2005 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2005 ECAC Hockey Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 4–19, 2005
Teams12
Finals sitePepsi Arena
Albany, New York
ChampionsCornell (11th title)
Winning coachMike Schafer[1] (4th title)
MVPCharlie Cook[2] (Cornell)
ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2005 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 44th tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 19, 2005. Opening round and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Pepsi Arena (subsequently renamed Times Union Center) in Albany, New York. By winning the tournament, Cornell received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

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

2004–05 ECAC Hockey standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#5 Cornell†* 22 18 2 2 38 70 26 35 27 5 3 112 45
#10 Harvard 22 15 5 2 32 71 38 34 21 10 3 98 64
#14 Colgate 22 14 5 3 31 55 38 39 25 11 3 108 78
Vermont 22 13 6 3 29 66 37 39 21 14 4 108 85
Dartmouth 22 14 8 0 28 74 49 35 20 13 2 120 83
Brown 22 9 11 2 20 54 60 33 16 14 3 89 87
St. Lawrence 22 9 12 1 19 70 73 38 17 19 2 116 117
Union 22 8 13 1 17 43 72 37 13 22 2 79 111
Clarkson 22 7 13 2 16 44 66 39 13 23 3 92 120
Princeton 22 6 14 2 14 59 81 31 8 20 3 81 120
Rensselaer 22 6 15 1 13 46 73 38 14 22 2 102 118
Yale 22 3 18 1 7 50 89 32 5 25 2 70 140
Championship: Cornell
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round and quarterfinals

First round[3]
March 4–6 		Quarterfinals[4]
March 11–13 		Semifinals[5]
March 18 		Championship
March 19
1 Cornell 5 3* —
5 Dartmouth 7 4 5 9 Clarkson 0 2 —
12 Yale 2 5* 1 1 Cornell 3
4 Vermont 0
2 Harvard 2 3 —
6 Brown 7 4 — 7 St. Lawrence 0 2 —
11 Rensselaer 4 3 — 1 Cornell 3
2 Harvard 1
3 Colgate 4 3 —
7 St. Lawrence 7 4 — 6 Brown 1 0 —
10 Princeton 0 2 — 2 Harvard 4** Third place
3 Colgate 3
4 Vermont 2 3* 2 3 Colgate 2
8 Union 0 2* 3 5 Dartmouth 3 2 1 4 Vermont 1
9 Clarkson 1* 1 4*

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(5) Dartmouth vs. (12) Yale

March 4[6] Dartmouth 7 – 2 Yale Thompson Arena Recap  
Nick Johnson – 06:55
Sean Offers – 08:17
Lee Stempniak – GW – 12:53
Tanner Glass – SH – 17:28 		First period 19:33 - Jean-Francois Boucher
Sean Offers – 00:27
Mike Ouellette – 08:55 		Second period 17:19 – Bradley Mills
Eric Przepiorka – PP – 16:50 Third period No scoring
Dan Yacey ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) Goalie stats Matt Modelski ( 14 saves / 20 shots ) / Josh Gartner ( 16 saves / 17 shots )
March 5[7] Dartmouth 4 – 5 OT Yale Thompson Arena Recap  
Jarrett Sampson – 03:26 First period 01:01 – Jeff Hristovski
Lee Stempniak – SH – 03:33 Second period 02:25 – PP – Bradley Mills
15:47 – Will Engasser
Eric Przepiorka – 15:51
Jarrett Sampson – 18:04 		Third period 12:43 – Robert Burns
No Scoring First overtime period 02:41 – GW – Will Engasser
Dan Yacey ( 22 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Josh Gartner ( 60 saves / 64 shots )
March 6[8] Dartmouth 5 – 1 Yale Thompson Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Nick Johnson – PP – 09:04
David Jones – GW PP – 16:35
Lee Stempniak – 18:45 		Second period 01:06 - Jean-Francois Boucher
Eric Przepiorka – PP – 04:28
Mike Ouellette – 19:41 		Third period No scoring
Dan Yacey ( 18 saves / 19 shots ) Goalie stats Josh Gartner ( 52 saves / 57 shots )
Dartmouth won series 2–1


(6) Brown vs. (11) Rensselaer

March 4[9] Brown 7 – 4 Rensselaer Meehan Auditorium Recap  
Chris Poli – 03:52
Brian Ihnacak – PP – 07:26 		First period 05:59 – PP – Kevin Broad
Sean Hurley – 10:25
Chris Poli – PP – 15:36 		Second period 07:12 – PP – Alexander Valentin
14:51 – PP – Jake Luthi
Brian McNary – GW – 12:25
Mike Meech – 13:38
Chris Swon – EN – 13:38 		Third period 11:17 – Kevin Croxton
Adam D'Alba ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Andrew Martin ( 18 saves / 24 shots )
March 5[10] Brown 4 – 3 OT Rensselaer Meehan Auditorium Recap  
Jeff Prough – PP – 03:52
Mike Meech – 12:44 		First period 10:23 – PP – Alexander Valentin
Gerry Burke – 10:51 Second period 08:24 – Kirk MacDonald
09:32 – Kevin Croxton
No scoring Third period No scoring
Chris Poli – 05:33 First overtime period No scoring
Adam D'Alba ( 23 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats Andrew Martin ( 23 saves / 27 shots )
Brown won series 2–0


(7) St. Lawrence vs. (10) Princeton

March 4[11] St. Lawrence 7 – 0 Princeton Appleton Arena Recap  
Max Taylor – GW PP – 08:31
John Zeiler – PP – 14:49 		First period No scoring
Mike Zbriger – 09:18
Jim Hakewill – 11:10
Josh Anderson – 16:17 		Second period No scoring
Simon Watson – 07:00
Stace Page – 14:59 		Third period No scoring
Mike McKenna ( 23 saves / 23 shots ) Goalie stats Eric Leroux ( 25 saves / 28 shots ) / B.J. Sklapsky ( 16 saves / 20 shots )
March 5[12] St. Lawrence 4 – 2 Princeton Appleton Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Kyle Rank – SH – 03:24 Second period No scoring
Josh Anderson – 01:08
Matt Macdonald – GW – 18:10
T.J. Trevelyan – EN – 19:19 		Third period 07:59 – Dustin Sproat
13:37 – Dustin Sproat
Mike McKenna ( 20 saves / 22 shots ) Goalie stats Eric Leroux ( 52 saves / 55 shots )
St. Lawrence won series 2–0


(8) Union vs. (9) Clarkson

March 4[13] Union 0 – 1 OT Clarkson Achilles Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 15:43 – GW – David Cayer
Justin Mrazek ( 21 saves / 22 shots ) Goalie stats Dustin Traylen ( 32 saves / 32 shots )
March 5[14] Union 2 – 1 OT Clarkson Achilles Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 03:11 – Michael Grenzy
Torren Delforte – 12:06 Third period No scoring
Torren Delforte – GW – 10:39 First overtime period No scoring
Justin Mrazek ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Goalie stats Dustin Traylen ( 28 saves / 30 shots )
March 6[15] Union 3 – 4 OT Clarkson Achilles Center Recap  
Olivier Bouchard – PP – 19:04 First period 16:58 – Chris Brekelmans
Jordan Webb – 04:10 Second period 08:52 – PP – Jay Latulippe
10:47 – Max Kolu
Olivier Bouchard – PP – 16:27 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 18:18 – GW – Shawn Weller
Justin Mrazek ( 40 saves / 44 shots ) Goalie stats Dustin Traylen ( 31 saves / 34 shots )
Clarkson won series 2–1


Quarterfinals

(1) Cornell vs. (9) Clarkson

March 11[16] Cornell 5 – 0 Clarkson Lynah Rink Recap  
Mike Knoepfli – GW SH – 07:46
Byron Bitz – PP – 16:16 		First period No scoring
Shane Hynes – PP – 12:09
Mike Iggulden – SH – 14:31
Byron Bitz – PP – 16:15 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
David McKee ( 20 saves / 20 shots ) Goalie stats Dustin Traylen ( 19 saves / 23 shots ) / Kyle McNulty ( 5 saves / 6 shots )
March 12[17] Cornell 3 – 2 OT Clarkson Lynah Rink Recap  
Shane Hynes – PP – 03:56 First period 01:48 – Jay Latulippe
11:22 – David Cayer
Matt Moulson – 08:58 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Topher Scott – GW – 12:00 First overtime period No scoring
David McKee ( 34 saves / 36 shots ) Goalie stats Dustin Traylen ( 34 saves / 37 shots )
Cornell won series 2–0


(2) Harvard vs. (7) St. Lawrence

March 11[18] Harvard 2 – 0 St. Lawrence Bright Hockey Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Charlie Johnson – GW PP – 16:44 Second period No scoring
Jon Pelle – 13:22 Third period No scoring
Dov Grumet-Morris ( 33 saves / 33 shots ) Goalie stats Mike McKenna ( 14 saves / 16 shots )
March 12[19] Harvard 5 – 3 St. Lawrence Bright Hockey Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Brendan Bernakevitch – 05:32
Kevin Du – PP – 17:47 		Second period No scoring
Tyler Magura – GW SH – 10:43 Third period 05:36 – PP – Mike Zbriger
05:36 – PP – Max Taylor
Dov Grumet-Morris ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Mike McKenna ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) / Justin Pesony ( 0 saves / 0 shots )
Harvard won series 2–0


(3) Colgate vs. (6) Brown

March 11[20] Colgate 4 – 1 Brown Starr Rink Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Adam Mitchell – PP – 13:37
Jon Smyth – GW – 17:50 		Second period 08:30 – PP – Brian McNary
Mike Campaner – PP – 03:53
Dustin Gillanders – PP – 14:38 		Third period No scoring
Steve Silverhorn ( 11 saves / 12 shots ) Goalie stats Adam D'Alba ( 28 saves / 32 shots )
March 12[21] Colgate 3 – 0 Brown Starr Rink Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Anthony Masotto – GW PP – 06:52
Tyler Burton – 13:26 		Second period No scoring
Dave Thomas – 17:12 Third period No scoring
Steve Silverhorn ( 19 saves / 19 shots ) Goalie stats Adam D'Alba ( 26 saves / 29 shots )
Colgate won series 2–0


(4) Vermont vs. (5) Dartmouth

March 11[22] Dartmouth 2 – 3 Vermont Gutterson Fieldhouse Recap  
Andy Corran – PP – 01:55 First period 12:49 – Nick Johnson
Scott Mifsud – 02:48 Second period 15:59 – Mike Ouellette
No Scoring Third period 02:34 – Lee Stempniak
Joe Fallon ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Goalie stats Dan Yacey ( 18 saves / 20 shots )
March 12[23] Dartmouth 3 – 2 OT Vermont Gutterson Fieldhouse Recap  
Baron Becker – 06:30
Jeff Corey – PP – 15:13 		First period No scoring
No Scoring Second period 07:11 – David Jones
No Scoring Third period 12:02 – Nick Johnson
Chris Myers – GW PP – 17:34 First overtime period No scoring
Joe Fallon ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats Dan Yacey ( 32 saves / 35 shots )
March 13[24] Dartmouth 2 – 1 Vermont Gutterson Fieldhouse Recap  
Jaime Sifers – PP – 06:05 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Mark Lutz – GW PP – 06:02 Third period 02:10 – Eric Przepiorka
Joe Fallon ( 24 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats Dan Yacey ( 24 saves / 26 shots )
Vermont won series 2–1


Semifinals

(1) Cornell vs. (4) Vermont

March 18[25] Cornell 3 – 0 Vermont Pepsi Arena Recap  
Topher Scott – GW – 13:22 First period No scoring
Matt Moulson – PP – 09:56 Second period No scoring
Chris Abbott – EN – 18:42 Third period No scoring
David McKee ( 25 saves / 25 shots ) Goalie stats Joe Fallon ( 19 saves / 21 shots )


(2) Harvard vs. (3) Colgate

March 18[26] Harvard 4 – 3 2OT Colgate Pepsi Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Dan Murphy – PP – 06:38 Second period No scoring
Charlie Johnson – 16:01
Tom Cavanagh – 18:03 		Third period 00:27 – Jon Smyth
16:46 – Joey Mormina
18:39 – Joey Mormina
Kevin Du – GW – 16:01 Second overtime period No scoring
Dov Grumet-Morris ( 46 saves / 49 shots ) Goalie stats Steve Silverhorn ( 47 saves / 51 shots )


Third place

(3) Colgate vs. (4) Vermont

March 19[27] Colgate 2 – 1 Vermont Pepsi Arena Recap  
Tyler Burton – PP – 05:17
Joey Mormina – GW PP – 19:39 		First period No scoring
No Scoring Second period 08:24 – PP – Matt Syroczynski
No scoring Third period No scoring
Steve Silverhorn ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) Goalie stats Joe Fallon ( 18 saves / 20 shots )


Championship

(1) Cornell vs. (2) Harvard

March 18[28] Cornell 3 – 1 Harvard Pepsi Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 18:23 – PP – Dylan Reese
Paul Varteressian – 09:35
Charlie Cook – 10:30 		Second period No scoring
Charlie Cook – PP – 06:35 Third period No scoring
David McKee ( 17 saves / 18 shots ) Goalie stats Dov Grumet-Morris ( 29 saves / 32 shots )


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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