2001 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2001 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 40th tournament in league history. It was played between March 9 and March 17, 2001. 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 2001 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 2001 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
#15 Clarkson221552328145352111312391
#10 St. Lawrence*2213632983703720134127120
Harvard 2212822668603316152103105
Cornell 22118325444433161257372
Dartmouth 221084246762341614410196
Rensselaer 221192246254341715210789
Princeton 22994227066311016590103
Yale 22101112172803114161105114
Union 228122185475341218488115
Vermont 2281221868693414182116110
Colgate 228131176067341020495112
Brown 2221648438029421463107
Championship: St. Lawrence
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the First Round

First Round [3]
March 9–11
Four vs. Five [4]
March 15
Semifinals
March 16
Championship
March 17
1Clarkson33**2
10Vermont523*
2St. Lawrence2
2St. Lawrence645Dartmouth3*5Dartmouth0
9Union3210Vermont2
3Harvard572St. Lawrence3
8Yale444Cornell1
4Cornell3*2
7Princeton213Harvard2
4Cornell5
5Dartmouth45
6Rensselaer21

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) Clarkson vs. (10) Vermont

March 9 [5] Clarkson3 – 5Vermont Cheel Arena Recap  
Trevor Edwards - 04:03First period13:39 - PP - Bryson Busniuk
14:43 - Graham Mink
Murray Kuntz - 02:55
Rob McFeeters - PP - 07:30
Second period01:53 - Graham Mink
03:27 - GW PP - Jeff Miles
No scoringThird period19:24 - Mike Torney
Mike Walsh ( 17 saves / 21 shots )Goalie stats Shawn Conschafter ( 27 saves / 30 shots )
March 10 [6] Clarkson3 – 22OTVermont Cheel Arena Recap  
Jean Desrochers - 16:46First periodNo scoring
Mike Nagai - 02:42Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period12:25 - Jeff Miles
14:21 - Ryan Cox
Rob McFeeters - GW - 19:53Second overtime periodNo scoring
Mike Walsh ( 34 saves / 36 shots )Goalie stats Shawn Conschafter ( 40 saves / 43 shots )
March 11 [7] Clarkson2 – 3OTVermont Cheel Arena Recap  
Kent Huskins - 13:08First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
David Evans - PP - 08:43Third period04:57 - PP - Andreas Moborg
06:44 - PP - Graham Mink
No scoringFirst overtime period09:04 - GW - Patrick Sharp
Mike Walsh ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) / Karl Mattson ( 12 saves / 13 shots )Goalie stats Shawn Conschafter ( 39 saves / 41 shots )
Vermont won series 2–1

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (9) Union

March 9 [8] St. Lawrence6 – 3Union Appleton Arena Recap  
Robin Carruthers - 01:08
Erik Anderson - PP - 05:18
First period17:39 - PP - Jeff Wilson
Erik Anderson - 15:05
Al Fyfe - GW PP - 18:01
Second period16:21 - PP - Jordy Federko
Ryan Glenn - 13:49
Jim Lorentz - 16:44
Third period15:49 - PP - Jordy Federko
Jeremy Symington ( 20 saves / 23 shots )Goalie stats Brandon Snee ( 34 saves / 40 shots )
March 10 [9] St. Lawrence4 – 2Union Appleton Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Charlie Daniels - PP - 03:27
Mike Gellard - PP - 15:35
Second period05:15 - Alex Todd
Russ Bartlett - GW PP - 00:54
Jim Lorentz - 08:40
Third period17:50 - Jordy Federko
Jeremy Symington ( 26 saves / 30 shots )Goalie stats Brandon Snee ( 30 saves / 32 shots )
St. Lawrence won series 2–0

(3) Harvard vs. (8) Yale

March 9 [10] Harvard5 – 4Yale Bright Hockey Center Recap  
Tim Pettit - 08:43
Steve Moore - PP - 19:48
First period05:55 - Jeff Hamilton
Harry Schwefel - PP - 04:33
Dennis Packard - 05:30
Ken Turano - GW PP - 13:36
Second period01:00 - Nick Deschenes
05:51 - Jason Noe
19:42 - PP - Luke Earl
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Oliver Jonas ( 37 saves / 41 shots )Goalie stats Dan Lombard ( 21 saves / 26 shots )
March 10 [11] Harvard7 – 4Yale Bright Hockey Center Recap  
Ken Turano - 02:42
Tyler Kolarik - PP - 17:48
First period00:16 - Luke Earl
Brett Nowak - 10:24Second period08:49 - Vin Hellemeyer
14:48 - PP - Nick Deschenes
Brett Nowak - 07:59
Steve Moore - GW PP - 08:50
Dennis Packard - 10:13
Dominic Moore - PP - 13:47
Third period04:02 - PP - Ben Stafford
Oliver Jonas ( 23 saves / 27 shots )Goalie stats Dan Lombard ( 29 saves / 36 shots )
Harvard won series 2–0

(4) Cornell vs. (7) Princeton

March 9 [12] Cornell3 – 2OTPrinceton Lynah Rink Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Ryan Vesce - PP - 04:28
Ryan Vesce - PP - 11:21
Third period00:26 - David Schneider
01:24 - Shane Campbell
David Kozier - GW - 07:25First overtime periodNo scoring
Matt Underhill ( 27 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Dave Stathos ( 31 saves / 34 shots )
March 10 [13] Cornell2 – 1Princeton Lynah Rink Recap  
Denis Ladouceur - 13:13First periodNo scoring
Sam Paolini - GW PP - 02:32Second period12:15 - Shane Campbell
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Matt Underhill ( 31 saves / 32 shots )Goalie stats Dave Stathos ( 35 saves / 37 shots )
Cornell won series 2–0

(5) Dartmouth vs. (6) Rensselaer

March 9 [14] Dartmouth4 – 2Rensselaer Thompson Arena Recap  
Christopher Baldwin - PP - 19:48First period00:39 - Matt Murley
11:31 - PP - Danny Eberly
Peter Mahler - 10:06
Jamie Herrington - GW - 10:40
Second periodNo scoring
Christopher Baldwin - EN - 19:15Third periodNo scoring
Nick Boucher ( 38 saves / 40 shots )Goalie stats Nathan Marsters ( 36 saves / 39 shots )
March 10 [15] Dartmouth5 – 1Rensselaer Thompson Arena Recap  
Christopher Baldwin - 05:02First periodNo scoring
Chris Taliercio - GW PP - 08:06
Mike Maturo - 14:36
Dan Casella - SH - 19:35
Second periodNo scoring
Jason Costa - 15:55Third period12:49 - Conrad Barnes
Nick Boucher ( 17 saves / 18 shots )Goalie stats Nathan Marsters ( 51 saves / 56 shots )
Dartmouth won series 2–0

Four vs. Five

(5) Dartmouth vs. (10) Vermont

March 15 [16] Dartmouth3 – 2OTVermont Olympic Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period12:41 - Andreas Moborg
Mike Turner - PP - 12:20Second period02:30 - Martin Wilde
Kent Gillings - EA - 19:46Third periodNo scoring
Mike Maturo - GW - 07:40First overtime periodNo scoring
Nick Boucher ( 32 saves / 34 shots )Goalie stats Shawn Conschafter ( 33 saves / 36 shots )

Semifinals

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Dartmouth

March 16 [17] St. Lawrence2 – 0Dartmouth Olympic Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Robin Carruthers - GW PP - 01:28Second periodNo scoring
Robin Carruthers - 06:39Third periodNo scoring
Jeremy Symington ( 42 saves / 42 shots )Goalie stats Nick Boucher ( 22 saves / 24 shots )

(3) Harvard vs. (4) Cornell

March 16 [18] Harvard2 – 5Cornell Olympic Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
Tyler Kolarik - 17:15Second period02:16 - PP - Sam Paolini
03:18 - David Francis
04:53 - Stephen Bâby
Chris Bala - 18:14Third period06:16 - David Francis
17:05 - EN - Ben Wallace
Oliver Jonas ( 20 saves / 24 shots )Goalie stats Matt Underhill ( 45 saves / 47 shots )

Third place

(3) Harvard vs. (5) Dartmouth

March 17 [19] Harvard3 – 2OTDartmouth Olympic Arena Recap  
Dennis Packard - PP - 10:30First periodNo scoring
Tyler Kolarik - 12:26Second period09:50 - Jamie Herrington
No scoringThird period11:27 - PP - Mike Murray
Dominic Moore - GW - 01:32First overtime periodNo scoring
Oliver Jonas ( 32 saves / 34 shots )Goalie stats Nick Boucher ( 33 saves / 36 shots )

Championship

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

March 17 [20] St. Lawrence3 – 1Cornell Olympic Arena Recap  
Russ Bartlett - 09:32First periodNo scoring
Blair Clarance - GW - 03:28Second periodNo scoring
Al Fyfe - EN - 17:24Third period18:54 - EA - David Kozier
Jeremy Symington ( 31 saves / 32 shots )Goalie stats Matt Underhill ( 19 saves / 21 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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