2011 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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2011 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 4–19, 2011
Teams	12
Finals site	Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey
Champions	Yale (2nd title)
Winning coach	Keith Allain (2nd title)
MVP	Ryan Rondeau (Yale)
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The 2011 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 4 and March 19, 2011, at campus locations and at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. Yale won its second ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and received ECAC Hockey's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth, sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds as determined by the final regular season standings play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and second-lowest-ranked first-round winner, the third seed and second-highest-ranked first-round winner, and the fourth seed and highest-ranked first-round winner play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest seeds play a single game, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third-place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2010–11 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#12 Union†	22	17	3	2	36	75	43	40	26	10	4	144	84
#6 Yale*	22	17	4	1	35	84	46	36	28	7	1	151	74
#15 Dartmouth	22	12	8	2	26	70	48	34	19	12	3	111	87
#20 Cornell	22	11	9	2	24	57	53	34	16	15	3	86	88
#16 Rensselaer	22	11	9	2	24	67	52	38	20	13	5	110	90
Princeton	22	11	9	2	24	69	70	32	17	13	2	105	88
Clarkson	22	9	12	1	19	58	78	36	15	19	2	98	117
Quinnipiac	22	6	9	7	19	49	62	39	16	15	8	95	102
Brown	22	8	12	2	18	55	70	31	10	16	5	83	107
Harvard	22	7	14	1	15	49	61	34	12	21	1	77	98
St. Lawrence	22	6	15	1	13	53	73	40	13	22	5	101	124
Colgate	22	4	15	3	11	51	81	42	11	28	3	107	142
Championship: March 19, 2009 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

Bracket

First round March 4–6					Quarterfinals March 11–13					Semifinals March 18			Championship March 19

					1	Union	4	2	3
5	Rensselaer	4	2	1	12	Colgate	1	4	4
12	Colgate	2	5	2**						2	Yale	4
										12	Colgate	0
					2	Yale	3	5	4
6	Princeton	4	2	1	11	St. Lawrence	4*	2	0
11	St. Lawrence	1	3	2									2	Yale	6
													4	Cornell	0
					3	Dartmouth	2	2	4
7	Clarkson	1	4	—	10	Harvard	3	1	3
10	Harvard	2	6	—						3	Dartmouth	0	Third place
										4	Cornell	3
					4	Cornell	2	0	3				3	Dartmouth	5
8	Quinnipiac	4	4	—	8	Quinnipiac	1	1	2				12	Colgate	3
9	Brown	0	0	—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(5) Rensselaer vs. (12) Colgate

March 4	Rensselaer		4 - 2	Colgate	Houston Field House	Recap
Marty O'Grady - 01:15 Brock Higgs - pp - 15:00 Chase Polacek - pp - 17:26		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Brock Higgs - 18:51		Third period		Austin Smith - 04:44 Jeremy Price - pp - 18:12
Allen York ( 24 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats		Erik Mihalik ( 23 saves / 27 shots )

March 5	Rensselaer		2 - 5	Colgate	Houston Field House	Recap
No scoring		First period		Nick Prockow - 01:51
Chase Polacek - sh - 05:56 Chase Polacek - pp - 18:56		Second period		Francois Brisebois - 09:16 Chris Wagner - 16:49
No scoring		Third period		Nick Prockow - en - 18:49 Francois Brisebois - pp - en - 19:57
Allen York ( 25 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats		Erik Mihalik ( 29 saves / 31 shots )

March 6	Rensselaer		1 - 2	2OT	Colgate	Houston Field House	Recap
No scoring		First period			Austin Mayer - sh - 13:08
Tyler Helfrich - 18:48		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Second overtime period			Robbie Bourdon - 10:06
Allen York ( 37 saves / 39 shots )		Goalie stats			Erik Mihalik ( 40 saves / 41 shots )

Colgate wins series 2-1

(6) Princeton vs. (11) St. Lawrence

March 4	Princeton		4 - 1	St. Lawrence	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink	Recap
Andrew Calof - 01:40		First period		No scoring
Matt Arhontas - 06:18 Michael Sdao - pp - 07:39		Second period		Kyle Flanagan - pp - 11:34
Rob Kleebaum - 07:22		Third period		No scoring
Sean Bonar ( 22 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats		Robby Moss ( 12 saves / 15 shots ) Matt Weninger ( 20 saves / 21 shots )

March 5	Princeton		2 - 3	St. Lawrence	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink	Recap
Rob Kleebaum - 05:50		First period		Greg Carey - pp - 09:38
Andrew Calof - 04:13		Second period		Greg Carey - pp - 12:09
No scoring		Third period		Kyle Essery - 09:42
Sean Bonar ( 19 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats		Matt Weninger ( 28 saves / 30 shots )

March 6	Princeton		1 - 2	St. Lawrence	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink	Recap
No scoring		First period		Greg Carey - 05:27 Kyle Essery - 10:11
Derrick Pallis - pp - 12:57		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Sean Bonar ( 14 saves / 16 shots )		Goalie stats		Matt Weninger ( 48 saves / 49 shots )

St. Lawrence wins series 2-1

(7) Clarkson vs. (10) Harvard

March 4	Clarkson		1 - 2	Harvard	Cheel Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Danny Biega - 03:32
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Alex Boak - 04:14		Third period		Michael Biega - 09:25
Paul Karpowich ( 16 saves / 18 shots )		Goalie stats		Ryan Carroll ( 32 saves / 33 shots )

March 5	Clarkson		4 - 6	Harvard	Cheel Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No Scoring
Nik Pokulok - 02:29 Bryan Rufenach - 4x4 - 09:56 Brandon DeFazio - 13:51		Second period		Pier-Olivier Michaud - 04:00 Alex Fallstrom - 13:40
Ben Sexton - 7:29		Third period		Daniel Moriarty - pp - 02:28 Daniel Moriarty - pp - 03:12 Michael Biega - 07:01 Alex Killorn - 13:15
Paul Karpowich ( 36 saves / 42 shots )		Goalie stats		Ryan Carroll ( 29 saves / 33 shots )

Harvard wins series 2-0

(8) Quinnipiac vs. (9) Brown

March 4	Quinnipiac		4 - 0	Brown	TD Bank Sports Center	Recap
Jeremy Langlois - 00:15 Yuri Bouharevich - 12:56		First period		No scoring
Zach Hansen - 04:55 Kellen Jones - 4x4 - 05:57		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Dan Clarke ( 22 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats		Matt Clemente ( 8 saves / 12 shots ) Anthony Borelli (15 saves / 15 shots)

March 5	Quinnipiac		4 - 0	Brown	TD Bank Sports Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Zack Currie - pp - 00:35 Jeremy Langlois - 02:25		Second period		No scoring
Zach Hansen - 10:55 Ben Arnt - 14:07		Third period		No scoring
Eric Hartzell ( 26 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats		Matt Clemente ( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Anthony Borelli ( 6 saves / 7 shots )

Quinnipiac wins series 2-0

Quarterfinals

(1) Union vs. (12) Colgate

March 11	Union		4 - 1	Colgate	Achilles Rink	Recap
Andrew Boute - 03:46 Wayne Simpson - pp - 15:12		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Chris Wagner - 13:09
Matt Hatch - 03:02 Wayne Simpson - pp - 19:21		Third period		No scoring
Keith Kinkaid - ( 19 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats		Erik Mihalik - ( 38 saves / 42 shots )

March 12	Union		2 - 4	Colgate	Achilles Rink	Recap
Wayne Simpson - 05:21		First period		No scoring
Mat Bodie - 08:01		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Austin Mayer - 05:48 Chris Wagner - pp - 11:06 Robbie Bourdon - 14:48 Brian Day - en - 19:22
Keith Kinkaid - ( 18 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats		Erik Mihalik - ( 27 saves / 29 shots )

March 13	Union		3 - 4	OT	Colgate	Achilles Rink	Recap
Andrew Buote - 12:02		First period			No Scoring
Jeremy Welsh - PP - 05:15		Second period			Austin Smith - PP - 02:59 Kurtis Bartliff - PP - 13:01
Kelly Zajac - 13:03		Third period			Francois Brisebois - 17:33
No scoring		First overtime period			Wade Poplawski - 12:52
Keith Kinkaid - ( 29 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			Erik Mihalik - ( 34 saves / 37 shots )

Colgate Wins Series 2-1

(2) Yale vs. (11) St. Lawrence

March 11	Yale		3 - 4	OT	St. Lawrence	Ingalls Rink	Recap
Denny Kearney - pp - 03:10 Jimmy Martin - pp - 08:15		First period			Patrick Raley - 00:53
Jimmy Martin - pp - 03:58		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Aaron Bogosian - 06:27 Greg Carey - pp - 13:47
No scoring		First overtime period			Greg Carey - 16:28
Ryan Rondeau - ( 25 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats			Matt Weninger - ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

March 12	Yale		5 - 2	St. Lawrence	Ingalls Rink	Recap
Denny Kearney - 15:12		First period		Kyle Flanagan - pp - 19:58
Kevin Limbert - 08:37 Clinton Bourbonais - 11:56 Kevin Peel - 13:47		Second period		Nick Pitsikoulis - 17:41
Broc Little - pp - 08:38		Third period		No scoring
Ryan Rondeau - ( 29 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		Matt Weninger - ( 28 saves / 33 shots )

Series tied 1-1

(3) Dartmouth vs. (10) Harvard

March 11	Dartmouth		2 - 3	Harvard	Thompson Arena	Recap
Adam Estoclet - 16:00		First period		Alex Killorn - pp - 05:39 Ryan Grimshaw - 17:15
No scoring		Second period		Michael Del Mauro - 18:49
Scott Fleming - 18:34		Third period		No scoring
James Mello - ( 28 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		Ryan Carroll - ( 27 saves / 29 shots )

March 12	Dartmouth		2 - 1	OT	Harvard	Thompson Arena	Recap
Adam Estoclet - 13:56		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Michael Biega - pp - 11:12
Andrew Owsiak - 01:37		First overtime period			No scoring
James Mello - ( 24 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			Ryan Carroll - ( 25 saves / 27 shots )

Series tied 1-1

(4) Cornell vs. (8) Quinnipiac

March 17	Cornell		2 - 1	Quinnipiac	Lynah Rink	Recap
Joe Devin - 01:58		First period		Scott Zurevinski - 18:36
Joe Devin - pp - 19:35		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Mike Garman - ( 36 saves / 37 shots )		Goalie stats		Dan Clarke - ( 25 saves / 27 shots )

March 12	Cornell		0 - 1	Quinnipiac	Lynah Rink	Recap
No scoring		First period		Jeremy Langlois - 14:12
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Andy Iles - ( 30 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		Eric Hartzell - ( 24 saves / 24 shots )

Series tied 1-1

Semifinals

(2) Yale vs. (12) Colgate

March 18	Yale		4 - 0	Colgate	Boardwalk Hall	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Chris Cahill - 05:07		Second period		No scoring
Kenny Agostino - 06:42 Andrew Miller - 14:49 Antoine Laganiere - en - 19:45		Third period		No scoring
Ryan Rondeau - ( 22 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats		Eric Mihalik - ( 36 saves / 39 shots )

(3) Dartmouth vs. (4) Cornell

March 18	Dartmouth		0 - 3	Cornell	Boardwalk Hall	Recap
No scoring		First period		Sean Whitney - 18:05 Armand de Swardt - 18:29
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Locke Jillson - en - 18:59
James Mello - ( 15 saves / 17 shots )		Goalie stats		Mike Garman - ( 36 saves / 36 shots )

3rd Place Game

(3) Dartmouth vs. (12) Colgate

March 19	Dartmouth		5 - 3	Colgate	Boardwalk Hall	Recap
(Lindblad, Walsh) Connor Goggin - PP - 14:35 (Estoclet) Matt Lindblad - PP - 19:41		First period		07:41 - Robbie Bourdon (Poplawski, Larkin)
(Stephens, Reeds) Robbie Smith - 02:41 (Fleming) Adam Estoclet - GW - 15:49		Second period		12:57 - PP - Francis Brisbois (Bartliff, Smith)
(Lindblad) Dustin Walsh - 08:51		Third period		16:01 - Robbie Bourdon (Leidl, Day)
( 20 saves / 23 shots ) James Mello		Goalie stats		Eric Mihalik ( 29 saves / 34 shots )

Championship

(2) Yale vs. (4) Cornell

March 19	Yale		6 - 0	Cornell	Boardwalk Hall	Recap
(Kearney, Martin) Kevin Limbert - PP GW - 03:03 (Martin, Kearney) Kevin Limbert - PP - 15:50		First period		No scoring
(O'Neill, Miller) Antoine Laganière - 01:39 (O'Neill) Chris Cahill - 06:00 (Miller, Peel) Colin Dueck - 08:37 (Kearney) Broc Little - PP - 17:28		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 22 saves / 22 shots ) Ryan Rondeau		Goalie stats		Andy Iles ( 10 saves / 15 shots ) / Mike Garman ( 17 saves / 18 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

F Chris Cahill (Yale)
F Andrew Miller (Yale)
F Brian O’Neill (Yale)
D Connor Goggin (Dartmouth)
D Jimmy Martin (Yale)
G Ryan Rondeau* (Yale)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

References

"Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.

External links

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