2000 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2000 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 39th tournament in league history. It was played between March 10 and March 18, 2000. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final five games were played at the Olympic Arena (subsequently renamed Herb Brooks Arena) in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, St. Lawrence received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two teams that finish below tenth place in the standings are not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and tenth seeds, the second and ninth seeds, the third seed and eighth seeds, the fourth seed and seventh seeds and the fifth seed and sixth seeds played a best-of-three series with the three highest-seeded winners advancing to the semifinals and the remaining two winners playing in the Four vs. Five matchup. After the opening round every series becomes a single-elimination game. In the semifinals, the highest seed plays the winner of the four vs. five game while the two remaining teams play with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

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

ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#4 St. Lawrence†*20163133764737278213094
#9 Colgate 20144230856135249213293
#13 Rensselaer 211191236149372213212385
Cornell 201091217054321614210486
Clarkson 209832169713517153111116
Princeton 2189420666630101648497
Harvard 21910220656330111728595
Dartmouth 2181031954633091747198
Yale 2161141645633091656885
Union 21614113487533824179127
Brown 2141521052782861936698
Vermont^732282526175935375
Championship: St. Lawrence
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
^ Vermont was ineligible for the postseason
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the First Round

First Round [3]
March 10–11
Four vs. Five [4]
March 16
Semifinals
March 17
Championship
March 18
1St. Lawrence84*
10Union43
1St. Lawrence3*
2Colgate5*44Cornell44Cornell2
9Yale425Clarkson2
3Rensselaer73*1St. Lawrence2
8Dartmouth223Rensselaer0
4Cornell44
7Harvard332Colgate1
3Rensselaer3
5Clarkson32
6Princeton21

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) St. Lawrence vs. (10) Union

March 10 [5] St. Lawrence8 – 4Union Appleton Arena  
Brandon Dietrich - PP - 12:02
Mike Gellard - 16:59
First period03:41 - PP - Ryan Campbell
17:37 - PP - Drew Taylor
Mike Gellard - 06:59
Ray DiLauro - 11:04
Matt Desrosiers - GW PP - 12:26
Second period06:59 - Ryan Campbell
12:48 - Ryan Campbell
Jason Windle - 00:16
Al Fyfe - PP - 16:59
Jack O'Brien - 18:38
Third periodNo scoring
Derek Gustafson ( 29 saves / 33 shots )Goalie stats Brandon Snee ( 38 saves / 46 shots )
March 11 [6] St. Lawrence4 – 3OTUnion Appleton Arena  
Erik Anderson - PP - 14:31First periodNo scoring
Jason Windle - 05:03Second period06:13 - PP - Clark Jones
06:34 - Bryan Yackel
12:34 - PP - Clark Jones
Mike Gellard - EA - 19:50Third periodNo scoring
Jason Windle - GW - 05:42First overtime periodNo scoring
Derek Gustafson ( 32 saves / 35 shots )Goalie stats Brandon Snee ( 56 saves / 60 shots )
St. Lawrence won series 2–0

(2) Colgate vs. (9) Yale

March 10 [7] Colgate5 – 4OTYale Starr Rink  
No ScoringFirst period18:44 - PP - Lee Jelenic
Darryl Campbell - PP - 16:22
Andy McDonald - PP - 17:59
Second period00:58 - Jeff Brow
12:50 - Keith Fitzpatrick
Sean Nolan - 03:39
Sean Nolan - PP - 13:35
Third period00:35 - PP - Jeff Brow
Sean Nolan - GW - 00:53First overtime periodNo scoring
Shep Harder ( 20 saves / 24 shots )Goalie stats Dan Lombard ( 37 saves / 42 shots )
March 11 [8] Colgate4 – 2Yale Starr Rink  
Darryl Campbell - PP - 02:39First periodNo scoring
Cory Murphy - 07:25Second period08:43 - PP - Jeff Brow
Andy McDonald - GW - 12:51
Andy McDonald - EN - 19:11
Third period01:43 - SH - Cory Shea
Shep Harder ( 23 saves / 25 shots )Goalie stats Dan Lombard ( 20 saves / 23 shots )
Colgate won series 2–0

(3) Rensselaer vs. (8) Dartmouth

March 10 [9] Rensselaer7 – 2Dartmouth Houston Field House  
Andrew McPherson - 04:33
Brian Pothier - PP - 13:39
First periodNo scoring
Marc Cavosie - GW - 04:33
Keith Dupee - 17:01
Second periodNo scoring
Matt Murley - 01:19
Jim Henkel - 10:50
Doug Shepherd - 12:51
Third period05:16 - Frank Nardella
14:24 - Dan Casella
Joel Laing ( 33 saves / 35 shots )Goalie stats Nick Boucher ( 17 saves / 24 shots ) / Eric Almon ( 2 saves / 2 shots )
March 11 [10] Rensselaer3 – 2OTDartmouth Houston Field House  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Brad Tapper - PP - 13:07Second periodNo scoring
Pete Gardiner - EA - 19:54Third period08:49 - Craig Lund
10:33 - Pete Summerfelt
Pete Gardiner - GW - 10:37First overtime periodNo scoring
Joel Laing ( 37 saves / 39 shots )Goalie stats Nick Boucher ( 31 saves / 34 shots )
Rensselaer won series 2–0

(4) Cornell vs. (7) Harvard

March 10 [11] Cornell4 – 3Harvard Lynah Rink  
Stephen Bâby - 10:33
Danny Powell - 13:21
Mike Rutter - 17:13
First period08:03 - PP - Steve Moore
15:44 - Pete Capouch
Doug Stienstra - GW - 19:08Second period10:31 - PP - Scott Turco
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Ian Burt ( 20 saves / 23 shots )Goalie stats J.R Prestifilippo ( 31 saves / 35 shots )
March 11 [12] Cornell4 – 3Harvard Lynah Rink  
No ScoringFirst period05:26 - SH - Jeff Stonehouse
Doug Stienstra - PP - 11:38
Rick Sacchetti - 17:54
Second period17:32 - Brett Nowak
Denis Ladouceur - 06:29
Krzysztof Wieckowski - GW - 06:54
Third period04:41 - Chris Bala
Ian Burt ( 23 saves / 26 shots )Goalie stats J.R Prestifilippo ( 20 saves / 24 shots )
Cornell won series 2–0

(5) Clarkson vs. (6) Princeton

March 10 [13] Clarkson3 – 2Princeton Cheel Arena  
No ScoringFirst period01:45 - David Bennett
16:26 - PP - Shane Campbell
Murray Kuntz - PP - 12:35
Erik Cole - 16:40
Second periodNo scoring
Matt Poapst - GW - 01:02Third periodNo scoring
Karl Mattson ( 24 saves / 26 shots )Goalie stats Dave Stathos ( 26 saves / 29 shots )
March 11 [14] Clarkson2 – 1Princeton Cheel Arena  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Erik Cole - PP - 08:06
David Evans - GW - 17:20
Second period03:05 - Chris Corrinet
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Karl Mattson ( 19 saves / 20 shots )Goalie stats Dave Stathos ( 35 saves / 37 shots )
Clarkson won series 2–0

Four vs. Five

(4) Cornell vs. (5) Clarkson

March 16 [15] Cornell4 – 2Clarkson Olympic Arena  
Murray Kuntz - PP - 08:18First period19:34 - Daniel Svoboda
Andrew McNiven - 04:09
Stephen Bâby - GW - 04:37
Mark McRae - 19:53
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period06:36 - Adam Campana
Ian Burt ( 38 saves / 40 shots )Goalie stats Karl Mattson ( 13 saves / 16 shots ) / Shawn Grant ( 9 saves / 10 shots )

Semifinals

(1) St. Lawrence vs. (4) Cornell

March 17 [16] St. Lawrence3 – 2OTCornell Olympic Arena  
Brandon Dietrich - 13:58First periodNo scoring
Jack O'Brien - 13:41Second period19:58 - PP - Douglas Murray
No scoringThird period05:23 - Frank Kovac
Brandon Dietrich - GW - 14:51First overtime periodNo scoring
Derek Gustafson ( 25 saves / 27 shots )Goalie stats Ian Burt ( 40 saves / 43 shots )

(2) Colgate vs. (3) Rensselaer

March 17 [17] Colgate1 – 3Rensselaer Olympic Arena  
Chad MacDonald - 17:15First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period06:47 - PP - Keith Dupee
06:47 - GW - Nolan Graham
No scoringThird period18:53 - Keith Dupee
Shep Harder ( 38 saves / 41 shots )Goalie stats Joel Laing ( 19 saves / 20 shots )

Third place

(2) Colgate vs. (4) Cornell

March 18 [18] Colgate4 – 0Cornell Olympic Arena  
Sean Nolan - GW - 14:48
Andy McDonald - 15:52
First periodNo scoring
Sean Nolan - PP - 13:50Second periodNo scoring
Darryl Campbell - PP - 10:16Third periodNo scoring
Shep Harder ( 33 saves / 33 shots )Goalie stats Chris Gartman ( 23 saves / 27 shots )

Championship

(1) St. Lawrence vs. (3) Rensselaer

March 18 [19] St. Lawrence2 – 0Rensselaer Olympic Arena  
Jason Windle - GW - 01:23First periodNo scoring
Jason Windle - 01:53Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Derek Gustafson ( 30 saves / 30 shots )Goalie stats Joel Laing ( 33 saves / 35 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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