2018 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
2018 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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Dates | March 2–17, 2018 |
Teams | 12 |
Finals site | Herb Brooks Arena Lake Placid, New York |
Champions | Princeton (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Ron Fogarty (1st title) |
MVP | (Princeton) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
The 2018 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 57th tournament in league history. It was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018. 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 Princeton received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2018 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 2018 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 | ||
#8 Cornell† | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 61 | 32 | 33 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 102 | 52 | |
Union | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 70 | 48 | 38 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 115 | 98 | |
#12 Clarkson | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 74 | 49 | 40 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 122 | 75 | |
Harvard | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 68 | 50 | 33 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 104 | 85 | |
Dartmouth | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 55 | 69 | 35 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 83 | 107 | |
Colgate | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 49 | 46 | 40 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 87 | 88 | |
#15 Princeton* | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 77 | 79 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 131 | 110 | |
Yale | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 67 | 59 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 87 | 88 | |
Quinnipiac | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 59 | 56 | 38 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 105 | 106 | |
Brown | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 45 | 63 | 31 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 67 | 104 | |
Rensselaer | 22 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 86 | 37 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 73 | 129 | |
St. Lawrence | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 43 | 76 | 37 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 80 | 122 | |
Championship: March 17, 2018![]() * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated February 26, 2018 |
Bracket[]
Teams are reseeded after the First Round and Quarterfinals
First Round[1] March 2–4 |
Quarterfinals[2] March 9–11 |
Semifinals[3] March 17 |
Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Cornell | 9 | 2 | – | 1 | Cornell | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Dartmouth | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | Quinnipiac | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | Princeton | 4 | |||||||||||||||
12 | St. Lawrence | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Union | 3 | 2 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Colgate | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | Princeton | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | Princeton | 2* | |||||||||||||||
11 | Rensselaer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Clarkson | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Clarkson | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Princeton | 8 | 7 | – | 6 | Colgate | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | Brown | 2 | 1 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Harvard | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | Clarkson | 5* | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Yale | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | Dartmouth | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Harvard | 4 | |||||||||||||||
9 | Quinnipiac | 5 | 4 | – |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results[]
First round[]
(5) Dartmouth vs. (12) St. Lawrence[]
March 2 | Dartmouth | 2 – 1 | St. Lawrence | Thompson Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Graber, Foreman) - 17:27 (Michalowski, Warpecha) - GW - 18:20 |
Second period | 10:58 - (Ederer, Hanson) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 25 saves / 26 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) |
March 3 | Dartmouth | 2 – 4 | St. Lawrence | Thompson Arena | Recap | |||
(Strong, Yau) - 02:32 | First period | 13:49 - (Nielsen, Hanson) | ||||||
(Graber, Sellar) - 19:29 | Second period | 05:48 - (Ederer) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 09:53 - GW PP - (Alftberg, Gluchowski) 18:48 - EN - (Sullivan) | ||||||
( 18 saves / 21 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) |
March 4 | Dartmouth | 2 – 1 | St. Lawrence | Thompson Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Yau, Kalk) - PP - 06:33 | Second period | 18:48 - (Gilmour) | ||||||
(Baker) - GW - 06:33 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) |
Dartmouth won series 2–1 | |
(6) Colgate vs. (11) Rensselaer[]
March 2 | Colgate | 3 – 1 | Rensselaer | Class of 1965 Arena | Recap | |||
(Austin, Cockrell) - PP - 06:14 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Brooks) - GW - 10:48 | Second period | 00:19 - (Prapavessis, Jerry) | ||||||
(Meyer) - EN - 19:56 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Colton Point | Goalie stats | ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) |
March 3 | Colgate | 0 – 1 | Rensselaer | Class of 1965 Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 12:43 - GW - Mat Harris (Reisinger, Burke) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Colton Point | Goalie stats | ( 29 saves / 29 shots ) |
March 4 | Colgate | 2 – 1 | Rensselaer | Class of 1965 Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Brooks, Panowyk) - GW PP - 05:54 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(McGuire, Dauda) - 03:05 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 23 saves / 23 shots ) Colton Point | Goalie stats | ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) |
Colgate won series 2–1 | |
(7) Princeton vs. (10) Brown[]
March 2 | Princeton | 8 – 2 | Brown | Hobey Baker Rink | Recap | |||
(Cressey) Josh Teves - 03:20 (Véronneau, Cressey) Ryan Kuffner - 08:00 |
First period | 18:18 - (Lafferty) | ||||||
(Keenan, Yochim) - GW - 08:16 (Teves, Véronneau) Ryan Kuffner - PP - 10:47 (Kuffner, Teves) Max Véronneau - PP - 17:34 |
Second period | 01:37 - PP - (Marchin, Lafferty) | ||||||
(unassisted) - 11:54 (Hallisey, Kuffner) Josh Teves - PP - 16:00 (Keenan, Grande) - PP - 16:39 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 33 saves / 35 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 28 saves / 35 shots ) / ( 3 saves / 4 shots ) |
March 3 | Princeton | 7 – 1 | Brown | Hobey Baker Rink | Recap | |||
(Yochim) - 19:01 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Véronneau, Thom) Ryan Kuffner - GW - 03:37 (Robinson, Yochim) - PP - 05:03 (Paganelli, Teves) Luke Keenan - 15:32 (Kuffner, Véronneau) - 19:44 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(Riche, Kuffner) Max Véronneau - 12:33 (Robinson, Grabowski) - PP - 19:26 |
Third period | 08:13 - PP - (Gottlieb, Lafferty) | ||||||
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) / ( 2 saves / 2 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 37 saves / 44 shots ) |
Princeton won series 2–0 | |
(8) Yale vs. (9) Quinnipiac[]
March 2 | Yale | 1 – 5 | Quinnipiac | Ingalls Rink | Recap | |||
(Welsh, Lindstrand) - 13:32 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 02:09 - (MacMaster) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 02:41 - GW - Chase Priskie (Davidson) 08:43 - (Forchuk, Martin) 18:38 - EN - (Pieper, Duane) 19:22 - (unassisted) | ||||||
( 27 saves / 31 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 21 saves / 22 shots ) |
March 3 | Yale | 1 – 4 | Quinnipiac | Ingalls Rink | Recap | |||
No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 04:41 - PP - Chase Priskie (Tufto, Furgele) 11:51 - GW - Odeen Tufto (MacMaster, Jermain) | ||||||
(unassisted) - 13:22 | Third period | 10:43 - Brogan Rafferty (Duane, Martin) 19:00 - EN - (Rafferty) | ||||||
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 20 saves / 21 shots ) |
Quinnipiac won series 2–0 | |
Quarterfinals[]
(1) Cornell vs. (9) Quinnipiac[]
March 9 | Cornell | 9 – 1 | Quinnipiac | Lynah Rink | Recap | |||
(Locke, Donaldson) - PP - 01:47 (Kaldis, McCrea) - GW PP - 18:08 (Fiegl, Kaldis) - PP - 19:19 |
First period | 12:57 - PP - Tanner MacMaster (Čukste, Furgele) | ||||||
(Locke, Kaldis) - 00:30 (Fiegl) - 09:43 (Locke, Donaldson) - 11:16 (Barron, Mullin) - PP - 11:59 (Angello, Kaldis) - 12:53 (Nuttle, Locke) - 15:48 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Third period | ||||||||
( 12 saves / 13 shots ) Matthew Galajda / ( 5 saves / 5 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 18 saves / 24 shots ) / ( 5 saves / 8 shots ) |
March 10 | Cornell | 2 – 0 | Quinnipiac | Lynah Rink | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | |||||||
(Betts, Mullin) - GW - 02:01 | Second period | |||||||
(Betts, Rauter) - 08:46 | Third period | |||||||
( 22 saves / 22 shots ) Matthew Galajda | Goalie stats | ( 13 saves / 15 shots ) |
Cornell won series 2–0 | |
(2) Union vs. (7) Princeton[]
March 9 | Union | 3 – 5 | Princeton | Achilles Center | Recap | |||
(Maier, Scarfo) - 01:50 | First period | 13:30 - Max Véronneau (Nelson, Kuffner) | ||||||
(Scarfo) - 04:16 (Harrison) - 18:17 |
Second period | 01:32 - (Robinson, Topatigh) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 07:06 - PP - Ryan Kuffner (Cressey, Véronneau) 17:51 - GW - (Germain, Teves) 18:48 - EN - Eric Robinson (Becker, Nelson) | ||||||
( 21 saves / 25 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) |
March 10 | Union | 2 – 3 | Princeton | Achilles Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 14:44 - GW - (Véronneau, Teves) 18:49 - SH - Eric Robinson (Grabowski) | ||||||
(Campbell, Kupsky) - PP - 07:53 (Scarfo, Morgan) - 09:07 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 19:50 - (Teves, Robinson) | ||||||
( 19 saves / 22 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) |
Princeton won series 2–0 | |
(3) Clarkson vs. (6) Colgate[]
March 9 | Clarkson | 1 – 2 | Colgate | Cheel Arena | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Second period | 14:04 - PP - (Cosgrove, McMann) 17:54 - GW - (Jeanson, Brooks) | |||||||
(Thow, Gervais) - 09:51 | Third period | |||||||
( 12 saves / 14 shots ) Jake Kielly | Goalie stats | Colton Point ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) |
March 10 | Clarkson | 3 – 0 | Colgate | Cheel Arena | Recap | |||
(Dickinson, Astrén) - GW PP - 11:56 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Second period | No scoring | |||||||
(Rempal, Sturm) - PP EN - 00:24 (Jokiharju) - 00:57 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 19 saves / 19 shots ) Jake Kielly | Goalie stats | Colton Point ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) |
March 11 | Clarkson | 5 – 1 | Colgate | Cheel Arena | Recap | |||
(Jacome, Rempal) - 13:14 (Charyszyn, Thow) - GW - 16:56 |
First period | No Scoring | ||||||
(Sturm, Rempal) - PP - 02:45 (Sturm, Summers) Sheldon Rempal - PP - 12:28 (Pierog, Gareau) - PP - 16:44 |
Second period | 16:26 - (Racine, McMann) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Jake Kielly | Goalie stats | Colton Point ( 24 saves / 29 shots ) |
Clarkson won series 2–1 | |
(4) Harvard vs. (5) Dartmouth[]
March 9 | Harvard | 1 – 4 | Dartmouth | Bright-Landry Hockey Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 04:14 - (Rutherford, Blankemeier) 08:58 - GW - (Kilistoff, Michalowski) | ||||||
Second period | 10:35 - (Jasiek, Kalk) | |||||||
(Horton, Donato) - 05:13 | Third period | 16:24 - EN - (Jasiek, Less) | ||||||
( 17 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) |
March 10 | Harvard | 7 – 1 | Dartmouth | Bright-Landry Hockey Center | Recap | |||
(Fox, Walsh) - PP - 09:29 (Floodstrand, Horton) - GW - 09:53 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
(Pelton-Byce, Donato) - 08:18 (Ellis, Marino) Adam Fox - 09:23 (Krusko, Donato) Adam Fox - 15:42 (Fox, Marino) Ryan Donato - PP - 19:56 |
Second period | 09:30 - (Jasiek) | ||||||
(Donato, Olson) - 13:08 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
( 21 saves / 22 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 23 saves / 29 shots ) / ( 3 saves / 4 shots ) |
March 11 | Harvard | 4 – 2 | Dartmouth | Bright-Landry Hockey Center | Recap | |||
(Fox, Walsh) Ryan Donato - PP - 11:41 | First period | 04:43 - (Kalk, Baker) | ||||||
(Pelton-Byce, Donato) Ryan Donato - 08:18 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(Solin, Floodstrand) Adam Fox - GW - 13:08 (Marino) Ryan Donato - 13:16 |
Third period | 16:17 - (Rutherford, Graber) | ||||||
( 20 saves / 22 shots ) | Goalie stats | ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) |
Harvard won series 2–1 | |
Semifinals[]
(1) Cornell vs. (7) Princeton[]
March 16 | Cornell | 1 – 4 | Princeton | Herb Brooks Arena | Recap | |||
(Donaldson) - 15:38 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 08:51 - (Teves) 14:04 - GW - Eric Robinson (Keenan) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 10:17 - Max Véronneau (Kuffner, Thom) 19:26 - EN - Eric Robinson (unassisted) | ||||||
( 14 saves / 17 shots ) Matthew Galajda | Goalie stats | ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) |
(3) Clarkson vs. (4) Harvard[]
March 16 | Clarkson | 5 – 4 | OT | Harvard | Herb Brooks Arena | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | 11:37 - PP - (Pelton-Byce, Donato) | ||||||
(Egle) - PP - 13:57 (Eden, Thompson) - PP - 17:23 |
Second period | 05:47 - PP - (Walsh, Fox) 07:58 - (Donato, Krusko) | ||||||
(Egle, Summers) - 00:15 (Rempal) - 01:11 (Egle) - 04:02 |
Third period | 00:06 - (unassisted) | ||||||
(Sturm, Brosseau) Sheldon Rempal - 00:15 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Jake Kielly | Goalie stats | ( 31 saves / 36 shots ) |
Championship[]
(3) Clarkson vs. (7) Princeton[]
March 21[4] | Clarkson | 1 – 2 | OT | Princeton | Herb Brooks Arena | Recap | ||
No Scoring | First period | 16:43 - Josh Teves (Kuffner, Véronneau) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
(Amorosa, Rempal) - 12:17 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 02:37 - GW - (Germain, Grande) | ||||||
( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Jake Kielly | Goalie stats | ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) |
Tournament awards[]
All-Tournament Team[]
- F Eric Robinson (Princeton)
- F (Princeton)
- F Sheldon Rempal (Clarkson)
- D Kelly Summers (Clarkson)
- D Josh Teves (Princeton)
- G * (Princeton)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)
References[]
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- ^ "Harvard 4, Colgate 2". USCHO.com. 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
- ^ "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.
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