2024 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
2024 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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Dates | March 8–23, 2024 |
Teams | 12 |
Finals site | Herb Brooks Arena Lake Placid, New York |
Champions | Cornell (13th title) |
Winning coach | Mike Schafer (6th title) |
MVP | Jonathan Castagna (Cornell) |
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The 2024 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament was the 63rd tournament in league history. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2024. By winning the tournament, Cornell received ECAC Hockey's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.
Format
The tournament features four rounds of play. The teams that finish above fifth place in the standings received 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 single-elimination game with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the one seed played the lowest remaining seed, the second seed played the second-lowest remaining seed, the third seed played the third-lowest remaining seed and the fourth seed played the fourth-lowest remaining seed each in a best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals the top remaining seed played 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 2024 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.[1]
Conference standings
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Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
#6 Quinnipiac † | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 99 | 39 | 39 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 160 | 79 | ||
#9 Cornell * | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 74 | 45 | 35 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 115 | 65 | ||
Colgate | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 85 | 68 | 36 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 120 | 112 | ||
Dartmouth | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 66 | 60 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 92 | 91 | ||
Clarkson | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 62 | 58 | 35 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 95 | 97 | ||
Union | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 75 | 75 | 37 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 123 | 121 | ||
St. Lawrence | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 49 | 64 | 39 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 90 | 118 | ||
Harvard | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 49 | 64 | 32 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 70 | 106 | ||
Princeton | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 70 | 90 | 30 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 89 | 114 | ||
Yale | 22 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 46 | 57 | 30 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 63 | 91 | ||
Brown | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 43 | 69 | 30 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 61 | 98 | ||
Rensselaer | 22 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 58 | 89 | 37 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 93 | 150 | ||
Championship: March 23, 2024 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |
Bracket
Teams are reseeded for the semifinals
First Round March 8–9 | Quarterfinals March 15–17 | Semifinals March 22 | Championship March 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Quinnipiac | 5 | 5 | - | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Clarkson | 2 | 12 | Rensselaer | 1 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||||
12 | Rensselaer | 3 | 1 | Quinnipiac | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | St. Lawrence | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Cornell | 4 | 4 | - | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Union | 6 | 8 | Harvard | 3 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||
11 | Brown | 0 | 7 | St. Lawrence | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Cornell | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Colgate | 2 | 2 | - | |||||||||||||||||
7 | St. Lawrence | 4 | 7 | St. Lawrence | 3** | 3 | - | ||||||||||||||
10 | Yale | 2 | 2 | Cornell | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Dartmouth | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Dartmouth | 3 | 4 | - | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Harvard | 1 | 6 | Union | 1 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||||
9 | Princeton | 0 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results
Note: All game times are local.
First Round
(5) Clarkson vs. (12) Rensselaer
March 9, 2024 7:00 pm | Clarkson | 2–3 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0) | Rensselaer | Cheel Arena Attendance: 2,834 |
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Austin Roden | Goalies | Jack Watson | Referees: Joe Carusone Tyler Loftus Linesmen: John Rey Adam Wood | ||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
36 | Shots | 17 |
(6) Union vs. (11) Brown
March 9, 2024 4:00 pm | Union | 6–0 (1–0, 2–0, 3–0) | Brown | Achilles Rink Attendance: 2,035 |
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Kyle Chauvette | Goalies | Lawton Zacher | Referees: William Brennan III Tom Steinel Linesmen: Ryan Knapp Stephen Drain | |||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
40 | Shots | 22 |
(7) St. Lawrence vs. (10) Yale
March 8, 2024 7:00 pm | St. Lawrence | 4–2 (1–0, 3–2, 0–0) | Yale | Appleton Arena Attendance: 1,577 |
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Ben Kraws | Goalies | Jack Stark | Referees: Jason Williams Matt Wyld Linesmen: Jason Shattie Ryan Chauvin | |||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 13 min | ||||||||||||||||||
33 | Shots | 39 |
(8) Harvard vs. (9) Princeton
March 8, 2024 7:00 pm | Harvard | 1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0) | Princeton | Bright-Landry Hockey Center Attendance: 1,482 |
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Aku Koskenvuo | Goalies | Arthur Smith | Referees: CJ Hanafin Cameron Lynch Linesmen: Patrick Dapuzzo Robert Peterkin | ||
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4 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||
17 | Shots | 38 |
Quarterfinals
(1) Quinnipiac vs. (12) Rensselaer
March 15, 2024 7:00 pm | Quinnipiac | 5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0) | Rensselaer | M&T Bank Arena Attendance: 2,721 |
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Vinny Duplessis | Goalies | Jack Watson | Referees: Kenneth Gates Cameron Lynch Linesmen: Phil Kitchen John Rey | |||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
35 | Shots | 21 |
March 16, 2024 7:00 pm | Quinnipiac | 5–2 (0–0, 2–2, 3–0) | Rensselaer | M&T Bank Arena Attendance: 2,909 |
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Vinny Duplessis | Goalies | Jack Watson | Referees: Kenneth Gates Cameron Lynch Linesmen: Phil Kitchen John Rey | ||||||||||||||||||||
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17 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Shots | 25 |
Quinnipiac Won Series 2–0 |
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(2) Cornell vs. (8) Harvard
March 15, 2024 7:00 pm | Cornell | 4–3 (3–0, 1–1, 0–2) | Harvard | Lynah Rink Attendance: 4,267 |
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Ian Shane | Goalies | Aku Koskenvuo | Referees: CJ Hanafin Kevin Graber Linesmen: Stephen Drain Adam Wood | ||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Shots | 25 |
March 16, 2024 7:00 pm | Cornell | 4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1) | Harvard | Lynah Rink Attendance: 4,267 |
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Ian Shane | Goalies | Derek Mullahy | Referees: CJ Hanafin Kevin Graber Linesmen: Stephen Drain Adam Wood | ||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 17 min | |||||||||||||||
25 | Shots | 22 |
Cornell Won Series 2–0 |
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(3) Colgate vs. (7) St. Lawrence
March 15, 2024 7:00 pm | Colgate | 2–3 (2 OT) (0–0, 0–2, 2–0, 0–0, 0–1) | St. Lawrence | Class of 1965 Arena Attendance: 763 |
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Carter Gylander | Goalies | Ben Kraws | Referees: Joe Carusone Anthony Kenney Linesmen: Jordan Patarino Patrick Dapuzzo | ||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||
49 | Shots | 33 |
March 16, 2024 7:00 pm | Colgate | 2–3 (1–0, 0–2, 1–1) | St. Lawrence | Class of 1965 Arena Attendance: 834 |
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Carter Gylander | Goalies | Ben Kraws | Referees: Joe Carusone Anthony Kenney Linesmen: Jordan Patarino Patrick Dapuzzo | ||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
43 | Shots | 22 |
St. Lawrence Won Series 2–0 |
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(4) Dartmouth vs. (6) Union
March 15, 2024 7:00 pm | Dartmouth | 3–1 (0–1, 3–0, 0–0) | Union | Thompson Arena Attendance: 1,625 |
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Cooper Black | Goalies | Kyle Chauvette | Referees: Jason Williams Tom Steinel Linesmen: Ryan Knapp Jason Shattie | |||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||||||||||||
25 | Shots | 24 |
March 16, 2024 7:00 pm | Dartmouth | 4–2 (1–1, 1–1, 2–0) | Union | Thompson Arena Attendance: 2,007 |
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Cooper Black | Goalies | Kyle Chauvette | Referees: Jason Williams Tom Steinel Linesmen: Ryan Knapp Jason Shattie | |||||||||||||||||
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9 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||
25 | Shots | 26 |
Dartmouth Won Series 2–0 |
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Semifinals
(1) Quinnipiac vs. (7) St. Lawrence
March 22, 2024 4:00 pm | Quinnipiac | 0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1) | St. Lawrence | Herb Brooks Arena Attendance: 4,015 |
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Vinny Duplessis | Goalies | Ben Kraws | Referees: CJ Hanafin William Brennan III Linesmen: Stephen Drain Adam Wood | ||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
22 | Shots | 25 |
(2) Cornell vs. (4) Dartmouth
March 22, 2024 7:30 pm | Cornell | 6–3 (0–1, 1–2, 5–0) | Dartmouth | Herb Brooks Arena Attendance: 4,015 |
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Ian Shane | Goalies | Cooper Black | Referees: Cameron Lynch Kevin Graber Linesmen: Ryan Knapp Patrick Dapuzzo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Shots | 30 |
Championship
(2) Cornell vs. (7) St. Lawrence
March 22, 2024 5:00 pm | Cornell | 3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1) | St. Lawrence | Herb Brooks Arena Attendance: 4,912 |
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Ian Shane | Goalies | Ben Kraws | Referees: Jason Williams Joe Carusone Linesmen: Jason Shattie John Ray | |||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 32 |
Tournament awards
- G Ben Kraws (St. Lawrence)
- D Ben Robertson (Cornell)
- D John Fusco (Dartmouth)
- F Jonathan Castagna* (Cornell)
- F Gabriel Seger (Cornell)
- F Tomáš Mazura (St. Lawrence)
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