2018 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2018 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 57th tournament in league history. It was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018. 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 Princeton received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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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 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

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

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#8 Cornell 22 17 3 2 36 61 32 33 25 6 2 102 52
Union 22 16 5 1 33 70 48 38 21 15 2 115 98
#12 Clarkson 22 12 5 5 29 74 49 40 23 11 6 122 75
Harvard 22 11 8 3 25 68 50 33 15 14 4 104 85
Dartmouth 22 11 10 1 23 55 69 35 16 17 2 83 107
Colgate 22 10 9 3 23 49 46 40 17 17 6 87 88
#15 Princeton* 22 10 10 2 22 77 79 36 19 13 4 131 110
Yale 22 10 11 1 21 67 59 31 15 15 1 87 88
Quinnipiac 22 9 11 2 20 59 56 38 16 18 4 105 106
Brown 22 7 14 1 15 45 63 31 8 19 4 67 104
Rensselaer 22 4 16 2 10 45 86 37 6 27 4 73 129
St. Lawrence 22 3 18 1 7 43 76 37 8 27 2 80 122
Championship: March 17, 2018
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated February 26, 2018

Bracket

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Teams are reseeded after the first round and quarterfinals

First Round[1]
March 2–4
Quarterfinals[2]
March 9–11
Semifinals[3]
March 17
Championship
March 18
1 Cornell 9 2
5 Dartmouth 2 2 2 9 Quinnipiac 1 0
12 St. Lawrence 1 4 1 1 Cornell 1
7 Princeton 4
2 Union 3 2
6 Colgate 3 0 2 7 Princeton 5 3
11 Rensselaer 1 1 0 7 Princeton 2*
3 Clarkson 1
3 Clarkson 1 3 5
7 Princeton 8 7 6 Colgate 2 0 1
10 Brown 2 1 3 Clarkson 5*
4 Harvard 4
4 Harvard 1 7 4
8 Yale 1 1 5 Dartmouth 4 1 2
9 Quinnipiac 5 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

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First round

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(5) Dartmouth vs. (12) St. Lawrence

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March 2 Dartmouth 2 – 1 St. Lawrence Thompson Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Graber, Foreman) Shane Sellar - 17:27
(Michalowski, Warpecha) Kevan Kilistoff - GW - 18:20
Second period 10:58 - Mike Marnell (Ederer, Hanson)
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Devin Buffalo Goalie stats Arthur Brey ( 30 saves / 32 shots )
March 3 Dartmouth 2 – 4 St. Lawrence Thompson Arena Recap  
(Strong, Yau) Ryan Blankemeier - 02:32 First period 13:49 - Cade Gleekel (Nielsen, Hanson)
(Graber, Sellar) River Rymsha - 19:29 Second period 05:48 - Mike Marnell (Ederer)
No scoring Third period 09:53 - GW PP - Ryan Lough (Alftberg, Gluchowski)
18:48 - EN - Keenan Suthers (Sullivan)
( 18 saves / 21 shots ) Devin Buffalo Goalie stats Arthur Brey ( 26 saves / 28 shots )
March 4 Dartmouth 2 – 1 St. Lawrence Thompson Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Yau, Kalk) Will Graber - PP - 06:33 Second period 18:48 - Jacob Pritchard (Gilmour)
(Baker) Corey Kalk - GW - 06:33 Third period No scoring
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Devin Buffalo Goalie stats Arthur Brey ( 31 saves / 33 shots )
Dartmouth won series 2–1


(6) Colgate vs. (11) Rensselaer

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March 2 Colgate 3 – 1 Rensselaer Class of 1965 Arena Recap  
(Austin, Cockrell) Trevor Cosgrove - PP - 06:14 First period No scoring
(Brooks) Hunter Racine - GW - 10:48 Second period 00:19 - Donovan Ott (Prapavessis, Jerry)
(Meyer) Mike Panowyk - EN - 19:56 Third period No scoring
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Colton Point Goalie stats Linden Marshall ( 22 saves / 24 shots )
March 3 Colgate 0 – 1 Rensselaer Class of 1965 Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 12:43 - GW - Mat Harris (Reisinger, Burke)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Colton Point Goalie stats Linden Marshall ( 29 saves / 29 shots )
March 4 Colgate 2 – 1 Rensselaer Class of 1965 Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Brooks, Panowyk) Josh McKechney - GW PP - 05:54 Second period No scoring
(McGuire, Dauda) Evan Tschumi - 03:05 Third period No scoring
( 23 saves / 23 shots ) Colton Point Goalie stats Linden Marshall ( 30 saves / 32 shots )
Colgate won series 2–1


(7) Princeton vs. (10) Brown

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March 2 Princeton 8 – 2 Brown Hobey Baker Rink Recap  
(Cressey) Josh Teves - 03:20
(Véronneau, Cressey) Ryan Kuffner - 08:00
First period 18:18 - Tommy Marchin (Lafferty)
(Keenan, Yochim) Derek Topatigh - GW - 08:16
(Teves, Véronneau) Ryan Kuffner - PP - 10:47
(Kuffner, Teves) Max Véronneau - PP - 17:34
Second period 01:37 - PP - Alec Mehr (Marchin, Lafferty)
(unassisted) Liam Grande - 11:54
(Hallisey, Kuffner) Josh Teves - PP - 16:00
(Keenan, Grande) Jake Paganelli - PP - 16:39
Third period No scoring
( 33 saves / 35 shots ) Ryan Ferland Goalie stats Luke Kania ( 28 saves / 35 shots ) / Gavin Nieto ( 3 saves / 4 shots )
March 3 Princeton 7 – 1 Brown Hobey Baker Rink Recap  
(Yochim) Jackson Cressey - 19:01 First period No scoring
(Véronneau, Thom) Ryan Kuffner - GW - 03:37
(Robinson, Yochim) Derek Topatigh - PP - 05:03
(Paganelli, Teves) Luke Keenan - 15:32
(Kuffner, Véronneau) Alex Riche - 19:44
Second period No scoring
(Riche, Kuffner) Max Véronneau - 12:33
(Robinson, Grabowski) Matt Nelson - PP - 19:26
Third period 08:13 - PP - Zach Giuttari (Gottlieb, Lafferty)
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Ryan Ferland / ( 2 saves / 2 shots ) Ben Halford Goalie stats Luke Kania ( 37 saves / 44 shots )
Princeton won series 2–0


(8) Yale vs. (9) Quinnipiac

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March 2 Yale 1 – 5 Quinnipiac Ingalls Rink Recap  
(Welsh, Lindstrand) Ryan Hitchcock - 13:32 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 02:09 - Joe O'Connor (MacMaster)
No scoring Third period 02:41 - GW - Chase Priskie (Davidson)
08:43 - Kevin McKernan (Forchuk, Martin)
18:38 - EN - Alex Whelan (Pieper, Duane)
19:22 - Scott Davidson (unassisted)
( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Sam Tucker Goalie stats Keith Petruzzelli ( 21 saves / 22 shots )
March 3 Yale 1 – 4 Quinnipiac Ingalls Rink Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 04:41 - PP - Chase Priskie (Tufto, Furgele)
11:51 - GW - Odeen Tufto (MacMaster, Jermain)
(unassisted) Kevin O'Neil - 13:22 Third period 10:43 - Brogan Rafferty (Duane, Martin)
19:00 - EN - Alex Whelan (Rafferty)
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Corbin Kaczperski Goalie stats Keith Petruzzelli ( 20 saves / 21 shots )
Quinnipiac won series 2–0


Quarterfinals

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(1) Cornell vs. (9) Quinnipiac

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March 9 Cornell 9 – 1 Quinnipiac Lynah Rink Recap  
(Locke, Donaldson) Alec McCrea - PP - 01:47
(Kaldis, McCrea) Alex Rauter - GW PP - 18:08
(Fiegl, Kaldis) Jeff Malott - PP - 19:19
First period 12:57 - PP - Tanner MacMaster (Čukste, Furgele)
(Locke, Kaldis) Mitch Vanderlaan - 00:30
(Fiegl) Beau Starrett - 09:43
(Locke, Donaldson) Mitch Vanderlaan - 11:16
(Barron, Mullin) Alex Rauter - PP - 11:59
(Angello, Kaldis) Beau Starrett - 12:53
(Nuttle, Locke) Cody Haiskanen - 15:48
Second period No scoring
Third period
( 12 saves / 13 shots ) Matthew Galajda / ( 5 saves / 5 shots ) Hayden Stewart Goalie stats Keith Petruzzelli ( 18 saves / 24 shots ) / Josh Mayanja ( 5 saves / 8 shots )
March 10 Cornell 2 – 0 Quinnipiac Lynah Rink Recap  
No scoring First period
(Betts, Mullin) Alex Rauter - GW - 02:01 Second period
(Betts, Rauter) Mitch Vanderlaan - 08:46 Third period
( 22 saves / 22 shots ) Matthew Galajda Goalie stats Keith Petruzzelli ( 13 saves / 15 shots )
Cornell won series 2–0


(2) Union vs. (7) Princeton

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March 9 Union 3 – 5 Princeton Achilles Center Recap  
(Maier, Scarfo) Liam Morgan - 01:50 First period 13:30 - Max Véronneau (Nelson, Kuffner)
(Scarfo) Cole Maier - 04:16
(Harrison) Anthony Rinaldi - 18:17
Second period 01:32 - Jackson Cressey (Robinson, Topatigh)
No scoring Third period 07:06 - PP - Ryan Kuffner (Cressey, Véronneau)
17:51 - GW - Liam Grande (Germain, Teves)
18:48 - EN - Eric Robinson (Becker, Nelson)
( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Jake Kupsky Goalie stats Ryan Ferland ( 24 saves / 27 shots )
March 10 Union 2 – 3 Princeton Achilles Center Recap  
No scoring First period 14:44 - GW - Alex Riche (Véronneau, Teves)
18:49 - SH - Eric Robinson (Grabowski)
(Campbell, Kupsky) Anthony Rinaldi - PP - 07:53
(Scarfo, Morgan) Ryan Walker - 09:07
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 19:50 - David Hallisey (Teves, Robinson)
( 19 saves / 22 shots ) Jake Kupsky Goalie stats Ryan Ferland ( 29 saves / 31 shots )
Princeton won series 2–0


(3) Clarkson vs. (6) Colgate

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March 9 Clarkson 1 – 2 Colgate Cheel Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Second period 14:04 - PP - Adam Dauda (Cosgrove, McMann)
17:54 - GW - Jared Cockrell (Jeanson, Brooks)
(Thow, Gervais) Marly Quince - 09:51 Third period
( 12 saves / 14 shots ) Jake Kielly Goalie stats Colton Point ( 31 saves / 32 shots )
March 10 Clarkson 3 – 0 Colgate Cheel Arena Recap  
(Dickinson, Astrén) Haralds Egle - GW PP - 11:56 First period No scoring
Second period No scoring
(Rempal, Sturm) Devin Brosseau - PP EN - 00:24
(Jokiharju) Marly Quince - 00:57
Third period No scoring
( 19 saves / 19 shots ) Jake Kielly Goalie stats Colton Point ( 31 saves / 34 shots )
March 11 Clarkson 5 – 1 Colgate Cheel Arena Recap  
(Jacome, Rempal) Nic Pierog - 13:14
(Charyszyn, Thow) Jack Jacome - GW - 16:56
First period No Scoring
(Sturm, Rempal) Terrance Amorosa - PP - 02:45
(Sturm, Summers) Sheldon Rempal - PP - 12:28
(Pierog, Gareau) Tyko Karjalainen - PP - 16:44
Second period 16:26 - Adam Dauda (Racine, McMann)
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Jake Kielly Goalie stats Colton Point ( 24 saves / 29 shots )
Clarkson won series 2–1


(4) Harvard vs. (5) Dartmouth

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March 9 Harvard 1 – 4 Dartmouth Bright-Landry Hockey Center Recap  
No scoring First period 04:14 - Cam Strong (Rutherford, Blankemeier)
08:58 - GW - Daniel Warpecha (Kilistoff, Michalowski)
Second period 10:35 - Matt Baker (Jasiek, Kalk)
(Horton, Donato) Nathan Krusko - 05:13 Third period 16:24 - EN - Corey Kalk (Jasiek, Less)
( 17 saves / 20 shots ) Merrick Madsen Goalie stats Devin Buffalo ( 34 saves / 35 shots )
March 10 Harvard 7 – 1 Dartmouth Bright-Landry Hockey Center Recap  
(Fox, Walsh) Lewis Zerter-Gossage - PP - 09:29
(Floodstrand, Horton) Benjamin Solin - GW - 09:53
First period No scoring
(Pelton-Byce, Donato) Nathan Krusko - 08:18
(Ellis, Marino) Adam Fox - 09:23
(Krusko, Donato) Adam Fox - 15:42
(Fox, Marino) Ryan Donato - PP - 19:56
Second period 09:30 - Corey Kalk (Jasiek)
(Donato, Olson) Ty Pelton-Byce - 13:08 Third period No scoring
( 21 saves / 22 shots ) Merrick Madsen Goalie stats Devin Buffalo ( 23 saves / 29 shots ) / Adrian Clark ( 3 saves / 4 shots )
March 11 Harvard 4 – 2 Dartmouth Bright-Landry Hockey Center Recap  
(Fox, Walsh) Ryan Donato - PP - 11:41 First period 04:43 - Collin Rutherford (Kalk, Baker)
(Pelton-Byce, Donato) Ryan Donato - 08:18 Second period No scoring
(Solin, Floodstrand) Adam Fox - GW - 13:08
(Marino) Ryan Donato - 13:16
Third period 16:17 - Quin Foreman (Rutherford, Graber)
( 20 saves / 22 shots ) Merrick Madsen Goalie stats Devin Buffalo ( 25 saves / 29 shots )
Harvard won series 2–1


Semifinals

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(1) Cornell vs. (7) Princeton

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March 16 Cornell 1 – 4 Princeton Herb Brooks Arena Recap  
(Donaldson) Trevor Yates - 15:38 First period No Scoring
No scoring Second period 08:51 - Liam Grande (Teves)
14:04 - GW - Eric Robinson (Keenan)
No scoring Third period 10:17 - Max Véronneau (Kuffner, Thom)
19:26 - EN - Eric Robinson (unassisted)
( 14 saves / 17 shots ) Matthew Galajda Goalie stats Ryan Ferland ( 27 saves / 28 shots )


(3) Clarkson vs. (4) Harvard

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March 16 Clarkson 5 – 4 OT Harvard Herb Brooks Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 11:37 - PP - Reilly Walsh (Pelton-Byce, Donato)
(Egle) Jack Jacome - PP - 13:57
(Eden, Thompson) Eric Sweetman - PP - 17:23
Second period 05:47 - PP - Lewis Zerter-Gossage (Walsh, Fox)
07:58 - Ty Pelton-Byce (Donato, Krusko)
(Egle, Summers) Nic Pierog - 00:15
(Rempal) Devin Brosseau - 01:11
(Egle) Dylan Gareau - 04:02
Third period 00:06 - Ty Pelton-Byce (unassisted)
(Sturm, Brosseau) Sheldon Rempal - 00:15 First overtime period No scoring
( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Jake Kielly Goalie stats Merrick Madsen ( 31 saves / 36 shots )


Championship

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(3) Clarkson vs. (7) Princeton

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March 21[4] Clarkson 1 – 2 OT Princeton Herb Brooks Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 16:43 - Josh Teves (Kuffner, Véronneau)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Amorosa, Rempal) Josh Dickinson - 12:17 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 02:37 - GW - Max Becker (Germain, Grande)
( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Jake Kielly Goalie stats Ryan Ferland ( 31 saves / 32 shots )


Tournament awards

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* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References

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  1. ^ "ECAC men's Hockey 2017–18 Week 23". USCHO.com. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "ECAC men's Hockey 2017–18 Week 24". USCHO.com. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  3. ^ "ECAC men's Hockey 2017–18 Week 25". USCHO.com. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  4. ^ "Harvard 4, Colgate 2". USCHO.com. March 21, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  5. ^ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  6. ^ "Awards - NCAA (ECAC) All-Tournament Team". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 12, 2018.