The 1973

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Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 12th

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in league history. It was played between March 6 and March 10, 1973. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the

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in Boston, Massachusetts. By reaching the championship game both,

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and Boston College received invitations to participate in the 1973 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play, all of which were

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. The top eight teams, based on winning percentage, qualified to participate in the tournament. In the quarterfinals the first seed and eighth seed, the second seed and seventh seed, the third seed and sixth seed and the fourth seed and fifth seed played against one another. In the semifinals, the highest seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers advancing to the third place game.

Conference standings

''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; Pct. = Winning percentage; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against''

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Quarterfinals

(1) Cornell vs. (8) Rensselaer

(2) Harvard vs. (7) Clarkson

(3) Boston College vs. (6) New Hampshire

(4) Boston University vs. (5) Pennsylvania

Semifinals

(1) Cornell vs. (7) Clarkson

(3) Boston College vs. (5) Pennsylvania

Third Place

(5) Pennsylvania vs. (7) Clarkson

Championship

(1) Cornell vs. (3) Boston College

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

None

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(Cornell)

References

External links

ECAC Hockey

1972–73 NCAA Standings
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