmira 4–9–2
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
2017 SeedSchoolConference recordSeedSchoolConference record1 Utica 12–2–04 Nazareth 8–6–02 Manhattanville 10–4–05 Neumann 7–6–13 Hobart 9–4–16 Stevenson 4–9–1
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Championships SchoolYearsChampionships Elmira 33 9 RIT 21 8 Hobart 33 5 Manhattanville 18 4 Plattsburgh State 8 2 Neumann 16 1 Mercyhurst 11 1 Union 7 1 Niagara 2 1 Utica 16 0 Canisius 11 0 Brockport State 8 0 Cortland State 8 0 Geneseo State 8 0 Hamilton 8 0 Oswego State 8 0 Potsdam State 8 0 Lebanon Valley 7 0 St. Bonaventure 7 0 Binghamton 5 0 Fredonia State 5 0 Nazareth 5 0 Buffalo 3 0 Scranton 3 0 Stevenson 1 0
See also ECAC 2 Tournament
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