2002 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2002 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 41st tournament in league history. It was played between March 8 and March 16, 2002. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final five games were played at the Olympic Arena (subsequently renamed Herb Brooks Arena) in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, Harvard received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two teams that finish below tenth place in the standings are not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and tenth seeds, the second and ninth seeds, the third seed and eighth seeds, the fourth seed and seventh seeds and the fifth seed and sixth seeds played a best-of-three series with the three highest-seeded winners advancing to the semifinals and the remaining two winners playing in the Four vs. Five matchup. After the opening round every series becomes a single-elimination game. In the semifinals, the highest seed plays the winner of the four vs. five game while the two remaining teams play with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2002 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

2001–02 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#9 Cornell22173236743435258211863
Clarkson221165276251381715610997
#13 Harvard*22109323676234151549799
Dartmouth2298523665932141359789
Rensselaer2210932364593720134120101
Princeton221010222516331111826698
Colgate2210102225359341319290121
Brown221010222525331141527280
St. Lawrence229112206264341121283107
Yale22911220706531101929394
Union22811319535832131369490
Vermont2231817469331326262134
Championship: Harvard
indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round of the Ttournament.

  First round[3]
March 8–9
Four vs. Five[4]
March 14
Semifinals
March 15
Championship
March 16
                                         
  1 Cornell 2 4   1 Cornell 3  
10 Yale 1 2 4 Dartmouth 1     5 Rensselaer 0  
  5 Rensselaer 2  
  2 Clarkson 3 6
9 St. Lawrence 1 1
  3 Harvard 4 2**     1 Cornell 3
8 Brown 1 1     3 Harvard 4**
  4 Dartmouth 5** 4
7 Colgate 4 1
Third Place
  5 Rensselaer 5 6 2 Clarkson 2
6 Princeton 3 0 3 Harvard 3*   2 Clarkson 3
5 Rensselaer 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(1) Cornell vs. (10) Yale

Cornell won series 2–0

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

Clarkson won series 2–0

(3) Harvard vs. (8) Brown

Harvard won series 2–0

(4) Dartmouth vs. (7) Colgate

Dartmouth won series 2–0

(5) Rensselaer vs. (6) Princeton

Rensselaer won series 2–0

(4) Dartmouth vs. (5) Rensselaer

(1) Cornell vs. (5) Rensselaer

(2) Clarkson vs. (3) Harvard

(2) Clarkson vs. (5) Rensselaer

(1) Cornell vs. (3) Harvard

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References

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  2. "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
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  12. "Dartmouth 4, Colgate 1". USCHO.com. 2002-03-09. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  13. "Rensselaer 5, Princeton 3". USCHO.com. 2002-03-08. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  14. "Rensselaer 6, Princeton 0". USCHO.com. 2002-03-09. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  15. "Rensselaer 2, Dartmouth 1". USCHO.com. 2002-03-14. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  16. "Cornell 3, Rensselaer 0". USCHO.com. 2002-03-15. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  17. "Harvard 3, Clarkson 2". USCHO.com. 2002-03-15. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  18. "Rensselaer 4, Clarkson 3". USCHO.com. 2002-03-16. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  19. "Harvard 4, Cornell 3". USCHO.com. 2002-03-16. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  20. "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
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