2023 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
2023 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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Dates | March 3–18, 2023 |
Teams | 12 |
Finals site | Herb Brooks Arena Lake Placid, New York |
Champions | Colgate (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Don Vaughan (1st title) |
MVP | Carter Gylander (Colgate) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
The 2023 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament was the 62nd tournament in league history. It was played between March 3 and March 18, 2023. By winning the tournament, Colgate received ECAC Hockey's automatic bid to the 2023 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 received 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 single-elimination game with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the one seed played the lowest remaining seed, the second seed played the second-lowest remaining seed, the third seed played the third-lowest remaining seed and the fourth seed played the fourth-lowest remaining seed each in a best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals the top remaining seed played 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 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.[1]
Conference standings
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Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
#1 Quinnipiac † | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 87 | 30 | 41 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 162 | 64 | ||
#10 Harvard | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 86 | 48 | 34 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 125 | 81 | ||
#9 Cornell | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 78 | 42 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 112 | 66 | ||
St. Lawrence | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 56 | 58 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 88 | 102 | ||
#18 Colgate * | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 71 | 58 | 40 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 113 | 109 | ||
Clarkson | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 60 | 60 | 37 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 102 | 98 | ||
Rensselaer | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 52 | 74 | 35 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 84 | 115 | ||
Union | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 45 | 68 | 35 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 86 | 117 | ||
Princeton | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 57 | 73 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 89 | 112 | ||
Yale | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 35 | 62 | 32 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 57 | 94 | ||
Brown | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 41 | 69 | 30 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 65 | 91 | ||
Dartmouth | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 44 | 70 | 30 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 64 | 106 | ||
Championship: March 18, 2023 † 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 semifinals
First Round March 3–4 | Quarterfinals March 10–12 | Semifinals March 17 | Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Quinnipiac | 3 | 6 | - | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Colgate | 5 | 10 | Yale | 0 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||||
12 | Dartmouth | 3 | 1 | Quinnipiac | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Colgate | 2** | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Harvard | 6 | 6 | - | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Clarkson | 5 | 9 | Princeton | 1 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||
11 | Brown | 1 | 5 | Colgate | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Harvard | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Cornell | 2 | 3 | - | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Rensselaer | 1 | 6 | Clarkson | 1 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||
10 | Yale | 4 | 2 | Harvard | 1* | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Cornell | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | St. Lawrence | 3 | 2 | - | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Union | 4 | 5 | Colgate | 4* | 3 | - | ||||||||||||||
9 | Princeton | 6 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results
Note: All game times are local.
First Round
(5) Colgate vs. (12) Dartmouth
March 3, 2023 7:00 PM | Colgate | 5–3 (2–1, 1–0, 2–2) | Dartmouth | Class of 1965 Arena Attendance: 926 |
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Carter Gylander | Goalies | Cooper Black | Referees: Chris Pitoscia Tom Dellafranco Linesmen: Patrick Dapuzzo Rick Lembo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 34 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Shots | 24 |
(6) Clarkson vs. (11) Brown
March 4, 2023 4:00 PM | Clarkson | 5–1 (1–0, 1–0, 3–1) | Brown | Cheel Arena Attendance: 2,527 |
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Ethan Haider | Goalies | Mathieu Caron | Referees: Joe Carusone Jason Williams Linesmen: Adam Wood Jason Shattie | |||||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
34 | Shots | 27 |
(7) Rensselaer vs. (10) Yale
March 4, 2023 7:00 PM | Rensselaer | 1–4 (1–2, 0–1, 0–1) | Yale | Houston Field House Attendance: 1,556 |
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Jack Watson | Goalies | Luke Pearson | Referees: Tom Steinel Cameron Lynch Linesmen: Ryan Knapp Stephen Drain | ||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||||||||
26 | Shots | 26 |
(8) Union vs. (9) Princeton
March 4, 2023 4:00 PM | Union | 4–6 (1–2, 2–2, 1–2) | Princeton | Achilles Rink Attendance: 2,119 |
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Connor Murphy | Goalies | Aidan Porter | Referees: Anthony Kenney CJ Hanafin Linesmen: Brendon Wormley Phil Kitchen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Shots | 27 |
Quarterfinals
(1) Quinnipiac vs. (10) Yale
March 10, 2023 7:00 PM | Quinnipiac | 3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0) | Yale | M&T Bank Arena Attendance: 3,211 |
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Yaniv Perets | Goalies | Luke Pearson | Referees: Tom Steinel Chris Pitoscia Linesmen: Ryan Knapp John Rey | ||||||||
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13 min | Penalties | 27 min | |||||||||
30 | Shots | 5 |
March 11, 2023 7:00 PM | Quinnipiac | 6–2 (2–0, 2–1, 2–1) | Yale | M&T Bank Arena Attendance: 3,178 |
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Yaniv Perets (out 57:09) Chase Clark (in 57:09) | Goalies | Luke Pearson | Referees: Tom Dellafranco William Brennan III Linesmen: John Rey Phil Kitchen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 20 |
Quinnipiac Won Series 2–0 |
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(2) Harvard vs. (9) Princeton
March 10, 2023 7:00 PM | Harvard | 6–1 (2–0, 1–1, 3–0) | Princeton | Bright-Landry Hockey Center Attendance: 1,671 |
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Mitchell Gibson | Goalies | Aidan Porter | Referees: Tom Dellafranco Jason Williams Linesmen: Patrick Dapuzzo Jason Shattie | ||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 32 |
March 11, 2023 7:00 PM | Harvard | 6–1 (2–0, 2–0, 2–1) | Princeton | Bright-Landry Hockey Center Attendance: 1,640 |
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Mitchell Gibson | Goalies | Aidan Porter | Referees: Anthony Kenney Jason Williams Linesmen: Jason Shattie Brendon Wormley | ||||||||||||||||||||
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26 min | Penalties | 18 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Shots | 35 |
Harvard Won Series 2–0 |
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(3) Cornell vs. (6) Clarkson
March 10, 2023 7:00 PM | Cornell | 2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1) | Clarkson | Lynah Rink Attendance: 3,752 |
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Ian Shane | Goalies | Ethan Haider | Referees: CJ Hanafin Joseph Carusone Linesmen: Rick Lembo Adam Wood | ||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 19 min | |||||||||
20 | Shots | 14 |
March 11, 2023 7:00 PM | Cornell | 3–1 (0–0, 1–0, 2–1) | Clarkson | Lynah Rink Attendance: 3,935 |
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Ian Shane | Goalies | Ethan Haider | Referees: CJ Hanafin Tom Steinel Linesmen: Ryan Knapp Adam Wood | |||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||||||||||||
22 | Shots | 23 |
Cornell Won Series 2–0 |
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(4) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Colgate
March 10, 2023 7:00 PM | St. Lawrence | 3–4 (OT) (3–0, 0–2, 0–1, 0–1) | Colgate | Appleton Arena Attendance: 2,848 |
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Emil Zetterquist | Goalies | Carter Gylander | Referees: Cameron Lynch Douglas Place Linesmen: Michael Wrobel Stephen Drain | ||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 37 |
March 11, 2023 7:00 PM | St. Lawrence | 2–3 (0–1, 1–2, 1–0) | Colgate | Appleton Arena Attendance: 2,318 |
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Emil Zetterquist | Goalies | Carter Gylander | Referees: Joseph Carusone Cameron Lynch Linesmen: Rick Lembo Stephen Drain | ||||||||||||||
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22 min | Penalties | 19 min | |||||||||||||||
33 | Shots | 19 |
Colgate Won Series 2–0 |
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Semifinals
(1) Quinnipiac vs. (5) Colgate
March 17, 2023 4:00 PM | Quinnipiac | 1–2 (2OT) (0–1, 0–0, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1) | Colgate | Herb Brooks Arena Attendance: 3,533 |
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Yaniv Perets | Goalies | Carter Gylander | Referees: CJ Hanafin Tom Steinel Linesmen: Ryan Knapp Adam Wood | ||||||||
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21 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||
41 | Shots | 47 |
(2) Harvard vs. (3) Cornell
March 17, 2023 7:30 PM | Harvard | 1–0 (OT) (0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0) | Cornell | Herb Brooks Arena Attendance: 3,533 |
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Mitchell Gibson | Goalies | Ian Shane | Referees: Joe Carusone Chris Pitoscia Linesmen: Jason Shattie Patrick Dapuzzo | ||
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2 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||
25 | Shots | 15 |
Championship
(2) Harvard vs. (5) Colgate
March 18, 2023 7:30 PM | Harvard | 2–3 (0–2, 1–1, 1–0) | Colgate | Herb Brooks Arena Attendance: 3,839 |
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Mitchell Gibson | Goalies | Carter Gylander | Referees: CJ Hanafin Cameron Lynch Linesmen: Ryan Knapp Stephen Drain | ||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
36 | Shots | 23 |
Tournament awards
- F Ross Mitton (Colgate)
- F Alex Young (Colgate)
- F Alex Laferriere (Harvard)
- D Henry Thrun (Harvard)
- D Zach Metsa (Quinnipiac)
- G Carter Gylander* (Colgate)
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