2016 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2016 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
2016 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 4–19, 2016
Teams	12
Finals site	Herb Brooks Arena; Lake Placid, New York
Champions	Quinnipiac (1st title)
Winning coach	Rand Pecknold (1st title)
MVP	Connor Clifton (Quinnipiac)
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The 2016 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is the 55th tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 19, 2016. First Round and Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, the team receives the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. The teams that finish above fifth place in the standings receive a bye to the quarterfinal round. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth seeds, the sixth and eleventh seeds, the seventh and tenth seeds and the eighth and ninth seeds played a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the one seed plays the lowest remaining seed, the second seed plays the second-lowest remaining seed, the third seed plays the third-lowest remaining seed and the fourth seed plays the fourth-lowest remaining seed another best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advancing to the Semifinals. In the semifinals the top remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play against each other. The winners of the semifinals play in the championship game, and no third-place game is played. All series after the quarterfinals are single-elimination games. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

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

2015–16 ECAC Hockey men's standings v t e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 Quinnipiac † *	22	16	1	5	37	84	44	43	32	4	7	163	85
#10 Yale	22	14	5	3	31	57	37	32	19	9	4	86	57
#9 Harvard	22	12	6	4	28	72	47	34	19	11	4	116	81
#17 St. Lawrence	22	11	8	3	25	68	50	37	19	14	4	106	84
Clarkson	22	10	9	3	23	52	51	38	20	15	3	101	95
Rensselaer	22	8	7	7	23	47	49	40	18	15	7	97	104
Dartmouth	22	11	11	0	22	60	69	35	18	16	1	94	104
#18 Cornell	22	8	8	6	22	46	50	34	16	11	7	79	82
Union	22	6	10	6	18	53	62	36	13	14	9	91	96
Colgate	22	6	14	2	14	45	71	37	11	24	2	95	132
Brown	22	3	13	6	12	47	70	31	5	19	7	75	107
Princeton	22	3	16	3	9	40	71	31	5	23	3	60	99
Championship: March 19, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 8, 2016

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the First Round and Quarterfinals

First Round^[1] March 4–6					Quarterfinals March 11–13					Semifinals March 18			Championship March 19

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

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

First round

(5) Clarkson vs. (12) Princeton

March 4	Clarkson		3 – 2	2OT	Princeton	Cheel Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			05:35 - Alex Riche (Véronneau, Pompi)
No scoring		Second period			09:46 - Ryan Siiro (Rankin, Pompi)
(Amorosa, Boucher) Kelly Summers - PP - 13:53 (Amorosa, Boucher) Sam Vigneault - PP EA - 19:38		Third period			No scoring
(Di Nallo, Josephs) James de Haas - GW - 01:05		Second overtime period			No scoring
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Greg Lewis		Goalie stats			Colton Phinney ( 43 saves / 46 shots )

March 5	Clarkson		3 – 2	OT	Princeton	Cheel Arena	Recap
(D'Arrisso, Dalpe) Aaron Thow - 04:34 (Di Nallo, Gareau) Simon Bessette - 09:41		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			10:45 - Max Véronneau (Riche, Kuffner)
No scoring		Third period			01:59 - Ben Foster (Pomeroy, Grabowski)
(Di Nallo) James de Haas - GW - 17:23		First overtime period			No scoring
( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Greg Lewis		Goalie stats			Colton Phinney ( 44 saves / 47 shots )

Clarkson won series 2–0

(6) Rensselaer vs. (11) Brown

March 4	Rensselaer		3 – 2	Brown	Houston Field House	Recap
(Gillespie, Rodriguez) Meirs Moore - 07:37		First period		No scoring
(Bourbonnais, Schroeder) Mike Prapavessis - 19:16		Second period		02:57 - Max Willman (Corcoran, Gottlieb)
(Prapavessis, Bourbonnais) Jared Wilson - GW PP - 02:39		Third period		07:04 - Charlie Corcoran (Lafferty, Marchin)
( 33 saves / 35 shots ) Jason Kasdorf		Goalie stats		Tim Ernst ( 20 saves / 23 shots )

March 5	Rensselaer		4 – 3	Brown	Houston Field House	Recap
No Scoring		First period		07:25 - PP - Sam Lafferty (Corcoran, Willman) 10:14 - Nick Lappin (Naclerio, Marchin) 19:32 - PP - Tyler Bird (Willman, Corcoran)
(Prapavessis, Kasdorf) Miloš Bubela - 00:30 (DeVito, Liljegren) Miloš Bubela - 08:04		Second period		No scoring
(Bubela, Wilson) Riley Bourbonnais - PP - 09:27 (Wood) Jared Wilson - GW - 18:18		Third period		No scoring
( 33 saves / 36 shots ) Jason Kasdorf		Goalie stats		Tim Ernst ( 27 saves / 31 shots )

Rensselaer won series 2–0

(7) Dartmouth vs. (10) Colgate

March 4	Dartmouth		3 – 2	OT	Colgate	Thompson Arena	Recap
(Crema, Bligh) Brad Schierhorn - 10:47		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			13:20 - Tylor Spink (Tys. Spink) 18:04 - Emilio Audi (Borkowski, Citron)
(Bligh, Crema) Brad Schierhorn - 09:02		Third period			No scoring
(Yau, Hesler) Brad Schierhorn - GW - 10:59		First overtime period			No scoring
( 20 saves / 22 shots ) James Kruger		Goalie stats			Charlie Finn ( 35 saves / 38 shots )

March 5	Dartmouth		3 – 5	Colgate	Thompson Arena	Recap
(Opperman, Kilistoff) Connor Yau - 03:37		First period		No scoring
(Bligh, Yau) Brett Patterson - PP - 16:17		Second period		04:14 - Willie Brooks (Audi, Freeman) 08:49 - Mike Borkowski (Murphy) 13:03 - Evan Peterson (Borkowski, Murphy)
(Hartley, Ernsting) Alex Jasiek - 17:23		Third period		10:41 - PP GW - Darcy Murphy (Tyl. Spink, Corkey) 18:19 - EN - Tyson Spink (Corkey)
( 24 saves / 28 shots ) James Kruger		Goalie stats		Charlie Finn ( 40 saves / 43 shots )

March 6	Dartmouth		4 – 3	2OT	Colgate	Thompson Arena	Recap
(Opperman) Carl Hesler - 08:58		First period			03:35 - Tylor Spink (unassisted)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(O'Brien) Josh Hartley - SH - 04:23 (Schierhorn, Crema) Nick Bligh - 08:05		Third period			04:06 - Tim Harrison (Tyl. Spink, Borkowski) 07:06 - Derek Freeman (Audi, Corkey)
(Ernsting, Jasiek) Tim O'Brien - GW - 04:37		Second overtime period			No scoring
( 24 saves / 28 shots ) James Kruger		Goalie stats			Charlie Finn ( 40 saves / 43 shots )

Dartmouth won series 2–1

(8) Cornell vs. (9) Union

March 4	Cornell		1 – 0	Union	Lynah Rink	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(Vanderlaan, Kubiak) Holden Anderson - GW - 13:48		Third period		No scoring
( 27 saves / 27 shots ) Mitch Gillam		Goalie stats		Alex Sakellaropoulos ( 21 saves / 22 shots )

March 5	Cornell		2 – 1	OT	Union	Lynah Rink	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Vanderlaan, Angello) Ryan Bliss - 10:25		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			10:56 - PP - Matt Wilkins (Supinski, Vecchione)
(Hilbrich, Yates) Matt Buckles - GW - 03:18		First overtime period			No scoring
( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Mitch Gillam		Goalie stats			Alex Sakellaropoulos ( 26 saves / 28 shots )

Cornell won series 2–0

Quarterfinals

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (8) Cornell

March 11	Quinnipiac		5 – 2	Cornell	TD Bank Sports Center	Recap
(St. Denis, C. Clifton) Landon Smith - 08:59		First period		03:23 - Jake Weidner (Freschi, Knisley)
(C. Clifton, Anas) Travis St. Denis - 00:30 (C. Clifton, MacMaster) Thomas Aldworth - GW - 02:10 (Anas, St. Denis) Landon Smith - PP - 18:08		Second period		10:15 - PP - Jeff Kubiak (Angello)
(Tiefenwerth, McKernan) Soren Jonzzon - EN - 18:36		Third period		No scoring
( 16 saves / 18 shots ) Michael Garteig		Goalie stats		Mitch Gillam ( 36 saves / 40 shots )

March 12	Quinnipiac		4 – 5	Cornell	TD Bank Sports Center	Recap
(L. Smith) Chase Priskie - 13:47 (Taverner, Tiefenwerth) Tommy Schutt - 14:18		First period		No scoring
(Taverner, Priskie) K.J. Tiefenwerth - 07:14 (Schutt) Chase Priskie - 12:32		Second period		00:57 - Mitch Vanderlaan (Kubiak) 08:12 - Jeff Kubiak (Vanderlaan, Angello) 11:34 - PP - Matt Buckles (unassisted) 14:23 - Christian Hilbrich (unassisted)
(Tschantz, Hilbrich) Trevor Yates - GW - 05:44		Third period		No scoring
( 20 saves / 25 shots ) Michael Garteig		Goalie stats		Mitch Gillam ( 24 saves / 28 shots )

March 13	Quinnipiac		6 – 3	Cornell	TD Bank Sports Center	Recap
(T. Clifton) Scott Davidson - 01:10 (C. Clifton, Martin) Bo Pieper - 08:05		First period		04:12 - PP - Matt Buckles (Hilbrich, Bliss)
(MacMaster, Tiefenwerth) Bo Pieper - 02:45 (Priskie, D. Smith) Andrew Taverner - GW PP - 16:14 (Toews, T. Clifton) Sam Anas - PP - 19:33		Second period		No scoring
(C. Clifton) Travis St. Denis - 14:52		Third period		05:56 - Eric Freschi (McCarron, Weidner) 18:48 - Jake Weidner (Hilbrich, Tiitinen)
( 30 saves / 33 shots ) Michael Garteig / ( 0 saves / 0 shots ) Jacob Meyers		Goalie stats		Mitch Gillam ( 29 saves / 34 shots ) / Ryan Coon ( 0 saves / 0 shots )

Quinnipiac won series 2–1

(2) Yale vs. (7) Dartmouth

March 11	Yale		3 – 4	OT	Dartmouth	Ingalls Rink	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			11:19 - River Rymsha (Kalk)
(Learned) Frankie DiChiara - 00:28 (Hart, Hitchcock) Rob O'Gara - 09:21 (Snively, Wilson) John Hayden - 17:24		Third period			03:37 - Nick Bligh (Schierhorn, Crema) 12:24 - Nick Bligh (Crema, Hartley)
No scoring		First overtime period			17:14 - Connor Yau (O'Brien, Jasiek)
( 36 saves / 40 shots ) Alex Lyon		Goalie stats			Charles Grant ( 48 saves / 51 shots )

March 12	Yale		1 – 2	Dartmouth	Ingalls Rink	Recap
(Cooper, Learned) Frankie DiChiara - 07:11		First period		13:12 - Tim Shoup (Schierhorn, Crema) 18:00 - GW - Kevan Kilistoff (Neiley)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 13 saves / 15 shots ) Alex Lyon		Goalie stats		Charles Grant ( 46 saves / 47 shots )

Dartmouth won series 2–0

(3) Harvard vs. (6) Rensselaer

March 11	Harvard		5 – 2	Rensselaer	Bright-Landry Hockey Center	Recap
(Esposito, Bergin) Sean Malone - 17:02		First period		No scoring
(Donato, Baughman) Seb Lloyd - 02:56 (Malone, Esposito) Colin Blackwell - GW - 08:08 (Donato, Kerfoot) Seb Lloyd - 15:38		Second period		18:06 - Miloš Bubela (unassisted)
(Esposito, Blackwell) Sean Malone - 09:32		Third period		04:49 - Phil Hampton (Miller, Rodriguez)
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Merrick Madsen		Goalie stats		Jason Kasdorf ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) / Cam Hackett ( 11 saves / 12 shots )

March 12	Harvard		8 – 2	Rensselaer	Bright-Landry Hockey Center	Recap
(Esposito, Malone) Jake Horton - 15:02 (Vesey, Criscuolo) Viktor Dombrovskiy - 17:43		First period		16:21 - Riley Bourbonnais (Nanne) 16:44 - Jesper Öhrvall (Nanne, Bradley)
(Jaw, Bergin) Sean Malone - GW - 01:35 (Blackwell, Malone) Clay Anderson - 09:26		Second period		No scoring
(unassisted) Jimmy Vesey - 00:15 (unassisted) Jimmy Vesey - 13:04 (Floodstrand, Tringale) Brayden Jaw - PP - 16:03 (Floodstrand, Horton) Ryan Donato - 17:17		Third period		No scoring
( 37 saves / 39 shots ) Merrick Madsen		Goalie stats		Cam Hackett ( 30 saves / 38 shots ) / Sam Goodman ( 0 saves / 0 shots )

Harvard won series 2–0

(4) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Clarkson

March 11	St. Lawrence		3 – 2	OT	Clarkson	Appleton Arena	Recap
(Gluchowski, Hudson) Alexander Dahl - 04:57		First period			14:14 - Perry D'Arrisso (Megannety, de Haas)
No scoring		Second period			10:41 - Nic Pierog (Summers)
(Lough, Smolcynski) Jacob Pritchard - 06:59		Third period			No scoring
(Smolcynski) Brian Ward - GW - 08:12		First overtime period			No scoring
( 40 saves / 42 shots ) Kyle Hayton		Goalie stats			Greg Lewis ( 33 saves / 33 shots )

March 12	St. Lawrence		3 – 2	2OT	Clarkson	Appleton Arena	Recap
(Thompson, Sweetman) Nolan Gluchowski - 00:56		First period			No scoring
(Ward, Smolcynski) Jacob Pritchard - 06:47		Second period			16:12 - Jeff Di Nallo (Josephs, Bessette)
No scoring		Third period			04:47 - Kevin Tansey (Bessette, Di Nallo)
(Ward, Smolcynski) Gavin Bayreuther - GW - 03:14		Second overtime period			No scoring
( 50 saves / 52 shots ) Kyle Hayton		Goalie stats			Greg Lewis ( 40 saves / 43 shots )

St. Lawrence won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Dartmouth

March 18	Quinnipiac		3 – 1	Dartmouth	Herb Brooks Arena	Recap
(Anas) Connor Clifton - 16:53		First period		No scoring
(T. Clifton, St. Denis) Sam Anas - GW PP - 00:54 (MacMaster, C. Clifton) Craig Martin - 05:12		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		14:57 - Connor Yau (Jasiek, Neiley)
( 23 saves / 24 shots ) Michael Garteig		Goalie stats		Charles Grant ( 26 saves / 29 shots )

(3) Harvard vs. (4) St. Lawrence

March 18	Harvard		2 – 1	OT	St. Lawrence	Herb Brooks Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Blackwell, Kerfoot) Jimmy Vesey - 00:59		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			14:36 - Gavin Bayreuther (Pritchard, Ward)
(Vesey, Bergin) Kyle Criscuolo - GW - 02:18		First overtime period			No scoring
( 35 saves / 36 shots ) Merrick Madsen		Goalie stats			Kyle Hayton ( 29 saves / 31 shots )

Championship

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Harvard

March 19	Quinnipiac		4 – 1	Harvard	Herb Brooks Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(L. Smith) Tim Clifton - PP - 01:11 (L. Smith, C. Clifton) Bo Pieper - GW PP - 03:02 (Taverner, D. Smith) K.J. Tiefenwerth - PP - 07:20		Second period		07:28 - Ryan Donato (unassisted)
(St. Denis, C. Clifton) Scott Davidson - EN - 18:51		Third period		No scoring
( 24 saves / 25 shots ) Michael Garteig		Goalie stats		Merrick Madsen ( 24 saves / 27 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

F Travis St. Denis (Quinnipiac)
F Landon Smith (Quinnipiac)
F Jimmy Vesey (Harvard)
D Connor Clifton* (Quinnipiac)
D Gavin Bayreuther (St. Lawrence)
G Michael Garteig (Quinnipiac)

* Most Outstanding Player(s) ^[2]^[3]

Media

Television

ASN had the television rights to semifinals and championship game during the tournament.^[4]

Broadcast Assignments

Semifinals & Championship

Eric Frede & Colby Cohen^[5]

Streaming

Every game during the tournament was streamed through the ECAC Hockey's website.^[5]

References

^ "ECAC men's Hockey 2015–16 Week 23". USCHO.com. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
^ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
^ "Awards - NCAA (ECAC) All-Tournament Team". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
^ "ECAC Hockey To Air on ASN". ecachockey.com. ECAC Hockey. February 12, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "2016 ECAC Men's Hockey Championship Fan Guide". ecachockey.com. ECAC Hockey. January 6, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.

[1] "ECAC men's Hockey 2015–16 Week 23". USCHO.com. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.

[2] "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.

[3] "Awards - NCAA (ECAC) All-Tournament Team". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 12, 2018.

[4] "ECAC Hockey To Air on ASN". ecachockey.com. ECAC Hockey. February 12, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.

[:0-5] "2016 ECAC Men's Hockey Championship Fan Guide". ecachockey.com. ECAC Hockey. January 6, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.

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