2004 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2004 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 43rd tournament in league history. It was played between March 5 and March 20, 2004. First Round and Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, New York. By winning the tournament, Harvard received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2004 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 2004 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

2003–04 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Colgate221462306544392212511180
Cornell22136329533232161068562
Brown22137228624031151158060
Dartmouth22105727666034141199591
Rensselaer221381277044392215211689
#13 Harvard*2210102225855361815310494
Yale2210120206588311219089134
Union228113194652361417589108
Clarkson2281221851614118185121113
St. Lawrence2271231762674114216104119
Vermont22714115577935922485127
Princeton22515212508331524262122
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 and Quarterfinals

  First Round[3]
March 5–6
Quarterfinals[4]
March 12–14
Semifinals[5]
March 19
Championship
March 20
                                             
  1 Colgate 1 1 2 1 Colgate 1  
5 Renssealer 5 3* 10 St. Lawrence 2 0 1 9 Clarkson 2  
12 Princeton 4 2
  2 Cornell 5 4 1
6 Harvard 3 5 9 Clarkson 1 5 5     9 Clarkson 2
11 Vermont 0 3   6 Harvard 4
  3 Brown 2 2
7 Yale 3 3 6 Harvard 4 3*
10 St. Lawrence 4* 4* Third Place
  4 Dartmouth 1 6 1 4 Dartmouth 1
8 Union 3 2 5 Rensselaer 3 0 0 6 Harvard 2   1 Colgate 3
9 Clarkson 8 5 4 Dartmouth 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

(5) Rensselaer vs. (12) Princeton

Rensselaer won series 2–0

(6) Harvard vs. (11) Vermont

Harvard won series 2–0

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

St. Lawrence won series 2–0

(8) Union vs. (9) Clarkson

Clarkson won series 2–0

(1) Colgate vs. (10) St. Lawrence

Colgate won series 2–1

(2) Cornell vs. (9) Clarkson

Clarkson won series 2–1

(3) Brown vs. (6) Harvard

Harvard won series 2–0

(4) Dartmouth vs. (5) Rensselaer

Dartmouth won series 2–1

(1) Colgate vs. (9) Clarkson

(4) Dartmouth vs. (6) Harvard

(1) Colgate vs. (4) Dartmouth

(6) Harvard vs. (9) Clarkson

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • F Tom Cavanagh (Harvard)
  • F Brendan Bernakevitch* (Harvard)
  • F Tristan Lush (Clarkson)
  • D Dave McCulloch (Harvard)
  • D Michael Grenzy (Clarkson)
  • G Dov Grumet-Morris (Harvard)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

[29]

Tournament Three Stars

  • 3 Rob Brown (Harvard)
  • 2 Dustin Traylen (Dartmouth)
  • 1 Tom Cavanagh (Cornell)

[30]

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