2018 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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2018 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates March 2–17, 2018
Teams 12
Finals site Herb Brooks Arena
Lake Placid, New York
Champions Princeton (3rd title)
Winning coach Ron Fogarty (1st title)
MVP Ryan Ferland (Princeton)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2018 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 57th tournament in league history. It was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018. First round and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament Princeton received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2018 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 receive 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 best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the one seed plays the lowest remaining seed, the second seed plays the second-lowest remaining seed, the third seed plays the third-lowest remaining seed and the fourth seed plays the fourth-lowest remaining seed another best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals the top remaining seed plays 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 2018 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

2017–18 ECAC Hockey men's standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#8 Cornell† 22 17 3 2 36 61 32 33 25 6 2 102 52
Union 22 16 5 1 33 70 48 38 21 15 2 115 98
#12 Clarkson 22 12 5 5 29 74 49 40 23 11 6 122 75
Harvard 22 11 8 3 25 68 50 33 15 14 4 104 85
Dartmouth 22 11 10 1 23 55 69 35 16 17 2 83 107
Colgate 22 10 9 3 23 49 46 40 17 17 6 87 88
#15 Princeton* 22 10 10 2 22 77 79 36 19 13 4 131 110
Yale 22 10 11 1 21 67 59 31 15 15 1 87 88
Quinnipiac 22 9 11 2 20 59 56 38 16 18 4 105 106
Brown 22 7 14 1 15 45 63 31 8 19 4 67 104
Rensselaer 22 4 16 2 10 45 86 37 6 27 4 73 129
St. Lawrence 22 3 18 1 7 43 76 37 8 27 2 80 122
Championship: March 17, 2018
dagger indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated February 26, 2018

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round and quarterfinals

  First Round[1]
March 2–4		 Quarterfinals[2]
March 9–11		 Semifinals[3]
March 17		 Championship
March 18
                                     
  1  Cornell    
9  Quinnipiac    
5  Dartmouth       1  Cornell 1  
12  St. Lawrence         7  Princeton 4  
2  Union  
     
  6  Colgate       7  Princeton    
11  Rensselaer         7  Princeton 2*
  3  Clarkson 1
  3  Clarkson    
6  Colgate    
7  Princeton       3  Clarkson 5*
10  Brown         4  Harvard 4  
4  Harvard  
   
  8  Yale       5  Dartmouth    
  9  Quinnipiac    

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

First round

(5) Dartmouth vs. (12) St. Lawrence

Dartmouth won series 2–1


(6) Colgate vs. (11) Rensselaer

Colgate won series 2–1


(7) Princeton vs. (10) Brown

Princeton won series 2–0


(8) Yale vs. (9) Quinnipiac

Quinnipiac won series 2–0


Quarterfinals

(1) Cornell vs. (9) Quinnipiac

Cornell won series 2–0


(2) Union vs. (7) Princeton

Princeton won series 2–0


(3) Clarkson vs. (6) Colgate

Clarkson won series 2–1


(4) Harvard vs. (5) Dartmouth

Harvard won series 2–1


Semifinals

(1) Cornell vs. (7) Princeton


(3) Clarkson vs. (4) Harvard


Championship

(3) Clarkson vs. (7) Princeton


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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