2021 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2021 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament will be the 60th tournament in league history. It was played between March 18 and March 20, 2021.As the tournament champion, St. Lawrence, received an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Format

With the majority of ECAC member schools opting out of competition for the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the format for the tournament was reduced to just four participating institutions. The format introduced would have the four programs compete in two single-elimination rounds over the course of one championship weekend. The semifinals will take place on March 18, and the championship game on March 20 at the site of the highest remaining seed. [1]

On March 10, ECAC announced that Clarkson would not be participating in the tournament, due to COVID protocols. [2] As a result, the format of the tournament was further reduced to just three teams. Top-seed Quinnipiac was awarded a bye to the Championship game and St. Lawrence will host Colgate in the lone semifinal.

Conference standings

2020–21 ECAC Hockey Standings
Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTOTWOTL3/SWPTSPT%GFGAGPWLTGFGA
#11 Quinnipiac †18104411337.685543429178410059
#20 Clarkson 1464412225.59529252211746252
St. Lawrence *1448211115.3573037176834045
Colgate 1859410116.35234512261154866
Brown 0----------0-----
Cornell 0----------0-----
Dartmouth 0----------0-----
Harvard 0----------0-----
Princeton 0----------0-----
Rensselaer 0----------0-----
Union 0----------0-----
Yale 0----------0-----
Championship: March 20, 2021
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Semifinals
March 18 		Championship
March 20
1 Quinnipiac 2
3St. Lawrence5*3St. Lawrence3*
4 Colgate 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Semifinal

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

March 19, 2021
2:00 PM		St. Lawrence5 – 4 (OT)
(1–1, 1–2, 2–1, 1–0)		Colgate Appleton Arena, Canton, New York
Attendance: 0
Game reference
Emil Zetterquist Goalies Carter Gylander Referees:
Brad Leblanc
Tom Steinel
Linesmen:
Patrick Dapuzzo
Brian Oliver
(Peltonen, Moran) Tucker McIntosh (1) – 04:171–0
1–111:39 – SH – Josh McKechney (7) (Young, McDermott)
1–226:17 – Jeff Stewart (3) (Brandon)
(Paul, Salem) Cameron Buhl (4) – PP – 09:152–2
2–335:17 – Evan Tschumi (2) (Jeanson, McKechney)
(Dorrington) Dylan Woolf (1) – 44:363–3
(Jankowski, Trela) Tucker McIntosh (2) – 45:454–3
4–450:13 – Tyler Jeanson (2) (Tschumi, Anderson)
(Lapointe) Cameron Buhl (5) – GW – 68:075–4
8 minPenalties4 min
25Shots43

Championship

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

March 20, 2021
4:00 PM		Quinnipiac2 – 3 (OT)
(0–1, 2–0, 0–1, 0–1)		St. Lawrence People's United Center, Hamden, Connecticut
Attendance: 0
Game reference
Keith Petruzzelli Goalies Emil Zetterquist Referees:
Joe Carusone
C. J. Hanafin
Linesmen:
Ryan Knapp
Brian Oliver
0–103:07 – Kaden Pickering (7) (Alftberg, Jankowski)
(de Jong, Metsa) Odeen Tufto (7) – 27:551–1
(Brind'Amour, Smilanic) Wyatt Bongiovanni (5) – 28:072–1
2–256:22 – Justin Paul (3) (Salem, Stevens)
2–363:44 – GW – David Jankowski (4) (Salem)
4 minPenalties6 min
26Shots28

Tournament awards

Most Outstanding Player(s)

[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "ECAC Hockey Announces Upcoming Postseason Information". ecachockey.com. February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  2. ↑ "ECAC Hockey Announces Changes to Men's Championship Schedule". ECAC Hockey. March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  3. ↑ "St. Lawrence Wins First ECAC Hockey Championship in 20 Years". ECAC Hockey. March 20, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
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