2019 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2019 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is the 58th tournament in league history. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2019. First Round and Quarterfinal games are played at home team campus sites, while the final four games are played at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York. The tournament winner, Clarkson, received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament features 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 play 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 in 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, and no third-place game is played. All series after the quarterfinals are single-elimination games. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Standings

2018–19 ECAC Hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#7 Quinnipiac221462307747382610213373
#8 Cornell221354306441362111410873
#11 Clarkson*221372286542392611212278
#14 Harvard221372287758331911310683
Dartmouth22109323535534131748793
Yale221110123535733151538588
Union22101022260643920136112102
Brown2289521525934151458997
Princeton22812218606631101838396
Colgate227123174364361023355111
Rensselaer227132164967361023369117
St. Lawrence2231728518437629275149
Championship: March 23, 2019
indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the Quarterfinals and Semifinals

  First Round
March 8-10
Quarterfinals
March 15–17
Semifinals
March 22
Championship
March 23
                                             
  1 Quinnipiac 1 3 2 Cornell 6  
5 Dartmouth 3 2 8 8 Brown 2* 4 8 Brown 0  
12 St. Lawrence 2 3* 0
  2 Cornell 2 4 4
6 Yale 4 4 7 Union 3 0 2     2 Cornell 2
11 Rensselaer 1 0   3 Clarkson 3*
  3 Clarkson 3 5
7 Union 4 4 6 Yale 1 2
10 Colgate 1 0
  4 Harvard 3 4* 3 Clarkson 5
8 Brown 3 6*** 5 Dartmouth 1 3 4 Harvard 2  
9 Princeton 0 5

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

(5) Dartmouth vs. (12) St. Lawrence

Dartmouth won series 2–1

(6) Yale vs. (11) Rensselaer

Yale won series 2–0

(7) Union vs. (10) Colgate

Union won series 2–0

(8) Brown vs. (9) Princeton

Brown won series 2–0

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (8) Brown

Brown won series 2–0

(2) Cornell vs. (7) Union

Cornell won series 2–1

(3) Clarkson vs. (6) Yale

Clarkson won series 2–0

(4) Harvard vs. (5) Dartmouth

Harvard won series 2–0

(2) Cornell vs. (8) Brown

(3) Clarkson vs. (4) Harvard

(2) Cornell vs. (3) Clarkson

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • F Noah Bauld (Cornell)
  • F Devin Brosseau* (Clarkson)
  • F Nico Sturm (Clarkson)
  • D Yanni Kaldis (Cornell)
  • D Matt Nuttle (Cornell)
  • G Jake Kielly (Clarkson)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References

  1. "2019 ECAC Men's Hockey Championship Fan Guide". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
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