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.
| 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) |
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format
editThe 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
editNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| 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
edit| 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
edit(5) Rensselaer vs. (12) Colgate
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit(1) Union vs. (12) Colgate
edit| 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 | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | Matt Hatch - 03:02 Wayne Simpson - pp - 19:21 | ||||||
| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit(2) Yale vs. (12) Colgate
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit(3) Dartmouth vs. (12) Colgate
edit| 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
edit(2) Yale vs. (4) Cornell
edit| 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
edit- 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)
References
edit- ^ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.