2012 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
2012 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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![]() 2012 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament logo | |
Dates | March 2–17, 2012 |
Teams | 12 |
Finals site | Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Champions | Union (1st title) |
Winning coach | Rick Bennett (1st title) |
MVP | Jeremy Welsh (Union) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
The 2012 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 2 and March 17, 2012 at campus locations and at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. The winner of the tournament received ECAC Hockey's automatic bid to the 2012 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 2012 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 | ||
#3 Union![]() |
22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 76 | 38 | 41 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 143 | 75 | |
#10 Cornell | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 66 | 46 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 100 | 79 | |
#18 Harvard | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 61 | 59 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 106 | 100 | |
Colgate | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 60 | 57 | 39 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 121 | 113 | |
Quinnipiac | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 60 | 57 | 40 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 122 | 98 | |
Yale | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 74 | 61 | 35 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 123 | 106 | |
Clarkson | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 57 | 60 | 39 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 105 | 109 | |
St. Lawrence | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 50 | 64 | 36 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 88 | 120 | |
Dartmouth | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 63 | 74 | 33 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 93 | 102 | |
Rensselaer | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 43 | 61 | 39 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 78 | 111 | |
Princeton | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 58 | 72 | 32 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 85 | 105 | |
Brown | 22 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 54 | 75 | 32 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 75 | 97 | |
Championship: Union 3, Harvard 1![]() * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |
Bracket[]
First round March 2–4 |
Quarterfinals March 9–11 |
Semifinals March 16 |
Championship March 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Union | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | Union | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Quinnipiac | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | Rensselaer | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | Colgate | 2 | |||||||||||||||
12 | Brown | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Cornell | 4** | 3 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Yale | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | Dartmouth | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | Union | 3 | |||||||||||||||
11 | Princeton | 2 | 5* | 3 | 3 | Harvard | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Harvard | 1 | 4** | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Clarkson | 1 | 4*** | 1 | 6 | Yale | 2* | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | Rensselaer | 5 | 3 | 4 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Colgate | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Cornell | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | St. Lawrence | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | Quinnipiac | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Harvard | 6 | 2 | Cornell | 3 | ||||||||||||
9 | Dartmouth | 6 | 4 | — | 4 | Colgate | 0 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First Round[]
(5) Quinnipiac vs. (12) Brown[]
March 2 | Quinnipiac | 1 - 4 | Brown | TD Bank Sports Center | Recap | |||
(C. Jones, Peca) - PP - 12:53 | First period | 17:44 - (Quick, Zaires) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 08:51 - GW - (Maclellan, Lorito) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 17:12 - (Quick, Smith) 17:42 - EN - Bobby Farnham (Jacobson, Robertson) | ||||||
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Eric Hartzell | Goalie stats | ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) |
March 3 | Quinnipiac | 3 - 0 | Brown | TD Bank Sports Center | Recap | |||
(Peca, K. Jones) Connor Jones - GW PP - 02:11 (Peca, K. Jones) - 10:05 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(Currie, K. Jones) Matthew Peca - PP - 06:44 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 16 saves / 16 shots ) Eric Hartzell | Goalie stats | ( 39 saves / 42 shots ) |
March 4 | Quinnipiac | 4 - 2 | Brown | TD Bank Sports Center | Recap | |||
(Peca) - PP - 01:16 (Van Brabant, Dalhuisen) - 09:29 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Heichman, Currie) - GW - 16:35 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(unassisted) - EN - 19:45 | Third period | 02:34 - PP - Bobby Farnham (Buvinow, Crowley) 03:43 - (Buvinow, Hourihan) | ||||||
( 35 saves / 37 shots ) Eric Hartzell | Goalie stats | ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) |
Quinnipiac wins series 2-1 | |
(6) Yale vs. (11) Princeton[]
March 2 | Yale | 4 - 2 | Princeton | Ingalls Rink | Recap | |||
(Root, Dueck) Brian O'Neill - 06:12 (Root) - 16:38 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Bourbonais, Agostino) - GW PP - 16:27 | Second period | 14:28 - PP - (Meland, Hagel) | ||||||
(unassisted) Antoine Laganière - EN - 19:00 | Third period | 04:20 - (Hagel, Kleebaum) | ||||||
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) |
March 3 | Yale | 4 - 5 | OT | Princeton | Ingalls Rink | Recap | ||
No Scoring | First period | 05:01 - (Hagel, Berger) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 18:35 - PP - Andrew Calof (Kleebaum, Meland) | ||||||
(Jaskowiak, Agostino) - PP - 06:33 (Dueck) Jesse Root - SH - 12:31 (Fallen, O'Neill) Antoine Laganière - PP - 14:00 (O'Neill, Fallen) Andrew Miller - PP - 17:36 |
Third period | 09:08 - (Hagel, MacDonald) 14:27 - Michael Sdao (MacDonald, Brockett) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 00:33 - Andrew Calof (Ammon) | ||||||
( 26 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 38 saves / 42 shots ) |
March 4 | Yale | 7 - 3 | Princeton | Ingalls Rink | Recap | |||
(Agostino) - 04:52 (Young) Antoine Laganière - SH - 07:55 (Agostino, Young) - 10:23 |
First period | 16:13 - Andrew Calof (Rush) | ||||||
(Limbert, Miller) Antoine Laganière - GW - 12:10 (O'Neill, Root) Antoine Laganière - PP - 16:53 |
Second period | 15:39 - Andrew Calof (Pallis) | ||||||
(Miller) Brian O'Neill - EN - 12:10 (Peel, Dueck) - PP - 18:50 |
Third period | 00:56 - Michael Sdao (Calof, Meland) | ||||||
( 27 saves / 30 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 35 saves / 41 shots ) |
Yale wins series 2-1 | |
(7) Clarkson vs. (10) Rensselaer[]
March 2 | Clarkson | 1 - 5 | Rensselaer | Cheel Arena | Recap | |||
(McPherson, Labrecque) - PP - 03:25 | First period | 05:44 - PP EA - (Haggerty, Lee) 06:33 - GW PP - Nick Bailen (Bergin, Neal) 09:39 - PP - Nick Bailen (Lalibertè, Bergin) 12:17 - (Leboeuf, O'Grady) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 17:32 - (Haggerty, Neal) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 27 saves / 32 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 16 saves / 17 shots ) |
March 3 | Clarkson | 4 - 3 | 3OT | Rensselaer | Cheel Arena | Recap | ||
(Labrecque, Sexton) - PP - 15:56 | First period | 08:43 - PP - (Cullen) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 06:47 - (Tinordi, Higgs) | ||||||
(Zarbo, Tamblyn) - PP - 06:25 (unassisted) - 15:01 |
Third period | 11:00 - (Dolan, Schroeder) | ||||||
(McPherson, Pokulok) Ben Sexton - GW - 13:48 | Third overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
( 50 saves / 53 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 40 saves / 44 shots ) |
March 4 | Clarkson | 1 - 4 | Rensselaer | Cheel Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Tremblay, Morley) - PP - 08:03 | Second period | 13:02 - Ryan Haggerty (Bailen, Leboeuf) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 04:14 - (Higgs, McGowan) 05:47 - (Leonard, Dolan) 18:28 - (Lee, Bailen) | ||||||
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 23 saves / 24 shots ) |
Rensselaer wins series 2-1 | |
(8) St. Lawrence vs. (9) Dartmouth[]
March 2 | St. Lawrence | 3 - 6 | Dartmouth | Appleton Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 19:08 - (Lee, Pinkston) | ||||||
(Carden) - 09:54 (Mobley, Drewiske) - 10:19 |
Second period | 02:52 - Connor Goggin (Walsh, Keenan) | ||||||
(Flanagan, Martin) Greg Carey - 02:41 | Third period | 02:29 - PP - (Keenan) 11:15 - GW - (Sikura, Keenan) 12:39 - (Mosey) 15:21 - Matt Lindblad (Sikura) | ||||||
( 20 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) |
March 3 | St. Lawrence | 1 - 4 | Dartmouth | Appleton Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 04:27 - (Lindblad, Neiley) 07:24 - GW - Matt Lindblad (Sikura, Neiley) | ||||||
(Flanagan, Hughes) Greg Carey - 02:29 | Second period | 15:02 - (Robinson) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 19:03 - (unassisted) | ||||||
( 18 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 38 saves / 39 shots ) |
Dartmouth wins series 2-0 | |
Quarterfinals[]
(1) Union vs. (10) Rensselaer[]
March 9 | Union | 3 - 2 | Rensselaer | Achilles Rink | Recap | |||
(Hatch, Julseth-White) - 06:32 (Bodie, Zajac) Wayne Simpson - PP - 13:19 |
First period | 00:42 - (McGowan, Leboeuf) | ||||||
(Bodie, Zajac) - GW PP - 10:19 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 10:32 - SH - (Bergin, Leonard) | ||||||
( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Troy Grosenick | Goalie stats | ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) |
March 10 | Union | 4 - 2 | Rensselaer | Achilles Rink | Recap | |||
(Gostisbehere, Simpson) - PP - 10:14 (Carr, Jooris) Jeremy Welsh - 14:03 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Stuart, Bodie) - GW - 17:37 | Second period | 15:03 - (Cullen, Bergin) 16:36 - PP - (Lalibertè, Bergin) | ||||||
(Bodie, Coburn) - 05:58 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Troy Grosenick | Goalie stats | ( 20 saves / 24 shots ) |
Union Wins Series 2-0 | |
(2) Cornell vs. (9) Dartmouth[]
March 9 | Cornell | 4 - 3 | 2OT | Dartmouth | Lynah Rink | Recap | ||
(Miller, Mowrey) - 06:10 (D'Agostino, Ryan) - PP - 10:20 (Miller, Gotovets) - 18:11 |
First period | 02:20 - PP - Tyler Sikura (Lindblad) 14:18 - PP - Connor Goggin (Sikura, Lindblad) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 12:32 - (Mosey, Bourgea) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
(de Swardt, Gotovets) - GW - 17:40 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
( 46 saves / 49 shots ) Andy Iles | Goalie stats | ( 45 saves / 49 shots ) |
March 10 | Cornell | 3 - 1 | Dartmouth | Lynah Rink | Recap | |||
(Esposito, Miller) - 01:07 (Axell, Ryan) - GW - 05:42 (Lowry, Collins) - PP - 08:21 |
First period | 11:29 - (Simpson, Goggin) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Andy Iles | Goalie stats | ( 4 saves / 7 shots ) / ( 23 saves / 23 shots ) |
Cornell Wins Series 2-0 | |
(3) Harvard vs. (6) Yale[]
March 9 | Harvard | 1 - 2 | OT | Yale | Bright Hockey Center | Recap | ||
No Scoring | First period | 15:50 - (Bourbonais, Day) | ||||||
(Biega, Kroshus) - 19:33 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 03:49 - GW - Kenny Agostino (Laganière, Peel) | ||||||
( 42 saves / 44 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) |
March 10 | Harvard | 4 - 3 | 2OT | Yale | Bright Hockey Center | Recap | ||
No Scoring | First period | 05:17 - (Ziegler) 16:36 - (Miller) | ||||||
(Killorn, McNally) Danny Biega - PP - 08:09 (Fallstrom, McNally) - PP - 16:07 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(Killorn, McNally) Danny Biega - PP - 11:20 | Third period | 19:33 - Antoine Laganière (Bourbonais, Peel) | ||||||
(Morrison, Moore) - GW - 09:20 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
( 48 saves / 51 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 49 saves / 53 shots ) |
March 11 | Harvard | 8 - 2 | Yale | Bright Hockey Center | Recap | |||
(Everson) Alex Killorn - 06:49 | First period | 04:06 - (Bourbonais, Weberg) | ||||||
(Killorn, Everson) - 00:35 (Morrinson, O'Regan) - GW - 10:00 (Grimshaw) Alex Killorn - 12:26 (Killorn, Fallstrom) - 17:15 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(McNally, O'Regan) - 11:20 (Biega, Everson) - PP - 15:10 (Moriarty, Moore) - PP - 19:41 |
Third period | 10:41 - PP - Antoine Laganière (O'Neill, Miller) | ||||||
( 39 saves / 41 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 28 saves / 33 shots ) / ( 3 saves / 5 shots ) / ( 2 saves / 3 shots ) |
Harvard Wins Series 2-1 | |
(4) Colgate vs. (5) Quinnipiac[]
March 9 | Colgate | 4 - 2 | Quinnipiac | Starr Arena | Recap | |||
(Goulakos) Austin Smith - 03:15 | First period | 15:35 - PP - Connor Jones (K. Jones, Baron) | ||||||
(Wilson, Sinz) Chris Wagner - 00:14 | Second period | 15:50 - PP - Connor Jones (Peca, Baron) | ||||||
(Wilson, Smith) Chris Wagner - GW PP - 11:32 (Mayer, Sinz) - 11:49 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Eric Hartzell ( 32 saves / 36 shots ) |
March 10 | Colgate | 2 - 4 | Quinnipiac | Starr Arena | Recap | |||
(unassisted) Chris Wagner - PS - 11:31 | First period | 04:15 - (Peca, Baron) 06:18 - Connor Jones (Peca, Baron) | ||||||
(Price) - 13:04 | Second period | 19:53 - GW PP - (Jones, Peca) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 18:32 - PP - (Hartzell) | ||||||
( 29 saves / 33 shots ) | Goalie stats | Eric Hartzell ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) |
March 11 | Colgate | 4 - 0 | Quinnipiac | Starr Arena | Recap | |||
(Wilson, McPherson) Chris Wagner - GW - 04:37 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Bartliff, Bourdon) - 08:55 (Wagner, Sinz) Austin Smith - 17:08 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(Smith) Chris Wagner - EN - 15:48 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 31 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | Eric Hartzell ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) |
Colgate Wins Series 2-1 | |
Semifinals[]
(1) Union vs. (4) Colgate[]
March 16 | Union | 6 - 2 | Colgate | Boardwalk Hall | Recap | |||
(Jooris) Daniel Carr - 01:35 (unassisted) - 13:11 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Bodie, Welsh) Josh Jooris - GW PP - 13:57 | Second period | 00:26 - (Wagner, Smith) | ||||||
(Welsh) Daniel Carr - SH - 03:39 (Jooris) Jeremy Welsh - 07:19 (Jooris, Hatch) - 18:19 |
Third period | 13:20 - (unassisted) | ||||||
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Troy Grosenick | Goalie stats | ( 24 saves / 19 shots ) / ( 8 saves / 9 shots ) |
(2) Cornell vs. (3) Harvard[]
March 16 | Cornell | 1 - 6 | Harvard | Boardwalk Hall | Recap | |||
(Jooris) Daniel Carr - 01:35 (unassisted) - 13:11 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Bodie, Welsh) Josh Jooris - GW PP - 13:57 | Second period | 00:26 - (Wagner, Smith) | ||||||
(Welsh) Daniel Carr - SH - 03:39 (Jooris) Jeremy Welsh - 07:19 (Jooris, Hatch) - 18:19 |
Third period | 13:20 - (unassisted) | ||||||
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Troy Grosenick | Goalie stats | ( 24 saves / 19 shots ) / ( 8 saves / 9 shots ) |
3rd Place Game[]
(3) Dartmouth vs. (12) Colgate[]
March 19 | Dartmouth | 5 - 3 | Colgate | Boardwalk Hall | Recap | |||
(Lindblad, Walsh) Connor Goggin - PP - 14:35 (Estoclet) Matt Lindblad - PP - 19:41 |
First period | 07:41 - (Poplawski, Larkin) | ||||||
(Stephens, Reeds) - 02:41 (Fleming) - GW - 15:49 |
Second period | 12:57 - PP - (Bartliff, Smith) | ||||||
(Lindblad) Dustin Walsh - 08:51 | Third period | 16:01 - (Leidl, Day) | ||||||
( 20 saves / 23 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 29 saves / 34 shots ) |
Championship[]
(1) Yale vs. (4) Cornell[]
March 19 | Yale | 6 - 0 | Cornell | Boardwalk Hall | Recap | |||
(Kearney, Martin) - PP GW - 03:03 (Martin, Kearney) - PP - 15:50 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
(O'Neill, Miller) Antoine Laganière - 01:39 (O'Neill) - 06:00 (Miller, Peel) - 08:37 (Kearney) Broc Little - PP - 17:28 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 22 saves / 22 shots ) | Goalie stats | Andy Iles ( 10 saves / 15 shots ) / ( 17 saves / 18 shots ) |
Tournament awards[]
All-Tournament Team[]
- F Daniel Carr (Union)
- F Alex Killorn (Harvard)
- F Jeremy Welsh* (Union)
- D Danny Biega (Harvard)
- D Shayne Gostisbehere (Union)
- G Troy Grosenick (Union)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)
References[]
- ^ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
External links[]
- 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
- ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament