2002 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2002 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 41st tournament in league history. It was played between March 8 and March 16, 2002. 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, Harvard received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2002 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 2002 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

2001–02 ECAC Hockey standings
ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#9 Cornell†22173236743435258211863
Clarkson 221165276251381715610997
#13 Harvard*22109323676234151549799
Dartmouth 2298523665932141359789
Rensselaer 2210932364593720134120101
Princeton 221010222516331111826698
Colgate 2210102225359341319290121
Brown 221010222525331141527280
St. Lawrence 229112206264341121283107
Yale 22911220706531101929394
Union 22811319535832131369490
Vermont 2231817469331326262134
Championship: Harvard
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* 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 of the Tournament.

First round [3]
March 8–9		Four vs. Five [4]
March 14		Semifinals
March 15		Championship
March 16
1Cornell24–
10Yale12–
1Cornell3
2Clarkson36–4Dartmouth15Rensselaer0
9St. Lawrence11–5Rensselaer2
3Harvard42**–1Cornell3
8Brown11–3Harvard4**
4Dartmouth5**4–
7Colgate41–2Clarkson2
3Harvard3*
5Rensselaer56–
6Princeton30–

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) Cornell vs. (10) Yale

March 8 [5] Cornell2 – 1Yale Lynah Rink Recap  
No ScoringFirst period02:44 - Chris Higgins (Earl)
(Paolini, Iggulden) Matthew McRae - 14:52
Douglas Murray - GW SH - 17:51		Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Matt Underhill ( 21 saves / 22 shots )Goalie stats Dan Lombard ( 25 saves / 27 shots )
March 9 [6] Cornell4 – 2Yale Lynah Rink Recap  
(Bell) Greg Hornby - 02:13
(Knoepfli, Wiekowski) David Francis - 18:00		First period05:00 - Jason Noe (Steeves, Deschenes)
(Knoepfli, Cook) Matthew McRae - GW PP - 11:01Second periodNo scoring
Travis Bell - EN SH - 15:26Third period19:57 - EA PP - Nick Deschenes (Earl, Rodgers)
Matt Underhill ( 16 saves / 18 shots )Goalie stats Dan Lombard ( 20 saves / 23 shots )
Cornell won series 2–0

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

March 8 [7] Clarkson3 – 1Union Cheel Arena Recap  
(Ellis-Toddington) Randy Jones - PP - 09:17First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Jones, Ellis-Toddington) Matt Poapst - GW PP - 06:39
(Jones, Lush) Jay Latulippe - 10:44		Third period16:11 - PP - Rich Peverley (Page, Carruthers)
Mike Walsh ( 32 saves / 33 shots )Goalie stats Mike McKenna ( 17 saves / 20 shots )
March 9 [8] Clarkson6 – 1Union Cheel Arena Recap  
(Edwards, Desrochers) Joe Carosa - 05:03
(Ellis-Toddington, Line) David Evans - GW - 19:24		First period13:43 - Stace Page (Peverley, Lorentz)
(Latulippe, Jones) Rob McFeeters - PP - 01:30
(McFeeters, O'Flaherty) Ian Manzano - 04:18		Second periodNo scoring
(Line, Bahen) David Evans - 06:10
(Ellis-Toddington, Blight) David Evans - 09:24		Third periodNo scoring
Mike Walsh ( 30 saves / 31 shots )Goalie stats Mike McKenna ( 25 saves / 31 shots ) / Sean Knaub ( 3 saves / 3 shots )
Clarkson won series 2–0

(3) Harvard vs. (8) Brown

March 8 [9] Harvard4 – 1Brown Bright Hockey Center Recap  
(Bernakevitch) Tom Cavanagh - 02:16
(Cavanagh) Noah Welch - GW PP - 17:17		First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Welch, Cavanagh) Tim Pettit - PP - 00:27
(Kolarik) Dominic Moore - EN - 19:41		Third period10:26 - Shane Mudryk (Kirley)
Dov Grumet-Morris ( 22 saves / 23 shots )Goalie stats Yann Danis ( 31 saves / 34 shots )
March 9 [10] Harvard2 – 12OTBrown Bright Hockey Center Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period19:59 - PS - Brent Robinson
(Kolarik, Bernakevitch) Brett Nowak - 05:30Third periodNo scoring
Dominic Moore - GW - 14:41Second overtime periodNo scoring
Dov Grumet-Morris ( 31 saves / 32 shots )Goalie stats Yann Danis ( 66 saves / 68 shots )
Harvard won series 2–0

(4) Dartmouth vs. (7) Colgate

March 8 [11] Dartmouth5 – 42OTColgate Thompson Arena Recap  
(Stempniak, Baldwin) Jamie Herrington - 15:05
(Maturo, Gillings) Brian Van Abel - 18:37		First period04:58 - Bob Vandersluis (Mitchell, McKinnon)
12:22 - Joey Mormina (Vandersluis)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Gillings, Murray) Mike Maturo - 11:00
(Gillings, Herrington) Lee Stempniak - EA - 19:45		Third period10:27 - PP - Brad D'Arco (Mormina, Yedon)
19:16 - Adam Mitchell (Vandersluis, McKinnon)
(Gillings, Murray) Pete Summerfelt - GW - 14:15Second overtime periodNo scoring
Dan Yacey ( 5 saves / 7 shots ) / Darren Gastrock ( 48 saves / 50 shots )Goalie stats Dave Cann ( 49 saves / 54 shots )
March 9 [12] Dartmouth4 – 1Colgate Thompson Arena Recap  
(Herrington, Summerfelt) Lee Stempniak - 00:51First period11:15 - PP - P.J. Yedon (Yashin, D'Arco)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Baldwin, Herrington) Frank Nardella - GW PP - 05:13
(Murray, Maturo) Kent Gillings - 07:02
(Maturo, Baldwin) Chris Taliercio - EN - 19:45		Third periodNo scoring
Darren Gastrock ( 37 saves / 38 shots )Goalie stats Dave Cann ( 33 saves / 36 shots )
Dartmouth won series 2–0

(5) Rensselaer vs. (6) Princeton

March 8 [13] Rensselaer5 – 3Princeton Houston Field House Recap  
(Graham, Murley) Jim Vickers - 11:43First periodNo scoring
(McPherson, Basiuk) Carson Butterwick - 10:03Second period00:20 - Sharam Fouladger-Mercer (Schneider)
04:27 - PP - Steve Slaton (Parsons, Parros)
(Henkel, Cavosie) Chris Migliore - 01:05
(Henkel, Cavosie) Chris Migliore - GW - 01:18
(Butterwick, Barr) Andrew McPherson - 12:20		Third period01:50 - Josh Roberts (Schneider, Parsons)
Nathan Marsters ( 19 saves / 22 shots )Goalie stats Dave Stathos ( 33 saves / 38 shots )
March 9 [14] Rensselaer6 – 0Princeton Houston Field House Recap  
(Migliore, Murley) Jim Vickers - GW - 03:42
(Murley, Barnes) Marc Cavosie - 08:36
(Graham, Shields) Matt Murley - 14:47		First periodNo scoring
(Cavosie, Vickers) Danny Eberly - PP - 10:17
(Basiuk, Munn) Conrad Barnes - PP - 13:34		Second periodNo scoring
Chris Migliore - SH - 01:11Third periodNo scoring
Nathan Marsters ( 19 saves / 19 shots ) / James Palmer ( 2 saves / 2 shots )Goalie stats Dave Stathos ( 5 saves / 8 shots ) / Nate Nomeland ( 14 saves / 17 shots )
Rensselaer won series 2–0

Four vs. Five

(4) Dartmouth vs. (5) Rensselaer

March 14 [15] Dartmouth1 – 2Rensselaer Olympic Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
(Stempniak, Herrington) Christopher Baldwin - 10:59Third period17:24 - Matt Murley (Henkel, Eberly)
18:52 - GW - Scott Basiuk (Barr)
Darren Gastrock ( 16 saves / 18 shots )Goalie stats Nathan Marsters ( 34 saves / 35 shots )

Semifinals

(1) Cornell vs. (5) Rensselaer

March 15 [16] Cornell3 – 0Rensselaer Olympic Arena Recap  
(Knoepfli, Ladouceur) Charlie Cook - GW PP - 04:42First periodNo scoring
(Kozier) Charlie Cook - 07:02Second periodNo scoring
(McRae) Sam Paolini - 07:06Third periodNo scoring
Matt Underhill ( 21 saves / 21 shots )Goalie stats Nathan Marsters ( 24 saves / 27 shots )

(2) Clarkson vs. (3) Harvard

March 15 [17] Clarkson2 – 3OTHarvard Olympic Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst period15:36 - Dominic Moore (Fried)
Trevor Edwards - 07:25Second periodNo scoring
(Poapst, Ellis-Toddington) Kevin O'Flaherty - 18:14Third period02:49 - Brett Nowak (McCulloch, Packard)
No scoringFirst overtime period15:19 - GW - Tom Cavanagh (Bernakevitch)
Mike Walsh ( 41 saves / 44 shots )Goalie stats Dov Grumet-Morris ( 39 saves / 41 shots )

Third place

(2) Clarkson vs. (5) Rensselaer

March 16 [18] Clarkson3 – 4Rensselaer Olympic Arena Recap  
(Evans, Manzano) Tristan Lush - PP - 13:26
(Jones, O'Flaherty) Matt Poapst - 15:58		First period17:01 - PP - Matt Murley (Vickers, Cavosie)
(O'Flaherty, Poapst) Randy Jones - PP - 15:06Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period01:23 - PP - Marc Cavosie (Murley, Eberly)
08:06 - PP - Nolan Graham (Basiuk, Munn)
19:28 - GW PP - Matt Murley (Eberly, Vickers)
Mike Walsh ( 30 saves / 34 shots )Goalie stats Nathan Marsters ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

Championship

(1) Cornell vs. (3) Harvard

March 16 [19] Cornell3 – 42OTHarvard Olympic Arena Recap  
(Palahicky, McRae) Krzysztof Wiekowski - 17:28First period16:38 - Dominic Moore (McCulloch)
(Murray) Sam Paolini - PP - 00:42
(Hornby) Shane Palahicky - 16:05		Second period07:01 - PP - Tim Pettit (Nowak, Capouch)
19:44 - Tim Pettit (Bernakevitch, Cavanagh)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond overtime period16:11 - GW - Tyler Kolarik (Bernakevitch, Pettit)
Matt Underhill ( 40 saves / 44 shots )Goalie stats Dov Grumet-Morris ( 26 saves / 29 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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