2009 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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2009 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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2009 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament logo
DatesMarch 6–21, 2009
Teams12
Finals siteTimes Union Center
Albany, New York
ChampionsYale[1] (1st title)
Winning coachKeith Allain[2] (1st title)
MVPSean Backman[3] (Yale)
ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2009 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 48th tournament in league history. It was played between March 6 and March 21, 2009. First Round and Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. By winning the tournament, Yale received the ECAC Hockey automatic bid to the 2009 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 2009 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

2008–09 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#10 Yale†* 22 15 5 2 32 74 48 34 24 8 2 113 76
#12 Cornell 22 13 6 3 29 56 41 36 22 10 4 92 74
#15 Princeton 22 14 8 0 28 53 40 35 22 12 1 99 74
St. Lawrence 22 11 7 4 26 71 48 38 21 12 5 124 92
Harvard 22 9 7 6 24 54 56 31 9 16 6 68 96
Dartmouth 22 11 9 2 24 63 60 31 14 14 3 88 87
Quinnipiac 22 9 10 3 21 62 46 39 18 18 3 124 110
Union 22 9 11 2 20 56 64 39 19 17 3 111 107
Clarkson 22 8 10 4 20 58 68 36 10 19 7 88 115
Colgate 22 6 11 5 17 45 58 37 12 18 7 89 109
Rensselaer 22 6 15 1 13 50 75 39 10 27 2 76 132
Brown 22 3 15 4 10 44 82 33 5 23 5 60 115
Championship: Yale
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket[]

Teams are reseeded after the First Round and Quarterfinals

  First round[4]
March 6–8 		Quarterfinals[5]
March 13–15 		Semifinals[6]
March 20 		Championship
March 21
                                             
  1 Yale 4 2 — 1 Yale 4  
5 Harvard 0 0 — 12 Brown 2 0 — 4 St. Lawrence 3  
12 Brown 1 2 —
  2 Cornell 0 4 4
6 Dartmouth 2 1 — 11 Rensselaer 1 0 3     1 Yale 5
11 Rensselaer 3* 3 —   2 Cornell 0
  3 Princeton 3 2 3
7 Quinnipiac 3* 4 4* 8 Union 2 5 1
10 Colgate 2 5* 3 Third place
  4 St. Lawrence 5 5 — 2 Cornell 4**
8 Union 5 7 — 7 Quinnipiac 3 3 — 3 Princeton 3   3 Princeton 2
9 Clarkson 3 2 — 4 St. Lawrence 2

First round[]

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

March 6[7] Harvard 0 – 1 Brown Bright Hockey Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 03:14 - Harry Zolnierczyk
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Goalie stats ( 39 saves / 39 shots )
March 7[8] Harvard 0 – 2 Brown Bright Hockey Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 02:56 -
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 03:27 - pp - Aaron Volpatti
( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats ( 47 saves / 47 shots )
Brown won series 2–0


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

March 6[9] Dartmouth 2 – 3 OT Rensselaer Thompson Arena Recap  
- 03:54 First period 13:33 -
- 07:09 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 02:13 -
No scoring First overtime period 13:49 -
( 33 saves / 36 shots ) Goalie stats Allen York ( 31 saves / 33 shots )
March 7[10] Dartmouth 1 – 3 Rensselaer Thompson Arena Recap  
- pp - 14:58 First period 12:23 - Chase Polacek
No scoring Second period 05:42 -
16:01 -
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 18 saves / 21 shots ) Goalie stats Allen York ( 27 saves / 28 shots )
Rensselaer won series 2–0


(7) Quinnipiac vs. (10) Colgate[]

March 6[11] Quinnipiac 3 – 2 OT Colgate TD Banknorth Sports Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 05:09 -
18:00 - pp -
- 06:37 Second period No scoring
David Marshall - pp - 03:54 Third period No scoring
Brandon Wong - 10:29 First overtime period No scoring
( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Goalie stats ( 27 saves / 30 shots )
March 7[12] Quinnipiac 4 – 5 OT Colgate TD Banknorth Sports Center Recap  
- pp - 17:31 First period 13:22 - Austin Smith
Bryan Leitch - pp - 02:40 Second period 08:28 - David McIntyre
- 12:13
Eric Lampe - sh - 14:28 		Third period 17:37 - Nick St. Pierre
19:41 - pp - Austin Smith
No scoring First overtime period 00:54 - Austin Smith
( 22 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats ( 39 saves / 43 shots )
March 8[13] Quinnipiac 4 – 3 OT Colgate TD Banknorth Sports Center Recap  
- 03:34 First period 04:06 -
09:39 - pp -
- 03:08
Eric Lampe - pp - 09:58 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 16:13 - Austin Smith
Brandon Wong - 13:13 First overtime period No scoring
( 39 saves / 42 shots ) Goalie stats ( 31 saves / 35 shots )
Quinnipiac won series 2–1


(8) Union vs. (9) Clarkson[]

March 6[14] Union 5 – 3 Clarkson Achilles Rink  
Mario Valery-Trabucco - 14:14
- 17:27 		First period 12:04 -
- 03:49 Second period 01:13 - Chris D'Alvise
02:02 - Shea Guthrie
- 07:05
Mario Valery-Trabucco - pp - 17:06 		Third period No scoring
( 18 saves / 21 shots ) Goalie stats ( 30 saves / 35 shots )
March 7[15] Union 7 – 2 Clarkson Achilles Rink  
- 03:27
- pp - 16:01
- sh - 19:24 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 00:35 - pp -
- 11:20
- en sh - 15:11
- en - 17:42
- pp - 19:18 		Third period 14:34 - pp -
( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats ( 11 saves / 14 shots )
( 22 saves / 24 shots )
Union won series 2–0


Quarterfinals[]

(1) Yale vs. (12) Brown[]

March 13[16] Yale 4 – 2 Brown Ingalls Rink Recap  
No Scoring First period 15:57 -
- 11:27
- sh - 19:57 		Second period 02:16 -
Broc Little - pp - 03:06
- pp - 09:17 		Third period No scoring
Alec Richards ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats ( 31 saves / 35 shots )
March 14[17] Yale 2 – 0 Brown Ingalls Rink Recap  
Mark Arcobello - pp - 12:42 First period No scoring
Sean Backman - pp - 00:37 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Alec Richards ( 19 saves / 19 shots ) Goalie stats ( 34 saves / 36 shots )
Yale won series 2–0


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

March 13[18] Cornell 0 – 1 Rensselaer Lynah Rink  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 17:14 - Patrick Cullen
Ben Scrivens ( 13 saves / 14 shots ) Goalie stats Allen York ( 32 saves / 32 shots )
March 14[19] Cornell 4 – 0 Rensselaer Lynah Rink  
Evan Barlow - pp - 18:30 First period No scoring
Riley Nash - 13:14
Evan Barlow - 19:41 		Second period No scoring
Colin Greening - pp - 18:47 Third period No scoring
Ben Scrivens ( 9 saves / 9 shots ) Goalie stats Allen York ( 40 saves / 43 shots )
Mathias Lange ( 12 saves / 13 shots )
March 15[20] Cornell 4 – 3 Rensselaer Lynah Rink  
Evan Barlow - 17:05 First period No scoring
Evan Barlow - pp - 12:13
- 14:25
- 15:49 		Second period 11:32 - sh -
No scoring Third period 05:16 -
19:04 - Jeff Foss
Ben Scrivens ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Allen York ( 22 saves / 26 shots )
Cornell won series 2–1


(3) Princeton vs. (8) Union[]

March 13[21] Princeton 3 – 2 Union Hobey Baker Memorial Rink  
No Scoring First period 19:40 - pp -
- 03:16 Second period No scoring
- 04:21
Lee Jubinville - 09:55 		Third period 13:50 - pp -
Zane Kalemba ( 25 shots / 27 saves ) Goalie stats ( 35 shots / 38 saves )
March 14[22] Princeton 2 – 5 Union Hobey Baker Memorial Rink  
No Scoring First period 06:41 - Mario Valery-Trabucco
09:01 -
- 14:53 Second period 03:05 -
12:49 - pp - Mario Valery-Trabucco
- 14:07 Third period 17:46 - en -
Zane Kalemba ( 17 shots / 21 saves ) Goalie stats ( 44 shots / 46 saves )
March 15[23] Princeton 3 – 1 Union Hobey Baker Memorial Rink  
- 00:56
- 02:08
Lee Jubinville - sh - 06:34 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 15:41 -
No scoring Third period No scoring
Zane Kalemba ( 38 shots / 39 saves ) Goalie stats ( 30 shots / 33 saves )
Princeton won series 2–1


(4) St. Lawrence vs. (7) Quinnipiac[]

March 13[24] St. Lawrence 5 – 3 Quinnipiac Appleton Arena Recap  
- 10:17
Mike McKenzie - 15:28 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 01:02 - Dan Henningson
17:49 -
- 01:30
- pp - 12:47
Zach Miskovic - 16:01 		Third period 11:18 - sh -
( 20 saves / 23 shots ) Goalie stats ( 33 saves / 38 shots )
March 14[25] St. Lawrence 5 – 3 Quinnipiac Appleton Arena  
- 01:06 First period 10:44 -
15:13 - pp - David Marshall
16:10 - Eric Lampe
- 01:33
- pp - 03:44
Zach Miskovic - pp - 08:59 		Second period No scoring
Zach Miskovic - 11:27 Third period No scoring
( 33 saves / 36 shots ) Goalie stats ( 34 saves / 39 shots )
St. Lawrence won series 2–0


Semifinals[]

(1) Yale vs. (4) St. Lawrence[]

March 20[26] Yale 4 – 3 St. Lawrence Times Union Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 12:11 -
Broc Little - 04:12
- pp - 06:26 		Second period 09:39 - Zach Miskovic
16:54 -
Mark Arcobello - 18:32
- 18:54 		Third period No scoring
Alec Richards ( 35 saves / 38 shots ) Goalie stats ( 27 saves / 31 shots )


(2) Cornell vs. (3) Princeton[]

March 20[27] Cornell 4 – 3 2OT Princeton Times Union Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
- 07:15 Second period 01:40 -
14:03 -
Evan Barlow - 17:08
Riley Nash - 19:35 		Third period 11:09 -
Colin Greening - 09:54 Second overtime period No scoring
Ben Scrivens ( 37 shots / 40 saves ) Goalie stats Zane Kalemba ( 39 shots / 43 saves )


Third place[]

(3) Princeton vs. (4) St. Lawrence[]

March 21[28] Princeton 2 – 2 St. Lawrence Times Union Center Recap  
- 04:59 First period 09:58 - Matt Generous
- pp - 01:16 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 05:48 - Derek Keller
Zane Kalemba ( 34 shots / 36 saves ) Goalie stats ( 31 saves / 33 shots )


Championship[]

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

March 21[29] Yale 5 – 0 Cornell Times Union Center Recap  
Sean Backman - 14:12 First period No scoring
- 13:44
Brian O'Neill - 18:13 		Second period No scoring
Sean Backman - pp - 06:24
Sean Backman - en - 13:50 		Third period No scoring
Alec Richards ( 27 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Ben Scrivens ( 19 shots / 24 saves )


Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[]

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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