2012 ECAC Hockey 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 2012 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

Bracket

March 2–4 | RD1-seed1=5 | RD1-team1=Quinnipiac | RD1-score1-1=1 | RD1-score1-2=3 | RD1-score1-3=4 | RD1-seed2=12 | RD1-team2=Brown | RD1-score2-1=4 | RD1-score2-2=0 | RD1-score2-3=2 | RD1-seed3=6 | RD1-team3=Yale | RD1-score3-1=4 | RD1-score3-2=4 | RD1-score3-3=7 | RD1-seed4=11 | RD1-team4=Princeton | RD1-score4-1=2 | RD1-score4-2=5* | RD1-score4-3=3 | RD1-seed5=7 | RD1-team5=Clarkson | RD1-score5-1=1 | RD1-score5-2=4*** | RD1-score5-3=1 | RD1-seed6=10 | RD1-team6=Rensselaer | RD1-score6-1=5 | RD1-score6-2=3 | RD1-score6-3=4 | RD1-seed7=8 | RD1-team7=St. Lawrence | RD1-score7-1=3 | RD1-score7-2=1 | RD1-score7-3=— | RD1-seed8=9 | RD1-team8=Dartmouth | RD1-score8-1=6 | RD1-score8-2=4 | RD1-score8-3=— March 9–11 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Union | RD2-score1-1=3 | RD2-score1-2=4 | RD2-score1-3=— | RD2-seed2=10 | RD2-team2=Rensselaer | RD2-score2-1=2 | RD2-score2-2=2 | RD2-score2-3=— | RD2-seed3=2 | RD2-team3=Cornell | RD2-score3-1=4** | RD2-score3-2=3 | RD2-score3-3=— | RD2-seed4=9 | RD2-team4=Dartmouth | RD2-score4-1=3 | RD2-score4-2=1 | RD2-score4-3=— | RD2-seed5=3 | RD2-team5=Harvard | RD2-score5-1=1 | RD2-score5-2=4** | RD2-score5-3=8 | RD2-seed6=6 | RD2-team6=Yale | RD2-score6-1=2* | RD2-score6-2=3 | RD2-score6-3=2 | RD2-seed7=4 | RD2-team7=Colgate | RD2-score7-1=4 | RD2-score7-2=2 | RD2-score7-3=4 | RD2-seed8=5 | RD2-team8=Quinnipiac | RD2-score8-1=2 | RD2-score8-2=4 | RD2-score8-3=0 March 16 | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=Union | RD3-score1=6 | RD3-seed2=4 | RD3-team2=Colgate | RD3-score2=2 | RD3-seed3=2 | RD3-team3=Cornell | RD3-score3=1 | RD3-seed4=3 | RD3-team4=Harvard | RD3-score4=6 March 17 | RD4-seed1=1 | RD4-team1=Union | RD4-score1=3 | RD4-seed2=3 | RD4-team2=Harvard | RD4-score2=1 | RD4b-seed1=2 | RD4b-team1=Cornell | RD4b-score1=3 | RD4b-seed2=4 | RD4b-team2=Colgate | RD4b-score2=0 Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(5) Quinnipiac vs. (12) Brown

|1-1-1 = (C. Jones, Peca) Zack Currie - PP - 12:53 |1-1-2 = 17:44 - Jarred Smith (Quick, Zaires) |1-2-2 = 08:51 - GW - Ryan Jacobson (Maclellan, Lorito) |1-3-2 = 17:12 - Chris Zaires (Quick, Smith) 17:42 - EN - Bobby Farnham (Jacobson, Robertson) |goalie1-1 = ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Eric Hartzell |goalie1-2 = Mike Clemente ( 25 saves / 26 shots ) |2-1-1 = (Peca, K. Jones) Connor Jones - GW PP - 02:11 (Peca, K. Jones) Loren Baron - 10:05 |2-3-1 = (Currie, K. Jones) Matthew Peca - PP - 06:44 |goalie2-1 = ( 16 saves / 16 shots ) Eric Hartzell |goalie2-2 = Mike Clemente ( 39 saves / 42 shots ) |3-1-1 = (Peca) Kellen Jones - PP - 01:16 (Van Brabant, Dalhuisen) Kevin Bui - 09:29 |3-2-1 = (Heichman, Currie) Clay Harvey - GW - 16:35 |3-3-1 = (unassisted) Yuri Bouharevich - EN - 19:45 |3-3-2 = 02:34 - PP - Bobby Farnham (Buvinow, Crowley) 03:43 - Matt Harlow (Buvinow, Hourihan) |goalie3-1 = ( 35 saves / 37 shots ) Eric Hartzell |goalie3-2 = Mike Clemente ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

(6) Yale vs. (11) Princeton

|1-1-1 = (Root, Dueck) Brian O'Neill - 06:12 (Root) Colin Dueck - 16:38 |1-2-1 = (Bourbonais, Agostino) Nick Jaskowiak - GW PP - 16:27 |1-2-2 = 14:28 - PP - Rob Kleebaum (Meland, Hagel) |1-3-1 = (unassisted) Antoine Laganière - EN - 19:00 |1-3-2 = 04:20 - Jack Berger (Hagel, Kleebaum) |goalie1-1 = ( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Nick Maricic |goalie1-2 = Sean Bonar ( 29 saves / 32 shots ) |2-1-1 = No Scoring |2-1-2 = 05:01 - Rob Kleebaum (Hagel, Berger) |2-2-2 = 18:35 - PP - Andrew Calof (Kleebaum, Meland) |2-3-1 = (Jaskowiak, Agostino) Kevin Peel - PP - 06:33 (Dueck) Jesse Root - SH - 12:31 (Fallen, O'Neill) Antoine Laganière - PP - 14:00 (O'Neill, Fallen) Andrew Miller - PP - 17:36 |2-3-2 = 09:08 - Rob Kleebaum (Hagel, MacDonald) 14:27 - Michael Sdao (MacDonald, Brockett) |2-4-2 = 00:33 - Andrew Calof (Ammon) |goalie2-1 = ( 26 saves / 31 shots ) Nick Maricic |goalie2-2 = Sean Bonar ( 38 saves / 42 shots ) |3-1-1 = (Agostino) Anthony Day - 04:52 (Young) Antoine Laganière - SH - 07:55 (Agostino, Young) Anthony Day - 10:23 |3-1-2 = 16:13 - Andrew Calof (Rush) |3-2-1 = (Limbert, Miller) Antoine Laganière - GW - 12:10 (O'Neill, Root) Antoine Laganière - PP - 16:53 |3-2-2 = 15:39 - Andrew Calof (Pallis) |3-3-1 = (Miller) Brian O'Neill - EN - 12:10 (Peel, Dueck) Clinton Bourbonais - PP - 18:50 |3-3-2 = 00:56 - Michael Sdao (Calof, Meland) |goalie3-1 = ( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Jeff Malcolm |goalie3-2 = Sean Bonar ( 35 saves / 41 shots )

(7) Clarkson vs. (10) Rensselaer

|1-1-1 = (McPherson, Labrecque) Nick Tremblay - PP - 03:25 |1-1-2 = 05:44 - PP EA - Matt Tinordi (Haggerty, Lee) 06:33 - GW PP - Nick Bailen (Bergin, Neal) 09:39 - PP - Nick Bailen (Lalibertè, Bergin) 12:17 - Joel Malchuk (Leboeuf, O'Grady) |1-2-2 = 17:32 - Jacob Lalibertè (Haggerty, Neal) |goalie1-1 = ( 27 saves / 32 shots ) Paul Karpowich |goalie1-2 = Bryce Merrian ( 16 saves / 17 shots ) |2-1-1 = (Labrecque, Sexton) Nick Tremblay - PP - 15:56 |2-1-2 = 08:43 - PP - C. J. Lee (Cullen) |2-2-2 = 06:47 - Patrick Cullen (Tinordi, Higgs) |2-3-1 = (Zarbo, Tamblyn) Alex Boak - PP - 06:25 (unassisted) Sam Labrecque - 15:01 |2-3-2 = 11:00 - Patrick Cullen (Dolan, Schroeder) |2-4-1 = (McPherson, Pokulok) Ben Sexton - GW - 13:48 |goalie2-1 = ( 50 saves / 53 shots ) Paul Karpowich |goalie2-2 = Bryce Merrian ( 40 saves / 44 shots ) |3-1-1 = No Scoring |3-2-1 = (Tremblay, Morley) Sam Labrecque - PP - 08:03 |3-2-2 = 13:02 - Ryan Haggerty (Bailen, Leboeuf) |3-3-2 = 04:14 - Mike Bergin (Higgs, McGowan) 05:47 - Joel Malchuk (Leonard, Dolan) 18:28 - Marty O'Grady (Lee, Bailen) |goalie3-1 = ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Paul Karpowich |goalie3-2 = Bryce Merrian ( 23 saves / 24 shots )

(8) St. Lawrence vs. (9) Dartmouth

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-1-2 = 19:08 - Nick Walsh (Lee, Pinkston) |1-2-1 = (Carden) Mark Armstrong - 09:54 (Mobley, Drewiske) Tommy Thompson - 10:19 |1-2-2 = 02:52 - Connor Goggin (Walsh, Keenan) |1-3-1 = (Flanagan, Martin) Greg Carey - 02:41 |1-3-2 = 02:29 - PP - Doug Jones (Keenan) 11:15 - GW - Eric Neiley (Sikura, Keenan) 12:39 - Jason Bourgea (Mosey) 15:21 - Matt Lindblad (Sikura) |goalie1-1 = ( 20 saves / 26 shots ) Matt Weninger |goalie1-2 = Jody O'Neill ( 30 saves / 33 shots ) |2-1-1 = No Scoring |2-1-2 = 04:27 - Andy Simpson (Lindblad, Neiley) 07:24 - GW - Matt Lindblad (Sikura, Neiley) |2-2-1 = (Flanagan, Hughes) Greg Carey - 02:29 |2-2-2 = 15:02 - Doug Jones (Robinson) |2-3-2 = 19:03 - Nick Walsh (unassisted) |goalie2-1 = ( 18 saves / 21 shots ) Matt Weninger |goalie2-2 = Jody O'Neill ( 38 saves / 39 shots )

Quarterfinals

(1) Union vs. (10) Rensselaer

|1-1-1 = (Hatch, Julseth-White) Max Novak - 06:32 (Bodie, Zajac) Wayne Simpson - PP - 13:19 |1-1-2 = 00:42 - Matt Tinordi (McGowan, Leboeuf) |1-2-1 = (Bodie, Zajac) Greg Coburn - GW PP - 10:19 |1-3-2 = 10:32 - SH - Alex Angers-Goulet (Bergin, Leonard) |goalie1-1 = ( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Troy Grosenick |goalie1-2 = Bryce Merriam ( 24 saves / 27 shots ) |2-1-1 = (Gostisbehere, Simpson) Kyle Bodie - PP - 10:14 (Carr, Jooris) Jeremy Welsh - 14:03 |2-2-1 = (Stuart, Bodie) [Kevin Sullivan - GW - 17:37 |2-2-2 = 15:03 - Brock Higgs (Cullen, Bergin) 16:36 - PP - Matt Neal (Lalibertè, Bergin) |2-3-1 = (Bodie, Coburn) Kevin Sullivan - 05:58 |goalie2-1 = ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Troy Grosenick |goalie2-2 = Bryce Merriam ( 20 saves / 24 shots )

(2) Cornell vs. (9) Dartmouth

|1-1-1 = (Miller, Mowrey) John Esposito - 06:10 (D'Agostino, Ryan) John Esposito - PP - 10:20 (Miller, Gotovets) Dustin Mowrey - 18:11 |1-1-2 = 02:20 - PP - Tyler Sikura (Lindblad) 14:18 - PP - Connor Goggin (Sikura, Lindblad) |1-2-2 = 12:32 - Kyle Schussler (Mosey, Bourgea) |1-4-1 = (de Swardt, Gotovets) Sean Whitney - GW - 17:40 |goalie1-1 = ( 46 saves / 49 shots ) Andy Iles |goalie1-2 = Jody O'Neill ( 45 saves / 49 shots ) |2-1-1 = (Esposito, Miller) Dustin Mowrey - 01:07 (Axell, Ryan) Locke Jillson - GW - 05:42 (Lowry, Collins) Sean Whitney - PP - 08:21 |2-1-2 = 11:29 - Charlie Mosey (Simpson, Goggin) |goalie2-1 = ( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Andy Iles |goalie2-2 = Jody O'Neill ( 4 saves / 7 shots ) / James Mello ( 23 saves / 23 shots )

(3) Harvard vs. (6) Yale

|1-1-1 = No Scoring |1-1-2 = 15:50 - Trent Ruffolo (Bourbonais, Day) |1-2-1 = (Biega, Kroshus) Luke Greiner - 19:33 |1-4-2 = 03:49 - GW - Kenny Agostino (Laganière, Peel) |goalie1-1 = ( 42 saves / 44 shots ) Raphaël Girard |goalie1-2 = Nick Maricic ( 32 saves / 33 shots ) |2-1-1 = No Scoring |2-1-2 = 05:17 - Colin Dueck (Ziegler) 16:36 - Chad Ziegler (Miller) |2-2-1 = (Killorn, McNally) Danny Biega - PP - 08:09 (Fallstrom, McNally) Marshall Everson - PP - 16:07 |2-3-1 = (Killorn, McNally) Danny Biega - PP - 11:20 |2-3-2 = 19:33 - Antoine Laganière (Bourbonais, Peel) |2-4-1 = (Morrison, Moore) Dan Ford - GW - 09:20 |goalie2-1 = ( 48 saves / 51 shots ) Raphaël Girard |goalie2-2 = Nick Maricic ( 49 saves / 53 shots ) |3-1-1 = (Everson) Alex Killorn - 06:49 |3-1-2 = 04:06 - Chad Ziegler (Bourbonais, Weberg) |3-2-1 = (Killorn, Everson) Alex Fallstrom - 00:35 (Morrinson, O'Regan) David Valek - GW - 10:00 (Grimshaw) Alex Killorn - 12:26 (Killorn, Fallstrom) Marshall Everson - 17:15 |3-3-1 = (McNally, O'Regan) David Valek - 11:20 (Biega, Everson) Daniel Moriarty - PP - 15:10 (Moriarty, Moore) David Valek - PP - 19:41 |3-3-2 = 10:41 - PP - Antoine Laganière (O'Neill, Miller) |goalie3-1 = ( 39 saves / 41 shots ) Raphaël Girard |goalie3-2 = Nick Maricic ( 28 saves / 33 shots ) / Jeff Malcolm ( 3 saves / 5 shots ) / Connor Wilson ( 2 saves / 3 shots )

(4) Colgate vs. (5) Quinnipiac

|1-1-1 = (Goulakos) Austin Smith - 03:15 |1-1-2 = 15:35 - PP - Connor Jones (K. Jones, Baron) |1-2-1 = (Wilson, Sinz) Chris Wagner - 00:14 |1-2-2 = 15:50 - PP - Connor Jones (Peca, Baron) |1-3-1 = (Wilson, Smith) Chris Wagner - GW PP - 11:32 (Mayer, Sinz) Matt Firman - 11:49 |goalie1-1 = ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Eric Mihalik |goalie1-2 = Eric Hartzell ( 32 saves / 36 shots ) |2-1-1 = (unassisted) Chris Wagner - PS - 11:31 |2-1-2 = 04:15 - Kellen Jones (Peca, Baron) 06:18 - Connor Jones (Peca, Baron) |2-2-1 = (Price) Kurtis Bartliff - 13:04 |2-2-2 = 19:53 - GW PP - Jeremy Langlois (Jones, Peca) |2-3-2 = 18:32 - PP - Scott Zurevinski (Hartzell) |goalie2-1 = ( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Eric Mihalik |goalie2-2 = Eric Hartzell ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) |3-1-1 = (Wilson, McPherson) Chris Wagner - GW - 04:37 |3-2-1 = (Bartliff, Bourdon) John Lidgett - 08:55 (Wagner, Sinz) Austin Smith - 17:08 |3-3-1 = (Smith) Chris Wagner - EN - 15:48 |goalie3-1 = ( 31 saves / 31 shots ) Eric Mihalik |goalie3-2 = Eric Hartzell ( 27 saves / 30 shots )

Semifinals

(1) Union vs. (4) Colgate

|1-1-1 = (Jooris) Daniel Carr - 01:35 (unassisted) Max Novak - 13:11 |1-2-1 = (Bodie, Welsh) Josh Jooris - GW PP - 13:57 |1-2-2 = 00:26 - Joe Wilson (Wagner, Smith) |1-3-1 = (Welsh) Daniel Carr - SH - 03:39 (Jooris) Jeremy Welsh - 07:19 (Jooris, Hatch) Shawn Stuart - 18:19 |1-3-2 = 13:20 - Matt Firman (unassisted) |goalie1-1 = ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Troy Grosenick |goalie1-2 = Eric Mihalik ( 24 saves / 19 shots ) / Alex Evin ( 8 saves / 9 shots )

(2) Cornell vs. (3) Harvard

|1-1-1 = (Jooris) Daniel Carr - 01:35 (unassisted) Max Novak - 13:11 |1-2-1 = (Bodie, Welsh) Josh Jooris - GW PP - 13:57 |1-2-2 = 00:26 - Joe Wilson (Wagner, Smith) |1-3-1 = (Welsh) Daniel Carr - SH - 03:39 (Jooris) Jeremy Welsh - 07:19 (Jooris, Hatch) Shawn Stuart - 18:19 |1-3-2 = 13:20 - Matt Firman (unassisted) |goalie1-1 = ( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Troy Grosenick |goalie1-2 = Eric Mihalik ( 24 saves / 19 shots ) / Alex Evin ( 8 saves / 9 shots )

3rd Place Game

(3) Dartmouth vs. (12) Colgate

|1-1-1 = (Lindblad, Walsh) Connor Goggin - PP - 14:35 (Estoclet) Matt Lindblad - PP - 19:41 |1-1-2 = 07:41 - Robbie Bourdon (Poplawski, Larkin) |1-2-1 = (Stephens, Reeds) Robbie Smith - 02:41 (Fleming) Adam Estoclet - GW - 15:49 |1-2-2 = 12:57 - PP - Francis Brisbois (Bartliff, Smith) |1-3-1 = (Lindblad) Dustin Walsh - 08:51 |1-3-2 = 16:01 - Robbie Bourdon (Leidl, Day) |goalie1-1 = ( 20 saves / 23 shots ) James Mello |goalie1-2 = Eric Mihalik ( 29 saves / 34 shots )

Championship

(1) Yale vs. (4) Cornell

|1-1-1 = (Kearney, Martin) Kevin Limbert - PP GW - 03:03 (Martin, Kearney) Kevin Limbert - PP - 15:50 |1-2-1 = (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 |goalie1-1 = ( 22 saves / 22 shots ) Ryan Rondeau |goalie1-2 = Andy Iles ( 10 saves / 15 shots ) / Mike Garman ( 17 saves / 18 shots )

Tournament awards

[[List of ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team|All-Tournament Team]]

• F Daniel Carr (Union)
• F Alex Killorn (Harvard)
• F Jeremy Welsh* (Union)
• D Danny Biega (Harvard)
• D Shayne Gostisbehere (Union)
• G Troy Grosenick (Union)

• Most Outstanding Player(s)

References

References

1. "Men's All-Tournament Teams". ECAC Hockey.