2001 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2001 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 9–17, 2001
Teams	10
Finals site	Olympic Arena Lake Placid, New York
Champions	St. Lawrence (6th title)
Winning coach	Joe Marsh[1] (5th title)
MVP	Jeremy Symington[2] (St. Lawrence)
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The 2001 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 40th tournament in league history. It was played between March 9 and March 17, 2001. 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, St. Lawrence received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2001 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 best-of-three series 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 2001 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

2000–01 ECAC Hockey standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#15 Clarkson†	22	15	5	2	32	81	45		35	21	11	3	123	91
#10 St. Lawrence*	22	13	6	3	29	83	70		37	20	13	4	127	120
Harvard	22	12	8	2	26	68	60		33	16	15	2	103	105
Cornell	22	11	8	3	25	44	44		33	16	12	5	73	72
Dartmouth	22	10	8	4	24	67	62		34	16	14	4	101	96
Rensselaer	22	11	9	2	24	62	54		34	17	15	2	107	89
Princeton	22	9	9	4	22	70	66		31	10	16	5	90	103
Yale	22	10	11	1	21	72	80		31	14	16	1	105	114
Union	22	8	12	2	18	54	75		34	12	18	4	88	115
Vermont	22	8	12	2	18	68	69		34	14	18	2	116	110
Colgate	22	8	13	1	17	60	67		34	10	20	4	95	112
Brown	22	2	16	4	8	43	80		29	4	21	4	63	107
Championship: St. Lawrence † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the First Round

	First Round[3] March 9–11							Four vs. Five[4] March 15					Semifinals March 16					Championship March 17
	1	Clarkson	3	3**	2								2	St. Lawrence	2
	10	Vermont	5	2	3*			5	Dartmouth	3*			5	Dartmouth	0
								10	Vermont	2
	2	St. Lawrence	6	4	—
	9	Union	3	2	—
	3	Harvard	5	7	—													2	St. Lawrence	3
	8	Yale	4	4	—													4	Cornell	1
	4	Cornell	3*	2	—
	7	Princeton	2	1	—
																		Third Place
	5	Dartmouth	4	5	—								3	Harvard	2
	6	Rensselaer	2	1	—								4	Cornell	5			3	Harvard	3*
																		5	Dartmouth	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) Clarkson vs. (10) Vermont

March 9[5]	Clarkson		3 – 5		Vermont	Cheel Arena	Recap
Trevor Edwards - 04:03		First period			13:39 - PP - Bryson Busniuk 14:43 - Graham Mink
Murray Kuntz - 02:55 Rob McFeeters - PP - 07:30		Second period			01:53 - Graham Mink 03:27 - GW PP - Jeff Miles
No scoring		Third period			19:24 - Mike Torney
Mike Walsh ( 17 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats			Shawn Conschafter ( 27 saves / 30 shots )

March 10[6]	Clarkson		3 – 2	2OT	Vermont	Cheel Arena	Recap
Jean Desrochers - 16:46		First period			No scoring
Mike Nagai - 02:42		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			12:25 - Jeff Miles 14:21 - Ryan Cox
Rob McFeeters - GW - 19:53		Second overtime period			No scoring
Mike Walsh ( 34 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats			Shawn Conschafter ( 40 saves / 43 shots )

March 11[7]	Clarkson		2 – 3	OT	Vermont	Cheel Arena	Recap
Kent Huskins - 13:08		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
David Evans - PP - 08:43		Third period			04:57 - PP - Andreas Moborg 06:44 - PP - Graham Mink
No scoring		First overtime period			09:04 - GW - Patrick Sharp
Mike Walsh ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) / Karl Mattson ( 12 saves / 13 shots )		Goalie stats			Shawn Conschafter ( 39 saves / 41 shots )

Vermont won series 2–1

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

March 9[8]	St. Lawrence		6 – 3		Union	Appleton Arena	Recap
Robin Carruthers - 01:08 Erik Anderson - PP - 05:18		First period			17:39 - PP - Jeff Wilson
Erik Anderson - 15:05 Al Fyfe - GW PP - 18:01		Second period			16:21 - PP - Jordy Federko
Ryan Glenn - 13:49 Jim Lorentz - 16:44		Third period			15:49 - PP - Jordy Federko
Jeremy Symington ( 20 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			Brandon Snee ( 34 saves / 40 shots )

March 10[9]	St. Lawrence		4 – 2		Union	Appleton Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Charlie Daniels - PP - 03:27 Mike Gellard - PP - 15:35		Second period			05:15 - Alex Todd
Russ Bartlett - GW PP - 00:54 Jim Lorentz - 08:40		Third period			17:50 - Jordy Federko
Jeremy Symington ( 26 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats			Brandon Snee ( 30 saves / 32 shots )

St. Lawrence won series 2–0

(3) Harvard vs. (8) Yale

March 9[10]	Harvard		5 – 4		Yale	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
Tim Pettit - 08:43 Steve Moore - PP - 19:48		First period			05:55 - Jeff Hamilton
Harry Schwefel - PP - 04:33 Dennis Packard - 05:30 Ken Turano - GW PP - 13:36		Second period			01:00 - Nick Deschenes 05:51 - Jason Noe 19:42 - PP - Luke Earl
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Oliver Jonas ( 37 saves / 41 shots )		Goalie stats			Dan Lombard ( 21 saves / 26 shots )

March 10[11]	Harvard		7 – 4		Yale	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
Ken Turano - 02:42 Tyler Kolarik - PP - 17:48		First period			00:16 - Luke Earl
Brett Nowak - 10:24		Second period			08:49 - Vin Hellemeyer 14:48 - PP - Nick Deschenes
Brett Nowak - 07:59 Steve Moore - GW PP - 08:50 Dennis Packard - 10:13 Dominic Moore - PP - 13:47		Third period			04:02 - PP - Ben Stafford
Oliver Jonas ( 23 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Dan Lombard ( 29 saves / 36 shots )

Harvard won series 2–0

(4) Cornell vs. (7) Princeton

March 9[12]	Cornell		3 – 2	OT	Princeton	Lynah Rink	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Ryan Vesce - PP - 04:28 Ryan Vesce - PP - 11:21		Third period			00:26 - David Schneider 01:24 - Shane Campbell
David Kozier - GW - 07:25		First overtime period			No scoring
Matt Underhill ( 27 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats			Dave Stathos ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

March 10[13]	Cornell		2 – 1		Princeton	Lynah Rink	Recap
Denis Ladouceur - 13:13		First period			No scoring
Sam Paolini - GW PP - 02:32		Second period			12:15 - Shane Campbell
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Matt Underhill ( 31 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats			Dave Stathos ( 35 saves / 37 shots )

Cornell won series 2–0

(5) Dartmouth vs. (6) Rensselaer

March 9[14]	Dartmouth		4 – 2		Rensselaer	Thompson Arena	Recap
Christopher Baldwin - PP - 19:48		First period			00:39 - Matt Murley 11:31 - PP - Danny Eberly
Peter Mahler - 10:06 Jamie Herrington - GW - 10:40		Second period			No scoring
Christopher Baldwin - EN - 19:15		Third period			No scoring
Nick Boucher ( 38 saves / 40 shots )		Goalie stats			Nathan Marsters ( 36 saves / 39 shots )

March 10[15]	Dartmouth		5 – 1		Rensselaer	Thompson Arena	Recap
Christopher Baldwin - 05:02		First period			No scoring
Chris Taliercio - GW PP - 08:06 Mike Maturo - 14:36 Dan Casella - SH - 19:35		Second period			No scoring
Jason Costa - 15:55		Third period			12:49 - Conrad Barnes
Nick Boucher ( 17 saves / 18 shots )		Goalie stats			Nathan Marsters ( 51 saves / 56 shots )

Dartmouth won series 2–0

Four vs. Five

(5) Dartmouth vs. (10) Vermont

March 15[16]	Dartmouth		3 – 2	OT	Vermont	Olympic Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			12:41 - Andreas Moborg
Mike Turner - PP - 12:20		Second period			02:30 - Martin Wilde
Kent Gillings - EA - 19:46		Third period			No scoring
Mike Maturo - GW - 07:40		First overtime period			No scoring
Nick Boucher ( 32 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			Shawn Conschafter ( 33 saves / 36 shots )

Semifinals

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

March 16[17]	St. Lawrence		2 – 0		Dartmouth	Olympic Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Robin Carruthers - GW PP - 01:28		Second period			No scoring
Robin Carruthers - 06:39		Third period			No scoring
Jeremy Symington ( 42 saves / 42 shots )		Goalie stats			Nick Boucher ( 22 saves / 24 shots )

(3) Harvard vs. (4) Cornell

March 16[18]	Harvard		2 – 5		Cornell	Olympic Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Tyler Kolarik - 17:15		Second period			02:16 - PP - Sam Paolini 03:18 - David Francis 04:53 - Stephen Bâby
Chris Bala - 18:14		Third period			06:16 - David Francis 17:05 - EN - Ben Wallace
Oliver Jonas ( 20 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats			Matt Underhill ( 45 saves / 47 shots )

Third place

(3) Harvard vs. (5) Dartmouth

March 17[19]	Harvard		3 – 2	OT	Dartmouth	Olympic Arena	Recap
Dennis Packard - PP - 10:30		First period			No scoring
Tyler Kolarik - 12:26		Second period			09:50 - Jamie Herrington
No scoring		Third period			11:27 - PP - Mike Murray
Dominic Moore - GW - 01:32		First overtime period			No scoring
Oliver Jonas ( 32 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			Nick Boucher ( 33 saves / 36 shots )

Championship

(1) St. Lawrence vs. (4) Cornell

March 17[20]	St. Lawrence		3 – 1		Cornell	Olympic Arena	Recap
Russ Bartlett - 09:32		First period			No scoring
Blair Clarance - GW - 03:28		Second period			No scoring
Al Fyfe - EN - 17:24		Third period			18:54 - EA - David Kozier
Jeremy Symington ( 31 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats			Matt Underhill ( 19 saves / 21 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team^[21]

• F David Francois (Cornell)
• F Blair Clarance (St. Lawrence)
• F Tyler Kolarik (Harvard)
• D Matt Desrosiers (St. Lawrence)
• D Douglas Murray (Cornell)
• G Jeremy Symington* (St. Lawrence)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

References

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External links

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