2008 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2008 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 7–22, 2008
Teams12
Finals siteTimes Union Center
Albany, New York
ChampionsPrinceton[1] (2nd title)
Winning coachGuy Gadowsky[2] (1st title)
MVPZane Kalemba[3] (Princeton)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2008 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 47th tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 22, 2008. First Round and Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. By winning the tournament, Princeton received the ECAC Hockey automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. The teams that finish above fifth place in the standings receive 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 best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the one seed plays the lowest remaining seed, the second seed plays the second-lowest remaining seed, the third seed plays the third-lowest remaining seed and the fourth seed plays the fourth-lowest remaining seed another best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advancing to the Semifinals. In the semifinals the top remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play against each other. The winners of the semifinals play in the championship game while the losers play in a third-place game. All series after the quarterfinals are single-elimination games. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2008 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

2007–08 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#10 Clarkson† 22 15 4 3 33 72 47 39 22 13 4 108 93
#11 Princeton* 22 14 8 0 28 75 57 35 21 14 0 112 95
Harvard 22 12 7 3 27 59 41 34 17 13 4 98 79
Union 22 10 7 5 25 50 57 35 15 14 6 79 91
Cornell 22 12 9 1 25 60 43 36 19 14 3 102 78
Quinnipiac 22 9 9 4 22 62 67 39 20 15 4 120 118
Yale 22 9 9 4 22 58 61 34 16 14 4 93 94
Colgate 22 8 9 5 21 58 55 42 18 18 6 113 104
St. Lawrence 22 7 13 2 16 58 68 37 13 20 4 103 109
Rensselaer 22 6 13 3 15 45 69 38 11 23 4 79 113
Brown 22 6 13 3 15 50 68 31 6 21 4 67 108
Dartmouth 22 6 13 3 15 64 78 32 12 16 4 98 107
Championship: Princeton
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the First Round and Quarterfinals

First Round[4]
March 7–9 		Quarterfinals[5]
March 14–16 		Semifinals[6]
March 21 		Championship
March 22
1 Clarkson 1 3 2
5 Cornell 3 3 6 8 Colgate 0 4 3**
12 Dartmouth 2 5 0 2 Princeton 3
8 Colgate 0
2 Princeton 3 3 4
6 Quinnipiac 7* 7 – 7 Yale 0 4 0
11 Brown 6 1 – 2 Princeton 4
3 Harvard 1
3 Harvard 11 4 3
7 Yale 3*** 3* – 6 Quinnipiac 0 7 1
10 Rensselaer 2 2 – 3 Harvard 3 Third Place
5 Cornell 2
4 Union 2 2 – 5 Cornell 4
8 Colgate 2 3 3 5 Cornell 3 3 – 8 Colgate 2
9 St. Lawrence 5 2 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(5) Cornell vs. (12) Dartmouth

March 7[7] Cornell 3 – 2 Dartmouth Lynah Rink  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Nash, Kennedy) Colin Greening - 01:02
(Nash) Raymond Sawada - 13:25 		Second period 03:11 - PP - Andrew Owsiak (Gaudet, Grecu)
13:00 - Joe Stejskal (unassisted)
(Devin, Scott) Raymond Sawada - GW PP - 13:46 Third period No scoring
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Ben Scrivens Goalie stats Mike Devine ( 31 saves / 34 shots )
March 8[8] Cornell 3 – 5 Dartmouth Lynah Rink  
No Scoring First period 17:36 - Adam Estoclet (Boldt, Reber)
(Kennedy, Greening) Riley Nash - 16:58 Second period 16:41 - Joe Gaudet (Gillam)
18:05 - Brandon Harrington (Pritchard, Grecu)
(Scott, Sawada) Michael Kennedy - 03:05
(Nash, Scott) Raymond Sawada - EA PP - 17:38 		Third period 06:56 - GW SH - Rob Pritchard (Fleming, Boldt)
19:22 - EN - Rob Pritchard (Johnson, Stephens)
( 25 saves / 29 shots ) Ben Scrivens Goalie stats Mike Devine ( 40 saves / 43 shots )
March 9[9] Cornell 6 – 0 Dartmouth Lynah Rink  
(Scott, Kennedy) Raymond Sawada - GW PP - 19:00 First period No scoring
(Kennedy, Sawada) Brendon Nash - 04:23
(Barlow) Blake Gallagher - 08:56
(Krueger, Scrivens) Raymond Sawada - 12:18 		Second period No scoring
(Greening) Mike Devin - 02:17
(Nash, Greening) Patrick Kennedy - 13:20 		Third period No scoring
( 32 saves / 32 shots ) Ben Scrivens Goalie stats Mike Devine ( 22 saves / 28 shots )
Cornell won series 2–1


(6) Quinnipiac vs. (11) Brown

March 7[10] Quinnipiac 7 – 6 OT Brown TD Banknorth Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 18:03 - Sean Muncy (Brownschidle)
(Henningson) Brandon Wong - 00:41
(Leitch, Bates) Ben Nelson - 00:58
(Leitch, Marshall) Ben Nelson - 02:00
(Bates) Bryan Leitch - 02:50
(Bates, Hansen) Bryan Leitch - PP - 04:53
(Dickinson, Leitch) Jamie Bates - 18:48 		Second period 10:34 - PP - Ryan Garbutt (Prough, Hurley)
17:49 - PP - Chris Poli (Hurley, Prough)
No scoring Third period 12:59 - Sean McMonagle (Baiser, Robertson)
15:14 - PP - Ryan Garbutt (Poli, Timberlake)
19:54 - EA - Jeff Prough (Vokes, Robertson)
(Lampe) David Marshall - GW - 11:58 First overtime period No scoring
( 24 saves / 30 shots ) Bud Fisher Goalie stats Dan Rosen ( 18 saves / 23 shots ) / Mark Sibbald ( 19 saves / 21 shots )
March 8[11] Quinnipiac 7 – 1 Brown TD Banknorth Center Recap  
(Holt, Leitch) Jamie Bates - PP - 07:01 First period 17:24 - PP - Ryan Garbutt (Timberlake, Prough)
(Hansen, Nelson) Brandon Wong - GW - 02:22
(Bates, Nelson) Greg Holt - PP - 04:04
(Travis, Holt) Brandon Wong - 09:20
(Hansen, Meyer) Dan Lefort - 14:22 		Second period No scoring
(Holt, Nelson) Jamie Bates - PP - 05:11
(Wong) Dan Travis - 12:43 		Third period No scoring
( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Bud Fisher / ( 1 saves / 1 shots ) Dan Cullen Goalie stats Dan Rosen ( 8 saves / 12 shots ) / Mark Sibbald ( 11 saves / 14 shots )
Quinnipiac won series 2–0


(7) Yale vs. (10) Rensselaer

March 7[12] Yale 3 – 2 3OT Rensselaer Ingalls Rink  
(Arcobello) Chris Cahill - 05:42
(Matczak, Martin) Matthew Thorney - PP - 13:35 		First period 16:43 - Garrett Vassel (Kerins)
19:18 - Scott Halpern (Helfrich, Polacek)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
(Kearney) Broc Little - GW - 05:40 Third overtime period No scoring
( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Alec Richards Goalie stats Mathias Lange ( 53 saves / 56 shots )
March 8[13] Yale 3 – 2 OT Rensselaer Ingalls Rink  
No Scoring First period 18:17 - Tyler Helfrich (Polacek, Merth)
19:07 - Jonathan Ornelas (Burgdoerfer)
(Little) Ryan Donald - 01:47 Second period No scoring
(Kearney) Broc Little - 14:39 Third period No scoring
(Ronald, Cahill) Sean Backman - GW - 05:11 First overtime period No scoring
( 16 saves / 18 shots ) Alec Richards Goalie stats Mathias Lange ( 35 saves / 38 shots )
Yale won series 2–0


(8) Colgate vs. (9) St. Lawrence

March 7[14] Colgate 2 – 5 St. Lawrence Starr Rink Recap  
No Scoring First period 15:44 - Jared Ross (Fensel, Griffin)
No scoring Second period 04:28 - Zach Miskovic (McKenzie, McBride)
10:47 - GW - Sean Flanagan (Griffin, Muir)
19:42 - PP - Zach Miskovic (DeVergilio, McBride)
(Williams, Anderson) Ethan Cox - 01:16
(Cox, Torti) Jason Williams - 19:26 		Third period 16:25 - Travis Vermeulen (McBride)
( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Mark Dekanich / ( 11 saves / 12 shots ) Justin Kowalkoski Goalie stats John Hallas ( 30 saves / 32 shots )
March 8[15] Colgate 3 – 2 St. Lawrence Starr Rink Recap  
(McNamara, Burton) Ben Camper - 13:50 First period No scoring
(Fredricks, Bogdanich) Tyler Burton - 01:11
(McNamara, Winchester) Tyler Burton - GW - 10:15 		Second period 00:48 - Travis Vermeulen (Generous)
15:31 - Casey Parenteau (Bogosian, Ross)
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Mark Dekanich Goalie stats John Hallas ( 30 saves / 33 shots )
March 9[16] Colgate 3 – 1 St. Lawrence Starr Rink Recap  
(Bogdanich, Burton) Ben Camper - 18:08 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Camper) Tyler Burton - GW - 00:29
(McNamara, Winchester) Tyler Burton - PP - 07:47 		Third period 07:47 - PP - Charlie Griffin (McBride)
( 31 saves / 32 shots ) Mark Dekanich Goalie stats John Hallas ( 26 saves / 29 shots )
Colgate won series 2–1


Quarterfinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (8) Colgate

March 14[17] Clarkson 1 – 0 Colgate Cheel Arena Recap  
(Clitsome, D'Alvise) Steven Zalewski - GW PP - 16:24 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 19 saves / 19 shots ) David Leggio Goalie stats Mark Dekanich ( 24 saves / 25 shots )
March 15[18] Clarkson 3 – 4 Colgate Cheel Arena Recap  
(Beca, Zalewski) Nick Dodge - 04:18
(Dodge, DeFazio) David Cayer - 16:17 		First period 04:18 - Tom Riley (Day, McIntyre)
14:12 - Ethan Cox (Gillanders)
(Beca, Mason) Steven Zalewski - 12:06 Second period 09:44 - David McIntyre (Day, Riley)
No scoring Third period 01:58 - GW - David McIntyre (Day, Sloane)
( 23 saves / 27 shots ) David Leggio Goalie stats Mark Dekanich ( 21 saves / 24 shots )
March 16[19] Clarkson 2 – 3 2OT Colgate Cheel Arena Recap  
(Tuohimaa) Chris D'Alvise - SH - 10:08 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 01:14 - PP - Tyler Burton (Poplawski, Winchester)
16:44 - PP - David McIntyre (Riley, McNamara)
(Mason, Dodge) Scott Freeman - 04:57 Third period No scoring
No scoring Second overtime period 07:36 - GW - David McIntyre (Riley, McNamara)
( 29 saves / 32 shots ) David Leggio Goalie stats Mark Dekanich ( 52 saves / 54 shots )
Colgate won series 2–1


(2) Princeton vs. (7) Yale

March 14[20] Princeton 3 – 0 Yale Hobey Baker Memorial Rink Recap  
(Wilson) Lee Jubinville - GW - 00:39
(Kaiser) Mike Moore - 04:17 		First period No scoring
(Moore, Fedun) Matt Arhontas - PP - 10:55 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Zane Kalemba Goalie stats Alec Richards ( 35 saves / 38 shots )
March 15[21] Princeton 3 – 4 Yale Hobey Baker Memorial Rink Recap  
(Magnowski, Kramer) Matt Arhontas - PP - 06:31
(Wilson, Moore) Cam MacIntyre - PP - 07:17 		First period 09:28 - PP - Thomas Dignard (Little, Backman)
12:08 - Jean-Francois Boucher (Dignard, Anderson)
No scoring Second period 00:18 - Brendan Mason (Dignard, Anderson)
10:18 - GW - Broc Little (Kearney)
(Wilson) Cam MacIntyre - EA - 19:01 Third period No scoring
( 22 saves / 26 shots ) Zane Kalemba Goalie stats Billy Blase ( 32 saves / 35 shots )
March 16[22] Princeton 4 – 0 Yale Hobey Baker Memorial Rink Recap  
(Fedun) Brett Wilson - GW PP - 03:27
(Magnowski, Arhontas) Cam MacIntyre - 14:24 		First period No scoring
(Kaiser, Hagel) Brandan Kushniruk - 16:26 Second period No scoring
(Moore, Fedun) Matt Arhontas - SH - 05:41 Third period No scoring
( 31 saves / 31 shots ) Zane Kalemba Goalie stats Billy Blase ( 28 saves / 32 shots )
Princeton won series 2–1


(3) Harvard vs. (6) Quinnipiac

March 14[23] Harvard 11 – 0 Quinnipiac Bright Hockey Center Recap  
(Rogers, Biega) Mike Taylor - GW - 03:03
(Mientel, Biega) Dave Watters - 05:33 		First period No scoring
(MacDonald, Magura) Steve Rolecek - 09:29
(Taylor, Rogers) Matt McCollem - 10:51
(McCollem, Dufault) Dave Watters - PP - 15:09
(McCollem, Taylor) Doug Rogers - 17:28
(Watters, Meintel) Pier-Olivier Michaud - 19:37 		Second period No scoring
(Biega, Taylor) Jon Pelle - PP - 01:15
(Fraser, McCollem) Dave Watters - PP - 03:34
(Watters, Meintel) Dave MacDonald - 05:36
(Magura, Fraser) Steve Rolecek - 12:56 		Third period No scoring
( 27 saves / 27 shots ) Kyle Richter / ( 2 saves / 2 shots ) John Riley Goalie stats Bud Fisher ( 19 saves / 24 shots ) / Pat McGann ( 12 saves / 17 shots ) / Dan Cullen ( 6 saves / 7 shots )
March 15[24] Harvard 4 – 7 Quinnipiac Bright Hockey Center Recap  
(Watters) Pier-Olivier Michaud - 13:10
(Taylor, Rogers) Jon Pelle - PP - 18:19 		First period 02:43 - PP - Jamie Bates (Henningson, Nelson)
08:10 - Ben Nelson (Tranvik, Lampe)
16:48 - PP - Dan Henningson (Bates, Nelson)
(Michaud, Watters) Alex Meintel - 11:44 Second period 00:19 - PP - Jamie Bates (Henningson, Nelson)
02:54 - GW PP - Dan Henningson (Nelson, Wong)
19:34 - SH - Eric Lampe (unassisted)
(Michaud, Watters) Alex Meintel - 12:25 Third period 19:33 - EN - Andrew Meyer (unassisted)
( 20 saves / 26 shots ) Kyle Richter Goalie stats Bud Fisher ( 41 saves / 45 shots )
March 16[25] Harvard 3 – 1 Quinnipiac Bright Hockey Center Recap  
(unassisted) Mike Taylor - SH - 13:07 First period No scoring
(Taylor, Biega) Doug Rogers - GW PP - 11:34 Second period 10:57 - Bryan Leitch (Hansen, Nelson)
(Rogers, Tallett) Mike Taylor - 14:45 Third period No scoring
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Kyle Richter Goalie stats Bud Fisher ( 26 saves / 29 shots )
Harvard won series 2–1


(4) Union vs. (5) Cornell

March 14[26] Union 2 – 3 Cornell Achilles Center Recap  
(Wakita, Presizniuk) Torren Delforte - 16:06 First period 01:00 - Chris Fontas (Mugford, Scali)
No scoring Second period 09:25 - Chris Fontas (unassisted)
(Boileau, Shaffer) Michael Beynon - 11:32 Third period 14:17 - GW PP - Brendon Nash (Krantz, Greening)
( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Justin Mrazek Goalie stats Ben Scrivens ( 24 saves / 26 shots )
March 15[27] Union 2 – 3 Cornell Achilles Center Recap  
(Presizniuk, Cook) Stephane Boileau - PP - 08:16 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 02:18 - Patrick Kennedy (Greening, Nash)
11:30 - PP - Blake Gallagher (Nash, Nash)
(Boileau, Valery-Trabucco) Lane Caffaro - 03:16 Third period 08:40 - GW PP - Evan Barlow (Gallagher, Greening)
( 18 saves / 21 shots ) Corey Milan Goalie stats Ben Scrivens ( 41 saves / 43 shots )
Cornell won series 2–0


Semifinals

(2) Princeton vs. (8) Colgate

March 21[28] Princeton 3 – 0 Colgate Times Union Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Magnowski) Matt Arhontas - GW - 08:04
(Shattenkirk, Stankievech) Kevin Lohry - 14:44
(Shattenkirk) Kevin Lohry - EN - 19:39 		Third period No scoring
( 27 saves / 27 shots ) Zane Kalemba Goalie stats Mark Dekanich ( 19 saves / 21 shots )


(3) Harvard vs. (5) Cornell

March 21[29] Harvard 3 – 1 Cornell Times Union Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(McCafferty, Fraser) Dave Watters - PP - 03:35
(Rogers, Taylor) Jon Pelle - GW PP - 05:02 		Second period 06:57 - Topher Scott (Sawada, Kennedy)
(Biega, Taylor) Jon Pelle - PP - 17:24 Third period No scoring
( 31 saves / 32 shots ) Kyle Richter Goalie stats Ben Scrivens ( 30 saves / 33 shots )


Third place

(5) Cornell vs. (8) Colgate

March 22[30] Cornell 4 – 2 Colgate Times Union Center Recap  
(Kennedy) Doug Kantz - 13:45 First period 16:04 - Sean Carty (Werner, DeBello)
(Devin, Kennedy) Raymond Sawada - PP - 07:31
(Scott, Kennedy) Justin Krueger - GW PP - 08:57 		Second period No scoring
(Nash, Nash) Colin Greening - PP - 03:16 Third period 18:35 - Tyler Burton (Camper, Fredricks)
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Ben Scrivens / ( 3 saves / 4 shots ) Dan DiLeo Goalie stats Mark Dekanitch ( 12 saves / 15 shots ) / Justin Kowalkoski ( 8 saves / 9 shots )


Championship

(2) Princeton vs. (3) Harvard

March 22[31] Princeton 4 – 1 Harvard Times Union Center Recap  
(Kushniruk, Hagel) Mike Moore - 05:04 First period No scoring
(Moore) Landis Stankievech - GW - 12:34 Second period No scoring
(MacIntyre) Brett Wilson - PP - 16:54
(unassisted) Mark Magnowski - EN - 18:22 		Third period 00:24 - PP - Jon Pelle (Taylor, Biega)
( 35 saves / 36 shots ) Zane Kalemba Goalie stats Kyle Richter ( 24 saves / 27 shots )


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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