2010 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth, sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds as determined by the final regular season standings play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest ranked first round winner, the second seed and second lowest ranked first round winner, the third seed and second highest ranked first round winner, and the fourth seed and highest ranked first round winner play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the First Round and Quarterfinals March 5–7 | RD1-seed1=5 | RD1-team1=St. Lawrence | RD1-score1-1=3* | RD1-score1-2=3 | RD1-score1-3=3 | RD1-seed2=12 | RD1-team2=Clarkson | RD1-score2-1=2 | RD1-score2-2=4* | RD1-score2-3=2 | RD1-seed3=6 | RD1-team3=Rensselaer | RD1-score3-1=1 | RD1-score3-2=4 | RD1-score3-3=2 | RD1-seed4=11 | RD1-team4=Brown | RD1-score4-1=3 | RD1-score4-2=1 | RD1-score4-3=3 | RD1-seed5=7 | RD1-team5=Quinnipiac | RD1-score5-1=3 | RD1-score5-2=3 | RD1-score5-3=2 | RD1-seed6=10 | RD1-team6=Dartmouth | RD1-score6-1=2 | RD1-score6-2=6 | RD1-score6-3=1 | RD1-seed7=8 | RD1-team7=Princeton | RD1-score7-1=2 | RD1-score7-2=0 | RD1-score7-3=— | RD1-seed8=9 | RD1-team8=Harvard | RD1-score8-1=4 | RD1-score8-2=3 | RD1-score8-3=— March 12–14 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Yale | RD2-score1-1=2 | RD2-score1-2=6 | RD2-score1-3=0 | RD2-seed2=11 | RD2-team2=Brown | RD2-score2-1=3 | RD2-score2-2=3 | RD2-score2-3=1 | RD2-seed3=2 | RD2-team3=Cornell | RD2-score3-1=5 | RD2-score3-2=3 | RD2-score3-3=— | RD2-seed4=9 | RD2-team4=Harvard | RD2-score4-1=1 | RD2-score4-2=0 | RD2-score4-3=— | RD2-seed5=3 | RD2-team5=Union | RD2-score5-1=2 | RD2-score5-2=3 | RD2-score5-3=2 | RD2-seed6=7 | RD2-team6=Quinnipiac | RD2-score6-1=3***** | RD2-score6-2=1 | RD2-score6-3=1 | RD2-seed7=4 | RD2-team7=Colgate | RD2-score7-1=1 | RD2-score7-2=3 | RD2-score7-3=— | RD2-seed8=5 | RD2-team8=St. Lawrence | RD2-score8-1=2 | RD2-score8-2=4 | RD2-score8-3=— March 19 | RD3-seed1=2 | RD3-team1=Cornell | RD3-score1=3 | RD3-seed2=11 | RD3-team2=Brown | RD3-score2=0 | RD3-seed3=3 | RD3-team3=Union | RD3-score3=3 | RD3-seed4=5 | RD3-team4=St. Lawrence | RD3-score4=1 March 20 | RD4-seed1=2 | RD4-team1=Cornell | RD4-score1=3 | RD4-seed2=3 | RD4-team2=Union | RD4-score2=0 | RD4b-seed1=5 | RD4b-team1=St. Lawrence | RD4b-score1=0 | RD4b-seed2=11 | RD4b-team2=Brown | RD4b-score2=3 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(5) St. Lawrence vs. (12) Clarkson

|1-1-1 = (Flanagan, Bogosian) Brandon Bollig - 00:40 |1-1-2 = 16:48 - Brandon DeFazio (Oakley, Freeman) |1-2-1 = (Hughes, Vermeulen) Alex Curran - PP - 08:18 |1-3-2 = 06:37 - PP - Mark Borowiecki (Beca, Rufenach) |1-4-1 = (Hughes, Keller) Aaron Bogosian - GW - 10:09 |goalie1-1 = ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Alex Petizian |goalie1-2 = Paul Karpowich ( 47 saves / 50 shots ) |2-1-1 = No Scoring |2-1-2 = 05:19 - PP - Mark Borowiecki (Tamblyn, Beca) |2-2-1 = (Flanagan, Caister) Aaron Bogosian - 03:25 (Klancher, Armstrong) Jacob Drewiske - 04:50 |2-3-1 = (Vermeulen) Mike McKenzie - 12:47 |2-3-2 = 08:21 - Matt Beca (Tremblay) 16:28 - Nick Tremblay (Borowiecki, Tamblyn) |2-4-2 = 06:48 - GW - Jake Morley (DeFazio, Himelson) |goalie2-1 = ( 24 saves / 28 shots ) Alex Petizian |goalie2-2 = Paul Karpowich ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) |3-1-1 = (Bogosian, Flanagan) Jeff Caister - PP - 06:04 |3-2-2 = 11:57 - Tim Marks (Rufenach) 19:47 - PP - Brandon DeFazio (Freeman, Himelson) |3-3-1 = (McKenzie, Keller) Rick Carden - 14:47 (Vermeulen, Caister) Mike McKenzie - GW - 18:37 |goalie3-1 = ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Kain Tisi |goalie3-2 = Paul Karpowich ( 30 saves / 33 shots )

(6) Rensselaer vs. (11) Brown

|1-1-1 = (Bergin, Polacek) Paul Kerins - PP - 07:57 |1-3-2 = 01:40 - Jarred Smith (Brownschidle, Fratkin) 02:53 - GW - Bobby Farnham (Timberlake, Volpatti) 18:55 - EN - Aaron Volpatti (Timberlake, Farnham) |goalie1-1 = ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Allen York |goalie1-2 = Mike Clemente ( 24 saves / 25 shots ) |2-1-1 = (D'Amigo, Pirri) Paul Kerins - PP - 07:01 |2-1-2 = 15:05 - Aaron Volpatti (Zolnierczyk, McMonagle) |2-2-1 = (Merth) Patrick Cullen - GW - 14:41 (unassisted) Brandon Pirri - 15:56 |2-3-1 = (D'Amigo, Kerins) Chase Polacek - PP - 10:09 |goalie2-1 = ( 23 saves / 24 shots ) Allen York |goalie2-2 = Mike Clemente ( 30 saves / 34 shots ) |3-1-1 = No Scoring |3-1-2 = 07:05 - Aaron Volpatti (Farnham, Timberlake) |3-2-2 = 12:24 - Jack MacLellan (Buvinow, Volpatti) |3-3-1 = (Cullen, Brutlag) Paul Kerins - 05:49 (Burgdoerfer, Cullen) Jeff Foss - EA - 16:55 |3-3-2 = 00:18 - GW - Chris Zaires (Zolnierczyk) |goalie3-1 = ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Allen York |goalie3-2 = Mike Clemente ( 28 saves / 30 shots )

(7) Quinnipiac vs. (10) Dartmouth

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-2-1 = (Hansen, Beaudoin) Brandon Wong - PP - 05:12 |1-2-2 = 01:23 - Dustin Walsh (Jones, Walsh) |1-3-1 = (Beaudoin, Zurevinski) Eric Lampe - 05:31 (Wong, Lampe) Jean-Marc Beaudoin - GW PP - 09:33 |1-3-2 = 18:41 - Scott Fleming (Estoclet, Reber) |goalie1-1 = ( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Dan Clarke |goalie1-2 = James Mello ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) |2-1-1 = No Scoring |2-1-2 = 02:50 - Paul Lee (Goodship) |2-2-1 = (Arnt, Oakes) Bobby Tyson - 18:44 |2-2-2 = 02:11 - Doug Jones (Fleming, Reber) 05:42 - Adam Estoclet (Jones, Fleming) 16:27 - GW - Matt Reber (Estoclet, Fleming) |2-3-1 = (Ketchum) D'Arcy Oakes - 04:23 (Holt, Davies) Jean-Marc Beaudoin - PP - 18:17 |2-3-2 = 10:02 - Scott Fleming (Reber, Stephens) 11:57 - Matt Reber (Fleming) |goalie2-1 = ( 29 saves / 35 shots ) Dan Clarke |goalie2-2 = James Mello ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) |3-1-1 = (unassisted) Eric Lampe - 16:36 |3-2-1 = (Goodman, Arnt) Ben Ketchum - 01:57 |3-3-2 = 13:57 - Joe Stejskal (Fleming, Reber) |goalie3-1 = ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Dan Clarke |goalie3-2 = James Mello ( 7 saves / 8 shots ) / Jody O'Neill ( 20 saves / 21 shots )

(8) Princeton vs. (9) Harvard

|1-1-1 = (Godlewski, Bartlett) Marc Hagel - 15:27 |1-2-1 = (Pederson, Kramer) Mark Magnowski - 15:27 |1-3-2 = 08:05 - Daniel Moriarty (Michaud, Morrison) 10:35 - Danny Biega (Grenier, Huxley) 14:05 - GW - Michael Del Mauro (Christian, Grimshaw) 17:50 - Danny Biega (Leblanc, Biega) |goalie1-1 = ( 31 saves / 35 shots ) Zane Kalemba |goalie1-2 = Kyle Richter ( 33 saves / 35 shots ) |2-1-1 = No Scoring |2-3-2 = 07:11 - GW PP - Daniel Moriarty (Leblanc, Biega) 14:23 - Danny Biega (Del Mauro, Grenier) 18:45 - EN - Luke Grenier (Biega, Del Mauro) |goalie2-1 = ( 14 saves / 16 shots ) Zane Kalemba |goalie2-2 = Kyle Richter ( 37 saves / 37 shots )

Quarterfinals

(1) Yale vs. (11) Brown

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-2-2 = 00:07 - Jeff Buvinow (MacLellan) 01:04 - Aaron Volpatti (Buvinow, Farnham) |1-3-1 = (O'Neill, Miller) Thomas Dignard - PP - 06:18 (Dignard, Arcobello) Denny Kearney - EA - 19:22 |1-3-2 = 06:18 - GW - Bobby Farnham (Volpatti, Crowley) |goalie1-1 = ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) Billy Blase |goalie1-2 = Mike Clemente ( 37 saves / 39 shots ) |2-1-1 = (Dignard, Kearney) Broc Little - 00:26 (Kearney) Jimmy Martin - PP - 06:11 |2-2-1 = (Kearney) Kevin Limbert - 01:31 (Miller, Little) Brian O'Neill - GW - 10:28 |2-3-1 = (Miller, Dignard) Brian O'Neill - PP - 04:08 (unassisted) Andrew Miller - 18:19 |2-3-2 = 02:58 - SH - Jack MacLellan (Zolnierczyk) 13:52 - PP - Aaron Volpatti (Buvinow, MacLellan) 19:11 - Scott Van der Linden (Ryan) |goalie2-1 = ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Billy Blase |goalie2-2 = Mike Clemente ( 20 saves / 24 shots ) / Dan Rosen ( 17 saves / 19 shots ) |3-1-1 = No Scoring |3-1-2 = 01:14 - GW SH - Jack MacLellan (unassisted) |goalie3-1 = ( 20 saves / 21 shots ) Billy Blase |goalie3-2 = Mike Clemente ( 44 saves / 44 shots )

(2) Cornell vs. (9) Harvard

|1-1-1 = (Nash, D'Agostino) Colin Greening - 04:35 (Devin, Kennedy) Nick D'Agostino - GW PP - 12:41 |1-1-2 = 09:30 - PP - Pier-Olivier Michaud (Morrison, Biega) |1-2-1 = (Roeszler, Gallagher) Nick D'Agostino - 12:27 |1-3-1 = (unassisted) Riley Nash - 05:44 (Greening, Jillson) Riley Nash - 10:01 |goalie1-1 = ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Ben Scrivens |goalie1-2 = Kyle Richter ( 21 saves / 26 shots ) / Ryan Carroll ( 3 saves / 3 shots ) |2-1-1 = No Scoring |2-2-1 = (Whitney, Nash) Blake Gallagher - GW PP - 12:05 |2-3-1 = (Greening, Kennedy) Sean Collins - 14:27 (Nash, Gallagher) Colin Greening - EN PP - 19:26 |goalie2-1 = ( 17 saves / 17 shots ) Ben Scrivens |goalie2-2 = Kyle Richter ( 29 saves / 31 shots )

(3) Union vs. (7) Quinnipiac

|1-1-1 = (unassisted) Stephane Boileau - 07:13 (Walters, Zajac) Mario Valery-Trabucco - PP - 09:42 |1-1-2 = 13:01 - Scott Zurevinski (Lampe) |1-2-2 = 01:12 - PP - Jeremy Langlois (Holt, Davies) |1-4-2 = 10:22 - GW - Greg Holt (Wong, Oakes) |goalie1-1 = ( 52 saves / 55 shots ) Keith Kinkaid |goalie1-2 = Dan Clarke ( 73 saves / 75 shots ) |2-1-1 = (Valery-Trabucco, Zajac) Adam Presizniuk - PP - 05:01 (Pallos, Julseth-White) Luke Cain - GW - 18:27 |2-1-2 = 17:15 - PP - Brandon Wong (Holt, Davies) |2-3-1 = (Julseth-White) Adam Presizniuk - 01:17 |goalie2-1 = ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Corey Milan |goalie2-2 = Dan Clarke ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) |3-1-1 = (Schreiber) Wayne Simpson - 02:01 |3-3-1 = (Cain, Zajac) Jeremy Welsh - GW - 01:04 |3-3-2 = 15:31 - Reese Rolheiser (Langlois, Currie) |goalie3-1 = ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) Corey Milan |goalie3-2 = Dan Clarke ( 33 saves / 35 shots )

(4) Colgate vs. (5) St. Lawrence

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-1-2 = 17:07 - Aaron Bogosian (Hughes, Child) |1-2-1 = (Day, Poplawski) Austin Smith - 15:35 |1-3-2 = 15:21 - GW PP - Mike McKenzie (Curran, Vermeulen) |goalie1-1 = ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Alex Evin |goalie1-2 = Kain Tisi ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) |2-1-1 = (McIntyre, Poplawski) Jeremy Price - PP - 16:08 |2-2-1 = (McIntyre) Jeremy Price - PP - 02:30 |2-2-2 = 10:20 - PP - Mike McKenzie (Hughes, Child) |2-3-1 = (Larkin, McNamara) Brian Day - PP - 10:56 |2-3-2 = 01:21 - Nick Pitsikoulis (Bogosian) 14:23 - Jacob Drewiske (Keller, Armstrong) 18:53 - GW - Matt Raley (Flanagan, Carden) |goalie2-1 = ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) Alex Evin |goalie2-2 = Kain Tisi ( 33 saves / 36 shots )

Semifinals

(2) Cornell vs. (11) Brown

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-2-1 = (Esposito) Locke Jillson - GW - 15:35 |1-3-1 = (Krueger) John Esposito - 06:40 (Greening) Riley Nash - 13:40 |goalie1-1 = ( 23 saves / 23 shots ) Ben Scrivens |goalie1-2 = Mike Clemente ( 24 saves / 27 shots )}}

(3) Union vs. (5) St. Lawrence

|1-1-1 = (Boileau, Simpson) Luke Cain - 10:25 |1-2-2 = 19:35 - Derek Keller (Caister) |1-3-1 = (Walters, Boileau) Adam Preszniuk - GW - 09:26 (Julseth-White) Mario Valery-Trabucco - EN - 19:55 |goalie1-1 = ( 29 saves / 30 shots ) Keith Kinkaid |goalie1-2 = Kain Tisi ( 16 saves / 18 shots )}}

Third place

(5) St. Lawrence vs. (8) Brown

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-2-2 = 14:34 - GW - Aaron Volpatti (Zaires, Rosen) |1-3-2 = 04:05 - Jesse Fratkin (Zolnierczyk, Zaires) 16:52 - EN - Harry Zolnierczyk (Pietrus, McMonagle) |goalie1-1 = ( 34 saves / 36 shots ) Alex Petizian |goalie1-2 = Dan Rosen ( 21 saves / 21 shots )}}

Championship

(2) Cornell vs. (3) Union

|1-1-1 = (Roeszler, Devin) Joe Devin - GW PP - 15:09 |1-2-1 = (Nash, Nash) Sean Whitney - PP - 17:25 |1-3-1 = (unassisted) Patrick Kennedy - EN - 19:43 |goalie1-1 = ( 32 saves / 32 shots ) Ben Scrivens |goalie1-2 = Keith Kinkaid ( 31 saves / 33 shots )}}

Tournament awards

[[List of ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team|All-Tournament Team]]

• F Colin Greening (Cornell)
• F Riley Nash (Cornell)
• F Adam Presiznuk (Union)
• D Justin Krueger (Cornell)
• D Mike Schreiber (Union)
• G Ben Scrivens* (Cornell)

• Most Outstanding Player(s)

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