2014 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2014 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
2014 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament logo
DatesMarch 7–22, 2014
Teams12
Finals siteHerb Brooks Arena
Lake Placid, New York
ChampionsUnion[1] (3rd title)
Winning coachRick Bennett[2] (3rd title)
MVPDaniel Carr[3] (Union)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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

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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.[4]

Conference standings

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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
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

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Teams are reseeded after the First Round and Quarterfinals

First Round[5]
March 7–9 		Quarterfinals[6]
March 14–16 		Semifinals[7]
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

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(5) Clarkson vs. (12) Princeton

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March 7[8] 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[9] 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[10] 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

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March 7[11] 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[12] 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

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March 7[13] 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[14] 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[15] 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

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March 7[16] 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[17] 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

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(1) Union vs. (10) Dartmouth

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March 14[18] 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[19] 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

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March 14[20] 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[21] 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

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March 14[22] 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[23] 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

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March 14[24] 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[25] 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[26] 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

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(1) Union vs. (4) Cornell

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March 21[27] 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

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March 21[28] 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

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(1) Union vs. (2) Colgate

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March 22[29] 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

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All-Tournament Team

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* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References

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  1. ^ "Union Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  2. ^ "Harvard Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
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