1999 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

1999 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 12–20, 1999
Teams	10
Finals site	Olympic Arena Lake Placid, New York
Champions	Clarkson[1] (4th title)
Winning coach	Mark Morris[2] (3rd title)
MVP	Willie Mitchell[3] (Clarkson)
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The 1999 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 38th tournament in league history. It was played between March 12 and March 20, 1999. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final five games were played at the Olympic Arena (subsequently renamed Herb Brooks Arena) in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, Clarkson received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two teams that finish below tenth place in the standings are not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and tenth seeds, the second and ninth seeds, the third seed and eighth seeds, the fourth seed and seventh seeds and the fifth seed and sixth seeds played a modified best-of-three series, where the first team to receive 3 points moves on, with the three highest-seeded winners advancing to the semifinals and the remaining two winners playing in the Four vs. Five matchup. After the opening round every series becomes a single-elimination game. In the semifinals, the highest seed plays the winner of the four vs. five game while the two remaining teams play with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings

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

1998–99 ECAC Hockey standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#9 Clarkson†*	22	18	4	0	36	91	48		37	25	11	1	133	102
#10 St. Lawrence	22	15	4	3	33	80	47		39	23	13	3	136	110
Rensselaer	22	13	7	2	28	89	62		37	23	12	2	147	110
Princeton	22	13	8	1	27	69	62		34	20	12	2	116	106
Yale	22	11	7	4	26	65	56		31	13	14	4	86	94
Colgate	22	12	8	2	26	66	56		35	19	12	4	109	87
Cornell	22	9	10	3	21	67	63		31	12	15	4	96	97
Harvard	22	8	12	2	18	64	87		32	14	16	2	94	115
Vermont	22	7	13	2	16	53	67		33	13	18	2	86	104
Brown	22	5	12	5	15	56	72		31	9	16	6	87	97
Dartmouth	22	6	14	5	14	60	79		29	10	17	2	90	109
Union	22	1	19	2	4	32	93		32	3	26	3	52	132
Championship: Clarkson † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Top 10 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the First Round

	First Round[4] March 12–14							Four vs. Five[5] March 18					Semifinals March 19					Championship March 20
	1	Clarkson	3*	3	—								1	Clarkson	6
	10	Brown	2	1	—			4	Princeton	3			4	Princeton	5
								6	Colgate	2
	2	St. Lawrence	9	4	—
	9	Vermont	2	1	—
	3	Rensselaer	1	4	4													1	Clarkson	3
	8	Harvard	2	0	2													2	St. Lawrence	2
	4	Princeton	4*	6	—
	7	Cornell	4	5	—
																		Third Place
	5	Yale	1	2	—								2	St. Lawrence	6
	6	Colgate	5	7	—								3	Rensselaer	3			3	Rensselaer	6
																		4	Princeton	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) Clarkson vs. (10) Brown

March 12[6]	Clarkson		3 – 2	OT	Brown	Cheel Arena
Mikko Ollila - 06:54 Willie Mitchell - 11:32		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			06:59 - Adrian Smith 19:34 - Adrian Smith
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Kent Huskins - GW - 00:55		First overtime period			No scoring
Shawn Grant ( 16 saves / 18 shots )		Goalie stats			Scott Stirling ( 38 saves / 41 shots )

March 13[7]	Clarkson		3 – 1		Brown	Cheel Arena
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			11:35 - PP - Michael Bent
Carl Drakensjo - 04:16 Kent Huskins - GW - 09:39 Erik Cole - 16:22		Third period			No scoring
Shawn Grant ( 11 saves / 12 shots )		Goalie stats			Scott Stirling ( 4 saves / 4 shots ) / Brian Eklund ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

Clarkson won series 2–0

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (9) Vermont

March 12[8]	St. Lawrence		9 – 2		Vermont	Appleton Arena
Al Fyfe - 07:54 Mike Gellard - 08:11 Mike Gellard - GW - 11:10 Mike Gellard - 14:52 Al Fyfe - 18:24		First period			15:26 - Don Richardson
Brandon Dietrich - 04:46 Brandon Dietrich - 09:58 Ray DiLauro - 10:58		Second period			08:01 - Mike Torney
Josh LeRoy - 03:21		Third period			No scoring
Eric Heffler ( 33 saves / 35 shots )		Goalie stats			Andrew Allen ( 11 saves / 16 shots ) / Tim Peters ( 4 saves / 7 shots ) / Marty Phillips ( 7 saves / 8 shots )

March 13[9]	St. Lawrence		4 – 1		Vermont	Appleton Arena
John Poapst - 00:34		First period			No scoring
Ray DiLauro - GW - 18:50		Second period			03:20 - Kevin Karlander
Matt Oikawa - 17:32 Bob Prier - EN - 19:03		Third period			No scoring
Eric Heffler ( 35 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats			Andrew Allen ( 38 saves / 41 shots )

St. Lawrence won series 2–0

(3) Rensselaer vs. (8) Harvard

March 12[10]	Rensselaer		1 – 2		Harvard	Houston Field House
No Scoring		First period			05:00 - Trevor Allman
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Keith Dupree - 01:28		Third period			09:42 - Steve Moore
Joel Laing ( 29 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats			Oliver Jonas ( 32 saves / 33 shots )

March 13[11]	Rensselaer		4 – 0		Harvard	Houston Field House
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Matt Murley - GW PP - 07:19		Second period			No scoring
Matt Murley - PP - 15:58 Dan Riva - PP - 18:34 Mark Murphy - EN - 19:20		Third period			No scoring
Joel Laing ( 35 saves / 35 shots )		Goalie stats			Oliver Jonas ( 26 saves / 28 shots )

March 14[12]	Rensselaer		4 – 2		Harvard	Houston Field House
Mark Murphy - PP - 03:26 Erick James - 17:47		First period			00:22 - Rob Millar
No scoring		Second period			16:07 - Matt Scorsune
Doug Shepherd - GW - 06:57 Brad Tapper - 13:37		Third period			No scoring
Joel Laing ( 39 saves / 41 shots )		Goalie stats			Oliver Jonas ( 28 saves / 32 shots )

Rensselaer won series 2–1

(4) Princeton vs. (7) Cornell

March 12[13]	Princeton		4 – 4	OT	Cornell	Baker Rink
Scott Bertoli - 12:01		First period			No scoring
Brad Parsons - 02:06 Benoit Morin - PP - 10:23 Syl Apps III - PP - 10:58		Second period			06:57 - Krzysztof Wieckowski 18:37 - David Hovey
No scoring		Third period			08:07 - PP - Kyle Knopp 12:01 - PP - Ryan Moynihan
Dave Stathos ( 21 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			Matt Underhill ( 31 saves / 35 shots )

March 13[14]	Princeton		6 – 5		Cornell	Baker Rink
No Scoring		First period			05:52 - PP - David Kozier 14:01 - Ryan Moynihan
Ethan Doyle - SH - 07:11 Jeff Halpern - PP - 11:17		Second period			07:45 - PP - David Kozier 09:33 - PP - Doug Stienstra
Benoit Morin - SH - 00:58 Syl Apps III - 02:10 Brad Meredith - 15:56 Michael Acosta - GW - 16:23		Third period			08:49 - Daniel Svoboda
Dave Stathos ( 16 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats			Matt Underhill ( 23 saves / 29 shots )

Princeton won series 1–0–1

(5) Yale vs. (6) Colgate

March 12[15]	Yale		1 – 5		Colgate	Ingalls Rink
No Scoring		First period			12:01 - Darryl Campbell
No scoring		Second period			06:38 - GW PP - Etienne Morin 09:00 - Dan Wildfong 17:35 - Etienne Morin
Cory Shea - 06:15		Third period			05:51 - Ryan Faubert
Alex Westlund ( 20 saves / 24 shots ) / Trevor Hanger ( 5 saves / 6 shots )		Goalie stats			Shep Harder ( 22 saves / 23 shots )

March 13[16]	Yale		2 – 7		Colgate	Ingalls Rink
No Scoring		First period			09:34 - PP - Cory Murphy 13:17 - Darryl Campbell
No scoring		Second period			02:33 - GW - Darryl Campbell 05:20 - Darryl Campbell 09:35 - Dan Wildfong 14:08 - Chad McDonald
Francois Magnant - 00:23 Francois Magnant - 15:36		Third period			16:42 - Chad McDonald
Alex Westlund ( 21 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Shep Harder ( 20 saves / 22 shots )

Colgate won series 2–0

Four vs. Five

(4) Princeton vs. (6) Colgate

March 18[17]	Princeton		3 – 2		Colgate	Olympic Arena
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Benoit Morin - 05:24		Second period			14:03 - PP - Andy McDonald 16:40 - Sean Nolan
Scott Bertoli - PP - 05:24 Benoit Morin - GW - 15:46		Third period			No scoring
Dave Stathos ( 21 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			Shep Harder ( 40 saves / 43 shots )

Semifinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (4) Princeton

March 19[18]	Clarkson		6 – 5		Princeton	Olympic Arena
Kent Huskins - 00:45 Carl Drakensjo - 04:13 David Evans - 05:24 Willie Mitchell - 14:55		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			12:08 - Jeff Halpern 12:57 - Chris Corrinet 19:17 - Jeff Halpern
Don Smith - 07:55 Willie Mitchell - GW - 19:57		Third period			15:43 - Steve Shirreffs 19:17 - EA - Scott Bertoli
Shawn Grant ( 22 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Dave Stathos ( 6 saves / 9 shots ) / Craig Bradley ( 37 saves / 40 shots )

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (3) Rensselaer

March 19[19]	St. Lawrence		6 – 3		Rensselaer	Olympic Arena
Sean Muir - 02:26 Bob Prier - PP - 13:39		First period			06:58 - Dan Riva
Justin Harney - 06:51 Erik Anderson - GW - 16:09		Second period			14:46 - Dan Riva
Mike Gellard - 09:10 Matt Oikawa - 15:18		Third period			17:41 - Mark Murphy
Eric Heffler ( 40 saves / 43 shots )		Goalie stats			Joel Laing ( 34 saves / 40 shots )

Third place

(3) Rensselaer vs. (4) Princeton

March 20[20]	Rensselaer		6 – 4		Princeton	Olympic Arena
Brian Pothier - 03:30 Brad Tapper - PP - 11:53		First period			No scoring
Alain St. Hilaire - PP - 03:34 Matt Murley - 14:43 Dan Riva - GW - 17:16		Second period			07:44 - Brian Horst 17:43 - Jeff Halpern
Dan Riva - EN - 19:29		Third period			05:02 - SH - Kirk Lamb 07:50 - David Del Monte
Dave Stathos ( 5 saves / 7 shots ) / Craig Bradley ( 24 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Scott Prekaski ( 36 saves / 40 shots )

Championship

(1) Clarkson vs. (2) St. Lawrence

March 20[21]	Clarkson		3 – 2		St. Lawrence	Olympic Arena
Jim Sheehan - 12:24		First period			No scoring
Erik Cole - 06:21		Second period			05:20 - Robin Carruthers 05:44 - Mike Gellard
Ben Maidment - GW - 11:25		Third period			No scoring
Shawn Grant ( 46 saves / 48 shots )		Goalie stats			Eric Heffler ( 42 saves / 45 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team^[22]

• F Erik Cole (Clarkson)
• F Dan Riva (Rensselaer)
• F Jeff Halpern (Princeton)
• D Willie Mitchell* (Clarkson)
• D Justin Harney (St. Lawrence)
• G Eric Heffner (St. Lawrence)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

References

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External links

• ECAC Hockey