The Boston Garden hosted the ECAC tournament final from 1967 to 1992.
The Times Union Center hosted the ECAC tournament final from 2003 to 2010.
The Whitelaw Cup is an annual award given to the winner of the ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament . The recipient receives ECAC Hockey's automatic bid to that year's NCAA Tournament .
History [ ]
The tournament has had slight variations over the course of its history, but until 2003 it entailed 8 or 10 teams in three rounds of play. Since 2003, it has contained 12 teams in four rounds of play.
The tournament was first hosted at the Boston Arena in Boston with St. Lawrence winning the inaugural tournament. The Boston Garden in Boston hosted the tournament every year from 1967 through 1992 and was succeeded by the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York from 1993 to 2002 and again in 2014. The Times Union Center and the Boardwalk Hall have also hosted ECAC tournament championships.
Cornell has won the most ECAC Hockey championships with twelve as well as appearing in the most championship games at twenty-one. Mike Schafer and Joe Marsh have both coached five championship teams, with the former appearing in the most title games (11).
In 1989 the trophy was renamed in honor of retiring commissioner Robert Whitelaw.[1]
The ECAC tournament is the second-oldest active collegiate ice hockey conference tournament behind only the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), which began in 1960.
Champions [ ]
Year
Winning team
Coach
Losing team
Coach
Score
Location
Venue
Reference
1962
St. Lawrence
George Menard
Clarkson
Len Ceglarski
5–2
Boston
Boston Arena
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1963
Harvard
Cooney Weiland
Boston College
John Kelley
4–3 (OT )
Boston
Boston Arena
1964
Providence
Tom Eccleston
St. Lawrence
George Menard
3–1
Boston
Boston Arena
1965
Boston College
John Kelley
Brown
James Fullerton
6–2
Boston
Boston Arena
1966
Clarkson
Len Ceglarski
Cornell
Ned Harkness
6–2
Boston
Boston Arena
1967
Cornell
Ned Harkness
Boston University
Jack Kelley
4–3
Boston
Boston Garden
1968
Cornell
Ned Harkness
Boston College
John Kelley
6–3
Boston
Boston Garden
1969
Cornell
Ned Harkness
Harvard
Cooney Weiland
4–2
Boston
Boston Garden
1970
Cornell
Ned Harkness
Clarkson
Len Ceglarski
3–2
Boston
Boston Garden
1971
Harvard
Cooney Weiland
Clarkson
Len Ceglarski
7–4
Boston
Boston Garden
1972
Boston University
Jack Kelley
Cornell
Dick Bertrand
4–1
Boston
Boston Garden
1973
Cornell
Dick Bertrand
Boston College
Len Ceglarski
3–2
Boston
Boston Garden
1974
Boston University
Jack Parker
Harvard
Bill Cleary
4–2
Boston
Boston Garden
1975
Boston University
Jack Parker
Harvard
Bill Cleary
7–3
Boston
Boston Garden
1976
Boston University
Jack Parker
Brown
Richard Toomey
9–2
Boston
Boston Garden
1977
Boston University
Jack Parker
New Hampshire
Charlie Holt
8–6
Boston
Boston Garden
1978
Boston College
Len Ceglarski
Providence
Lou Lamoriello
4–2
Boston
Boston Garden
1979
New Hampshire
Charlie Holt
Dartmouth
George Crowe
3–2
Boston
Boston Garden
1980
Cornell
Dick Bertrand
Dartmouth
George Crowe
5–1
Boston
Boston Garden
1981
Providence
Lou Lamoriello
Cornell
Dick Bertrand
8–4
Boston
Boston Garden
1982
Northeastern
Fern Flaman
Harvard
Bill Cleary
5–2
Boston
Boston Garden
1983
Harvard
Bill Cleary
Providence
Lou Lamoriello
4–1 (OT )
Boston
Boston Garden
1984
Rensselaer
Mike Addesa
Boston University
Jack Parker
5–2
Boston
Boston Garden
1985
Rensselaer
Mike Addesa
Harvard
Bill Cleary
5–1
Boston
Boston Garden
1986
Cornell
Lou Reycroft
Clarkson
Cap Raeder
3–2 (OT )
Boston
Boston Garden
1987
Harvard
Bill Cleary
St. Lawrence
Joe Marsh
6–3
Boston
Boston Garden
1988
St. Lawrence
Joe Marsh
Clarkson
Cap Raeder
3–0
Boston
Boston Garden
1989
St. Lawrence
Joe Marsh
Vermont
Mike Gilligan
4–1
Boston
Boston Garden
1990
Colgate
Terry Slater
Rensselaer
Buddy Powers
5–4
Boston
Boston Garden
1991
Clarkson
Mark Morris
St. Lawrence
Joe Marsh
5–4
Boston
Boston Garden
1992
St. Lawrence
Joe Marsh
Cornell
Brian McCutcheon
4–2
Boston
Boston Garden
1993
Clarkson
Mark Morris
Brown
Bob Gaudet
3–1
Lake Placid, New York
Olympic Arena
1994
Harvard
Ronn Tomassoni
Rensselaer
Buddy Powers
3–0
Lake Placid, New York
Olympic Arena
1995
Rensselaer
Dan Fridgen
Princeton
Don Cahoon
5–1
Lake Placid, New York
Olympic Arena
1996
Cornell
Mike Schafer
Harvard
Ronn Tomassoni
2–1
Lake Placid, New York
Olympic Arena
1997
Cornell
Mike Schafer
Clarkson
Mark Morris
2–1
Lake Placid, New York
Olympic Arena
1998
Princeton
Don Cahoon
Clarkson
Mark Morris
5–4 (OT )
Lake Placid, New York
Olympic Arena
1999
Clarkson
Mark Morris
St. Lawrence
Joe Marsh
3–2
Lake Placid, New York
Olympic Arena
2000
St. Lawrence
Joe Marsh
Rensselaer
Dan Fridgen
2–0
Lake Placid, New York
Olympic Arena
2001
St. Lawrence
Joe Marsh
Cornell
Mike Schafer
3–1
Lake Placid, New York
Olympic Arena
2002
Harvard
Mark Mazzoleni
Cornell
Mike Schafer
4–3 (2OT )
Lake Placid, New York
Olympic Arena
2003
Cornell
Mike Schafer
Harvard
Mark Mazzoleni
3–2 (OT )
Albany, New York
Pepsi Arena
2004
Harvard
Mark Mazzoleni
Clarkson
George Roll
4–2
Albany, New York
Pepsi Arena
2005
Cornell
Mike Schafer
Harvard
Ted Donato
3–1
Albany, New York
Pepsi Arena
2006
Harvard
Ted Donato
Cornell
Mike Schafer
6–2
Albany, New York
Pepsi Arena
2007
Clarkson
George Roll
Quinnipiac
Rand Pecknold
4–2
Albany, New York
Times Union Center
2008
Princeton
Guy Gadowsky
Harvard
Ted Donato
4–1
Albany, New York
Times Union Center
2009
Yale
Keith Allain
Cornell
Mike Schafer
5–0
Albany, New York
Times Union Center
2010
Cornell
Mike Schafer
Union
Nate Leaman
3–0
Albany, New York
Times Union Center
2011
Yale
Keith Allain
Cornell
Mike Schafer
6–0
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Boardwalk Hall
2012
Union
Rick Bennett
Harvard
Ted Donato
3–2
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Boardwalk Hall
2013
Union
Rick Bennett
Brown
Brendan Whittet
3–1
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Boardwalk Hall
2014
Union
Rick Bennett
Colgate
Don Vaughan
5–2
Lake Placid, New York
Herb Brooks Arena
2015
Harvard
Ted Donato
Colgate
Don Vaughan
4–2
Lake Placid, New York
Herb Brooks Arena
2016
Quinnipiac
Rand Pecknold
Harvard
Ted Donato
4–1
Lake Placid, New York
Herb Brooks Arena
2017
Harvard
Ted Donato
Cornell
Mike Schafer
4–1
Lake Placid, New York
Herb Brooks Arena
2018
Princeton
Ron Fogarty
Clarkson
Casey Jones
2–1 (OT )
Lake Placid, New York
Herb Brooks Arena
2019
Clarkson
Casey Jones
Cornell
Mike Schafer
3–2 (OT )
Lake Placid, New York
Herb Brooks Arena
2020
Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
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