2011 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2011 ECAC Hockey 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. 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
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#4 Union	22	17	3	2	36	75	43		40	26	10	4	144	84
#3 Yale	22	17	4	1	35	84	46		36	28	7	1	151	74
#18 Dartmouth	22	12	8	2	26	70	48		34	19	12	3	111	87
Cornell	22	11	9	2	24	57	53		34	16	15	3	86	88
Princeton	22	11	9	2	24	69	70		32	17	13	2	105	88
#20 Rensselaer	22	11	9	2	24	67	52		38	20	13	5	110	90
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: † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion 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			2	Yale	4
	5	Rensselaer	4	2	1			12	Colgate	1	4	4			12	Colgate	0
	12	Colgate	2	5	2**
								2	Yale	3	5	4
	6	Princeton	4	2	1			11	St. Lawrence	4*	2	0								2	Yale	6
	11	St. Lawrence	1	3	2															4	Cornell	0
								3	Dartmouth	2	2	4
	7	Clarkson	1	4	—			10	Harvard	3	1	3
	10	Harvard	2	6	—															Third place
								4	Cornell	2	0	3			3	Dartmouth	0
	8	Quinnipiac	4	4	—			8	Quinnipiac	1	1	2			4	Cornell	3			3	Dartmouth	5
	9	Brown	0	0	—															12	Colgate	3

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 )

Havard 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
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

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 )

Championship

(1) Yale vs. (4) Cornell

March 19

Yale

6 - 0

Cornell

Boardwalk Hall

Recap

3rd Place Game

(3) Dartmouth vs. (12) Colgate

March 19

Dartmouth

5 - 3

Colgate

Boardwalk Hall

Recap

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)

External links

• 2011 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament