2011 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 2011 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

March 4–6 | RD1-seed1=5 | RD1-team1=Rensselaer | RD1-score1-1=4 | RD1-score1-2=2 | RD1-score1-3=1 | RD1-seed2=12 | RD1-team2=Colgate | RD1-score2-1=2 | RD1-score2-2=5 | RD1-score2-3=2** | RD1-seed3=6 | RD1-team3=Princeton | RD1-score3-1=4 | RD1-score3-2=2 | RD1-score3-3=1 | RD1-seed4=11 | RD1-team4=St. Lawrence | RD1-score4-1=1 | RD1-score4-2=3 | RD1-score4-3=2 | RD1-seed5=7 | RD1-team5=Clarkson | RD1-score5-1=1 | RD1-score5-2=4 | RD1-score5-3=— | RD1-seed6=10 | RD1-team6=Harvard | RD1-score6-1=2 | RD1-score6-2=6 | RD1-score6-3=— | RD1-seed7=8 | RD1-team7=Quinnipiac | RD1-score7-1=4 | RD1-score7-2=4 | RD1-score7-3=— | RD1-seed8=9 | RD1-team8=Brown | RD1-score8-1=0 | RD1-score8-2=0 | RD1-score8-3=—

March 11–13 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Union | RD2-score1-1=4 | RD2-score1-2=2 | RD2-score1-3=3 | RD2-seed2=12 | RD2-team2=Colgate | RD2-score2-1=1 | RD2-score2-2=4 | RD2-score2-3=4 | RD2-seed3=2 | RD2-team3=Yale | RD2-score3-1=3 | RD2-score3-2=5 | RD2-score3-3=4 | RD2-seed4=11 | RD2-team4=St. Lawrence | RD2-score4-1=4* | RD2-score4-2=2 | RD2-score4-3=0 | RD2-seed5=3 | RD2-team5=Dartmouth | RD2-score5-1=2 | RD2-score5-2=2 | RD2-score5-3=4 | RD2-seed6=10 | RD2-team6=Harvard | RD2-score6-1=3 | RD2-score6-2=1 | RD2-score6-3=3 | RD2-seed7=4 | RD2-team7=Cornell | RD2-score7-1=2 | RD2-score7-2=0 | RD2-score7-3=3 | RD2-seed8=8 | RD2-team8=Quinnipiac | RD2-score8-1=1 | RD2-score8-2=1 | RD2-score8-3=2

March 18 | RD3-seed1=2 | RD3-team1=Yale | RD3-score1=4 | RD3-seed2=12 | RD3-team2=Colgate | RD3-score2=0 | RD3-seed3=3 | RD3-team3=Dartmouth | RD3-score3=0 | RD3-seed4=4 | RD3-team4=Cornell | RD3-score4=3

March 19 | RD4-seed1=2 | RD4-team1=Yale | RD4-score1=6 | RD4-seed2=4 | RD4-team2=Cornell | RD4-score2=0

| RD4b-seed1=3 | RD4b-team1=Dartmouth | RD4b-score1=5 | RD4b-seed2=12 | RD4b-team2=Colgate | RD4b-score2=3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(5) Rensselaer vs. (12) Colgate

|1-1-1 = Marty O'Grady - 01:15 Brock Higgs - pp - 15:00 Chase Polacek - pp - 17:26 |1-3-1 = Brock Higgs - 18:51 |1-3-2 = Austin Smith - 04:44 Jeremy Price - pp - 18:12 |goalie1-1 = Allen York ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Erik Mihalik ( 23 saves / 27 shots ) |2-1-1 = No scoring |2-1-2 = Nick Prockow - 01:51 |2-2-1 = Chase Polacek - sh - 05:56 Chase Polacek - pp - 18:56 |2-2-2 = Francois Brisebois - 09:16 Chris Wagner - 16:49 |2-3-1 = No scoring |2-3-2 = Nick Prockow - en - 18:49 Francois Brisebois - pp - en - 19:57 |goalie2-1 = Allen York ( 25 saves / 28 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Erik Mihalik ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) |3-1-1 = No scoring |3-1-2 = Austin Mayer - sh - 13:08 |3-2-1 = Tyler Helfrich - 18:48 |3-4-2 = Robbie Bourdon - 10:06 |goalie3-1 = Allen York ( 37 saves / 39 shots ) |goalie3-2 = Erik Mihalik ( 40 saves / 41 shots )

(6) Princeton vs. (11) St. Lawrence

|1-1-1 = Andrew Calof - 01:40 |1-2-1 = Matt Arhontas - 06:18 Michael Sdao - pp - 07:39 |1-2-2 = Kyle Flanagan - pp - 11:34 |1-3-1 = Rob Kleebaum - 07:22 |goalie1-1 = Sean Bonar ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Robby Moss ( 12 saves / 15 shots ) Matt Weninger ( 20 saves / 21 shots ) |2-1-1 = Rob Kleebaum - 05:50 |2-1-2 = Greg Carey - pp - 09:38 |2-2-1 = Andrew Calof - 04:13 |2-2-2 = Greg Carey - pp - 12:09 |2-3-2 = Kyle Essery - 09:42 |goalie2-1 = Sean Bonar ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Matt Weninger ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) |3-1-1 = No scoring |3-1-2 = Greg Carey - 05:27 Kyle Essery - 10:11 |3-2-1 = Derrick Pallis - pp - 12:57 |goalie3-1 = Sean Bonar ( 14 saves / 16 shots ) |goalie3-2 = Matt Weninger ( 48 saves / 49 shots )

(7) Clarkson vs. (10) Harvard

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = Danny Biega - 03:32 |1-2-1 = No scoring |1-2-2 = No scoring |1-3-1 = Alex Boak - 04:14 |1-3-2 = Michael Biega - 09:25 |goalie1-1 = Paul Karpowich ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Ryan Carroll ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) |2-1-1 = No Scoring |2-1-2 = No Scoring |2-2-1 = Nik Pokulok - 02:29 Bryan Rufenach - 4x4 - 09:56 Brandon DeFazio - 13:51 |2-2-2 = Pier-Olivier Michaud - 04:00 Alex Fallstrom - 13:40 |2-3-1 = Ben Sexton - 7:29 |2-3-2 = Daniel Moriarty - pp - 02:28 Daniel Moriarty - pp - 03:12 Michael Biega - 07:01 Alex Killorn - 13:15 |goalie2-1 = Paul Karpowich ( 36 saves / 42 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Ryan Carroll ( 29 saves / 33 shots )

(8) Quinnipiac vs. (9) Brown

|1-1-1 = Jeremy Langlois - 00:15 Yuri Bouharevich - 12:56 |1-2-1 = Zach Hansen - 04:55 Kellen Jones - 4x4 - 05:57 |goalie1-1 = Dan Clarke ( 22 saves / 22 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Matt Clemente ( 8 saves / 12 shots ) Anthony Borelli (15 saves / 15 shots) |2-1-1 = No scoring |2-1-2 = No scoring |2-2-1 = Zack Currie - pp - 00:35 Jeremy Langlois - 02:25 |2-3-1 = Zach Hansen - 10:55 Ben Arnt - 14:07 |goalie2-1 = Eric Hartzell ( 26 saves / 26 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Matt Clemente ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Anthony Borelli ( 6 saves / 7 shots )

Quarterfinals

(1) Union vs. (12) Colgate

|1-1-1 = Andrew Boute - 03:46 Wayne Simpson - pp - 15:12 |1-2-2 = Chris Wagner - 13:09 |1-3-1 = Matt Hatch - 03:02 Wayne Simpson - pp - 19:21 |goalie1-1 = Keith Kinkaid - ( 19 saves / 20 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Erik Mihalik - ( 38 saves / 42 shots )

|2-1-1 = Wayne Simpson - 05:21 |2-2-1 = Mat Bodie - 08:01 |2-3-2 = Austin Mayer - 05:48 Chris Wagner - pp - 11:06 Robbie Bourdon - 14:48 Brian Day - en - 19:22 |goalie2-1 = Keith Kinkaid - ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Erik Mihalik - ( 27 saves / 29 shots )

|3-1-1 = Andrew Buote - 12:02 |3-1-2 = No Scoring |3-2-1 = Jeremy Welsh - PP - 05:15 |3-2-2 = Austin Smith - PP - 02:59 Kurtis Bartliff - PP - 13:01 |3-3-1 = Kelly Zajac - 13:03 |3-3-2 = Francois Brisebois - 17:33 |3-4-2 = Wade Poplawski - 12:52 |goalie3-1 = Keith Kinkaid - ( 29 saves / 33 shots ) |goalie3-2 = Erik Mihalik - ( 34 saves / 37 shots )

(2) Yale vs. (11) St. Lawrence

|1-1-1 = Denny Kearney - pp - 03:10 Jimmy Martin - pp - 08:15 |1-1-2 = Patrick Raley - 00:53 |1-2-1 = Jimmy Martin - pp - 03:58 |1-3-2 = Aaron Bogosian - 06:27 Greg Carey - pp - 13:47 |1-4-2 = Greg Carey - 16:28 |goalie1-1 = Ryan Rondeau - ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Matt Weninger - ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

|2-1-1 = Denny Kearney - 15:12 |2-1-2 = Kyle Flanagan - pp - 19:58 |2-2-1 = Kevin Limbert - 08:37 Clinton Bourbonais - 11:56 Kevin Peel - 13:47 |2-2-2 = Nick Pitsikoulis - 17:41 |2-3-1 = Broc Little - pp - 08:38 |goalie2-1 = Ryan Rondeau - ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Matt Weninger - ( 28 saves / 33 shots ) |3-1-1 = |3-1-2 = |3-2-1 = |3-2-2 = |3-3-1 = |3-3-2 = |goalie3-1 = Ryan Rondeau - ( saves / shots ) |goalie3-2 = Matt Weninger - ( saves / shots )

(3) Dartmouth vs. (10) Harvard

|1-1-1 = Adam Estoclet - 16:00 |1-1-2 = Alex Killorn - pp - 05:39 Ryan Grimshaw - 17:15 |1-2-2 = Michael Del Mauro - 18:49 |1-3-1 = Scott Fleming - 18:34 |goalie1-1 = James Mello - ( 28 saves / 31 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Ryan Carroll - ( 27 saves / 29 shots )

|2-1-1 = Adam Estoclet - 13:56 |2-3-2 = Michael Biega - pp - 11:12 |2-4-1 = Andrew Owsiak - 01:37 |goalie2-1 = James Mello - ( 24 saves / 25 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Ryan Carroll - ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) |3-1-1 = |3-1-2 = |3-2-1 = |3-2-2 = |3-3-1 = |3-3-2 = |goalie3-1 = James Mello - ( saves / shots ) |goalie3-2 = Ryan Carroll - ( saves / shots )

(4) Cornell vs. (8) Quinnipiac

|1-1-1 = Joe Devin - 01:58 |1-1-2 = Scott Zurevinski - 18:36 |1-2-1 = Joe Devin - pp - 19:35 |goalie1-1 = Mike Garman - ( 36 saves / 37 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Dan Clarke - ( 25 saves / 27 shots )

|2-1-1 = No scoring |2-1-2 = Jeremy Langlois - 14:12 |goalie2-1 = Andy Iles - ( 30 saves / 31 shots ) |goalie2-2 = Eric Hartzell - ( 24 saves / 24 shots ) |3-1-1 = |3-1-2 = |3-2-1 = |3-2-2 = |3-3-1 = |3-3-2 = |goalie3-1 = Andy Iles - ( saves / shots ) |goalie3-2 = Eric Hartzell - ( saves / shots )

Semifinals

(2) Yale vs. (12) Colgate

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-2-1 = Chris Cahill - 05:07 |1-3-1 = Kenny Agostino - 06:42 Andrew Miller - 14:49 Antoine Laganiere - en - 19:45 |goalie1-1 = Ryan Rondeau - ( 22 saves / 22 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Eric Mihalik - ( 36 saves / 39 shots )

(3) Dartmouth vs. (4) Cornell

|1-1-1 = No scoring |1-1-2 = Sean Whitney - 18:05 Armand de Swardt - 18:29 |1-3-2 = Locke Jillson - en - 18:59 |goalie1-1 = James Mello - ( 15 saves / 17 shots ) |goalie1-2 = Mike Garman - ( 36 saves / 36 shots )

3rd Place Game

(3) Dartmouth vs. (12) Colgate

|1-1-1 = (Lindblad, Walsh) Connor Goggin - PP - 14:35 (Estoclet) Matt Lindblad - PP - 19:41 |1-1-2 = 07:41 - Robbie Bourdon (Poplawski, Larkin) |1-2-1 = (Stephens, Reeds) Robbie Smith - 02:41 (Fleming) Adam Estoclet - GW - 15:49 |1-2-2 = 12:57 - PP - Francis Brisbois (Bartliff, Smith) |1-3-1 = (Lindblad) Dustin Walsh - 08:51 |1-3-2 = 16:01 - Robbie Bourdon (Leidl, Day) |goalie1-1 = ( 20 saves / 23 shots ) James Mello |goalie1-2 = Eric Mihalik ( 29 saves / 34 shots )

Championship

(2) Yale vs. (4) Cornell

|1-1-1 = (Kearney, Martin) Kevin Limbert - PP GW - 03:03 (Martin, Kearney) Kevin Limbert - PP - 15:50 |1-2-1 = (O'Neill, Miller) Antoine Laganière - 01:39 (O'Neill) Chris Cahill - 06:00 (Miller, Peel) Colin Dueck - 08:37 (Kearney) Broc Little - PP - 17:28 |goalie1-1 = ( 22 saves / 22 shots ) Ryan Rondeau |goalie1-2 = Andy Iles ( 10 saves / 15 shots ) / Mike Garman ( 17 saves / 18 shots )

Tournament awards

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

• F Chris Cahill (Yale)
• F Andrew Miller (Yale)
• F Brian O’Neill (Yale)
• D Connor Goggin (Dartmouth)
• D Jimmy Martin (Yale)
• G Ryan Rondeau* (Yale)

• Most Outstanding Player(s)

References

References

1. "Men's All-Tournament Teams". ECAC Hockey.