2015 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2015 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
2015 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament logo
DatesMarch 6–21, 2015
Teams12
Finals siteHerb Brooks Arena
Lake Placid, New York
ChampionsHarvard[1] (9th title)
Winning coachTed Donato[2] (2nd title)
MVPJimmy Vesey (Harvard)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2015 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 54th tournament in league history. It was played between March 6 and March 21, 2015. First Round and Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, the Harvard Crimson received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. The teams that finished 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 best-of-three series 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 another best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advanced to the Semifinals. In the semifinals the top remaining seed played the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams played against each other. The winners of the semifinals played in the championship game while the losers played in a third-place game. All series after the quarterfinals were single-elimination games. The tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

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

2014–15 ECAC Hockey men's standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#14 Quinnipiac† 22 16 3 3 35 60 37 39 23 12 4 106 89
St. Lawrence 22 14 7 1 29 70 41 37 20 14 3 113 75
#15 Yale 22 12 6 4 28 60 37 33 18 10 5 86 54
#19 Colgate 22 11 7 4 26 53 51 38 22 12 4 102 82
Dartmouth 22 12 8 2 26 64 55 33 17 12 4 91 78
#11 Harvard* 22 11 8 3 25 71 54 37 21 13 3 121 92
Cornell 22 9 9 4 22 45 46 31 11 14 6 57 68
Clarkson 22 8 11 3 19 49 47 37 12 20 5 81 87
Rensselaer 22 8 12 2 18 53 66 41 12 26 3 77 131
Union 22 8 13 1 17 58 63 39 19 18 2 122 104
Brown 22 5 14 3 13 44 80 31 8 20 3 65 112
Princeton 22 2 18 2 6 25 75 30 4 23 3 39 99
Championship: March 21, 2015
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 9, 2015

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the First Round and Quarterfinals

First Round[3]
March 6–8 		Quarterfinals[4]
March 13–15 		Semifinals[5]
March 20 		Championship
March 21
1 Quinnipiac 4*** 2 3
5 Dartmouth 3 2 – 10 Union 3 3 2
12 Princeton 2 0 – 1 Quinnipiac 2
6 Harvard 5
2 St. Lawrence 1 5 –
6 Harvard 6 4 – 9 Rensselaer 0 1 –
11 Brown 2 3 – 4 Colgate 2
6 Harvard 4
3 Yale 2 2 2
7 Cornell 2 0 – 6 Harvard 3 0 3**
10 Union 4 7 – 2 St. Lawrence 3
4 Colgate 4*
4 Colgate 3 3 –
8 Clarkson 2 5 1 5 Dartmouth 1 2 –
9 Rensselaer 3 0 3

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

First round

(5) Dartmouth vs. (12) Princeton

March 6[6] Dartmouth 3 – 2 Princeton Thompson Arena  
No scoring First period 06:00 - Matt Nelson (Siiro)
(Bligh, Mosey) Tyler Sikura - EA - 11:14
(Schierhorn, Patterson) Eric Robinson - PP - 12:00 		Second period No scoring
(McNally, Pinkston) Eric Neiley - GW - 18:33 Third period 08:53 - Garrett Skrbich (Liss)
( 22 saves / 24 shots ) James Kruger Goalie stats Colton Phinney ( 23 saves / 26 shots )
March 7[7] Dartmouth 2 – 0 Princeton Thompson Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Robinson, Sikura) Brad Schierhorn - GW - 16:59 Second period No scoring
(McNally, Pinkston) Eric Robinson - EN - 19:55 Third period No scoring
( 17 saves / 17 shots ) James Kruger Goalie stats Colton Phinney ( 30 saves / 31 shots )
Dartmouth won series 2–0


(6) Harvard vs. (11) Brown

March 6[8] Harvard 6 – 2 Brown Bright Hockey Center  
(Vesey, Kerfoot) Kyle Criscuolo - PP - 03:57
(Esposito) Colin Blackwell - 12:33 		First period No scoring
(Hart, Criscuolo) Jimmy Vesey - GW - 03:23
(Esposito, Malone) Jake Horton - 04:03 		Second period 11:17 - PP - Matt Lorito (Lamacchia, Naclerio)
(Esposito, Malone) Colin Blackwell - 09:08
(Criscuolo, Anderson) Jimmy Vesey - 14:15 		Third period 16:54 - Nick Lappin (Lorito)
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Steve Michalek Goalie stats Tim Ernst ( 13 saves / 17 shots )
Tyler Steel ( 17 saves / 19 shots )
March 7[9] Harvard 4 – 3 Brown Bright Hockey Center Recap  
(Criscuolo) Jimmy Vesey - 07:51
(Vesey) Kyle Criscuolo - 09:48
(Criscuolo, Vesey) Brian Hart - 17:52 		First period 02:23 - Nick Lappin (Naclerio)
(Malone, Esposito) Colin Blackwell - GW - 01:07 Second period 13:34 - Davey Middleton (Lappin, Pryzbek)
No scoring Third period 11:07 - Nick Lappin (Naclerio)
( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Steve Michalek Goalie stats Tim Ernst ( 24 saves / 28 shots )
Harvard won series 2–0


(7) Cornell vs. (10) Union

March 6[10] Cornell 2 – 4 Union Lynah Rink Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 07:36 - Max Novak (DeSimone, Taylor)
14:07 - Matt Wilkins (Vecchione)
16:39 - GW - Daniel Ciampini (Novak, Scarfo)
(Bardreau) Christian Hilbrich - PP - 13:07
(Bliss) Matt Buckles - EA - 19:30 		Third period 8:41 - SH - Mike Vecchione
( 19 saves / 23 shots ) Mitch Gillam
( 2 saves / 2 shots ) Hayden Stewart 		Goalie stats Colin Stevens ( 28 saves / 30 shots )
March 7[11] Cornell 0 – 7 Union Lynah Rink Recap  
No scoring First period 09:38 - GW - Spencer Foo (Wilkins, Vecchione)
11:02 - Michael Pontarelli (Coatta, Bennett)
16:02 - PP - Eli Lichtenwald (Ciampini, Taylor)
No scoring Second period 05:45 - Mike Vecchione (Wilkins)
16:01 - PP - Spencer Foo (Pontarelli, Scarfo)
No scoring Third period 08:36 - PP - Matt Wilkins (Gingras, Taylor)
19:03 - Sam Coatta (Hynes)
( 15 saves / 19 shots ) Mitch Gillam
( 5 saves / 8 shots ) Hayden Stewart 		Goalie stats Colin Stevens ( 29 saves / 29 shots )
Union won series 2–0


(8) Clarkson vs. (9) Rensselaer

March 6[12] Clarkson 2 – 3 Rensselaer Cheel Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Zarbo, Amorosa) Pat Megannety - 04:30 Second period 09:18 - Milos Bubela (Schroeder, Curadi)
(Di Nallo, Fossen) Brett Gervais - EA - 19:49 Third period 1:25 - Mark Miller (Bell)
16:50 - GW - Milos Bubela
( 14 saves / 17 shots ) Greg Lewis Goalie stats Jason Kasdorf ( 36 saves / 38 shots )
March 7[13] Clarkson 5 – 0 Rensselaer Cheel Arena  
(Asselin) Jeff Di Nallo - GW - 01:35 First period No scoring
(Amorosa, Megannety) Joe Zarbo 01:17
(Fossen, Vigneault) Troy Josephs - 04:25 		Second period No scoring
(Josephs, Fossen) Sam Vigneault - 00:26
(Megannety, Gervais) Joe Zarbo - 01:35 		Third period No scoring
( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Steve Perry Goalie stats Jason Kasdorf ( 24 saves / 28 shots )
Scott Diebold ( 3 saves / 4 shots )
March 8 [14] Clarkson 1 – 3 Rensselaer Cheel Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 07:45 - Mark Miller (McGowan, DeVito)
08:05 - GW - Zach Schroeder (Bubela, Liljegren)
16:12 - Jimmy DeVito (Bourbonnais, Wood)
(Vigneault, Fossen) Joe Zarbo - EA - 17:06 Third period No scoring
( 7 saves / 10 shots ) Steve Perry
( 10 saves / 10 shots ) Greg Lewis 		Goalie stats Jason Kasdorf ( 33 saves / 34 shots )
Rensselaer won series 2–1


Quarterfinals

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (10) Union

March 13[15] Quinnipiac 4 – 3 3OT Union TD Bank Sports Center  
No scoring First period 09:42 - PP - Matt Wilkins (DeSimone, Foo)
15:17 - Mike Vecchione (Wilkins, Gingras)
(Agosta, Smith) Tim Clifton - PP - 15:04 Second period No scoring
(Agosta, Toews) Sam Anas - 18:34
(Toews, Peca) Sam Anas - PP - 19:22 		Third period 04:58 - Michael Pontarelli (Foo, Vecchione)
(Federico, C. Clifton) Alex Barron - GW - 06:32 Third overtime period No scoring
( 31 saves / 34 shots ) Michael Garteig Goalie stats Colin Stevens ( 46 saves / 50 shots )
March 14[16] Quinnipiac 2 – 3 Union TD Bank Sports Center  
(St. Denis) Sam Anas - 03:46 First period 04:13 - Ryan Scarfo (Brassard, Ciampini)
(Pieper, McKernan) Matthew Peca - 06:18 Second period 13:28 - Max Novak (Scarfo, Ciampini)
No scoring Third period 16:07 - GW - Michael Pontarelli (Cruice, Lichtenwald)
( 25 saves / 28 shots ) Michael Garteig Goalie stats Colin Stevens ( 31 saves / 33 shots )
March 15[17] Quinnipiac 3 – 1 Union TD Bank Sports Center  
(Smith, Federico) Soren Jonzzon - 19:14 First period No scoring
(Smith, Agosta) Soren Jonzzon - GW - 04:10 Second period 07:19 - Matt Wilkins (Vasaturo, Vecchione)
(St. Denis, Smith) Matthew Peca - PP - 19:22 Third period No scoring
( 37 saves / 38 shots ) Michael Garteig Goalie stats Colin Stevens ( 22 saves / 24 shots )
Quinnipiac won series 2–1


(2) St. Lawrence vs. (9) Rensselaer

March 13[18] St. Lawrence 1 – 0 Rensselaer Appleton Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Hudson, Hagen) Chris Martin - GW - 19:08 Third period No scoring
( 27 saves / 27 shots ) Kyle Hayton Goalie stats Jason Kasdorf ( 33 saves / 34 shots )
March 14[19] St. Lawrence 5 – 1 Rensselaer Appleton Arena  
(Gluchowski) Mike Marnell - 05:45
(Martin, Hagen) Alexander Dahl - GW - 06:50 		First period No scoring
(Martin) Mike Marnell - 18:09 Second period 02:02 - Mark Miller (Bradley, Nanne)
(McGovern) Christian Horn - 16:58
(Marnell, Gluchowski) Brian Ward - EN - 19:46 		Third period No scoring
( 38 saves / 39 shots ) Kyle Hayton Goalie stats Jason Kasdorf ( 22 saves / 26 shots )
St. Lawrence won series 2–0


(3) Yale vs. (6) Harvard

March 13[20] Yale 2 – 3 Harvard Ingalls Rink  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Cooper, O'Gara) Cody Learned - 19:01 Second period 01:12 - Sean Malone (Esposito)
03:55 - Alexander Kerfoot (Criscuolo, Vesey)
(O'Gara, DiChiara) Nate Repensky - PP - 01:53 Third period 17:34 - GW - Jimmy Vesey (Kerfoot)
( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Alex Lyon Goalie stats Steve Michalek ( 19 saves / 21 shots )
March 14[21] Yale 2 – 0 Harvard Ingalls Rink  
No scoring First period No scoring
(DiChiara, O'Gara) Mitch Witek - GW - 03:43 Second period No scoring
(unassisted) Trent Ruffolo - PP EN - 19:33 Third period No scoring
( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Alex Lyon Goalie stats Steve Michalek ( 20 saves / 21 shots )
March 15[22] Yale 2 – 3 2OT Harvard Ingalls Rink  
(Cooper, DiChiara) Cody Learned - 10:22 First period 10:01 - Tyler Moy (Hart, Horton)
(Repensky, Repensky) Frankie DiChiara - PP - 11:58 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 16:26 - Patrick McNally (Blackwell, Bergin)
No scoring Second overtime period 16:46 - GW - Jimmy Vesey (Kerfoot, McNally)
( 39 saves / 42 shots ) Alex Lyon Goalie stats Steve Michalek ( 40 saves / 42 shots )
Harvard won series 2–1


(4) Colgate vs. (5) Dartmouth

March 13[23] Colgate 3 – 1 Dartmouth Starr Rink  
No scoring First period No scoring
(Tys. Spink, Kulevich) Tylor Spink - 16:38 Second period 16:24 - Jack Barre (Mosey, Simpson)
(Gentzler) John Lidgett - 05:13
(Kulevich) Darcy Murphy - EN - 19:51 		Third period No scoring
( 21 saves / 22 shots ) Charlie Finn Goalie stats James Kruger ( 22 saves / 24 shots )
March 14[24] Colgate 3 – 2 Dartmouth Starr Rink  
(Tyl. Spink, Tys. Spink) Spiro Goulakos - PP - 14:21
(Tyl. Spink) Kyle Baun - 16:33 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 01:50 - Tyler Sikura (Hartley)
08:20 - Nick Bligh (Bullock, Beamish)
(Kulevich) Mike Borkowski - GW - 02:53 Third period No scoring
( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Charlie Finn Goalie stats James Kruger ( 20 saves / 23 shots )
Colgate won series 2–0


Semifinals

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (6) Harvard

March 20[25] Quinnipiac 2 – 5 Harvard Herb Brooks Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 00:30 - Jimmy Vesey (Criscuolo, Kerfoot)
14:55 - PP - Colin Blackwell (unassisted)
15:28 - GW - Tyler Moy (Anderson, Sherman)
(Barron, Agosta) Travis St. Denis - SH - 09:05
(Peca, Smith) Soren Jonzzon - 15:00 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 18:24 - EN - Jimmy Vesey (Kerfoot)
19:01 - EN - Sean Malone (Anderson, Everson)
( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Michael Garteig / ( 3 saves / 3 shots ) Sean Lawrence Goalie stats Steve Michalek ( 20 saves / 22 shots )


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

March 20[26] St. Lawrence 3 – 4 OT Colgate Herb Brooks Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 03:21 - Darcy Murphy (Borkowski, Wilson)
(Sullivan, Doherty) Mike Marnell - 01:04
(Eden, Thompson) Eric Sweetman - PP - 17:23 		Second period 05:46 - Darcy Murphy (Wilson, Borkowski)
(Ward, Hughes) Gavin Bayreuther - 18:38 Third period 12:33 - Joe Wilson (Murphy, Borkowski)
No scoring First overtime period 09:34 - GW - Mike Borkowski (Lough, Murphy)
( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Kyle Hayton Goalie stats Charlie Finn ( 29 saves / 32 shots )


Championship

(4) Colgate vs. (6) Harvard

March 21[27] Colgate 2 – 4 Harvard Herb Brooks Arena Recap  
(Borkowski, Wilson) Darcy Murphy - 15:19 First period 12:22 - Jimmy Vesey (Criscuolo, McNally)
No scoring Second period 01:29 - PP - Jimmy Vesey (Kerfoot, McNally)
08:16 - PP - Patrick McNally (Moy, Criscuolo)
(Gentzler) John Lidgett - 12:17 Third period 19:04 - EN - Colin Blackwell (Kerfoot)
( 19 saves / 22 shots ) Charlie Finn Goalie stats Steve Michalek ( 30 saves / 32 shots )


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

[28][29]

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