2021 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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2021 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 18–20, 2021
Teams3
Finals sitePeople's United Center
Hamden, Connecticut
ChampionsSt. Lawrence (7th title)
Winning coachBrent Brekke (1st title)
MVP (St. Lawrence)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2021 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament will be the 60th tournament in league history. It is scheduled to be played between March 18 and March 20, 2021. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format[]

With the majority of ECAC member schools opting out of competition for the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the format for the tournament was reduced to just four participating institutions. The format introduced would have the four programs compete in two single-elimination rounds over the course of one championship weekend. The semifinals will take place on March 18, and the championship game on March 20 at the site of the highest remaining seed.[1]

On March 10, ECAC announced that Clarkson would not be participating in the tournament, due to COVID protocols.[2] As a result, the format of the tournament was further reduced to just three teams. Top-seed Quinnipiac was awarded a bye to the Championship game and St. Lawrence will host Colgate in the lone semifinal.

Conference Standings[]

2020–21 ECAC Hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW PTS PT% GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#11 Quinnipiac † 18 10 4 4 1 1 3 37 .685 54 34 29 17 8 4 100 59
#20 Clarkson 14 6 4 4 1 2 2 25 .595 29 25 22 11 7 4 62 52
St. Lawrence * 14 4 8 2 1 1 1 15 .357 30 37 17 6 8 3 40 45
Colgate 18 5 9 4 1 0 1 16 .352 34 51 22 6 11 5 48 66
Brown 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Cornell 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Dartmouth 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Harvard 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Princeton 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Rensselaer 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Union 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Yale 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - -
Championship: March 20, 2021
dagger indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket[]

Semifinals
March 18 		Championship
March 20
      
1 Quinnipiac 2
3 St. Lawrence 3*
3 St. Lawrence 5*
4 Colgate 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results[]

Semifinal[]

(3) St. Lawrence vs. (4) Colgate[]

March 19, 2021
2:00 PM		St. Lawrence5 – 4 (OT)
(1–1, 1–2, 2–1, 1–0)		ColgateAppleton Arena, Canton, New York
Attendance: 0

Championship[]

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (3) St. Lawrence[]

March 20, 2021
4:00 PM		Quinnipiac2 – 3 (OT)
(0–1, 2–0, 0–1, 0–1)		St. LawrencePeople's United Center, Hamden, Connecticut
Attendance: 0

Tournament awards[]

Most Outstanding Player(s)[]

[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "ECAC Hockey Announces Upcoming Postseason Information". ecachockey.com. February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "ECAC Hockey Announces Changes to Men's Championship Schedule". ECAC Hockey. 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  3. ^ "St. Lawrence Wins First ECAC Hockey Championship in 20 Years". ECAC Hockey. March 20, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
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