2023 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2023 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 3–18, 2023
Teams12
Finals siteHerb Brooks Arena
Lake Placid, New York
ChampionsColgate (2nd title)
Winning coachDon Vaughan (1st title)
MVPCarter Gylander (Colgate)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2023 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament was the 62nd tournament in league history. It was played between March 3 and March 18, 2023. By winning the tournament, Colgate received ECAC Hockey's automatic bid to the 2023 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 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.[1]

Conference standings

2022–23 ECAC Hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#1 Quinnipiac † 22 20 2 0 0 0 0 60 87 30 41 34 4 3 162 64
#10 Harvard 22 18 4 0 5 0 0 49 86 48 34 24 8 2 125 81
#9 Cornell 22 15 6 1 0 1 0 47 78 42 34 21 11 2 112 66
St. Lawrence 22 12 10 0 1 2 0 37 56 58 36 17 19 0 88 102
#18 Colgate * 22 11 8 3 4 1 3 36 71 58 40 19 16 5 113 109
Clarkson 22 9 10 3 0 1 0 31 60 60 37 16 17 4 102 98
Rensselaer 22 9 13 0 2 1 0 26 52 74 35 14 20 1 84 115
Union 22 8 13 1 0 0 1 26 45 68 35 14 19 2 86 117
Princeton 22 8 14 0 2 1 0 26 57 73 32 13 19 0 89 112
Yale 22 6 14 2 0 1 1 22 35 62 32 8 20 4 57 94
Brown 22 5 14 3 0 1 1 20 41 69 30 9 18 3 65 91
Dartmouth 22 4 17 1 0 2 1 16 44 70 30 5 24 1 64 106
Championship: March 18, 2023
† 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 3–4 		Quarterfinals
March 10–12 		Semifinals
March 17 		Championship
March 18
1 Quinnipiac 3 6 -
5 Colgate 5 10 Yale 0 2 -
12 Dartmouth 3 1 Quinnipiac 1
5 Colgate 2**
2 Harvard 6 6 -
6 Clarkson 5 9 Princeton 1 1 -
11 Brown 1 5 Colgate 3
2 Harvard 2
3 Cornell 2 3 -
7 Rensselaer 1 6 Clarkson 1 1 -
10 Yale 4 2 Harvard 1*
3 Cornell 0
4 St. Lawrence 3 2 -
8 Union 4 5 Colgate 4* 3 -
9 Princeton 6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Note: All game times are local.

First Round

(5) Colgate vs. (12) Dartmouth

March 3, 2023
7:00 PM		Colgate5–3
(2–1, 1–0, 2–2)		DartmouthClass of 1965 Arena
Attendance: 926
Game reference
Carter GylanderGoaliesCooper BlackReferees:
Chris Pitoscia
Tom Dellafranco
Linesmen:
Patrick Dapuzzo
Rick Lembo
0–102:37 – Brady MacDonald (1) (Musa, Flinton)
(McGuire, Belpedio) Ben Raymond (5) – 04:051–1
(Panetta, Bergsland) Simon Labelle (4) – 08:302–1
(unassisted) Colton Young (9) – SH – 25:483–1
(Anderson, Manderville) Matt Verboon (15) – GW PP – 47:494–1
(Martino, McFaul) Alex DiPaolo (1) – PP – 49:555–1
5–251:30 – EA – Sean Chisholm (7) (Palocsik, Hubbarde)
5–352:45 – PP – Luke Haymes (11) (Dorfman, Chisholm)
8 minPenalties34 min
20Shots24

(6) Clarkson vs. (11) Brown

March 4, 2023
4:00 PM		Clarkson5–1
(1–0, 1–0, 3–1)		BrownCheel Arena
Attendance: 2,527
Game reference
Ethan HaiderGoaliesMathieu CaronReferees:
Joe Carusone
Jason Williams
Linesmen:
Adam Wood
Jason Shattie
(Campbell, Power) Noah Beck (6) – 06:511–0
(Callin, McFaul) Anthony Romano (8) – GW – 25:312–0
2–140:21 – Jordan Tonelli (7) (Puskar, Bottrill)
(unassisted) Anthony Romano (9) – 44:343–1
(Gosselin) Ryan Richardson (5) – EN – 59:224–1
(Martino, McFaul) Luke Mobley (1) – PP – 59:485–1
2 minPenalties4 min
34Shots27

(7) Rensselaer vs. (10) Yale

March 4, 2023
7:00 PM		Rensselaer1–4
(1–2, 0–1, 0–1)		YaleHouston Field House
Attendance: 1,556
Game reference
Jack WatsonGoaliesLuke PearsonReferees:
Tom Steinel
Cameron Lynch
Linesmen:
Ryan Knapp
Stephen Drain
0–106:17 – Connor Sullivan (1) (Allain)
0–212:53 – GW – Reilly Connors (5) (O'Hearn, Wooding)
(Gagnon, Muzzatti) Ryan Mahshie (15) – 14:171–2
1–324:13 – Reilly Connors (6) (Carpentier, Wooding)
1–457:47 – EN – David Chen (8) (Gammill, Pearson)
4 minPenalties2 min
26Shots26

(8) Union vs. (9) Princeton

March 4, 2023
4:00 PM		Union4–6
(1–2, 2–2, 1–2)		PrincetonAchilles Rink
Attendance: 2,119
Game reference
Connor MurphyGoaliesAidan PorterReferees:
Anthony Kenney
CJ Hanafin
Linesmen:
Brendon Wormley
Phil Kitchen
0–109:40 – Ian Murphy (14) (Ma)
0–212:01 – Jack Cronin (5) (Murphy, Gorman)
(Villegas, Young) Josh Nixon (10) – 19:071–2
1–325:12 – Pito Walton (7) (de la Durantaye, Gorman)
1–425:53 – Ian Murphy (8) (Gammill, Pearson)
(Watkins, Mell) Caden Villegas (7) – PP – 29:282–4
(Watkins) Ville Immonen (3) – SH – 32:283–4
(Theodore, Snell) Josh Nixon (11) – PP – 48:564–4
4–555:57 – GW – Spencer Kersten (3) (Rubin, Kennedy)
4–658:40 – Spencer Kersten (4) (unassisted)
2 minPenalties8 min
35Shots27

Quarterfinals

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (10) Yale

March 10, 2023
7:00 PM		Quinnipiac3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)		YaleM&T Bank Arena
Attendance: 3,211
Game reference
Yaniv PeretsGoaliesLuke PearsonReferees:
Tom Steinel
Chris Pitoscia
Linesmen:
Ryan Knapp
John Rey
(Graf, Lipkin) Jacob Quillan (13) – GW – 21:521–0
(Graf) Iivari Räsänen (2) – 33:012–0
(de Jong, Graf) Zach Metsa (4) – PP – 40:183–0
13 minPenalties27 min
30Shots5
March 11, 2023
7:00 PM		Quinnipiac6–2
(2–0, 2–1, 2–1)		YaleM&T Bank Arena
Attendance: 3,178
Game reference
Yaniv Perets (out 57:09)
Chase Clark (in 57:09)		GoaliesLuke PearsonReferees:
Tom Dellafranco
William Brennan III
Linesmen:
John Rey
Phil Kitchen
(Lee, Friedmann) Michael Lombardi (9) – 02:411–0
(Metsa, Brind'Amour) Collin Graf (20) – 18:292–0
(Lee, Nordqvist) Cristophe Tellier (6) – PP GW – 23:173–0
(Graf, Legault) Jacob Quillan (14) – 31:514–0
4–132:10 – Quinton Ong (4) (Herzog)
4–240:58 – SH – Reilly Connors (7) (Wagner, Hall)
(Brind'Amour, Metsa) Ethan de Jong (17) – SH – 48:145–2
(Brind'Amour) Zach Metsa (4) – 51:316–2
6 minPenalties14 min
30Shots20
Quinnipiac Won Series 2–0

(2) Harvard vs. (9) Princeton

March 10, 2023
7:00 PM		Harvard6–1
(2–0, 1–1, 3–0)		PrincetonBright-Landry Hockey Center
Attendance: 1,671
Game reference
Mitchell GibsonGoaliesAidan PorterReferees:
Tom Dellafranco
Jason Williams
Linesmen:
Patrick Dapuzzo
Jason Shattie
(Thrun, Siedem) Sean Farrell (19) – 03:391–0
(Farinacci, Miller) Alex Laferriere (17) – GW – 12:042–0
2–127:51 – David Jacobs (6) (Seitz, Rubin)
(Farinacci, Coronato) Alex Laferriere (18) – PP – 36:193–1
(Siedem, Coronato) Sean Farrell (20) – 40:334–1
(Thrun) Marek Hejduk (6) – 51:535–1
(unassisted) Henry Thrun (6) – SH EN – 56:156–1
8 minPenalties4 min
30Shots32
March 11, 2023
7:00 PM		Harvard6–1
(2–0, 2–0, 2–1)		PrincetonBright-Landry Hockey Center
Attendance: 1,640
Game reference
Mitchell GibsonGoaliesAidan PorterReferees:
Anthony Kenney
Jason Williams
Linesmen:
Jason Shattie
Brendon Wormley
(Shore, Hejduk) Ryan Drkulec (4) – 02:131–0
(Farinacci, Thrun) Alex Laferriere (18) – GW – 16:492–0
(Siedem, Farrell) Zakary Karpa (5) – 34:473–0
(Miller, Farinacci) Alex Laferriere (20) – 36:474–0
(unassisted) Baker Shore (4) – SH EN – 50:185–0
(Farrell) Philip Tresca (4) – 52:376–0
6–158:58 – Matt Hayami (6) (Konovalov)
26 minPenalties18 min
33Shots35
Harvard Won Series 2–0

(3) Cornell vs. (6) Clarkson

March 10, 2023
7:00 PM		Cornell2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)		ClarksonLynah Rink
Attendance: 3,752
Game reference
Ian ShaneGoaliesEthan HaiderReferees:
CJ Hanafin
Joseph Carusone
Linesmen:
Rick Lembo
Adam Wood
(Bancroft, Malinski) Gabriel Seger (7) – PP – 06:011–0
(O'Leary, Tupker) Michael Suda (1) – GW – 41:132–0
2–145:15 – EA – Mathieu Gosselin (14) (Richardson, Power)
8 minPenalties19 min
20Shots14
March 11, 2023
7:00 PM		Cornell3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)		ClarksonLynah Rink
Attendance: 3,935
Game reference
Ian ShaneGoaliesEthan HaiderReferees:
CJ Hanafin
Tom Steinel
Linesmen:
Ryan Knapp
Adam Wood
(Seger, Bancroft) Max Andreev (6) – PP – 28:301–0
(Malone, Wallace) Ondrej Psenicka (8) – GW – 52:572–0
(Penney, Mitchell) Jack Malone (8) – EN – 58:023–0
3–159:39 – EA – Tommy Pasanen (14) (Taylor, Bargholtz)
10 minPenalties16 min
22Shots23
Cornell Won Series 2–0

(4) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Colgate

March 10, 2023
7:00 PM		St. Lawrence3–4 (OT)
(3–0, 0–2, 0–1, 0–1)		ColgateAppleton Arena
Attendance: 2,848
Game reference
Emil ZetterquistGoaliesCarter GylanderReferees:
Cameron Lynch
Douglas Place
Linesmen:
Michael Wrobel
Stephen Drain
(Buhl, Mazura) Mason Waite (2) – 09:131–0
(Lašák, Dorrington) Tucker McIntosh (3) – 12:212–0
(Lašák) Aleksi Peltonen (6) – 14:343–0
3–128:02 – PP – Alex Young (20) (C. Young)
3–233:33 – Reid Irwin (1) (Bergsland)
3–350:52 – Daniel Panetta (4) (Anderson, C. Young)
3–471:33 – GW – Colton Young (6) (Mitton, Bergsland)
10 minPenalties6 min
31Shots37
March 11, 2023
7:00 PM		St. Lawrence2–3
(0–1, 1–2, 1–0)		ColgateAppleton Arena
Attendance: 2,318
Game reference
Emil ZetterquistGoaliesCarter GylanderReferees:
Joseph Carusone
Cameron Lynch
Linesmen:
Rick Lembo
Stephen Drain
0–116:47 – PP – Ethan Manderville (20) (Verboon, Anderson)
0–220:45 – Alex DiPaolo (11) (unassisted)
0–327:07 – GW – Matt Verboon (16) (Panetta)
(unassisted) Mason Waite (3) – 29:271–3
(Salem, Buhl) Ty Naaykens (3) – EA – 57:282–3
22 minPenalties19 min
33Shots19
Colgate Won Series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (5) Colgate

March 17, 2023
4:00 PM		Quinnipiac1–2 (2OT)
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1)		ColgateHerb Brooks Arena
Attendance: 3,533
Game reference
Yaniv PeretsGoaliesCarter GylanderReferees:
CJ Hanafin
Tom Steinel
Linesmen:
Ryan Knapp
Adam Wood
0–116:48 – Daniel Panetta (5) (Glasman)
(Graf, Metsa) Ethan de Jong (18) – PP – 43:471–1
1–288:50 – GW – Ross Mitton (9) (DiPaolo, Verboon)
21 minPenalties10 min
41Shots47

(2) Harvard vs. (3) Cornell

March 17, 2023
7:30 PM		Harvard1–0 (OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)		CornellHerb Brooks Arena
Attendance: 3,533
Game reference
Mitchell GibsonGoaliesIan ShaneReferees:
Joe Carusone
Chris Pitoscia
Linesmen:
Jason Shattie
Patrick Dapuzzo
(Shore, Miller) Alex Laferriere (21) – GW – 64:281–0
2 minPenalties2 min
25Shots15

Championship

(2) Harvard vs. (5) Colgate

March 18, 2023
7:30 PM		Harvard2–3
(0–2, 1–1, 1–0)		ColgateHerb Brooks Arena
Attendance: 3,839
Game reference
Mitchell GibsonGoaliesCarter GylanderReferees:
CJ Hanafin
Cameron Lynch
Linesmen:
Ryan Knapp
Stephen Drain
0–101:01 – PP – Colton Young (11) (Manderville, A. Young)
0–212:47 – Alex Young (21) (unassisted)
(Miller, Laferriere) Henry Thrun (7) – 26:011–2
1–329:38 – GW – Levi Glasman (3) (Anderson, Labelle)
(Farinacci, Farrell) Matthew Coronato (20) – PP – 52:552–3
2 minPenalties8 min
36Shots23

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

[2]

References

  1. ^ "ECAC Hockey Men's Playoffs Set to Get Underway". ECAC Hockey. February 27, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "Colgate Claims Second Whitelaw Cup, NCAA Tournament Berth". ECAC Hockey. March 18, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.