2009 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
2009 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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![]() 2009 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament logo | |
Dates | March 6–21, 2009 |
Teams | 12 |
Finals site | Times Union Center Albany, New York |
Champions | Yale[1] (1st title) |
Winning coach | Keith Allain[2] (1st title) |
MVP | Sean 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
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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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[]
- F Sean Backman* (Yale)
- F (Princeton)
- F Broc Little (Yale)
- D Ryan Donald (Yale)
- D (Cornell)
- G Alec Richards (Yale)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)
References[]
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External links[]
- ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
- 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season