The 1963 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 2nd tournament in league history. It was played between March 5 and March 9, 1963. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the 'final four' games were played at the Boston Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. By reaching the championship game both, Harvard and Boston College received invitations to participate in the 1963 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Harvard, however, declined the invitation and was replaced by Clarkson who won the third place game. This is the only time that the winner of the ECAC tournament has not made an appearance in the NCAA tournament. (as of 2014)