2011 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2011 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 4 and March 19, 2011, at campus locations and at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. Yale won its second ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and received ECAC Hockey's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth, sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds as determined by the final regular season standings play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and second-lowest-ranked first-round winner, the third seed and second-highest-ranked first-round winner, and the fourth seed and highest-ranked first-round winner play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest seeds play a single game, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third-place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

ConferenceOverall
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#12 Union221732367543402610414484
#6 Yale*22174135844636287115174
#15 Dartmouth 221282267048341912311187
#20 Cornell 22119224575334161538688
#16 Rensselaer 221192246752382013511090
Princeton 221192246970321713210588
Clarkson 229121195878361519298117
Quinnipiac 22697194962391615895102
Brown 228122185570311016583107
Harvard 22714115496134122117798
St. Lawrence 2261511353734013225101124
Colgate 2241531151814211283107142
Championship: March 19, 2009
indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

Bracket

First round
March 4–6
Quarterfinals
March 11–13
Semifinals
March 18
Championship
March 19
1 Union 42 3
5 Rensselaer 42 1 12 Colgate1 44
12 Colgate2 52** 2 Yale4
12 Colgate 0
2 Yale3 54
6 Princeton 42 1 11 St. Lawrence 4* 2 0
11 St. Lawrence1 322 Yale6
4 Cornell 0
3 Dartmouth2 24
7 Clarkson 1 4 10 Harvard 31 3
10 Harvard263 Dartmouth 0 Third place
4 Cornell3
4 Cornell20 33 Dartmouth5
8 Quinnipiac448 Quinnipiac 1 12 12 Colgate 3
9 Brown 0 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(5) Rensselaer vs. (12) Colgate

March 4Rensselaer4 - 2Colgate Houston Field House Recap  
Marty O'Grady - 01:15
Brock Higgs - pp - 15:00
Chase Polacek - pp - 17:26
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Brock Higgs - 18:51Third period Austin Smith - 04:44
Jeremy Price - pp - 18:12
Allen York ( 24 saves / 26 shots )Goalie stats Erik Mihalik ( 23 saves / 27 shots )
March 5Rensselaer2 - 5Colgate Houston Field House Recap  
No scoringFirst period Nick Prockow - 01:51
Chase Polacek - sh - 05:56
Chase Polacek - pp - 18:56
Second period Francois Brisebois - 09:16
Chris Wagner - 16:49
No scoringThird period Nick Prockow - en - 18:49
Francois Brisebois - pp - en - 19:57
Allen York ( 25 saves / 28 shots )Goalie stats Erik Mihalik ( 29 saves / 31 shots )
March 6Rensselaer1 - 22OTColgate Houston Field House Recap  
No scoringFirst period Austin Mayer - sh - 13:08
Tyler Helfrich - 18:48Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond overtime period Robbie Bourdon - 10:06
Allen York ( 37 saves / 39 shots )Goalie stats Erik Mihalik ( 40 saves / 41 shots )
Colgate wins series 2-1

(6) Princeton vs. (11) St. Lawrence

March 4Princeton4 - 1St. Lawrence Hobey Baker Memorial Rink Recap  
Andrew Calof - 01:40First periodNo scoring
Matt Arhontas - 06:18
Michael Sdao - pp - 07:39
Second period Kyle Flanagan - pp - 11:34
Rob Kleebaum - 07:22Third periodNo scoring
Sean Bonar ( 22 saves / 23 shots )Goalie stats Robby Moss ( 12 saves / 15 shots )
Matt Weninger ( 20 saves / 21 shots )
March 5Princeton2 - 3St. Lawrence Hobey Baker Memorial Rink Recap  
Rob Kleebaum - 05:50First period Greg Carey - pp - 09:38
Andrew Calof - 04:13Second period Greg Carey - pp - 12:09
No scoringThird period Kyle Essery - 09:42
Sean Bonar ( 19 saves / 22 shots )Goalie stats Matt Weninger ( 28 saves / 30 shots )
March 6Princeton1 - 2St. Lawrence Hobey Baker Memorial Rink Recap  
No scoringFirst period Greg Carey - 05:27
Kyle Essery - 10:11
Derrick Pallis - pp - 12:57Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Sean Bonar ( 14 saves / 16 shots )Goalie stats Matt Weninger ( 48 saves / 49 shots )
St. Lawrence wins series 2-1

(7) Clarkson vs. (10) Harvard

March 4Clarkson1 - 2Harvard Cheel Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period Danny Biega - 03:32
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Alex Boak - 04:14Third period Michael Biega - 09:25
Paul Karpowich ( 16 saves / 18 shots )Goalie stats Ryan Carroll ( 32 saves / 33 shots )
March 5Clarkson4 - 6Harvard Cheel Arena Recap  
No ScoringFirst periodNo Scoring
Nik Pokulok - 02:29
Bryan Rufenach - 4x4 - 09:56
Brandon DeFazio - 13:51
Second period Pier-Olivier Michaud - 04:00
Alex Fallstrom - 13:40
Ben Sexton - 7:29Third period Daniel Moriarty - pp - 02:28
Daniel Moriarty - pp - 03:12
Michael Biega - 07:01
Alex Killorn - 13:15
Paul Karpowich ( 36 saves / 42 shots )Goalie stats Ryan Carroll ( 29 saves / 33 shots )
Harvard wins series 2-0

(8) Quinnipiac vs. (9) Brown

March 4Quinnipiac4 - 0Brown TD Bank Sports Center Recap  
Jeremy Langlois - 00:15
Yuri Bouharevich - 12:56
First periodNo scoring
Zach Hansen - 04:55
Kellen Jones - 4x4 - 05:57
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Dan Clarke ( 22 saves / 22 shots )Goalie stats Matt Clemente ( 8 saves / 12 shots )
Anthony Borelli (15 saves / 15 shots)
March 5Quinnipiac4 - 0Brown TD Bank Sports Center Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Zack Currie - pp - 00:35
Jeremy Langlois - 02:25
Second periodNo scoring
Zach Hansen - 10:55
Ben Arnt - 14:07
Third periodNo scoring
Eric Hartzell ( 26 saves / 26 shots )Goalie stats Matt Clemente ( 22 saves / 25 shots )
Anthony Borelli ( 6 saves / 7 shots )
Quinnipiac wins series 2-0

Quarterfinals

(1) Union vs. (12) Colgate

March 11Union4 - 1Colgate Achilles Rink Recap  
Andrew Boute - 03:46
Wayne Simpson - pp - 15:12
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period Chris Wagner - 13:09
No scoringThird period Matt Hatch - 03:02
Wayne Simpson - pp - 19:21
Keith Kinkaid - ( 19 saves / 20 shots )Goalie stats Erik Mihalik - ( 38 saves / 42 shots )
March 12Union2 - 4Colgate Achilles Rink Recap  
Wayne Simpson - 05:21First periodNo scoring
Mat Bodie - 08:01Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period Austin Mayer - 05:48
Chris Wagner - pp - 11:06
Robbie Bourdon - 14:48
Brian Day - en - 19:22
Keith Kinkaid - ( 18 saves / 21 shots )Goalie stats Erik Mihalik - ( 27 saves / 29 shots )
March 13Union3 - 4OTColgate Achilles Rink Recap  
Andrew Buote - 12:02First period No Scoring
Jeremy Welsh - PP - 05:15Second period Austin Smith - PP - 02:59
Kurtis Bartliff - PP - 13:01
Kelly Zajac - 13:03Third period Francois Brisebois - 17:33
No scoringFirst overtime period Wade Poplawski - 12:52
Keith Kinkaid - ( 29 saves / 33 shots )Goalie stats Erik Mihalik - ( 34 saves / 37 shots )
Colgate Wins Series 2-1

(2) Yale vs. (11) St. Lawrence

March 11Yale3 - 4OTSt. Lawrence Ingalls Rink Recap  
Denny Kearney - pp - 03:10
Jimmy Martin - pp - 08:15
First period Patrick Raley - 00:53
Jimmy Martin - pp - 03:58Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period Aaron Bogosian - 06:27
Greg Carey - pp - 13:47
No scoringFirst overtime period Greg Carey - 16:28
Ryan Rondeau - ( 25 saves / 29 shots )Goalie stats Matt Weninger - ( 31 saves / 34 shots )
March 12Yale5 - 2St. Lawrence Ingalls Rink Recap  
Denny Kearney - 15:12First period Kyle Flanagan - pp - 19:58
Kevin Limbert - 08:37
Clinton Bourbonais - 11:56
Kevin Peel - 13:47
Second period Nick Pitsikoulis - 17:41
Broc Little - pp - 08:38Third periodNo scoring
Ryan Rondeau - ( 29 saves / 31 shots )Goalie stats Matt Weninger - ( 28 saves / 33 shots )
Series tied 1-1

(3) Dartmouth vs. (10) Harvard

March 11Dartmouth2 - 3Harvard Thompson Arena Recap  
Adam Estoclet - 16:00First period Alex Killorn - pp - 05:39
Ryan Grimshaw - 17:15
No scoringSecond period Michael Del Mauro - 18:49
Scott Fleming - 18:34Third periodNo scoring
James Mello - ( 28 saves / 31 shots )Goalie stats Ryan Carroll - ( 27 saves / 29 shots )
March 12Dartmouth2 - 1OTHarvard Thompson Arena Recap  
Adam Estoclet - 13:56First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period Michael Biega - pp - 11:12
Andrew Owsiak - 01:37First overtime periodNo scoring
James Mello - ( 24 saves / 25 shots )Goalie stats Ryan Carroll - ( 25 saves / 27 shots )
Series tied 1-1

(4) Cornell vs. (8) Quinnipiac

March 17Cornell2 - 1Quinnipiac Lynah Rink Recap  
Joe Devin - 01:58First period Scott Zurevinski - 18:36
Joe Devin - pp - 19:35Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Mike Garman - ( 36 saves / 37 shots )Goalie stats Dan Clarke - ( 25 saves / 27 shots )
March 12Cornell0 - 1Quinnipiac Lynah Rink Recap  
No scoringFirst period Jeremy Langlois - 14:12
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Andy Iles - ( 30 saves / 31 shots )Goalie stats Eric Hartzell - ( 24 saves / 24 shots )
Series tied 1-1

Semifinals

(2) Yale vs. (12) Colgate

March 18Yale4 - 0Colgate Boardwalk Hall Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Chris Cahill - 05:07Second periodNo scoring
Kenny Agostino - 06:42
Andrew Miller - 14:49
Antoine Laganiere - en - 19:45
Third periodNo scoring
Ryan Rondeau - ( 22 saves / 22 shots )Goalie stats Eric Mihalik - ( 36 saves / 39 shots )

(3) Dartmouth vs. (4) Cornell

March 18Dartmouth0 - 3Cornell Boardwalk Hall Recap  
No scoringFirst period Sean Whitney - 18:05
Armand de Swardt - 18:29
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period Locke Jillson - en - 18:59
James Mello - ( 15 saves / 17 shots )Goalie stats Mike Garman - ( 36 saves / 36 shots )

3rd Place Game

(3) Dartmouth vs. (12) Colgate

March 19Dartmouth5 - 3Colgate Boardwalk Hall Recap  
(Lindblad, Walsh) Connor Goggin - PP - 14:35
(Estoclet) Matt Lindblad - PP - 19:41
First period07:41 - Robbie Bourdon (Poplawski, Larkin)
(Stephens, Reeds) Robbie Smith - 02:41
(Fleming) Adam Estoclet - GW - 15:49
Second period12:57 - PP - Francis Brisbois (Bartliff, Smith)
(Lindblad) Dustin Walsh - 08:51Third period16:01 - Robbie Bourdon (Leidl, Day)
( 20 saves / 23 shots ) James Mello Goalie stats Eric Mihalik ( 29 saves / 34 shots )

Championship

(2) Yale vs. (4) Cornell

March 19Yale6 - 0Cornell Boardwalk Hall Recap  
(Kearney, Martin) Kevin Limbert - PP GW - 03:03
(Martin, Kearney) Kevin Limbert - PP - 15:50
First periodNo scoring
(O'Neill, Miller) Antoine Laganière - 01:39
(O'Neill) Chris Cahill - 06:00
(Miller, Peel) Colin Dueck - 08:37
(Kearney) Broc Little - PP - 17:28
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
( 22 saves / 22 shots ) Ryan Rondeau Goalie statsAndy Iles ( 10 saves / 15 shots ) / Mike Garman ( 17 saves / 18 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References

  1. "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.