2023 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2023 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 3–18, 2023
Teams	12
Finals site	Herb Brooks Arena Lake Placid, New York
Champions	Colgate (2nd title)
Winning coach	Don Vaughan (1st title)
MVP	Carter Gylander (Colgate)
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The 2023 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament was the 62nd tournament in league history. It was played between March 3 and March 18, 2023. By winning the tournament, Colgate received ECAC Hockey's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. The teams that finish above fifth place in the standings received a bye to the quarterfinal round. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth seeds, the sixth and eleventh seeds, the seventh and tenth seeds and the eighth and ninth seeds played a single-elimination game with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the one seed played the lowest remaining seed, the second seed played the second-lowest remaining seed, the third seed played the third-lowest remaining seed and the fourth seed played the fourth-lowest remaining seed each in a best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals the top remaining seed played the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play against each other. The winners of the semifinals play in the championship game, and no third-place game is played. All series after the quarterfinals are single-elimination games. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. ^[1]

Conference standings

2022–23 ECAC Hockey Standings v t e
	Conference record											Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 Quinnipiac †	22	20	2	0	0	0	0	60	87	30		41	34	4	3	162	64
#10 Harvard	22	18	4	0	5	0	0	49	86	48		34	24	8	2	125	81
#9 Cornell	22	15	6	1	0	1	0	47	78	42		34	21	11	2	112	66
St. Lawrence	22	12	10	0	1	2	0	37	56	58		36	17	19	0	88	102
#18 Colgate *	22	11	8	3	4	1	3	36	71	58		40	19	16	5	113	109
Clarkson	22	9	10	3	0	1	0	31	60	60		37	16	17	4	102	98
Rensselaer	22	9	13	0	2	1	0	26	52	74		35	14	20	1	84	115
Union	22	8	13	1	0	0	1	26	45	68		35	14	19	2	86	117
Princeton	22	8	14	0	2	1	0	26	57	73		32	13	19	0	89	112
Yale	22	6	14	2	0	1	1	22	35	62		32	8	20	4	57	94
Brown	22	5	14	3	0	1	1	20	41	69		30	9	18	3	65	91
Dartmouth	22	4	17	1	0	2	1	16	44	70		30	5	24	1	64	106
Championship: March 18, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals

	First Round March 3–4					Quarterfinals March 10–12							Semifinals March 17					Championship March 18
						1	Quinnipiac	3	6	-
	5	Colgate	5			10	Yale	0	2	-
	12	Dartmouth	3										1	Quinnipiac	1
													5	Colgate	2**
						2	Harvard	6	6	-
	6	Clarkson	5			9	Princeton	1	1	-
	11	Brown	1															5	Colgate	3
																		2	Harvard	2
						3	Cornell	2	3	-
	7	Rensselaer	1			6	Clarkson	1	1	-
	10	Yale	4										2	Harvard	1*
													3	Cornell	0
						4	St. Lawrence	3	2	-
	8	Union	4			5	Colgate	4*	3	-
	9	Princeton	6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Note: All game times are local.

First Round

(5) Colgate vs. (12) Dartmouth

March 3, 2023 7:00 PM

Colgate

5–3 (2–1, 1–0, 2–2)

Dartmouth

Class of 1965 Arena Attendance: 926

Game reference
	Carter Gylander	Goalies	Cooper Black	Referees: Chris Pitoscia Tom Dellafranco Linesmen: Patrick Dapuzzo Rick Lembo
	0–1 02:37 – Brady MacDonald (1) (Musa, Flinton) (McGuire, Belpedio) Ben Raymond (5) – 04:05 1–1 (Panetta, Bergsland) Simon Labelle (4) – 08:30 2–1 (unassisted) Colton Young (9) – SH – 25:48 3–1 (Anderson, Manderville) Matt Verboon (15) – GW PP – 47:49 4–1 (Martino, McFaul) Alex DiPaolo (1) – PP – 49:55 5–1 5–2 51:30 – EA – Sean Chisholm (7) (Palocsik, Hubbarde) 5–3 52:45 – PP – Luke Haymes (11) (Dorfman, Chisholm)
	8 min	Penalties	34 min
	20	Shots	24

(6) Clarkson vs. (11) Brown

March 4, 2023 4:00 PM

Clarkson

5–1 (1–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Brown

Cheel Arena Attendance: 2,527

Game reference
	Ethan Haider	Goalies	Mathieu Caron	Referees: Joe Carusone Jason Williams Linesmen: Adam Wood Jason Shattie
	(Campbell, Power) Noah Beck (6) – 06:51 1–0 (Callin, McFaul) Anthony Romano (8) – GW – 25:31 2–0 2–1 40:21 – Jordan Tonelli (7) (Puskar, Bottrill) (unassisted) Anthony Romano (9) – 44:34 3–1 (Gosselin) Ryan Richardson (5) – EN – 59:22 4–1 (Martino, McFaul) Luke Mobley (1) – PP – 59:48 5–1
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	34	Shots	27

(7) Rensselaer vs. (10) Yale

March 4, 2023 7:00 PM

Rensselaer

1–4 (1–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Yale

Houston Field House Attendance: 1,556

Game reference
	Jack Watson	Goalies	Luke Pearson	Referees: Tom Steinel Cameron Lynch Linesmen: Ryan Knapp Stephen Drain
	0–1 06:17 – Connor Sullivan (1) (Allain) 0–2 12:53 – GW – Reilly Connors (5) (O'Hearn, Wooding) (Gagnon, Muzzatti) Ryan Mahshie (15) – 14:17 1–2 1–3 24:13 – Reilly Connors (6) (Carpentier, Wooding) 1–4 57:47 – EN – David Chen (8) (Gammill, Pearson)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	26	Shots	26

(8) Union vs. (9) Princeton

March 4, 2023 4:00 PM

Union

4–6 (1–2, 2–2, 1–2)

Princeton

Achilles Rink Attendance: 2,119

Game reference
	Connor Murphy	Goalies	Aidan Porter	Referees: Anthony Kenney CJ Hanafin Linesmen: Brendon Wormley Phil Kitchen
	0–1 09:40 – Ian Murphy (14) (Ma) 0–2 12:01 – Jack Cronin (5) (Murphy, Gorman) (Villegas, Young) Josh Nixon (10) – 19:07 1–2 1–3 25:12 – Pito Walton (7) (de la Durantaye, Gorman) 1–4 25:53 – Ian Murphy (8) (Gammill, Pearson) (Watkins, Mell) Caden Villegas (7) – PP – 29:28 2–4 (Watkins) Ville Immonen (3) – SH – 32:28 3–4 (Theodore, Snell) Josh Nixon (11) – PP – 48:56 4–4 4–5 55:57 – GW – Spencer Kersten (3) (Rubin, Kennedy) 4–6 58:40 – Spencer Kersten (4) (unassisted)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	27

Quarterfinals

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (10) Yale

March 10, 2023 7:00 PM

Quinnipiac

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Yale

M&T Bank Arena Attendance: 3,211

Game reference
	Yaniv Perets	Goalies	Luke Pearson	Referees: Tom Steinel Chris Pitoscia Linesmen: Ryan Knapp John Rey
	(Graf, Lipkin) Jacob Quillan (13) – GW – 21:52 1–0 (Graf) Iivari Räsänen (2) – 33:01 2–0 (de Jong, Graf) Zach Metsa (4) – PP – 40:18 3–0
	13 min	Penalties	27 min
	30	Shots	5

March 11, 2023 7:00 PM

Quinnipiac

6–2 (2–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Yale

M&T Bank Arena Attendance: 3,178

Game reference
	Yaniv Perets (out 57:09) Chase Clark (in 57:09)	Goalies	Luke Pearson	Referees: Tom Dellafranco William Brennan III Linesmen: John Rey Phil Kitchen
	(Lee, Friedmann) Michael Lombardi (9) – 02:41 1–0 (Metsa, Brind'Amour) Collin Graf (20) – 18:29 2–0 (Lee, Nordqvist) Cristophe Tellier (6) – PP GW – 23:17 3–0 (Graf, Legault) Jacob Quillan (14) – 31:51 4–0 4–1 32:10 – Quinton Ong (4) (Herzog) 4–2 40:58 – SH – Reilly Connors (7) (Wagner, Hall) (Brind'Amour, Metsa) Ethan de Jong (17) – SH – 48:14 5–2 (Brind'Amour) Zach Metsa (4) – 51:31 6–2
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	20

Quinnipiac Won Series 2–0

(2) Harvard vs. (9) Princeton

March 10, 2023 7:00 PM

Harvard

6–1 (2–0, 1–1, 3–0)

Princeton

Bright-Landry Hockey Center Attendance: 1,671

Game reference
	Mitchell Gibson	Goalies	Aidan Porter	Referees: Tom Dellafranco Jason Williams Linesmen: Patrick Dapuzzo Jason Shattie
	(Thrun, Siedem) Sean Farrell (19) – 03:39 1–0 (Farinacci, Miller) Alex Laferriere (17) – GW – 12:04 2–0 2–1 27:51 – David Jacobs (6) (Seitz, Rubin) (Farinacci, Coronato) Alex Laferriere (18) – PP – 36:19 3–1 (Siedem, Coronato) Sean Farrell (20) – 40:33 4–1 (Thrun) Marek Hejduk (6) – 51:53 5–1 (unassisted) Henry Thrun (6) – SH EN – 56:15 6–1
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	32

March 11, 2023 7:00 PM

Harvard

6–1 (2–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Princeton

Bright-Landry Hockey Center Attendance: 1,640

Game reference
	Mitchell Gibson	Goalies	Aidan Porter	Referees: Anthony Kenney Jason Williams Linesmen: Jason Shattie Brendon Wormley
	(Shore, Hejduk) Ryan Drkulec (4) – 02:13 1–0 (Farinacci, Thrun) Alex Laferriere (18) – GW – 16:49 2–0 (Siedem, Farrell) Zakary Karpa (5) – 34:47 3–0 (Miller, Farinacci) Alex Laferriere (20) – 36:47 4–0 (unassisted) Baker Shore (4) – SH EN – 50:18 5–0 (Farrell) Philip Tresca (4) – 52:37 6–0 6–1 58:58 – Matt Hayami (6) (Konovalov)
	26 min	Penalties	18 min
	33	Shots	35

Harvard Won Series 2–0

(3) Cornell vs. (6) Clarkson

March 10, 2023 7:00 PM

Cornell

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Clarkson

Lynah Rink Attendance: 3,752

Game reference
	Ian Shane	Goalies	Ethan Haider	Referees: CJ Hanafin Joseph Carusone Linesmen: Rick Lembo Adam Wood
	(Bancroft, Malinski) Gabriel Seger (7) – PP – 06:01 1–0 (O'Leary, Tupker) Michael Suda (1) – GW – 41:13 2–0 2–1 45:15 – EA – Mathieu Gosselin (14) (Richardson, Power)
	8 min	Penalties	19 min
	20	Shots	14

March 11, 2023 7:00 PM

Cornell

3–1 (0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Clarkson

Lynah Rink Attendance: 3,935

Game reference
	Ian Shane	Goalies	Ethan Haider	Referees: CJ Hanafin Tom Steinel Linesmen: Ryan Knapp Adam Wood
	(Seger, Bancroft) Max Andreev (6) – PP – 28:30 1–0 (Malone, Wallace) Ondrej Psenicka (8) – GW – 52:57 2–0 (Penney, Mitchell) Jack Malone (8) – EN – 58:02 3–0 3–1 59:39 – EA – Tommy Pasanen (14) (Taylor, Bargholtz)
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	22	Shots	23

Cornell Won Series 2–0

(4) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Colgate

March 10, 2023 7:00 PM

St. Lawrence

3–4 (OT) (3–0, 0–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Colgate

Appleton Arena Attendance: 2,848

Game reference
	Emil Zetterquist	Goalies	Carter Gylander	Referees: Cameron Lynch Douglas Place Linesmen: Michael Wrobel Stephen Drain
	(Buhl, Mazura) Mason Waite (2) – 09:13 1–0 (Lašák, Dorrington) Tucker McIntosh (3) – 12:21 2–0 (Lašák) Aleksi Peltonen (6) – 14:34 3–0 3–1 28:02 – PP – Alex Young (20) (C. Young) 3–2 33:33 – Reid Irwin (1) (Bergsland) 3–3 50:52 – Daniel Panetta (4) (Anderson, C. Young) 3–4 71:33 – GW – Colton Young (6) (Mitton, Bergsland)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	37

March 11, 2023 7:00 PM

St. Lawrence

2–3 (0–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Colgate

Appleton Arena Attendance: 2,318

Game reference
	Emil Zetterquist	Goalies	Carter Gylander	Referees: Joseph Carusone Cameron Lynch Linesmen: Rick Lembo Stephen Drain
	0–1 16:47 – PP – Ethan Manderville (20) (Verboon, Anderson) 0–2 20:45 – Alex DiPaolo (11) (unassisted) 0–3 27:07 – GW – Matt Verboon (16) (Panetta) (unassisted) Mason Waite (3) – 29:27 1–3 (Salem, Buhl) Ty Naaykens (3) – EA – 57:28 2–3
	22 min	Penalties	19 min
	33	Shots	19

Colgate Won Series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (5) Colgate

March 17, 2023 4:00 PM

Quinnipiac

1–2 (2OT) (0–1, 0–0, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Colgate

Herb Brooks Arena Attendance: 3,533

Game reference
	Yaniv Perets	Goalies	Carter Gylander	Referees: CJ Hanafin Tom Steinel Linesmen: Ryan Knapp Adam Wood
	0–1 16:48 – Daniel Panetta (5) (Glasman) (Graf, Metsa) Ethan de Jong (18) – PP – 43:47 1–1 1–2 88:50 – GW – Ross Mitton (9) (DiPaolo, Verboon)
	21 min	Penalties	10 min
	41	Shots	47

(2) Harvard vs. (3) Cornell

March 17, 2023 7:30 PM

Harvard

1–0 (OT) (0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Cornell

Herb Brooks Arena Attendance: 3,533

Game reference
	Mitchell Gibson	Goalies	Ian Shane	Referees: Joe Carusone Chris Pitoscia Linesmen: Jason Shattie Patrick Dapuzzo
	(Shore, Miller) Alex Laferriere (21) – GW – 64:28 1–0
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	15

Championship

(2) Harvard vs. (5) Colgate

March 18, 2023 7:30 PM

Harvard

2–3 (0–2, 1–1, 1–0)

Colgate

Herb Brooks Arena Attendance: 3,839

Game reference
	Mitchell Gibson	Goalies	Carter Gylander	Referees: CJ Hanafin Cameron Lynch Linesmen: Ryan Knapp Stephen Drain
	0–1 01:01 – PP – Colton Young (11) (Manderville, A. Young) 0–2 12:47 – Alex Young (21) (unassisted) (Miller, Laferriere) Henry Thrun (7) – 26:01 1–2 1–3 29:38 – GW – Levi Glasman (3) (Anderson, Labelle) (Farinacci, Farrell) Matthew Coronato (20) – PP – 52:55 2–3
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	23

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• F Ross Mitton (Colgate)
• F Alex Young (Colgate)
• F Alex Laferriere (Harvard)
• D Henry Thrun (Harvard)
• D Zach Metsa (Quinnipiac)
• G Carter Gylander* (Colgate)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

^[2]

References

1. "ECAC Hockey Men's Playoffs Set to Get Underway". ECAC Hockey. February 27, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
2. "Colgate Claims Second Whitelaw Cup, NCAA Tournament Berth". ECAC Hockey. March 18, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.