2012 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2012 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
2012 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
	2012 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament logo
Dates	March 2–17, 2012
Teams	12
Finals site	Boardwalk Hall; Atlantic City, New Jersey
Champions	Union (1st title)
Winning coach	Rick Bennett (1st title)
MVP	Jeremy Welsh (Union)
	ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 2 and March 17, 2012 at campus locations and at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. The winner of the tournament received ECAC Hockey's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth, sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds as determined by the final regular season standings play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and second-lowest-ranked first-round winner, the third seed and second-highest-ranked first-round winner, and the fourth seed and highest-ranked first-round winner play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest seeds play a single game, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third-place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2011–12 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#3 Union†*	22	14	4	4	32	76	38	41	26	8	7	143	75
#10 Cornell	22	12	4	6	30	66	46	35	19	9	7	100	79
#18 Harvard	22	8	5	9	25	61	59	34	13	10	11	106	100
Colgate	22	11	10	1	23	60	57	39	19	17	3	121	113
Quinnipiac	22	9	8	5	23	60	57	40	20	14	6	122	98
Yale	22	10	10	2	22	74	61	35	16	16	3	123	106
Clarkson	22	9	9	4	22	57	60	39	16	17	6	105	109
St. Lawrence	22	10	11	1	21	50	64	36	14	19	3	88	120
Dartmouth	22	8	11	3	19	63	74	33	13	16	4	93	102
Rensselaer	22	7	12	3	17	43	61	39	12	24	3	78	111
Princeton	22	6	12	4	16	58	72	32	9	16	7	85	105
Brown	22	5	13	4	14	54	75	32	9	18	5	75	97
Championship: Union 3, Harvard 1 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

First round March 2–4					Quarterfinals March 9–11					Semifinals March 16			Championship March 17

					1	Union	3	4	—
5	Quinnipiac	1	3	4	10	Rensselaer	2	2	—
12	Brown	4	0	2						1	Union	6
										4	Colgate	2
					2	Cornell	4**	3	—
6	Yale	4	4	7	9	Dartmouth	3	1	—
11	Princeton	2	5*	3									1	Union	3
													3	Harvard	1
					3	Harvard	1	4**	8
7	Clarkson	1	4***	1	6	Yale	2*	3	2
10	Rensselaer	5	3	4						2	Cornell	1	Third place
										3	Harvard	6
					4	Colgate	4	2	4				2	Cornell	3
8	St. Lawrence	3	1	—	5	Quinnipiac	2	4	0				4	Colgate	0
9	Dartmouth	6	4	—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(5) Quinnipiac vs. (12) Brown

March 2	Quinnipiac		1 - 4	Brown	TD Bank Sports Center	Recap
(C. Jones, Peca) Zack Currie - PP - 12:53		First period		17:44 - Jarred Smith (Quick, Zaires)
No scoring		Second period		08:51 - GW - Ryan Jacobson (Maclellan, Lorito)
No scoring		Third period		17:12 - Chris Zaires (Quick, Smith) 17:42 - EN - Bobby Farnham (Jacobson, Robertson)
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Eric Hartzell		Goalie stats		Mike Clemente ( 25 saves / 26 shots )

March 3	Quinnipiac		3 - 0	Brown	TD Bank Sports Center	Recap
(Peca, K. Jones) Connor Jones - GW PP - 02:11 (Peca, K. Jones) Loren Baron - 10:05		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(Currie, K. Jones) Matthew Peca - PP - 06:44		Third period		No scoring
( 16 saves / 16 shots ) Eric Hartzell		Goalie stats		Mike Clemente ( 39 saves / 42 shots )

March 4	Quinnipiac		4 - 2	Brown	TD Bank Sports Center	Recap
(Peca) Kellen Jones - PP - 01:16 (Van Brabant, Dalhuisen) Kevin Bui - 09:29		First period		No scoring
(Heichman, Currie) Clay Harvey - GW - 16:35		Second period		No scoring
(unassisted) Yuri Bouharevich - EN - 19:45		Third period		02:34 - PP - Bobby Farnham (Buvinow, Crowley) 03:43 - Matt Harlow (Buvinow, Hourihan)
( 35 saves / 37 shots ) Eric Hartzell		Goalie stats		Mike Clemente ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

Quinnipiac wins series 2-1

(6) Yale vs. (11) Princeton

March 2	Yale		4 - 2	Princeton	Ingalls Rink	Recap
(Root, Dueck) Brian O'Neill - 06:12 (Root) Colin Dueck - 16:38		First period		No scoring
(Bourbonais, Agostino) Nick Jaskowiak - GW PP - 16:27		Second period		14:28 - PP - Rob Kleebaum (Meland, Hagel)
(unassisted) Antoine Laganière - EN - 19:00		Third period		04:20 - Jack Berger (Hagel, Kleebaum)
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Nick Maricic		Goalie stats		Sean Bonar ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

March 3	Yale		4 - 5	OT	Princeton	Ingalls Rink	Recap
No Scoring		First period			05:01 - Rob Kleebaum (Hagel, Berger)
No scoring		Second period			18:35 - PP - Andrew Calof (Kleebaum, Meland)
(Jaskowiak, Agostino) Kevin Peel - PP - 06:33 (Dueck) Jesse Root - SH - 12:31 (Fallen, O'Neill) Antoine Laganière - PP - 14:00 (O'Neill, Fallen) Andrew Miller - PP - 17:36		Third period			09:08 - Rob Kleebaum (Hagel, MacDonald) 14:27 - Michael Sdao (MacDonald, Brockett)
No scoring		First overtime period			00:33 - Andrew Calof (Ammon)
( 26 saves / 31 shots ) Nick Maricic		Goalie stats			Sean Bonar ( 38 saves / 42 shots )

March 4	Yale		7 - 3	Princeton	Ingalls Rink	Recap
(Agostino) Anthony Day - 04:52 (Young) Antoine Laganière - SH - 07:55 (Agostino, Young) Anthony Day - 10:23		First period		16:13 - Andrew Calof (Rush)
(Limbert, Miller) Antoine Laganière - GW - 12:10 (O'Neill, Root) Antoine Laganière - PP - 16:53		Second period		15:39 - Andrew Calof (Pallis)
(Miller) Brian O'Neill - EN - 12:10 (Peel, Dueck) Clinton Bourbonais - PP - 18:50		Third period		00:56 - Michael Sdao (Calof, Meland)
( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Jeff Malcolm		Goalie stats		Sean Bonar ( 35 saves / 41 shots )

Yale wins series 2-1

(7) Clarkson vs. (10) Rensselaer

March 2	Clarkson		1 - 5	Rensselaer	Cheel Arena	Recap
(McPherson, Labrecque) Nick Tremblay - PP - 03:25		First period		05:44 - PP EA - Matt Tinordi (Haggerty, Lee) 06:33 - GW PP - Nick Bailen (Bergin, Neal) 09:39 - PP - Nick Bailen (Lalibertè, Bergin) 12:17 - Joel Malchuk (Leboeuf, O'Grady)
No scoring		Second period		17:32 - Jacob Lalibertè (Haggerty, Neal)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 27 saves / 32 shots ) Paul Karpowich		Goalie stats		Bryce Merrian ( 16 saves / 17 shots )

March 3	Clarkson		4 - 3	3OT	Rensselaer	Cheel Arena	Recap
(Labrecque, Sexton) Nick Tremblay - PP - 15:56		First period			08:43 - PP - C. J. Lee (Cullen)
No scoring		Second period			06:47 - Patrick Cullen (Tinordi, Higgs)
(Zarbo, Tamblyn) Alex Boak - PP - 06:25 (unassisted) Sam Labrecque - 15:01		Third period			11:00 - Patrick Cullen (Dolan, Schroeder)
(McPherson, Pokulok) Ben Sexton - GW - 13:48		Third overtime period			No scoring
( 50 saves / 53 shots ) Paul Karpowich		Goalie stats			Bryce Merrian ( 40 saves / 44 shots )

March 4	Clarkson		1 - 4	Rensselaer	Cheel Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Tremblay, Morley) Sam Labrecque - PP - 08:03		Second period		13:02 - Ryan Haggerty (Bailen, Leboeuf)
No scoring		Third period		04:14 - Mike Bergin (Higgs, McGowan) 05:47 - Joel Malchuk (Leonard, Dolan) 18:28 - Marty O'Grady (Lee, Bailen)
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Paul Karpowich		Goalie stats		Bryce Merrian ( 23 saves / 24 shots )

Rensselaer wins series 2-1

(8) St. Lawrence vs. (9) Dartmouth

March 2	St. Lawrence		3 - 6	Dartmouth	Appleton Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		19:08 - Nick Walsh (Lee, Pinkston)
(Carden) Mark Armstrong - 09:54 (Mobley, Drewiske) Tommy Thompson - 10:19		Second period		02:52 - Connor Goggin (Walsh, Keenan)
(Flanagan, Martin) Greg Carey - 02:41		Third period		02:29 - PP - Doug Jones (Keenan) 11:15 - GW - Eric Neiley (Sikura, Keenan) 12:39 - Jason Bourgea (Mosey) 15:21 - Matt Lindblad (Sikura)
( 20 saves / 26 shots ) Matt Weninger		Goalie stats		Jody O'Neill ( 30 saves / 33 shots )

March 3	St. Lawrence		1 - 4	Dartmouth	Appleton Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		04:27 - Andy Simpson (Lindblad, Neiley) 07:24 - GW - Matt Lindblad (Sikura, Neiley)
(Flanagan, Hughes) Greg Carey - 02:29		Second period		15:02 - Doug Jones (Robinson)
No scoring		Third period		19:03 - Nick Walsh (unassisted)
( 18 saves / 21 shots ) Matt Weninger		Goalie stats		Jody O'Neill ( 38 saves / 39 shots )

Dartmouth wins series 2-0

Quarterfinals

(1) Union vs. (10) Rensselaer

March 9	Union		3 - 2	Rensselaer	Achilles Rink	Recap
(Hatch, Julseth-White) Max Novak - 06:32 (Bodie, Zajac) Wayne Simpson - PP - 13:19		First period		00:42 - Matt Tinordi (McGowan, Leboeuf)
(Bodie, Zajac) Greg Coburn - GW PP - 10:19		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		10:32 - SH - Alex Angers-Goulet (Bergin, Leonard)
( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Troy Grosenick		Goalie stats		Bryce Merriam ( 24 saves / 27 shots )

March 10	Union		4 - 2	Rensselaer	Achilles Rink	Recap
(Gostisbehere, Simpson) Kyle Bodie - PP - 10:14 (Carr, Jooris) Jeremy Welsh - 14:03		First period		No scoring
(Stuart, Bodie) [Kevin Sullivan - GW - 17:37		Second period		15:03 - Brock Higgs (Cullen, Bergin) 16:36 - PP - Matt Neal (Lalibertè, Bergin)
(Bodie, Coburn) Kevin Sullivan - 05:58		Third period		No scoring
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Troy Grosenick		Goalie stats		Bryce Merriam ( 20 saves / 24 shots )

Union Wins Series 2-0

(2) Cornell vs. (9) Dartmouth

March 9	Cornell		4 - 3	2OT	Dartmouth	Lynah Rink	Recap
(Miller, Mowrey) John Esposito - 06:10 (D'Agostino, Ryan) John Esposito - PP - 10:20 (Miller, Gotovets) Dustin Mowrey - 18:11		First period			02:20 - PP - Tyler Sikura (Lindblad) 14:18 - PP - Connor Goggin (Sikura, Lindblad)
No scoring		Second period			12:32 - Kyle Schussler (Mosey, Bourgea)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(de Swardt, Gotovets) Sean Whitney - GW - 17:40		Second overtime period			No scoring
( 46 saves / 49 shots ) Andy Iles		Goalie stats			Jody O'Neill ( 45 saves / 49 shots )

March 10	Cornell		3 - 1	Dartmouth	Lynah Rink	Recap
(Esposito, Miller) Dustin Mowrey - 01:07 (Axell, Ryan) Locke Jillson - GW - 05:42 (Lowry, Collins) Sean Whitney - PP - 08:21		First period		11:29 - Charlie Mosey (Simpson, Goggin)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Andy Iles		Goalie stats		Jody O'Neill ( 4 saves / 7 shots ) / James Mello ( 23 saves / 23 shots )

Cornell Wins Series 2-0

(3) Harvard vs. (6) Yale

March 9	Harvard		1 - 2	OT	Yale	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			15:50 - Trent Ruffolo (Bourbonais, Day)
(Biega, Kroshus) Luke Greiner - 19:33		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			03:49 - GW - Kenny Agostino (Laganière, Peel)
( 42 saves / 44 shots ) Raphaël Girard		Goalie stats			Nick Maricic ( 32 saves / 33 shots )

March 10	Harvard		4 - 3	2OT	Yale	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			05:17 - Colin Dueck (Ziegler) 16:36 - Chad Ziegler (Miller)
(Killorn, McNally) Danny Biega - PP - 08:09 (Fallstrom, McNally) Marshall Everson - PP - 16:07		Second period			No scoring
(Killorn, McNally) Danny Biega - PP - 11:20		Third period			19:33 - Antoine Laganière (Bourbonais, Peel)
(Morrison, Moore) Dan Ford - GW - 09:20		Second overtime period			No scoring
( 48 saves / 51 shots ) Raphaël Girard		Goalie stats			Nick Maricic ( 49 saves / 53 shots )

March 11	Harvard		8 - 2	Yale	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
(Everson) Alex Killorn - 06:49		First period		04:06 - Chad Ziegler (Bourbonais, Weberg)
(Killorn, Everson) Alex Fallstrom - 00:35 (Morrinson, O'Regan) David Valek - GW - 10:00 (Grimshaw) Alex Killorn - 12:26 (Killorn, Fallstrom) Marshall Everson - 17:15		Second period		No scoring
(McNally, O'Regan) David Valek - 11:20 (Biega, Everson) Daniel Moriarty - PP - 15:10 (Moriarty, Moore) David Valek - PP - 19:41		Third period		10:41 - PP - Antoine Laganière (O'Neill, Miller)
( 39 saves / 41 shots ) Raphaël Girard		Goalie stats		Nick Maricic ( 28 saves / 33 shots ) / Jeff Malcolm ( 3 saves / 5 shots ) / Connor Wilson ( 2 saves / 3 shots )

Harvard Wins Series 2-1

(4) Colgate vs. (5) Quinnipiac

March 9	Colgate		4 - 2	Quinnipiac	Starr Arena	Recap
(Goulakos) Austin Smith - 03:15		First period		15:35 - PP - Connor Jones (K. Jones, Baron)
(Wilson, Sinz) Chris Wagner - 00:14		Second period		15:50 - PP - Connor Jones (Peca, Baron)
(Wilson, Smith) Chris Wagner - GW PP - 11:32 (Mayer, Sinz) Matt Firman - 11:49		Third period		No scoring
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Eric Mihalik		Goalie stats		Eric Hartzell ( 32 saves / 36 shots )

March 10	Colgate		2 - 4	Quinnipiac	Starr Arena	Recap
(unassisted) Chris Wagner - PS - 11:31		First period		04:15 - Kellen Jones (Peca, Baron) 06:18 - Connor Jones (Peca, Baron)
(Price) Kurtis Bartliff - 13:04		Second period		19:53 - GW PP - Jeremy Langlois (Jones, Peca)
No scoring		Third period		18:32 - PP - Scott Zurevinski (Hartzell)
( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Eric Mihalik		Goalie stats		Eric Hartzell ( 19 saves / 21 shots )

March 11	Colgate		4 - 0	Quinnipiac	Starr Arena	Recap
(Wilson, McPherson) Chris Wagner - GW - 04:37		First period		No scoring
(Bartliff, Bourdon) John Lidgett - 08:55 (Wagner, Sinz) Austin Smith - 17:08		Second period		No scoring
(Smith) Chris Wagner - EN - 15:48		Third period		No scoring
( 31 saves / 31 shots ) Eric Mihalik		Goalie stats		Eric Hartzell ( 27 saves / 30 shots )

Colgate Wins Series 2-1

Semifinals

(1) Union vs. (4) Colgate

March 16	Union		6 - 2	Colgate	Boardwalk Hall	Recap
(Jooris) Daniel Carr - 01:35 (unassisted) Max Novak - 13:11		First period		No scoring
(Bodie, Welsh) Josh Jooris - GW PP - 13:57		Second period		00:26 - Joe Wilson (Wagner, Smith)
(Welsh) Daniel Carr - SH - 03:39 (Jooris) Jeremy Welsh - 07:19 (Jooris, Hatch) Shawn Stuart - 18:19		Third period		13:20 - Matt Firman (unassisted)
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Troy Grosenick		Goalie stats		Eric Mihalik ( 24 saves / 19 shots ) / Alex Evin ( 8 saves / 9 shots )

(2) Cornell vs. (3) Harvard

March 16	Cornell		1 - 6	Harvard	Boardwalk Hall	Recap
(Jooris) Daniel Carr - 01:35 (unassisted) Max Novak - 13:11		First period		No scoring
(Bodie, Welsh) Josh Jooris - GW PP - 13:57		Second period		00:26 - Joe Wilson (Wagner, Smith)
(Welsh) Daniel Carr - SH - 03:39 (Jooris) Jeremy Welsh - 07:19 (Jooris, Hatch) Shawn Stuart - 18:19		Third period		13:20 - Matt Firman (unassisted)
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Troy Grosenick		Goalie stats		Eric Mihalik ( 24 saves / 19 shots ) / Alex Evin ( 8 saves / 9 shots )

3rd Place Game

(3) Dartmouth vs. (12) Colgate

March 19	Dartmouth		5 - 3	Colgate	Boardwalk Hall	Recap
(Lindblad, Walsh) Connor Goggin - PP - 14:35 (Estoclet) Matt Lindblad - PP - 19:41		First period		07:41 - Robbie Bourdon (Poplawski, Larkin)
(Stephens, Reeds) Robbie Smith - 02:41 (Fleming) Adam Estoclet - GW - 15:49		Second period		12:57 - PP - Francis Brisbois (Bartliff, Smith)
(Lindblad) Dustin Walsh - 08:51		Third period		16:01 - Robbie Bourdon (Leidl, Day)
( 20 saves / 23 shots ) James Mello		Goalie stats		Eric Mihalik ( 29 saves / 34 shots )

Championship

(1) Yale vs. (4) Cornell

March 19	Yale		6 - 0	Cornell	Boardwalk Hall	Recap
(Kearney, Martin) Kevin Limbert - PP GW - 03:03 (Martin, Kearney) Kevin Limbert - PP - 15:50		First period		No scoring
(O'Neill, Miller) Antoine Laganière - 01:39 (O'Neill) Chris Cahill - 06:00 (Miller, Peel) Colin Dueck - 08:37 (Kearney) Broc Little - PP - 17:28		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 22 saves / 22 shots ) Ryan Rondeau		Goalie stats		Andy Iles ( 10 saves / 15 shots ) / Mike Garman ( 17 saves / 18 shots )