2016 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
2016 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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Dates | March 4–19, 2016 |
Teams | 12 |
Finals site | Herb Brooks Arena Lake Placid, New York |
Champions | Quinnipiac (1st title) |
Winning coach | Rand Pecknold (1st title) |
MVP | Connor Clifton (Quinnipiac) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
The 2016 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is the 55th tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 19, 2016. 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, the team receives the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format[]
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 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Conference Standings[]
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#2 Quinnipiac † * | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 84 | 44 | 43 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 163 | 85 | |
#10 Yale | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 57 | 37 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 86 | 57 | |
#9 Harvard | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 72 | 47 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 116 | 81 | |
#17 St. Lawrence | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 68 | 50 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 106 | 84 | |
Clarkson | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 52 | 51 | 38 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 101 | 95 | |
Rensselaer | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 47 | 49 | 40 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 97 | 104 | |
Dartmouth | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 60 | 69 | 35 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 94 | 104 | |
#18 Cornell | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 46 | 50 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 79 | 82 | |
Union | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 53 | 62 | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 91 | 96 | |
Colgate | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 45 | 71 | 37 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 95 | 132 | |
Brown | 22 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 47 | 70 | 31 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 75 | 107 | |
Princeton | 22 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 71 | 31 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 60 | 99 | |
Championship: March 19, 2016![]() * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 8, 2016 |
Bracket[]
Teams are reseeded after the First Round and Quarterfinals
First Round[1] March 4–6 |
Quarterfinals March 11–13 |
Semifinals March 18 |
Championship March 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Quinnipiac | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | Quinnipiac | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Clarkson | 3** | 3* | - | 8 | Cornell | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | Dartmouth | 1 | |||||||||||||||
12 | Princeton | 2 | 2 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Yale | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Rensselaer | 3 | 4 | - | 7 | Dartmouth | 4* | 2 | 1 | Quinnipiac | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
11 | Brown | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | Harvard | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Harvard | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Dartmouth | 3* | 3 | 4** | 6 | Rensselaer | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Colgate | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | St. Lawrence | 3* | 3** | 3 | Harvard | 2* | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Cornell | 1 | 2* | - | 5 | Clarkson | 2 | 2 | 4 | St. Lawrence | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Union | 0 | 1 | - |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results[]
First round[]
(5) Clarkson vs. (12) Princeton[]
March 4 | Clarkson | 3 – 2 | 2OT | Princeton | Cheel Arena | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | 05:35 - (Véronneau, Pompi) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 09:46 - (Rankin, Pompi) | ||||||
(Amorosa, Boucher) Kelly Summers - PP - 13:53 (Amorosa, Boucher) - PP EA - 19:38 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
(Di Nallo, Josephs) - GW - 01:05 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 43 saves / 46 shots ) |
March 5 | Clarkson | 3 – 2 | OT | Princeton | Cheel Arena | Recap | ||
(D'Arrisso, Dalpe) - 04:34 (Di Nallo, Gareau) - 09:41 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 10:45 - Max Véronneau (Riche, Kuffner) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 01:59 - (Pomeroy, Grabowski) | ||||||
(Di Nallo) - GW - 17:23 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
( 31 saves / 33 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 44 saves / 47 shots ) |
Clarkson won series 2–0 | |
(6) Rensselaer vs. (11) Brown[]
March 4 | Rensselaer | 3 – 2 | Brown | Houston Field House | Recap | |||
(Gillespie, Rodriguez) - 07:37 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Bourbonnais, Schroeder) - 19:16 | Second period | 02:57 - Max Willman (Corcoran, Gottlieb) | ||||||
(Prapavessis, Bourbonnais) - GW PP - 02:39 | Third period | 07:04 - (Lafferty, Marchin) | ||||||
( 33 saves / 35 shots ) Jason Kasdorf | Goalie stats | ( 20 saves / 23 shots ) |
March 5 | Rensselaer | 4 – 3 | Brown | Houston Field House | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | 07:25 - PP - Sam Lafferty (Corcoran, Willman) 10:14 - Nick Lappin (Naclerio, Marchin) 19:32 - PP - (Willman, Corcoran) | ||||||
(Prapavessis, Kasdorf) Miloš Bubela - 00:30 (DeVito, Liljegren) Miloš Bubela - 08:04 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(Bubela, Wilson) - PP - 09:27 (Wood) - GW - 18:18 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 33 saves / 36 shots ) Jason Kasdorf | Goalie stats | ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) |
Rensselaer won series 2–0 | |
(7) Dartmouth vs. (10) Colgate[]
March 4 | Dartmouth | 3 – 2 | OT | Colgate | Thompson Arena | Recap | ||
(Crema, Bligh) - 10:47 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 13:20 - (Tys. Spink) 18:04 - (Borkowski, Citron) | ||||||
(Bligh, Crema) - 09:02 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
(Yau, Hesler) - GW - 10:59 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
( 20 saves / 22 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 35 saves / 38 shots ) |
March 5 | Dartmouth | 3 – 5 | Colgate | Thompson Arena | Recap | |||
(Opperman, Kilistoff) - 03:37 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Bligh, Yau) - PP - 16:17 | Second period | 04:14 - (Audi, Freeman) 08:49 - (Murphy) 13:03 - Evan Peterson (Borkowski, Murphy) | ||||||
(Hartley, Ernsting) - 17:23 | Third period | 10:41 - PP GW - (Tyl. Spink, Corkey) 18:19 - EN - (Corkey) | ||||||
( 24 saves / 28 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 40 saves / 43 shots ) |
March 6 | Dartmouth | 4 – 3 | 2OT | Colgate | Thompson Arena | Recap | ||
(Opperman) - 08:58 | First period | 03:35 - (unassisted) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(O'Brien) - SH - 04:23 (Schierhorn, Crema) - 08:05 |
Third period | 04:06 - (Tyl. Spink, Borkowski) 07:06 - (Audi, Corkey) | ||||||
(Ernsting, Jasiek) - GW - 04:37 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
( 24 saves / 28 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 40 saves / 43 shots ) |
Dartmouth won series 2–1 | |
(8) Cornell vs. (9) Union[]
March 4 | Cornell | 1 – 0 | Union | Lynah Rink | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(Vanderlaan, Kubiak) - GW - 13:48 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 27 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 21 saves / 22 shots ) |
March 5 | Cornell | 2 – 1 | OT | Union | Lynah Rink | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Vanderlaan, Angello) - 10:25 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 10:56 - PP - (Supinski, Vecchione) | ||||||
(Hilbrich, Yates) - GW - 03:18 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
( 32 saves / 33 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) |
Cornell won series 2–0 | |
Quarterfinals[]
(1) Quinnipiac vs. (8) Cornell[]
March 11 | Quinnipiac | 5 ��� 2 | Cornell | TD Bank Sports Center | Recap | |||
(St. Denis, C. Clifton) - 08:59 | First period | 03:23 - (Freschi, Knisley) | ||||||
(C. Clifton, Anas) - 00:30 (C. Clifton, MacMaster) - GW - 02:10 (Anas, St. Denis) - PP - 18:08 |
Second period | 10:15 - PP - (Angello) | ||||||
(Tiefenwerth, McKernan) - EN - 18:36 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 16 saves / 18 shots ) Michael Garteig | Goalie stats | ( 36 saves / 40 shots ) |
March 12 | Quinnipiac | 4 – 5 | Cornell | TD Bank Sports Center | Recap | |||
(L. Smith) Chase Priskie - 13:47 (Taverner, Tiefenwerth) - 14:18 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Taverner, Priskie) - 07:14 (Schutt) Chase Priskie - 12:32 |
Second period | 00:57 - (Kubiak) 08:12 - (Vanderlaan, Angello) 11:34 - PP - (unassisted) 14:23 - (unassisted) | ||||||
(Tschantz, Hilbrich) - GW - 05:44 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 20 saves / 25 shots ) Michael Garteig | Goalie stats | ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) |
March 13 | Quinnipiac | 6 – 3 | Cornell | TD Bank Sports Center | Recap | |||
(T. Clifton) - 01:10 (C. Clifton, Martin) - 08:05 |
First period | 04:12 - PP - (Hilbrich, Bliss) | ||||||
(MacMaster, Tiefenwerth) - 02:45 (Priskie, D. Smith) - GW PP - 16:14 (Toews, T. Clifton) Sam Anas - PP - 19:33 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(C. Clifton) - 14:52 | Third period | 05:56 - (McCarron, Weidner) 18:48 - (Hilbrich, Tiitinen) | ||||||
( 30 saves / 33 shots ) Michael Garteig / ( 0 saves / 0 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 29 saves / 34 shots ) / ( 0 saves / 0 shots ) |
Quinnipiac won series 2–1 | |
(2) Yale vs. (7) Dartmouth[]
March 11 | Yale | 3 – 4 | OT | Dartmouth | Ingalls Rink | Recap | ||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 11:19 - (Kalk) | ||||||
(Learned) - 00:28 (Hart, Hitchcock) Rob O'Gara - 09:21 (Snively, Wilson) John Hayden - 17:24 |
Third period | 03:37 - (Schierhorn, Crema) 12:24 - (Crema, Hartley) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 17:14 - (O'Brien, Jasiek) | ||||||
( 36 saves / 40 shots ) Alex Lyon | Goalie stats | ( 48 saves / 51 shots ) |
March 12 | Yale | 1 – 2 | Dartmouth | Ingalls Rink | Recap | |||
(Cooper, Learned) - 07:11 | First period | 13:12 - (Schierhorn, Crema) 18:00 - GW - (Neiley) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 13 saves / 15 shots ) Alex Lyon | Goalie stats | ( 46 saves / 47 shots ) |
Dartmouth won series 2–0 | |
(3) Harvard vs. (6) Rensselaer[]
March 11 | Harvard | 5 – 2 | Rensselaer | Bright-Landry Hockey Center | Recap | |||
(Esposito, Bergin) Sean Malone - 17:02 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Donato, Baughman) - 02:56 (Malone, Esposito) Colin Blackwell - GW - 08:08 (Donato, Kerfoot) - 15:38 |
Second period | 18:06 - Miloš Bubela (unassisted) | ||||||
(Esposito, Blackwell) Sean Malone - 09:32 | Third period | 04:49 - (Miller, Rodriguez) | ||||||
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Jason Kasdorf ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) / ( 11 saves / 12 shots ) |
March 12 | Harvard | 8 – 2 | Rensselaer | Bright-Landry Hockey Center | Recap | |||
(Esposito, Malone) - 15:02 (Vesey, Criscuolo) - 17:43 |
First period | 16:21 - (Nanne) 16:44 - (Nanne, Bradley) | ||||||
(Jaw, Bergin) Sean Malone - GW - 01:35 (Blackwell, Malone) - 09:26 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(unassisted) Jimmy Vesey - 00:15 (unassisted) Jimmy Vesey - 13:04 (Floodstrand, Tringale) Brayden Jaw - PP - 16:03 (Floodstrand, Horton) Ryan Donato - 17:17 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 37 saves / 39 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 30 saves / 38 shots ) / ( 0 saves / 0 shots ) |
Harvard won series 2–0 | |
(4) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Clarkson[]
March 11 | St. Lawrence | 3 – 2 | OT | Clarkson | Appleton Arena | Recap | ||
(Gluchowski, Hudson) - 04:57 | First period | 14:14 - (Megannety, de Haas) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 10:41 - (Summers) | ||||||
(Lough, Smolcynski) - 06:59 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
(Smolcynski) - GW - 08:12 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
( 40 saves / 42 shots ) Kyle Hayton | Goalie stats | ( 33 saves / 33 shots ) |
March 12 | St. Lawrence | 3 – 2 | 2OT | Clarkson | Appleton Arena | Recap | ||
(Thompson, Sweetman) - 00:56 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Ward, Smolcynski) - 06:47 | Second period | 16:12 - (Josephs, Bessette) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 04:47 - (Bessette, Di Nallo) | ||||||
(Ward, Smolcynski) Gavin Bayreuther - GW - 03:14 | Second overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
( 50 saves / 52 shots ) Kyle Hayton | Goalie stats | ( 40 saves / 43 shots ) |
St. Lawrence won series 2–0 | |
Semifinals[]
(1) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Dartmouth[]
March 18 | Quinnipiac | 3 – 1 | Dartmouth | Herb Brooks Arena | Recap | |||
(Anas) Connor Clifton - 16:53 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(T. Clifton, St. Denis) Sam Anas - GW PP - 00:54 (MacMaster, C. Clifton) - 05:12 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 14:57 - (Jasiek, Neiley) | ||||||
( 23 saves / 24 shots ) Michael Garteig | Goalie stats | ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) |
(3) Harvard vs. (4) St. Lawrence[]
March 18 | Harvard | 2 – 1 | OT | St. Lawrence | Herb Brooks Arena | Recap | ||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Blackwell, Kerfoot) Jimmy Vesey - 00:59 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 14:36 - Gavin Bayreuther (Pritchard, Ward) | ||||||
(Vesey, Bergin) Kyle Criscuolo - GW - 02:18 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
( 35 saves / 36 shots ) | Goalie stats | Kyle Hayton ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) |
Championship[]
(1) Colgate vs. (3) Harvard[]
March 19 | Quinnipiac | 4 – 1 | Harvard | Herb Brooks Arena | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(L. Smith) - PP - 01:11 (L. Smith, C. Clifton) - GW PP - 03:02 (Taverner, D. Smith) - PP - 07:20 |
Second period | 07:28 - Ryan Donato (unassisted) | ||||||
(St. Denis, C. Clifton) - EN - 18:51 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 24 saves / 25 shots ) Michael Garteig | Goalie stats | ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) |
Tournament awards[]
All-Tournament Team[]
- F (Quinnipiac)
- F (Quinnipiac)
- F Jimmy Vesey (Harvard)
- D Connor Clifton* (Quinnipiac)
- D Gavin Bayreuther (St. Lawrence)
- G Michael Garteig (Quinnipiac)
* Most Outstanding Player(s) [2][3]
Media[]
Television[]
ASN had the television rights to semifinals and championship game during the tournament.[4]
Broadcast Assignments[]
Semifinals & Championship
Streaming[]
Every game during the tournament was streamed through the ECAC Hockey's website.[5]
References[]
- ^ "ECAC men's Hockey 2015–16 Week 23". USCHO.com. 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ^ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
- ^ "Awards - NCAA (ECAC) All-Tournament Team". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ^ "ECAC Hockey To Air on ASN". ecachockey.com. ECAC Hockey. 2016-02-12. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ^ a b "2016 ECAC Men's Hockey Championship Fan Guide". ecachockey.com. ECAC Hockey. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
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