2018 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2018 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 57th tournament in league history. It was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018. 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 Princeton received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 2018 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 2–17, 2018 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Finals site | Herb Brooks Arena Lake Placid, New York |
| Champions | Princeton (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Ron Fogarty (1st title) |
| MVP | Ryan Ferland (Princeton) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
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 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, 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 2018 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
2017–18 ECAC Hockey men's standings | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #8 Cornell† | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 61 | 32 | 33 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 102 | 52 | |
| Union | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 70 | 48 | 38 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 115 | 98 | |
| #12 Clarkson | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 74 | 49 | 40 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 122 | 75 | |
| Harvard | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 68 | 50 | 33 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 104 | 85 | |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 55 | 69 | 35 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 83 | 107 | |
| Colgate | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 49 | 46 | 40 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 87 | 88 | |
| #15 Princeton* | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 77 | 79 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 131 | 110 | |
| Yale | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 67 | 59 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 87 | 88 | |
| Quinnipiac | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 59 | 56 | 38 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 105 | 106 | |
| Brown | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 45 | 63 | 31 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 67 | 104 | |
| Rensselaer | 22 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 86 | 37 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 73 | 129 | |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 43 | 76 | 37 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 80 | 122 | |
Championship: March 17, 2018 * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated February 26, 2018 | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the First Round and Quarterfinals
| First Round[1] March 2–4 |
Quarterfinals[2] March 9–11 |
Semifinals[3] March 17 |
Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cornell | 9 | 2 | – | 1 | Cornell | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Dartmouth | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | Quinnipiac | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | Princeton | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | St. Lawrence | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Union | 3 | 2 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Colgate | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | Princeton | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | Princeton | 2* | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | Rensselaer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Clarkson | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Clarkson | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Princeton | 8 | 7 | – | 6 | Colgate | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Brown | 2 | 1 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Harvard | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | Clarkson | 5* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Yale | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | Dartmouth | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Harvard | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | Quinnipiac | 5 | 4 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results
First round
(5) Dartmouth vs. (12) St. Lawrence
| March 2 | Dartmouth | 2 – 1 | St. Lawrence | Thompson Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Graber, Foreman) Shane Sellar - 17:27 (Michalowski, Warpecha) Kevan Kilistoff - GW - 18:20 |
Second period | 10:58 - Mike Marnell (Ederer, Hanson) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Devin Buffalo | Goalie stats | Arthur Brey ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| March 3 | Dartmouth | 2 – 4 | St. Lawrence | Thompson Arena | Recap | |||
| (Strong, Yau) Ryan Blankemeier - 02:32 | First period | 13:49 - Cade Gleekel (Nielsen, Hanson) | ||||||
| (Graber, Sellar) River Rymsha - 19:29 | Second period | 05:48 - Mike Marnell (Ederer) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 09:53 - GW PP - Ryan Lough (Alftberg, Gluchowski) 18:48 - EN - Keenan Suthers (Sullivan) | ||||||
| ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) Devin Buffalo | Goalie stats | Arthur Brey ( 26 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
| March 4 | Dartmouth | 2 – 1 | St. Lawrence | Thompson Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Yau, Kalk) Will Graber - PP - 06:33 | Second period | 18:48 - Jacob Pritchard (Gilmour) | ||||||
| (Baker) Corey Kalk - GW - 06:33 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Devin Buffalo | Goalie stats | Arthur Brey ( 31 saves / 33 shots ) | ||||||
| Dartmouth won series 2–1 | |
(6) Colgate vs. (11) Rensselaer
| March 2 | Colgate | 3 – 1 | Rensselaer | Class of 1965 Arena | Recap | |||
| (Austin, Cockrell) Trevor Cosgrove - PP - 06:14 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Brooks) Hunter Racine - GW - 10:48 | Second period | 00:19 - Donovan Ott (Prapavessis, Jerry) | ||||||
| (Meyer) Mike Panowyk - EN - 19:56 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Colton Point | Goalie stats | Linden Marshall ( 22 saves / 24 shots ) | ||||||
| March 3 | Colgate | 0 – 1 | Rensselaer | Class of 1965 Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:43 - GW - Mat Harris (Reisinger, Burke) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) Colton Point | Goalie stats | Linden Marshall ( 29 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| March 4 | Colgate | 2 – 1 | Rensselaer | Class of 1965 Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Brooks, Panowyk) Josh McKechney - GW PP - 05:54 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (McGuire, Dauda) Evan Tschumi - 03:05 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 23 saves / 23 shots ) Colton Point | Goalie stats | Linden Marshall ( 30 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| Colgate won series 2–1 | |
(7) Princeton vs. (10) Brown
| March 2 | Princeton | 8 – 2 | Brown | Hobey Baker Rink | Recap | |||
| (Cressey) Josh Teves - 03:20 (Véronneau, Cressey) Ryan Kuffner - 08:00 |
First period | 18:18 - Tommy Marchin (Lafferty) | ||||||
| (Keenan, Yochim) Derek Topatigh - GW - 08:16 (Teves, Véronneau) Ryan Kuffner - PP - 10:47 (Kuffner, Teves) Max Véronneau - PP - 17:34 |
Second period | 01:37 - PP - Alec Mehr (Marchin, Lafferty) | ||||||
| (unassisted) Liam Grande - 11:54 (Hallisey, Kuffner) Josh Teves - PP - 16:00 (Keenan, Grande) Jake Paganelli - PP - 16:39 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 33 saves / 35 shots ) Ryan Ferland | Goalie stats | Luke Kania ( 28 saves / 35 shots ) / Gavin Nieto ( 3 saves / 4 shots ) | ||||||
| March 3 | Princeton | 7 – 1 | Brown | Hobey Baker Rink | Recap | |||
| (Yochim) Jackson Cressey - 19:01 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Véronneau, Thom) Ryan Kuffner - GW - 03:37 (Robinson, Yochim) Derek Topatigh - PP - 05:03 (Paganelli, Teves) Luke Keenan - 15:32 (Kuffner, Véronneau) Alex Riche - 19:44 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Riche, Kuffner) Max Véronneau - 12:33 (Robinson, Grabowski) Matt Nelson - PP - 19:26 |
Third period | 08:13 - PP - Zach Giuttari (Gottlieb, Lafferty) | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Ryan Ferland / ( 2 saves / 2 shots ) Ben Halford | Goalie stats | Luke Kania ( 37 saves / 44 shots ) | ||||||
| Princeton won series 2–0 | |
(8) Yale vs. (9) Quinnipiac
| March 2 | Yale | 1 – 5 | Quinnipiac | Ingalls Rink | Recap | |||
| (Welsh, Lindstrand) Ryan Hitchcock - 13:32 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 02:09 - Joe O'Connor (MacMaster) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 02:41 - GW - Chase Priskie (Davidson) 08:43 - Kevin McKernan (Forchuk, Martin) 18:38 - EN - Alex Whelan (Pieper, Duane) 19:22 - Scott Davidson (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 27 saves / 31 shots ) Sam Tucker | Goalie stats | Keith Petruzzelli ( 21 saves / 22 shots ) | ||||||
| March 3 | Yale | 1 – 4 | Quinnipiac | Ingalls Rink | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 04:41 - PP - Chase Priskie (Tufto, Furgele) 11:51 - GW - Odeen Tufto (MacMaster, Jermain) | ||||||
| (unassisted) Kevin O'Neil - 13:22 | Third period | 10:43 - Brogan Rafferty (Duane, Martin) 19:00 - EN - Alex Whelan (Rafferty) | ||||||
| ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Corbin Kaczperski | Goalie stats | Keith Petruzzelli ( 20 saves / 21 shots ) | ||||||
| Quinnipiac won series 2–0 | |
Quarterfinals
(1) Cornell vs. (9) Quinnipiac
| March 9 | Cornell | 9 – 1 | Quinnipiac | Lynah Rink | Recap | |||
| (Locke, Donaldson) Alec McCrea - PP - 01:47 (Kaldis, McCrea) Alex Rauter - GW PP - 18:08 (Fiegl, Kaldis) Jeff Malott - PP - 19:19 |
First period | 12:57 - PP - Tanner MacMaster (Čukste, Furgele) | ||||||
| (Locke, Kaldis) Mitch Vanderlaan - 00:30 (Fiegl) Beau Starrett - 09:43 (Locke, Donaldson) Mitch Vanderlaan - 11:16 (Barron, Mullin) Alex Rauter - PP - 11:59 (Angello, Kaldis) Beau Starrett - 12:53 (Nuttle, Locke) Cody Haiskanen - 15:48 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Third period | ||||||||
| ( 12 saves / 13 shots ) Matthew Galajda / ( 5 saves / 5 shots ) Hayden Stewart | Goalie stats | Keith Petruzzelli ( 18 saves / 24 shots ) / Josh Mayanja ( 5 saves / 8 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10 | Cornell | 2 – 0 | Quinnipiac | Lynah Rink | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | |||||||
| (Betts, Mullin) Alex Rauter - GW - 02:01 | Second period | |||||||
| (Betts, Rauter) Mitch Vanderlaan - 08:46 | Third period | |||||||
| ( 22 saves / 22 shots ) Matthew Galajda | Goalie stats | Keith Petruzzelli ( 13 saves / 15 shots ) | ||||||
| Cornell won series 2–0 | |
(2) Union vs. (7) Princeton
| March 9 | Union | 3 – 5 | Princeton | Achilles Center | Recap | |||
| (Maier, Scarfo) Liam Morgan - 01:50 | First period | 13:30 - Max Véronneau (Nelson, Kuffner) | ||||||
| (Scarfo) Cole Maier - 04:16 (Harrison) Anthony Rinaldi - 18:17 |
Second period | 01:32 - Jackson Cressey (Robinson, Topatigh) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 07:06 - PP - Ryan Kuffner (Cressey, Véronneau) 17:51 - GW - Liam Grande (Germain, Teves) 18:48 - EN - Eric Robinson (Becker, Nelson) | ||||||
| ( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Jake Kupsky | Goalie stats | Ryan Ferland ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10 | Union | 2 – 3 | Princeton | Achilles Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 14:44 - GW - Alex Riche (Véronneau, Teves) 18:49 - SH - Eric Robinson (Grabowski) | ||||||
| (Campbell, Kupsky) Anthony Rinaldi - PP - 07:53 (Scarfo, Morgan) Ryan Walker - 09:07 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:50 - David Hallisey (Teves, Robinson) | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 22 shots ) Jake Kupsky | Goalie stats | Ryan Ferland ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) | ||||||
| Princeton won series 2–0 | |
(3) Clarkson vs. (6) Colgate
| March 9 | Clarkson | 1 – 2 | Colgate | Cheel Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Second period | 14:04 - PP - Adam Dauda (Cosgrove, McMann) 17:54 - GW - Jared Cockrell (Jeanson, Brooks) | |||||||
| (Thow, Gervais) Marly Quince - 09:51 | Third period | |||||||
| ( 12 saves / 14 shots ) Jake Kielly | Goalie stats | Colton Point ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10 | Clarkson | 3 – 0 | Colgate | Cheel Arena | Recap | |||
| (Dickinson, Astrén) Haralds Egle - GW PP - 11:56 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Second period | No scoring | |||||||
| (Rempal, Sturm) Devin Brosseau - PP EN - 00:24 (Jokiharju) Marly Quince - 00:57 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 19 saves / 19 shots ) Jake Kielly | Goalie stats | Colton Point ( 31 saves / 34 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11 | Clarkson | 5 – 1 | Colgate | Cheel Arena | Recap | |||
| (Jacome, Rempal) Nic Pierog - 13:14 (Charyszyn, Thow) Jack Jacome - GW - 16:56 |
First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| (Sturm, Rempal) Terrance Amorosa - PP - 02:45 (Sturm, Summers) Sheldon Rempal - PP - 12:28 (Pierog, Gareau) Tyko Karjalainen - PP - 16:44 |
Second period | 16:26 - Adam Dauda (Racine, McMann) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Jake Kielly | Goalie stats | Colton Point ( 24 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| Clarkson won series 2–1 | |
(4) Harvard vs. (5) Dartmouth
| March 9 | Harvard | 1 – 4 | Dartmouth | Bright-Landry Hockey Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 04:14 - Cam Strong (Rutherford, Blankemeier) 08:58 - GW - Daniel Warpecha (Kilistoff, Michalowski) | ||||||
| Second period | 10:35 - Matt Baker (Jasiek, Kalk) | |||||||
| (Horton, Donato) Nathan Krusko - 05:13 | Third period | 16:24 - EN - Corey Kalk (Jasiek, Less) | ||||||
| ( 17 saves / 20 shots ) Merrick Madsen | Goalie stats | Devin Buffalo ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
| March 10 | Harvard | 7 – 1 | Dartmouth | Bright-Landry Hockey Center | Recap | |||
| (Fox, Walsh) Lewis Zerter-Gossage - PP - 09:29 (Floodstrand, Horton) Benjamin Solin - GW - 09:53 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Pelton-Byce, Donato) Nathan Krusko - 08:18 (Ellis, Marino) Adam Fox - 09:23 (Krusko, Donato) Adam Fox - 15:42 (Fox, Marino) Ryan Donato - PP - 19:56 |
Second period | 09:30 - Corey Kalk (Jasiek) | ||||||
| (Donato, Olson) Ty Pelton-Byce - 13:08 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 21 saves / 22 shots ) Merrick Madsen | Goalie stats | Devin Buffalo ( 23 saves / 29 shots ) / Adrian Clark ( 3 saves / 4 shots ) | ||||||
| March 11 | Harvard | 4 – 2 | Dartmouth | Bright-Landry Hockey Center | Recap | |||
| (Fox, Walsh) Ryan Donato - PP - 11:41 | First period | 04:43 - Collin Rutherford (Kalk, Baker) | ||||||
| (Pelton-Byce, Donato) Ryan Donato - 08:18 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Solin, Floodstrand) Adam Fox - GW - 13:08 (Marino) Ryan Donato - 13:16 |
Third period | 16:17 - Quin Foreman (Rutherford, Graber) | ||||||
| ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) Merrick Madsen | Goalie stats | Devin Buffalo ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| Harvard won series 2–1 | |
Semifinals
(1) Cornell vs. (7) Princeton
| March 16 | Cornell | 1 – 4 | Princeton | Herb Brooks Arena | Recap | |||
| (Donaldson) Trevor Yates - 15:38 | First period | No Scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 08:51 - Liam Grande (Teves) 14:04 - GW - Eric Robinson (Keenan) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:17 - Max Véronneau (Kuffner, Thom) 19:26 - EN - Eric Robinson (unassisted) | ||||||
| ( 14 saves / 17 shots ) Matthew Galajda | Goalie stats | Ryan Ferland ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
(3) Clarkson vs. (4) Harvard
| March 16 | Clarkson | 5 – 4 | OT | Harvard | Herb Brooks Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 11:37 - PP - Reilly Walsh (Pelton-Byce, Donato) | ||||||
| (Egle) Jack Jacome - PP - 13:57 (Eden, Thompson) Eric Sweetman - PP - 17:23 |
Second period | 05:47 - PP - Lewis Zerter-Gossage (Walsh, Fox) 07:58 - Ty Pelton-Byce (Donato, Krusko) | ||||||
| (Egle, Summers) Nic Pierog - 00:15 (Rempal) Devin Brosseau - 01:11 (Egle) Dylan Gareau - 04:02 |
Third period | 00:06 - Ty Pelton-Byce (unassisted) | ||||||
| (Sturm, Brosseau) Sheldon Rempal - 00:15 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Jake Kielly | Goalie stats | Merrick Madsen ( 31 saves / 36 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
(3) Clarkson vs. (7) Princeton
| March 21[4] | Clarkson | 1 – 2 | OT | Princeton | Herb Brooks Arena | Recap | ||
| No Scoring | First period | 16:43 - Josh Teves (Kuffner, Véronneau) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Amorosa, Rempal) Josh Dickinson - 12:17 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 02:37 - GW - Max Becker (Germain, Grande) | ||||||
| ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Jake Kielly | Goalie stats | Ryan Ferland ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
- F Eric Robinson (Princeton)
- F Max Becker (Princeton)
- F Sheldon Rempal (Clarkson)
- D Kelly Summers (Clarkson)
- D Josh Teves (Princeton)
- G Ryan Ferland* (Princeton)
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