2015 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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.
2015 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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![]() 2015 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament logo | |
Dates | March 6–21, 2015 |
Teams | 12 |
Finals site | Herb Brooks Arena Lake Placid, New York |
Champions | Harvard[1] (9th title) |
Winning coach | Ted Donato[2] (2nd title) |
MVP | Jimmy Vesey (Harvard) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
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 | ||||||||||||||
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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 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 | 1 | Quinnipiac | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Dartmouth | 3 | 2 | – | 10 | Union | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | Harvard | 5 | |||||||||||||||
12 | Princeton | 2 | 0 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | St. Lawrence | 1 | 5 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Harvard | 6 | 4 | – | 9 | Rensselaer | 0 | 1 | – | 4 | Colgate | 2 | |||||||||||||||
11 | Brown | 2 | 3 | – | 6 | Harvard | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Yale | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Cornell | 2 | 0 | – | 6 | Harvard | 3 | 0 | 3** | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | Union | 4 | 7 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Colgate | 3 | 3 | – | 2 | St. Lawrence | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Clarkson | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | Dartmouth | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | Colgate | 4* | |||||||||||||||
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
- F Jimmy Vesey* (Harvard)
- F Mike Borkowski (Colgate)
- F Darcy Murphy (Colgate)
- D Spiro Goulakos (Colgate)
- D Patrick McNally (Harvard)
- G Steve Michalek (Harvard)
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