2014 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2014 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
2014 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament logo
Dates	March 7–22, 2014
Teams	12
Finals site	Herb Brooks Arena Lake Placid, New York
Champions	Union (3rd title)
Winning coach	Rick Bennett (3rd title)
MVP	Daniel Carr (Union)
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The 2014 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 53rd tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 22, 2014. 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, Union received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2014 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 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

The third place game was eliminated from the tournament starting in 2014.

Conference standings

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

2013–14 ECAC Hockey men's standings v t e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 Union*	22	18	3	1	37	83	42	42	32	6	4	160	90
#12 Colgate	22	13	6	3	29	72	59	39	20	14	5	108	104
#7 Quinnipiac	22	12	6	4	28	78	43	40	24	10	6	141	81
#16 Cornell	22	11	7	4	26	51	50	32	17	10	5	77	74
Clarkson	22	11	9	2	24	57	64	42	21	17	4	101	102
Yale	22	10	8	4	24	71	56	33	17	11	5	106	82
Rensselaer	22	8	9	5	21	57	57	37	15	16	6	104	100
St. Lawrence	22	7	11	4	18	70	78	38	15	19	4	122	131
Brown	22	8	13	1	17	48	62	31	11	17	3	75	87
Dartmouth	22	7	13	2	16	51	72	34	10	20	4	84	115
Harvard	22	6	12	4	16	44	52	31	10	17	4	69	83
Princeton	22	4	18	0	8	44	91	32	6	26	0	60	126
Championship: Union † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the First Round and Quarterfinals

First Round March 7–9					Quarterfinals March 14–16					Semifinals March 21			Championship March 22

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

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(5) Clarkson vs. (12) Princeton

March 7	Clarkson		2 – 3	OT	Princeton	Cheel Arena
No Scoring		First period			04:19 - Kyle Rankin (Liau, Foster)
(Sexton, McPherson) Will Frederick - PP - 03:34 (Boak, Zarbo) Pat Megannety - 19:51		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			06:15 - PP - Andrew Calof (Ambrosia, Rush)
No scoring		First overtime period			12:02 - GW - Andrew Ammon (Calof, Liau)
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Greg Lewis		Goalie stats			Colton Phinney ( 39 saves / 41 shots )

March 8	Clarkson		4 – 0	Princeton	Cheel Arena
(McPherson, Powers) Jeff DiNallo - GW - 00:54 (Sexton, McPherson) Will Frederick - PP - 10:20		First period		No scoring
(Zarbo, Sinz) James de Haas - 04:22 (Sexton) James de Haas - 10:31		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Steve Perry		Goalie stats		Sean Bonar ( 33 saves / 37 shots )

March 7	Clarkson		2 – 3	Princeton	Cheel Arena
(Zarbo) Jarrett Burton - PP - 02:13 (Geiger, DiNallo) Allan McPherson - 12:29		First period		06:52 - Jonathan Liau (Brockett, Foster)
(DiNallo) Will Frederick - GW PP - 12:49		Second period		10:00 - PP - Kyle Rankin (Ambrosia, Calof)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Steve Perry		Goalie stats		Colton Phinney ( 32 saves / 35 shots )

Clarkson won series 2–1

(6) Yale vs. (11) Harvard

March 7	Yale		4 – 0	Harvard	Ingalls Rink
(Agostino, Killian) Jesse Root - GW - 07:47 (Learned, Ruffolo) Gus Young - 09:56		First period		No scoring
(Obuchowski, Lyon) Cody Learned - SH - 05:44		Second period		No scoring
(Ruffolo, O'Gara) Carson Cooper - 16:31		Third period		No scoring
( 24 saves / 24 shots ) Alex Lyon		Goalie stats		Steve Michalek ( 11 saves / 14 shots ) / Raphael Girard ( 13 saves / 14 shots )

March 8	Yale		2 – 1	Harvard	Ingalls Rink	Recap
No Scoring		First period		16:42 - PP - Brian Hart (Malone, Newell)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(Day, Root) Stu Wilson - EA - 10:31 (Root, Hayden) Kenny Agostino - GW PP - 11:09		Third period		No scoring
( 18 saves / 19 shots ) Alex Lyon		Goalie stats		Raphael Girard ( 37 saves / 39 shots )

Yale won series 2–0

(7) Rensselaer vs. (10) Dartmouth

March 7	Rensselaer		4 – 1	Dartmouth	Houston Field House
(Neal, Zalewski) Ryan Haggerty - PP - 04:39 (unassisted) Ryan Haggerty - GW - 10:01		First period		No scoring
(Bubela, Neal) Jacob Laliberte - 02:29		Second period		08:53 - Jesse Beamish (Simpson, Hartley)
(Miller) Zach Schroeder - 01:06		Third period		No scoring
( 29 saves / 30 shots ) Scott Diebold		Goalie stats		Charles Grant ( 33 saves / 37 shots )

March 8	Rensselaer		2 – 3	Dartmouth	Houston Field House
No Scoring		First period		07:13 - PP - Eric Neiley (Opperman, Sikura)
(Neal) Jacob Laliberte - 08:43 (Neal, Zalewski) Ryan Haggerty - PP - 11:55		Second period		09:51 - Jesse Beamish (unassisted)
No scoring		Third period		13:46 - GW - Eric Neiley (Opperman, Hartley)
( 36 saves / 39 shots ) Scott Diebold		Goalie stats		Charles Grant ( 20 saves / 22 shots )

March 8	Rensselaer		4 – 5	Dartmouth	Houston Field House
(Higgs, Zalewski) Ryan Haggerty - 03:39 (Haggerty) Mike Zalewski - 16:00		First period		06:38 - SH - Tim O'Brien (unassisted)
(McGowan, Leonard) Chris Bradley - 15:43 (Schroeder) Mark McGowan - 18:50		Second period		18:05 - Rick Pinkston (McNally, Neiley)
No scoring		Third period		02:10 - Eric Neiley (McNally, Opperman) 08:48 - Brandon McNally (Neiley) 17:46 - GW - Brad Schierhorn (O'Brien)
( 34 saves / 39 shots ) Scott Diebold		Goalie stats		Charles Grant ( 35 saves / 39 shots )

Dartmouth won series 2–1

(8) St. Lawrence vs. (9) Brown

March 7	St. Lawrence		3 – 2	2OT	Brown	Appleton Arena
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Ward, Dahl) Kyle Essery - 04:42 (Bayreuther, Carey) Greg Carey - PP - 18:46		Second period			14:00 - Zach Pryzbek (Hathaway, Lamacchia)
No scoring		Third period			19:05 - EA - Nick Lappin (Hathaway, Naclerio)
(Wick, Raley) Eric Sweetman - GW - 01:27		Second overtime period			No scoring
( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Matt Weninger		Goalie stats			Tyler Steel ( 43 saves / 46 shots )

March 8	St. Lawrence		3 – 2	Brown	Appleton Arena
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Dahl, Carey) Eric Sweetman - PP - 05:13		Second period		No scoring
(Essery, Hughes) Gavin Bayreuther - 04:36 (Hagen, Ward) Woody Hudson - GW - 05:52		Third period		04:10 - Garnet Hathaway (Pryzbek) 10:10 - Ryan Jacobson (Middleton, Doane)
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Matt Weninger		Goalie stats		Tyler Steel ( 25 saves / 28 shots )

St. Lawrence won series 2–0

Quarterfinals

(1) Union vs. (10) Dartmouth

March 14	Union		3 – 0	Dartmouth	Achilles Center
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Vecchione, Gostisbehere) Michael Pontarelli - GW PP - 01:12		Second period		No scoring
(unassisted) Daniel Carr - PS - 17:23 (Gostisbehere, Vecchione) Daniel Carr - EN - 18:34		Third period		No scoring
( 32 saves / 32 shots ) Colin Stevens		Goalie stats		Charles Grant ( 39 saves / 41 shots )

March 15	Union		4 – 2	Dartmouth	Achilles Center
(Ciampini, Carr) Mike Vecchione - 04:34		First period		11:38 - PP - Brandon McNally (Opperman, Neiley) 13:01 - PP - Tim O'Brien (Beamish, Mosey)
(Vecchione) Daniel Carr - 18:45		Second period		No scoring
(Taylor, Sullivan) Max Novak - GW - 09:09 (Vecchione) Daniel Ciampini - EN - 19:08		Third period		No scoring
( 33 saves / 35 shots ) Colin Stevens		Goalie stats		Charles Grant ( 27 saves / 30 shots )

Union won series 2–0

(2) Colgate vs. (8) St. Lawrence

March 14	Colgate		2 – 1	St. Lawrence	Starr Rink
(Spink, Borkowski) Tyson Spink - PP - 02:29 (Spink, Spink) Kevin Lough - GW PP - 05:09		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		14:20 - Justin Baker (Carey, Raley)
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Charles Finn		Goalie stats		Matt Weninger ( 29 saves / 31 shots )

March 15	Colgate		4 – 3	St. Lawrence	Starr Rink
(Borowski, Gentzler) Darcy Murphy - 02:22		First period		01:40 - Woody Hudson (Ward, Smolcynski) 15:13 - PP - Greg Carey (Bayreuther, Wick)
(Wilson, Black) Darcy Murphy - PP - 08:43		Second period		No scoring
(Johnston, Black) Joe Wilson - 05:00 (Wilson, Johnston) Darcy Murphy - GW PP - 09:25		Third period		16:46 - Greg Carey (Wick, Carey)
( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Charles Finn		Goalie stats		Matt Weninger ( 20 saves / 24 shots )

Colgate won series 2–0

(3) Quinnipiac vs. (6) Yale

March 14	Quinnipiac		6 – 2	Yale	TD Bank Sports Center	Recap
(Sherbinin) Tim Clifton - 05:10		First period		No scoring
(Tolkinen, Peca) Travis St. Denis - 04:00 (Toews) Connor Jones - GW - 05:17 (Tolkinen, Jones) Bryce Van Brabant - 10:33		Second period		16:39 - PP - Ryan Obuchowski (Root, Fallen)
(Samuels-Thomas) Travis St. Denis - 19:50 (Schutt) Connor Clifton - 10:24		Third period		02:19 - PP - John Hayden (Wilson, Obuchowski)
( 17 saves / 19 shots ) Michael Garteig		Goalie stats		Alex Lyon ( 29 saves / 33 shots ) / Patrick Spano ( 5 saves / 7 shots )

March 15	Quinnipiac		5 – 3	Yale	TD Bank Sports Center	Recap
(Jones, Jones) Sam Anas - 03:00 (Tolkinen, Peca) Travis St. Denis - 05:31 (Scherbinin, Peca) Tommy Schutt - 17:11		First period		14:31 - PP - John Hayden (Agostino, Root)
No scoring		Second period		02:56 - Mike Doherty (Witek) 12:27 - John Hayden (Root, Agostino)
(Van Brabant, Smith) Jordan Samuels-Thomas -GW PP - 04:40 (Jones) Sam Anas - 08:40		Third period		No scoring
( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Michael Garteig		Goalie stats		Alex Lyon ( 29 saves / 34 shots )

Quinnipiac won series 2–0

(4) Cornell vs. (5) Clarkson

March 14	Cornell		2 – 1	Clarkson	Lynah Rink
(Lowry, McCarron) Kirill Gotovets - 11:33		First period		No scoring
(McCarron, Ferlin) Kirill Gotovets - GW PP - 02:31		Second period		14:49 - PS - Jordan Boucher (unassisted)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 28 saves / 29 shots ) Andy Iles		Goalie stats		Steve Perry ( 31 saves / 32 shots )

March 15	Cornell		1 – 4	Clarkson	Lynah Rink
No Scoring		First period		07:00 - PP - Jeff DiNallo (McPherson, Sexton)
(Bardreau, Ferlin) Patrick McCarron - 11:09		Second period		05:52 - GW - Christian Powers (Geiger, McPherson) 07:33 - PP - James de Haas (DiNallo, Sexton)
No scoring		Third period		19:52 - EN - Jarrett Burton (Frederick)
( 11 saves / 14 shots ) Andy Iles		Goalie stats		Steve Perry ( 23 saves / 24 shots )

March 16	Cornell		1 – 0	OT	Clarkson	Lynah Rink
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(Lewis, Ryan) Brian Ferlin - GW - 12:32		First overtime period			No scoring
( 23 saves / 23 shots ) Andy Iles		Goalie stats			Steve Perry ( 25 saves / 26 shots )

Cornell won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Union vs. (4) Cornell

March 21	Union		5 – 2	Cornell	Herb Brooks Arena	Recap
(Pontarelli, Coatta) Cole Ikkala - 09:24 (Wilkins, Bodie) Kevin Sullivan - PP - 17:47		First period		No scoring
(Hatch, Sullivan) Max Novak - GW - 17:20 (Carr, Bodie) Mike Vecchione - 18:32		Second period		05:56 - Christian Hilbrich (unassisted) 18:18 - Joakim Ryan (Willcox, Knisley)
(unassisted) Daniel Carr - EN - 18:37		Third period		No scoring
( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Colin Stevens		Goalie stats		Andy Iles ( 26 saves / 30 shots )

(2) Colgate vs. (3) Quinnipiac

March 21	Colgate		3 – 2	2OT	Quinnipiac	Herb Brooks Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(unassisted) Andrew Black - 19:18		Second period			02:54 - Connor Jones (Jones) 15:37 - Sam Anas (Peca, Toews)
(Spink) Kyle Baun - EA - 19:04		Third period			No scoring
(Baun, Kulevich) Tyson Spink - GW - 00:58		Second overtime period			No scoring
( 30 saves / 32 shots ) Charles Finn		Goalie stats			Michael Garteig ( 33 saves / 36 shots )

Championship

(1) Union vs. (2) Colgate

March 22	Union		5 – 2	Colgate	Herb Brooks Arena
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Sullivan, Gostisbehere) Matt Hatch - 11:17 (Novak, Bodie) Daniel Carr - PP - 13:51 (Carr, Taylor) Daniel Ciampini - GW - 15:40		Second period		No scoring
(Carr, Ciampini) Mike Vecchione - 07:30 (Hatch) Max Novak - EN - 17:47		Third period		12:49 - Spiro Goulakos (Johnston) 17:16 - EA - Darcy Murphy (Kulevich, Spink)
( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Colin Stevens		Goalie stats		Charles Finn ( 24 saves / 28 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

F Daniel Carr* (Union)
F Tyson Spink (Colgate)
F Mike Vecchione (Union)
D Mathew Bodie (Union)
D Shayne Gostisbehere (Union)
G Colin Stevens (Union)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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