2024 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2024 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament was the 63rd tournament in league history. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2024. By winning the tournament, Cornell received ECAC Hockey's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.

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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 2024 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament. [1]

Conference standings

2023–24 ECAC Hockey Standings
Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTOTWOTLSWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#6 Quinnipiac †221741020549939392710216079
#9 Cornell *22126412344744535227611565
Colgate 2213722224385683616164120112
Dartmouth 2296711337666032131099291
Clarkson 22129142136625835181619597
Union 2291031123275753716183123121
St. Lawrence 228104111294964391419690118
Harvard 22610612328496432719670106
Princeton 228113402257090301016489114
Yale 22713212125465730101826391
Brown 2261422312243693081936198
Rensselaer 226133000215889371023493150
Championship: March 23, 2024
† 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 8–9 		Quarterfinals
March 15–17 		Semifinals
March 22 		Championship
March 23
1 Quinnipiac 5 5 -
5 Clarkson 2 12 Rensselaer 1 2 -
12 Rensselaer 3 1 Quinnipiac 0
7 St. Lawrence 3
2 Cornell 4 4 -
6 Union 6 8 Harvard 3 1 -
11 Brown 0 7 St. Lawrence 1
2 Cornell 3
3 Colgate 2 2 -
7 St. Lawrence 4 7 St. Lawrence 3** 3 -
10 Yale 2 2 Cornell 6
4 Dartmouth 3
4 Dartmouth 3 4 -
8 Harvard 1 6 Union 1 2 -
9 Princeton 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Note: All game times are local.

First Round

(5) Clarkson vs. (12) Rensselaer

March 9, 2024
7:00 pm		Clarkson2–3
(1–1, 1–0, 2–0)		Rensselaer Cheel Arena
Attendance: 2,834
Game reference
Austin Roden Goalies Jack Watson Referees:
Joe Carusone
Tyler Loftus
Linesmen:
John Rey
Adam Wood
0–100:40 – Tyler Hotson (13) (Brushett, Tinling)
0–211:38 – PP – John Beaton (4) (Heidemann, Agnew)
0–349:05 – GW – Sutter Muzzatti (14) (Sertti, Heidemann)
(Sarsland) Ellis Rickwood (4) – 53:131–3
(Martino, Taylor) Mathieu Gosselin (6) – EA – 57:512–3
4 minPenalties8 min
36Shots17

(6) Union vs. (11) Brown

March 9, 2024
4:00 pm		Union6–0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0)		Brown Achilles Rink
Attendance: 2,035
Game reference
Kyle Chauvette Goalies Lawton Zacher Referees:
William Brennan III
Tom Steinel
Linesmen:
Ryan Knapp
Stephen Drain
(Nixon, Ferguson) Caden Villega (9) – GW – 14:571–0
(Immonen) D. J. Hart (1) – SH – 27:342–0
(Robertson) Chaz Smedsrud (14) – 30:333–0
(Kelly, Messina) Ben Tupker (8) – 46:344–0
(Immonen) Caden Villegas (10) – 51:335–0
(unassisted) Ben Tupker (9) – SH EN – 54:056–0
6 minPenalties4 min
40Shots22

(7) St. Lawrence vs. (10) Yale

March 8, 2024
7:00 pm		St. Lawrence4–2
(1–0, 3–2, 0–0)		Yale Appleton Arena
Attendance: 1,577
Game reference
Ben Kraws Goalies Jack Stark Referees:
Jason Williams
Matt Wyld
Linesmen:
Jason Shattie
Ryan Chauvin
(Chapleau, Burgin) Tomáš Mazura (5) – 11:571–0
1–124:23 – Briggs Gammill (14) (unassisted)
(Gavars, Burgin) Tyler Cristall (7) – PP – 25:122–1
2–227:05 – PP – Ian Carpentier (8) (Szeto, Conroy)
(Waite, Boyer) Greg Lapointe (6) – GW – 32:403–2
(Lasak, Ritchie) Jan Olenginski (2) – 34:084–2
8 minPenalties13 min
33Shots39

(8) Harvard vs. (9) Princeton

March 8, 2024
7:00 pm		Harvard1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)		Princeton Bright-Landry Hockey Center
Attendance: 1,482
Game reference
Aku Koskenvuo Goalies Arthur Smith Referees:
CJ Hanafin
Cameron Lynch
Linesmen:
Patrick Dapuzzo
Robert Peterkin
(Bar, Guzzo) Ian Moore (6) – GW – 13:181–0
4 minPenalties2 min
17Shots38

Quarterfinals

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (12) Rensselaer

March 15, 2024
7:00 pm		Quinnipiac5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)		Rensselaer M&T Bank Arena
Attendance: 2,721
Game reference
Vinny Duplessis Goalies Jack Watson Referees:
Kenneth Gates
Cameron Lynch
Linesmen:
Phil Kitchen
John Rey
(Czerneckianair, Power) Anthony Cipollone (6) – 1:451–0
(Marcellus, Cerbone) Jacob Quillan (14) – GW – 20:452–0
2–128:49 – Nick Ardanaz (1) (Tinling, Heidemann)
(Marcellus) Andon Cerbone (10) – 31:163–1
(Quillan, Treloar) Sam Lipkin (15) – 44:474–1
(Marcellus, Legault) Collin Graf (21) – 53:515–1
6 minPenalties4 min
35Shots21
March 16, 2024
7:00 pm		Quinnipiac5–2
(0–0, 2–2, 3–0)		Rensselaer M&T Bank Arena
Attendance: 2,909
Game reference
Vinny Duplessis Goalies Jack Watson Referees:
Kenneth Gates
Cameron Lynch
Linesmen:
Phil Kitchen
John Rey
(Quillan, Marcellus) Andon Cerbone (11) – 35:241–0
(Moore, McGroarty) Anthony Cipollone (7) – 36:232–0
2–136:41 – Lauri Sertti (2) (Hotson)
2–238:21 – SH – Sutter Muzzatti (10) (Ciccarello)
(Lee, Marcellus) Andon Cerbone (12) – GW PP – 49:133–2
(Cerbone, Marcellus) Jacob Quillan (15) – 58:524–2
(Quillan) Collin Graf (22) – 59:535–2
17 minPenalties10 min
32Shots25
Quinnipiac Won Series 2–0

(2) Cornell vs. (8) Harvard

March 15, 2024
7:00 pm		Cornell4–3
(3–0, 1–1, 0–2)		Harvard Lynah Rink
Attendance: 4,267
Game reference
Ian Shane Goalies Aku Koskenvuo Referees:
CJ Hanafin
Kevin Graber
Linesmen:
Stephen Drain
Adam Wood
(Robertson) Jack O'Leary (6) – 4:301–0
(Castagna, Rego) Sullivan Mack (5) – 7:262–0
(Bancroft, Psenicka) Ryan Walsh (11) – 19:223–0
(Psenicka, Mack) Nick DeSantis (5) – GW PP – 25:124–0
4–132:37 – Joe Miller (15) (Langenbrunner, MacDonald)
4–244:49 – Casey Severo (15) (Johnson, Callow)
4–353:39 – Joe Miller (13) (MacDonald, Tresca)
6 minPenalties6 min
23Shots25
March 16, 2024
7:00 pm		Cornell4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)		Harvard Lynah Rink
Attendance: 4,267
Game reference
Ian Shane Goalies Derek Mullahy Referees:
CJ Hanafin
Kevin Graber
Linesmen:
Stephen Drain
Adam Wood
(Bancroft, Seger) Ben Robertson (4) – 15:101–0
(Psenicka, Penney) Gabriel Seger (13) – GW – 34:442–0
2–147:01 – EA – Ian Moore (3) (Healey, MacDonald)
(Seger) Ben Robertson (5) – EN – 59:223–1
(Penney, Psenicka) Gabriel Seger (14) – EN – 59:374–1
2 minPenalties17 min
25Shots22
Cornell Won Series 2–0

(3) Colgate vs. (7) St. Lawrence

March 15, 2024
7:00 pm		Colgate2–3 (2 OT)
(0–0, 0–2, 2–0, 0–0, 0–1)		St. Lawrence Class of 1965 Arena
Attendance: 763
Game reference
Carter Gylander Goalies Ben Kraws Referees:
Joe Carusone
Anthony Kenney
Linesmen:
Jordan Patarino
Patrick Dapuzzo
0–128:34 – PP – Ján Lašák (15) (Naaykens, Burgin)
0–229:04 – Josh Boyer (3) (Mazura, Trela)
(Labelle) Tommy Bergsland (5) – PP – 43:521–2
(Chorske, Bergsland) Alex DiPaolo (12) – 53:172–2
2–387:24 – GW – Luc Salem (3) (Boyer)
2 minPenalties4 min
49Shots33
March 16, 2024
7:00 pm		Colgate2–3
(1–0, 0–2, 1–1)		St. Lawrence Class of 1965 Arena
Attendance: 834
Game reference
Carter Gylander Goalies Ben Kraws Referees:
Joe Carusone
Anthony Kenney
Linesmen:
Jordan Patarino
Patrick Dapuzzo
(Foglia, DiPaolo) Ryan Sullivan (6) – 14:501–0
1–125:37 – Cameron Buhl (3) (Boyer)
1–234:55 – Felikss Gavars (13) (Mazura, Moran)
(Mitton) Ryan McGuire (14) – PP – 46:232–2
2–349:10 – GW – Jan Olenginski (3) (Cristall, Naaykens)
4 minPenalties8 min
43Shots22
St. Lawrence Won Series 2–0

(4) Dartmouth vs. (6) Union

March 15, 2024
7:00 pm		Dartmouth3–1
(0–1, 3–0, 0–0)		Union Thompson Arena
Attendance: 1,625
Game reference
Cooper Black Goalies Kyle Chauvette Referees:
Jason Williams
Tom Steinel
Linesmen:
Ryan Knapp
Jason Shattie
0–113:28 – Nick Young (15) (Villegas)
(Charpentier, Chisholm) Braiden Dorfman (7) – 20:331–1
(MacDonald) Matt Fusco (2) – GW – 26:392–1
(MacDonald, Townley) Joey Musa (6) – 39:433–1
10 minPenalties14 min
25Shots24
March 16, 2024
7:00 pm		Dartmouth4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)		Union Thompson Arena
Attendance: 2,007
Game reference
Cooper Black Goalies Kyle Chauvette Referees:
Jason Williams
Tom Steinel
Linesmen:
Ryan Knapp
Jason Shattie
0–17:49 – PP – Caden Villegas (11) (Ferguson, MacArthur)
(Chisholm, Desilets) Braiden Dorfman (8) – 15:391–1
1–223:49 – Caden Villegas (12) (Nixon)
(Dorfman, Chisholm) Matt Fusco (3) – 29:022–2
(Flinton) Luke Haymes (18) – GW – 54:043–2
(J. Fusco, Chisholm) Cam MacDonald (4) – EN – 59:214–2
9 minPenalties8 min
25Shots26
Dartmouth Won Series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (7) St. Lawrence

March 22, 2024
4:00 pm		Quinnipiac0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)		St. Lawrence Herb Brooks Arena
Attendance: 4,015
Game reference
Vinny Duplessis Goalies Ben Kraws Referees:
CJ Hanafin
William Brennan III
Linesmen:
Stephen Drain
Adam Wood
0–127:43 – GW – Tomáš Mazura (6) (Moran, Gavars)
0–231:23 – PP – Max Dorrington (2) (Gavars, Burgin)
0–358:08 – EN – Ty Naaykens (6) (Dorrington, Paul)
6 minPenalties2 min
22Shots25

(2) Cornell vs. (4) Dartmouth

March 22, 2024
7:30 pm		Cornell6–3
(0–1, 1–2, 5–0)		Dartmouth Herb Brooks Arena
Attendance: 4,015
Game reference
Ian Shane Goalies Cooper Black Referees:
Cameron Lynch
Kevin Graber
Linesmen:
Ryan Knapp
Patrick Dapuzzo
0–115:02 – Sean Chisholm (6) (Dorfman, Musa)
(Kraft, Robertson) Ondřej Pšenička (9) – 24:151–1
1–225:25 – John Fusco (6) (Flinton, Morgan)
1–332:18 – PP – John Fusco (7) (Dorfman, Chisholm)
(Seger, Robertson) Dalton Bancroft (12) – PP – 40:432–3
(Seger, DeSantis) Kyle Penney (9) – 48:323–3
(Pšenička, Bancroft) Ryan Walsh (12) – GW – 49:224–3
(Penney, Seger) Nick DeSantis (6) – EN – 57:015–3
(Rego) Nick DeSantis (7) – EN – 58:246–3
4 minPenalties2 min
33Shots30

Championship

(2) Cornell vs. (7) St. Lawrence

March 22, 2024
5:00 pm		Cornell3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)		St. Lawrence Herb Brooks Arena
Attendance: 4,912
Game reference
Ian Shane Goalies Ben Kraws Referees:
Jason Williams
Joe Carusone
Linesmen:
Jason Shattie
John Ray
(Bancroft, Suda) Jonathan Castagna (10) – 6:151–0
(Mack, Kempf) Jonathan Castagna (11) – GW – 25:132–0
2–144:54 – Cameron Buhl (4) (Chapleau, Ritchie)
(Bancroft, Kempf) Jack O'Leary (7) – EN – 59:323–1
4 minPenalties4 min
29Shots32

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

[2]

References

  1. ↑ "2024 ECAC Men's Hockey Championship". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  2. ↑ "#14 Men's Hockey Claims 13th Whitelaw Cup With Win Over St. Lawrence". Cornell Big Red. March 23, 2024. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
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