2003 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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2003 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 7–22, 2003
Teams12
Finals sitePepsi Arena
Albany, New York
ChampionsCornell (10th title)
Winning coachMike Schafer[1] (3rd title)
MVPDavid LeNeveu[2] (Cornell)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2003 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 42nd tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 22, 2003. First Round and Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, New York. By winning the tournament, Cornell received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

The 2003 Tournament was the first to include 4 rounds of play as well as all member schools of ECAC Hockey in the postseason championship.

Format[]

The tournament featured 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 in 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 while the losers play in a third-place game. All series after the quarterfinals are single-elimination games. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings[]

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

2002–03 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#1 Cornell†* 22 19 2 1 39 89 29 36 30 5 1 133 49
#10 Harvard 22 17 4 1 35 94 47 34 22 10 2 133 78
Dartmouth 22 13 9 0 26 77 71 34 20 13 1 127 110
Yale 22 13 9 0 26 94 73 32 18 14 0 121 107
Brown 22 10 8 4 24 65 54 35 16 14 5 96 83
Union 22 10 10 2 22 62 68 36 14 18 4 105 113
Clarkson 22 9 10 3 21 69 56 35 12 20 3 96 99
Colgate 22 9 10 3 21 49 71 40 17 19 4 96 127
St. Lawrence 22 7 12 3 17 65 80 37 11 21 5 103 129
Vermont 22 8 14 0 16 58 85 36 13 20 3 104 142
Rensselaer 22 4 15 3 11 49 84 40 12 25 3 94 134
Princeton 22 2 18 2 6 46 99 31 3 26 2 62 140
Championship: Cornell
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket[]

Teams are reseeded after the first round and quarterfinals

  First round[3]
March 7–9 		Quarterfinals[4]
March 14–16 		Semifinals[5]
March 21 		Championship
March 22
                                             
  1 Cornell 3 4 – 1 Cornell 2  
5 Brown 2 3 – 11 Rensselaer 2 0 – 5 Brown 0  
12 Princeton 1 1 –
  2 Harvard 4 5 –
6 Union 1 2 – 10 Vermont 2 1 –     1 Cornell 3*
11 Rensselaer 2 3 –   2 Harvard 2
  3 Dartmouth 3 3 5
7 Clarkson 2 1 – 8 Colgate 4**** 1 2
10 Vermont 3 6 – Third place
  4 Yale 3 2 0 2 Harvard 5
8 Colgate 1 3* 5 5 Brown 4* 1 4 3 Dartmouth 3   3 Dartmouth 4
9 St. Lawrence 2 2 2 5 Brown 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round[]

(5) Brown vs. (12) Princeton[]

March 7[6] Brown 2–1 Princeton Meehan Auditorium Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Haggett) – 07:19
(Kirley, Caouette) – GW – 12:07 		Third period 06:56 – (Colclough, Patton)
Yann Danis ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats ( 23 saves / 25 shots )
March 8[7] Brown 3–1 Princeton Meehan Auditorium Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Denis, Mudryk) – 09:26
(Robinson, Tichauer) – GW – 09:50
(Korbl, Swon) – PP – 11:41 		Third period 10:08 – SH – (Sproat)
Yann Danis ( 36 saves / 37 shots ) Goalie stats ( 40 saves / 43 shots )
Brown won series 2–0


(6) Union vs. (11) Rensselaer[]

March 7[8] Union 1–2 Rensselaer Achilles Rink Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 07:21 – (McWilliams, Shields)
10:50 – GW PP – (Graham, Eberly)
(Seel) – 06:40 Third period No scoring
Kris Mayotte ( 14 saves / 16 shots ) Goalie stats ( 37 saves / 38 shots )
March 8[9] Union 2–3 Rensselaer Achilles Rink Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Gillies, Goodjohn) – PP – 06:34 Second period 17:44 – (Cavosie, McWilliams)
(Gillies, Beal) Kris Goodjohn – PP – 09:53 Third period 11:47 – SH – Ben Barr (Economakos, Basiuk)
12:37 – GW SH – Ben Barr (Economakos, Basiuk)
Kris Mayotte ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) Goalie stats ( 29 saves / 31 shots )
Rensselaer won series 2–0


(7) Clarkson vs. (10) Vermont[]

March 7[10] Clarkson 2–3 Vermont Cheel Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 07:03 – (Leisenring, Miles)
(Bahen, McFeeters) – EA – 18:13
(Bahen, O'Flaherty) Randy Jones – EA PP – 19:30 		Third period 03:15 – Jeff Corey (Sifers, Gasparini)
19:02 – GW EN SH – Jaime Sifers
( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats ( 27 saves / 29 shots )
March 8[11] Clarkson 1–6 Vermont Cheel Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Jones) Chris Blight – 13:54 Second period 17:48 – PP – Jaime Sifers (Hajek, Busniuk)
No scoring Third period 04:17 – GW PP – Brady Leisenring (Hajek)
08:38 – Brady Leisenring (Miles, Corey)
09:54 – (Longo)
17:40 – EN –
19:26 – (Plant)
( 25 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats ( 29 saves / 30 shots )
Vermont won series 2–0


(8) Colgate vs. (9) St. Lawrence[]

March 7[12] Colgate 1–2 St. Lawrence Starr Rink Recap  
(Thomas) – 10:20 First period 03:53 – Matt Macdonald (Peverley, Trevelyan)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 03:51 – GW – (Anderson, Hogg)
( 16 saves / 18 shots ) Goalie stats ( 37 saves / 38 shots )
March 8[13] Colgate 3–2 OT St. Lawrence Starr Rink Recap  
No scoring First period 13:09 – PP – Ryan Glenn (Trevelyan, Zeiler)
(Smith, Mormina) – 00:47
(Tataryn, McKinnon) Kyle Wilson – 14:19 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 09:47 – T. J. Trevelyan (Glenn)
(Bria) – GW – 16:46 First overtime period No scoring
( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats ( 36 saves / 39 shots )
March 9[14] Colgate 5–2 St. Lawrence Starr Rink Recap  
– SH – 19:59 First period No scoring
(Mitchell) – 04:28 Second period 08:18 – T. J. Trevelyan (Zeiler, Peverley)
16:31 – Adam Hogg (Lorentz, Anderson)
(Smyth, Smyth) – GW – 01:57
Adam Mitchell – 17:10
– EN – 19:17 		Third period No scoring
( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats ( 21 saves / 25 shots )
Colgate won series 2–1


Quarterfinals[]

(1) Cornell vs. (11) Rensselaer[]

March 14[15] Cornell 3–2 Rensselaer Lynah Rink Recap  
(Bâby, Paolini) Ryan Vesce – PP – 03:27 First period 16:09 – Ben Barr (Eberly, MacDonald)
(Bâby, Vesce) Matt Moulson – 09:34 Second period No scoring
(Cook, Abbott) – GW – 07:07 Third period 10:50 – Brad Farynuk (Graham, Croxton)
David LeNeveu ( 17 saves / 19 shots ) Goalie stats ( 23 saves / 26 shots )
March 15[16] Cornell 4–0 Rensselaer Lynah Rink Recap  
(Bâby, Murray) Ryan Vesce – GW – 18:39 First period No scoring
(Pegoraro, McRae) – 04:42 Second period No scoring
(Hornby) Cam Abbott – 03:59
(Paolini, McRae) – 09:35 		Third period No scoring
David LeNeveu ( 16 saves / 16 shots ) Goalie stats ( 29 saves / 33 shots )
Cornell won series 2–0


(2) Harvard vs. (10) Vermont[]

March 14[17] Harvard 4–2 Vermont Bright Hockey Center Recap  
(Cavanagh, Johnson) – PP – 03:41 First period No scoring
(Nowak, Moore) Dennis Packard – PP – 14:41
(Moore, Turano) Dennis Packard – GW – 19:55 		Second period No scoring
(Fried, Nowak) Dennis Packard – 13:15 Third period 07:01 – PP – Thomas Hajek (Busniuk, Sifers)
09:29 – PP – Jeff Corey (Miller, Miller)
Dov Grumet-Morris ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats ( 35 saves / 39 shots )
March 15[18] Harvard 5–1 Vermont Bright Hockey Center Recap  
(Nowak, Moore) Noah Welch – PP – 02:25
(Moore) – GW – 07:22
(Kim, McColloch) – 11:38 		First period No scoring
(Moore, Pettit) – PP – 11:39 Second period 10:59 – (Hajek, Miller)
(Welch) Dominic Moore – PP – 01:44 Third period No scoring
Dov Grumet-Morris ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) / Ben Weiss ( 0 saves / 0 shots ) Goalie stats ( 37 saves / 42 shots ) / ( 2 saves / 2 shots )
Harvard won series 2–0


(3) Dartmouth vs. (7) Colgate[]

March 14[19] Dartmouth 3–4 4OT Colgate Thompson Arena Recap  
(Stempniak, Ouellette) Hugh Jessiman – PP – 06:14 First period 09:57 – PP – Scooter Smith (Yedon)
(Stempniak) Hugh Jessiman – 00:28 Second period 07:03 – Adam Mitchell (Yedon, Smith)
(Ouellette, Stempniak) – PP – 10:05 Third period 14:01 – (Doyle, McKinnon)
No scoring Fourth overtime period 01:05 – GW – Kyle Wilson (Yedon)
Nick Boucher ( 66 saves / 70 shots ) Goalie stats ( 50 saves / 53 shots )
March 15[20] Dartmouth 3–1 Colgate Thompson Arena Recap  
(Ouellette, Summerfelt) Lee Stempniak – PP – 06:14 First period 18:05 – Adam Mitchell (Smith)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Ouellette, Summerfelt) Lee Stempniak – GW – 08:21
(Summerfelt) Lee Stempniak – EN – 19:12 		Third period No scoring
Nick Boucher ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) Goalie stats ( 41 saves / 43 shots )
March 16[21] Dartmouth 5–2 Colgate Thompson Arena Recap  
(Przepiorka) – 01:59 First period 01:20 – (Yedon, Yashin)
02:08 – (Tataryn)
(Jessiman, Stempniak) Mike Ouellette – 05:33 Second period No scoring
(Gaul, Summerfelt) – GW – 05:53
(Murray, Wheelihan) – 12:35
(Ouellette, Jessiman) Lee Stempniak – EN – 17:51 		Third period No scoring
Nick Boucher ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats ( 37 saves / 41 shots )
Dartmouth won series 2–1


(4) Yale vs. (5) Brown[]

March 14[22] Yale 3–4 OT Brown Ingalls Rink Recap  
(Wax, Higgins) – PP – 12:01 First period 04:06 – (Ringstad, Burke)
(Hellemeyer) Chris Higgins – SH – 06:52 Second period 00:37 – (Legg)
06:00 – (Hellemeyer)
– 17:07 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 09:40 – GW – Brent Robinson (Haggett, Swon)
( 31 saves / 35 shots ) Goalie stats Yann Danis ( 41 saves / 44 shots )
March 15[23] Yale 2–1 Brown Ingalls Rink Recap  
No scoring First period 06:18 – (Denis, Kirley)
(Dwyer, Higgins) – PP – 09:11 Second period No scoring
(Hristovski) – GW – 13:38 Third period No scoring
( 24 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats Yann Danis ( 34 saves / 36 shots )
March 16[24] Yale 0–4 Brown Ingalls Rink Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 02:15 – GW – Brent Robinson
13:48 –
No scoring Third period 17:29 – EN – (Mudryk, Esdale)
19:11 – EN – Brent Robinson (Swon, Esdale)
( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats Yann Danis ( 35 saves / 35 shots )
Brown won series 2–1


Semifinals[]

(1) Cornell vs. (5) Brown[]

March 21[25] Cornell 2–0 Brown Pepsi Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Abbott, Abbott) – GW – 17:54 Second period No scoring
(Pegoraro, Palahicky) Travis Bell – 07:06 Third period No scoring
David LeNeveu ( 11 saves / 11 shots ) Goalie stats Yann Danis ( 27 saves / 29 shots )


(2) Harvard vs. (3) Dartmouth[]

March 21[26] Harvard 5–3 Dartmouth Pepsi Arena Recap  
(Kim, Murphy) – 04:23
(Moore, Turano) – 10:57 		First period No scoring
(Nowak, Packard) – PP – 02:48
(Cavanagh, Lannon) – GW PP – 07:59 		Second period 01:37 – (Murray, Byrne)
(Moore) – EN – 19:55 Third period 13:26 – Hugh Jessiman (Stempniak, Ouellette)
16:09 – PS –
Dov Grumet-Morris ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Nick Boucher ( 11 saves / 15 shots ) / ( 12 saves / 12 shots )


Third place[]

(3) Dartmouth vs. (5) Brown[]

March 22[27] Dartmouth 4–2 Brown Pepsi Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Murray, Wheelihan) – 12:29
(Snizek, Szymanski) – 12:51 		Second period 03:12 – (Mudryk)
(Offers, Summerfeldt) – GW – 03:24
Hugh Jessiman – EN – 19:16 		Third period 07:50 – (Legg)
( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats Yann Danis ( 40 saves / 43 shots )


Championship[]

(1) Cornell vs. (2) Harvard[]

March 22[28] Cornell 3–2 OT Harvard Pepsi Arena Recap  
(Bâby, Vesce) – PP – 01:53 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Vesce) – EA – 19:27 Third period 08:04 – Dominic Moore (Johnson, Kolarik)
16:14 – (Nowak, Packard)
(McRae, Hynes) – GW – 01:23 First overtime period No scoring
David LeNeveu ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Dov Grumet-Morris ( 30 saves / 33 shots )


Tournament awards[]

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Tournament notes[]

  • In the first game of the quarterfinals Colgate defeated Dartmouth 4-3 in four overtimes the longest game in tournament history.

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