2019 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2019 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 8–23, 2019
Teams	12
Finals site	Herb Brooks Arena Lake Placid, New York
Champions	Clarkson (6th title)
Winning coach	Casey Jones (1st title)
MVP	(Clarkson)
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The 2019 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is the 58th tournament in league history. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2019. First Round and Quarterfinal games are played at home team campus sites, while the final four games are played at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York. The tournament winner, Clarkson, received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2019 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 play 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 in 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 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Standings[]

2018–19 ECAC Hockey Standings v t
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#7 Quinnipiac	22	14	6	2	30	77	47		38	26	10	2	133	73
#8 Cornell	22	13	5	4	30	64	41		36	21	11	4	108	73
#11 Clarkson*	22	13	7	2	28	65	42		39	26	11	2	122	78
#14 Harvard	22	13	7	2	28	77	58		33	19	11	3	106	83
Dartmouth	22	10	9	3	23	53	55		34	13	17	4	87	93
Yale	22	11	10	1	23	53	57		33	15	15	3	85	88
Union	22	10	10	2	22	60	64		39	20	13	6	112	102
Brown	22	8	9	5	21	52	59		34	15	14	5	89	97
Princeton	22	8	12	2	18	60	66		31	10	18	3	83	96
Colgate	22	7	12	3	17	43	64		36	10	23	3	55	111
Rensselaer	22	7	13	2	16	49	67		36	10	23	3	69	117
St. Lawrence	22	3	17	2	8	51	84		37	6	29	2	75	149
Championship: March 23, 2019 indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket[]

Teams are reseeded for the Quarterfinals and Semifinals

	First Round March 8-10							Quarterfinals March 15–17							Semifinals March 22					Championship March 23
								1	Quinnipiac	1	3	—			2	Cornell	6
	5	Dartmouth	3	2	8			8	Brown	2*	4	—			8	Brown	0
	12	St. Lawrence	2	3*	0
								2	Cornell	2	4	4
	6	Yale	4	4	—			7	Union	3	0	2								2	Cornell	2
	11	Rensselaer	1	0	—															3	Clarkson	3*
								3	Clarkson	3	5	—
	7	Union	4	4	—			6	Yale	1	2	—
	10	Colgate	1	0	—
								4	Harvard	3	4*	—			3	Clarkson	5
	8	Brown	3	6***	—			5	Dartmouth	1	3	—			4	Harvard	2
	9	Princeton	0	5	—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results[]

First Round[]

(5) Dartmouth vs. (12) St. Lawrence[]

March 8	Dartmouth		3 – 2		St. Lawrence	Thompson Arena	Recap
(Foreman, Matthews) Drew O'Connor - 10:17 (Graber, Yau) - PP - 15:01		First period			06:33 - (Gicewicz, White)
(Sellar) - GW - 03:40		Second period			09:45 - (unassisted)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 14 saves / 16 shots )		Goalie stats			( 33 saves / 36 shots )

March 9	Dartmouth		2 – 3	OT	St. Lawrence	Thompson Arena	Recap
(Jasiek, Rutherford) - PP - 16:46		First period			14:43 - (unassisted)
(Graber, Foreman) Drew O'Connor - 07:09		Second period			04:28 - PP - (Laidley, Risteau)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			17:33 - GW - (Ederer, Hanson)
( 21 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats			( 58 saves / 60 shots )

March 10	Dartmouth		8 – 0		St. Lawrence	Thompson Arena	Recap
(Losurdo, Baker) - GW - 06:20		First period			No scoring
(Foreman, Matthews) - 00:37 (Foreman, Baker) - PP - 04:17 (Hesler, Jasiek) - 06:24 (Roth, Foreman) Drew O'Connor - PP - 11:59 (Graber, Baker) - PP - 13:59		Second period			No scoring
(Jasiek, Kilistoff) - 02:04 (Jasiek, Losurdo) - 11:09		Third period			No scoring
( 22 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats			( 13 saves / 17 shots ) / ( 16 saves / 20 shots )

Dartmouth won series 2–1

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

March 8	Yale		4 – 1		Rensselaer	Ingalls Rink	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Snively, Lillibridge) - 02:51		Second period			No scoring
(Pearson, Sweezey) - GW - 01:49 (Sweezey) - 10:30 (Gaus, Hall) - EN - 19:34		Third period			18:49 - EA - (Linden, Reilly)
( 24 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats			( 30 saves / 33 shots )

March 9	Yale		4 – 0		Rensselaer	Ingalls Rink	Recap
(Snively, Hall) - GW - 04:03		First period			No scoring
(Welsh, St. Ivany) Joe Snively - PP - 06:06 (Snively, St. Ivany) - PP - 17:55		Second period			No scoring
(Smith, Sweezey) - EN - 19:38		Third period			No scoring
( 25 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			( 26 saves / 29 shots )

Yale won series 2–0

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

March 8	Union		4 – 1		Colgate	Achilles Center	Recap
(Maier, Adams) - PP - 07:28		First period			16:32 - (Meyer, Citron)
(Kolias, Morgan) - GW - 04:53 (Foo) - 05:13		Second period			No scoring
(Estes, Kolias) - EN - 19:26		Third period			No scoring
( 25 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			( 28 saves / 31 shots )

March 9	Union		4 – 0		Colgate	Achilles Center	Recap
(unassisted) - GW - 11:21		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Maier, Morgan) - 09:12 (Rinaldi, Vidmar) - 14:26 (Walker, Kolias) - EN - 19:50		Third period			No scoring
( 29 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats			( 27 saves / 30 shots )

Union won series 2–0

(8) Brown vs. (9) Princeton[]

March 8	Brown		3 – 0		Princeton	Meehan Auditorium	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Marchin, Crozier) - GW - 09:35		Second period			No scoring
(Beaudoin) - 17:37 (Beaudoin, Ferrario) - EN - 17:58		Third period			No scoring
( 21 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats			( 33 saves / 35 shots )

March 9	Brown		6 – 5	3OT	Princeton	Meehan Auditorium	Recap
(Giuttari) - 12:16 (Brink, Stillwell) - 12:46		First period			14:43 - (Kuffner, Cressey)
No scoring		Second period			11:43 - Ryan Kuffner (Riche)
(Stillwell, Berger) - 01:11 (Brink) - 07:09 (Giuttari) - 15:23		Third period			16:24 - EA - (Cressey, Véronneau) 17:41 - EA - Ryan Kuffner (Grande, Cressey) 19:11 - EA - (Kuffner, Riche)
(Beaudoin) - GW - 03:30		Third overtime period			No scoring
( 35 saves / 40 shots )		Goalie stats			( 31 saves / 34 shots ) / ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) / ( 0 saves / 0 shots )

Brown won series 2–0

Quarterfinals[]

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (8) Brown[]

March 15	Quinnipiac		1 – 2	OT	Brown	People's United Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(DiLiberatore, Jermain) - 04:21		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			19:38 - EA - (Giuttari, Gottlieb)
No scoring		First overtime period			17:02 - GW - (Burston, Stillwell)
( 38 saves / 40 shots ) Andrew Shortridge		Goalie stats			( 25 saves / 26 shots )

March 16	Quinnipiac		3 – 4		Brown	People's United Center	Recap
(Čukste, Martin) - 01:08 (Fällström, Rafferty) - 14:12		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Whelan, DiLiberatore) - EA - 18:04		Third period			01:22 - (Burston, Gessert) 01:54 - (Berger, Giuttari) 11:21 - (unassisted) 13:13 - GW - (Berger, Crozier)
( 23 saves / 27 shots ) Andrew Shortridge		Goalie stats			( 28 saves / 31 shots )

Brown won series 2–0

(2) Cornell vs. (7) Union[]

March 15	Cornell		2 – 3		Union	Lynah Rink	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Locke, Barron) - 12:34 (Mullin, Bauld) - 18:58		Second period			09:37 - (Rinaldi, Campbell)
No scoring		Third period			10:40 - (Kolias, Morgan) 15:27 - GW - (Estes, Vidmar)
( 16 saves / 19 shots ) Matthew Galajda		Goalie stats			( 32 saves / 34 shots )

March 16	Cornell		4 – 0		Union	Lynah Rink	Recap
(Donaldson, Barron) - GW - 01:21 (Starrett, Smith) - 02:02		First period			No scoring
(McCrea, Malott) - 16:57		Second period			No scoring
(Betts, Bauld) - 11:05		Third period			No scoring
( 15 saves / 15 shots ) Matthew Galajda		Goalie stats			( 29 saves / 33 shots )

March 17	Cornell		4 – 2		Union	Lynah Rink	Recap
(Bauld, Mullin) - 00:57		First period			04:31 - (Supinski) 05:43 - (Foo, Adams)
(Vanderlaan) - 08:29		Second period			No scoring
(Bauld) - GW PP - 03:00 (Kaldis, Vanderlaan) - 03:42		Third period			No scoring
( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Matthew Galajda		Goalie stats			( 30 saves / 34 shots )

Cornell won series 2–1

(3) Clarkson vs. (6) Yale[]

March 15	Clarkson		3 – 1		Yale	Cheel Arena	Recap
(McCarthy, Brosseau) Josh Dunne - PP - 04:22 (Tisdale, MacLean) - GW - 13:05 (Dunne, Moro) - 13:48		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			15:08 - (unassisted)
( 23 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats			( 24 saves / 27 shots )

March 16	Clarkson		5 – 2		Yale	Cheel Arena	Recap
(Sturm, Egle) - PP - 16:43		First period			No scoring
(Kuzmeski, McCarthy) - PP - 01:50		Second period			15:01 - (Smith) 15:08 - (Lindstrand, Smith)
(Brosseau, Callin) Josh Dunne - GW PP - 06:17 (Klack) - PP - 10:39 (Jacome, Egle) Nico Sturm - 15:53		Third period			No scoring
( 32 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			( 25 saves / 30 shots )

Clarkson won series 2–0

(4) Harvard vs. (5) Dartmouth[]

March 15	Harvard		3 – 1		Dartmouth	Bright-Landry Hockey Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Rathbone, Fox) - 09:08		Second period			07:50 - (Strong)
(Kerfoot) Adam Fox - GW - 11:51 (Shore, Fox) - EN - 18:46		Third period			No scoring
( 19 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats			( 27 saves / 29 shots )

March 9	Harvard		4 – 3	OT	Dartmouth	Bright-Landry Hockey Center	Recap
(Fox, Walsh) Jack Drury - PP - 11:25		First period			01:03 - (Blankemeier) 02:35 - Drew O'Connor (Foreman, Graber)
(Fox, Rathbone) - 02:29 (Fox, Dornbach) - PP - 06:44		Second period			12:30 - (Yau, Graber)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(Badini) - GW - 02:06		First overtime period			No scoring
( 36 saves / 39 shots )		Goalie stats			( 36 saves / 40 shots )

Harvard won series 2–0

Semifinals[]

(2) Cornell vs. (8) Brown[]

March 22	Cornell		6 – 0		Brown	Herb Brooks Arena	Recap
(Locke, McCrea) - GW PP - 04:10 (Smith, Starrett) - PP - 06:23 (Kaldis) - 12:08		First period			No scoring
(Kaldis, Galajda) Morgan Barron - 13:33		Second period			No scoring
(Mullin) - 07:40 (unassisted) - SH EN - 12:40		Third period			No scoring
( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Matthew Galajda		Goalie stats			( 16 saves / 21 shots )

(3) Clarkson vs. (4) Harvard[]

March 22	Clarkson		5 – 2		Harvard	Herb Brooks Arena	Recap
(Sturm) - 02:59 (Schneider, Hurley) - 05:13		First period			No scoring
(Thow, Jokiharju) - GW - 13:14		Second period			14:13 - (Fox, Badini)
(Sturm, Egle) - 08:08 (MacLean, Tisdale) - 15:54		Third period			01:13 - Jack Rathbone (Fox, Shore)
( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			( 19 saves / 22 shots ) / ( 7 saves / 9 shots )

Championship[]

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

March 23	Cornell		2 – 3	OT	Clarkson	Herb Brooks Arena	Recap
(Locke, Kaldis) - 07:29		First period			12:26 - PP - (Dunne, Thow) 16:43 - PP - (Dunne, White)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Nuttle, Vanderlaan) - 14:19		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			14:36 - (Brosseau)
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Matthew Galajda / ( 1 saves / 2 shots )		Goalie stats			( 29 saves / 31 shots )

Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[]

• F (Cornell)
• F * (Clarkson)
• F Nico Sturm (Clarkson)
• D Yanni Kaldis (Cornell)
• D (Cornell)
• G (Clarkson)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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