2002 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2002 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 8–16, 2002
Teams	10
Finals site	Olympic Arena Lake Placid, New York
Champions	Harvard (6th title)
Winning coach	Mark Mazzoleni[1] (1st title)
MVP	Tyler Kolarik[2] (Harvard)
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The 2002 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 41st tournament in league history. It was played between March 8 and March 16, 2002. 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, Harvard received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2002 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 2002 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

2001–02 ECAC Hockey standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#9 Cornell†	22	17	3	2	36	74	34		35	25	8	2	118	63
Clarkson	22	11	6	5	27	62	51		38	17	15	6	109	97
#13 Harvard*	22	10	9	3	23	67	62		34	15	15	4	97	99
Dartmouth	22	9	8	5	23	66	59		32	14	13	5	97	89
Rensselaer	22	10	9	3	23	64	59		37	20	13	4	120	101
Princeton	22	10	10	2	22	51	63		31	11	18	2	66	98
Colgate	22	10	10	2	22	53	59		34	13	19	2	90	121
Brown	22	10	10	2	22	52	53		31	14	15	2	72	80
St. Lawrence	22	9	11	2	20	62	64		34	11	21	2	83	107
Yale	22	9	11	2	20	70	65		31	10	19	2	93	94
Union	22	8	11	3	19	53	58		32	13	13	6	94	90
Vermont	22	3	18	1	7	46	93		31	3	26	2	62	134
Championship: Harvard † 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 of the Tournament.

	First Round[3] March 8–9							Four vs. Five[4] March 14					Semifinals March 15					Championship March 16
	1	Cornell	2	4	–								1	Cornell	3
	10	Yale	1	2	–			4	Dartmouth	1			5	Rensselaer	0
								5	Rensselaer	2
	2	Clarkson	3	6	–
	9	St. Lawrence	1	1	–
	3	Harvard	4	2**	–													1	Cornell	3
	8	Brown	1	1	–													3	Harvard	4**
	4	Dartmouth	5**	4	–
	7	Colgate	4	1	–
																		Third Place
	5	Rensselaer	5	6	–								2	Clarkson	2
	6	Princeton	3	0	–								3	Harvard	3*			2	Clarkson	3
																		5	Rensselaer	4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) Cornell vs. (10) Yale

March 8[5]	Cornell		2 – 1		Yale	Lynah Rink	Recap
No Scoring		First period			02:44 - Christopher Higgins (Earl)
(Paolini, Iggulden) Matthew McRae - 14:52 Douglas Murray - GW SH - 17:51		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Matt Underhill ( 21 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats			Dan Lombard ( 25 saves / 27 shots )

March 9[6]	Cornell		4 – 2		Yale	Lynah Rink	Recap
(Bell) Greg Hornby - 02:13 (Knoepfli, Wiekowski) David Francis - 18:00		First period			05:00 - Jason Noe (Steeves, Deschenes)
(Knoepfli, Cook) Matthew McRae - GW PP - 11:01		Second period			No scoring
Travis Bell - EN SH - 15:26		Third period			19:57 - EA PP - Nick Deschenes (Earl, Rodgers)
Matt Underhill ( 16 saves / 18 shots )		Goalie stats			Dan Lombard ( 20 saves / 23 shots )

Cornell won series 2–0

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

March 8[7]	Clarkson		3 – 1		Union	Cheel Arena	Recap
(Ellis-Toddington) Randy Jones - PP - 09:17		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Jones, Ellis-Toddington) Matt Poapst - GW PP - 06:39 (Jones, Lush) Jay Latulippe - 10:44		Third period			16:11 - PP - Rich Peverley (Page, Carruthers)
Mike Walsh ( 32 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			Mike McKenna ( 17 saves / 20 shots )

March 9[8]	Clarkson		6 – 1		Union	Cheel Arena	Recap
(Edwards, Desrochers) Joe Carosa - 05:03 (Ellis-Toddington, Line) David Evans - GW - 19:24		First period			13:43 - Stace Page (Peverley, Lorentz)
(Latulippe, Jones) Rob McFeeters - PP - 01:30 (McFeeters, O'Flaherty) Ian Manzano - 04:18		Second period			No scoring
(Line, Bahen) David Evans - 06:10 (Ellis-Toddington, Blight) David Evans - 09:24		Third period			No scoring
Mike Walsh ( 30 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats			Mike McKenna ( 25 saves / 31 shots ) / Sean Knaub ( 3 saves / 3 shots )

Clarkson won series 2–0

(3) Harvard vs. (8) Brown

March 8[9]	Harvard		4 – 1		Brown	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
(Bernakevitch) Tom Cavanagh - 02:16 (Cavanagh) Noah Welch - GW PP - 17:17		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Welch, Cavanagh) Tim Pettit - PP - 00:27 (Kolarik) Dominic Moore - EN - 19:41		Third period			10:26 - Shane Mudryk (Kirley)
Dov Grumet-Morris ( 22 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			Yann Danis ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

March 9[10]	Harvard		2 – 1	2OT	Brown	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			19:59 - PS - Brent Robinson
(Kolarik, Bernakevitch) Brett Nowak - 05:30		Third period			No scoring
Dominic Moore - GW - 14:41		Second overtime period			No scoring
Dov Grumet-Morris ( 31 saves / 32 shots )		Goalie stats			Yann Danis ( 66 saves / 68 shots )

Harvard won series 2–0

(4) Dartmouth vs. (7) Colgate

March 8[11]	Dartmouth		5 – 4	2OT	Colgate	Thompson Arena	Recap
(Stempniak, Baldwin) Jamie Herrington - 15:05 (Maturo, Gillings) Brian Van Abel - 18:37		First period			04:58 - Bob Vandersluis (Mitchell, McKinnon) 12:22 - Joey Mormina (Vandersluis)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Gillings, Murray) Mike Maturo - 11:00 (Gillings, Herrington) Lee Stempniak - EA - 19:45		Third period			10:27 - PP - Brad D'Arco (Mormina, Yedon) 19:16 - Adam Mitchell (Vandersluis, McKinnon)
(Gillings, Murray) Pete Summerfelt - GW - 14:15		Second overtime period			No scoring
Dan Yacey ( 5 saves / 7 shots ) / Darren Gastrock ( 48 saves / 50 shots )		Goalie stats			Dave Cann ( 49 saves / 54 shots )

March 9[12]	Dartmouth		4 – 1		Colgate	Thompson Arena	Recap
(Herrington, Summerfelt) Lee Stempniak - 00:51		First period			11:15 - PP - P.J. Yedon (Yashin, D'Arco)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Baldwin, Herrington) Frank Nardella - GW PP - 05:13 (Murray, Maturo) Kent Gillings - 07:02 (Maturo, Baldwin) Chris Taliercio - EN - 19:45		Third period			No scoring
Darren Gastrock ( 37 saves / 38 shots )		Goalie stats			Dave Cann ( 33 saves / 36 shots )

Dartmouth won series 2–0

(5) Rensselaer vs. (6) Princeton

March 8[13]	Rensselaer		5 – 3		Princeton	Houston Field House	Recap
(Graham, Murley) Jim Vickers - 11:43		First period			No scoring
(McPherson, Basiuk) Carson Butterwick - 10:03		Second period			00:20 - Sharam Fouladger-Mercer (Schneider) 04:27 - PP - Steve Slaton (Parsons, Parros)
(Henkel, Cavosie) Chris Migliore - 01:05 (Henkel, Cavosie) Chris Migliore - GW - 01:18 (Butterwick, Barr) Andrew McPherson - 12:20		Third period			01:50 - Josh Roberts (Schneider, Parsons)
Nathan Marsters ( 19 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats			Dave Stathos ( 33 saves / 38 shots )

March 9[14]	Rensselaer		6 – 0		Princeton	Houston Field House	Recap
(Migliore, Murley) Jim Vickers - GW - 03:42 (Murley, Barnes) Marc Cavosie - 08:36 (Graham, Shields) Matt Murley - 14:47		First period			No scoring
(Cavosie, Vickers) Danny Eberly - PP - 10:17 (Basiuk, Munn) Conrad Barnes - PP - 13:34		Second period			No scoring
Chris Migliore - SH - 01:11		Third period			No scoring
Nathan Marsters ( 19 saves / 19 shots ) / James Palmer ( 2 saves / 2 shots )		Goalie stats			Dave Stathos ( 5 saves / 8 shots ) / Nate Nomeland ( 14 saves / 17 shots )

Rensselaer won series 2–0

Four vs. Five

(4) Dartmouth vs. (5) Rensselaer

March 14[15]	Dartmouth		1 – 2		Rensselaer	Olympic Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Stempniak, Herrington) Christopher Baldwin - 10:59		Third period			17:24 - Matt Murley (Henkel, Eberly) 18:52 - GW - Scott Basiuk (Barr)
Darren Gastrock ( 16 saves / 18 shots )		Goalie stats			Nathan Marsters ( 34 saves / 35 shots )

Semifinals

(1) Cornell vs. (5) Rensselaer

March 15[16]	Cornell		3 – 0		Rensselaer	Olympic Arena	Recap
(Knoepfli, Ladouceur) Charlie Cook - GW PP - 04:42		First period			No scoring
(Kozier) Charlie Cook - 07:02		Second period			No scoring
(McRae) Sam Paolini - 07:06		Third period			No scoring
Matt Underhill ( 21 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats			Nathan Marsters ( 24 saves / 27 shots )

(2) Clarkson vs. (3) Harvard

March 15[17]	Clarkson		2 – 3	OT	Harvard	Olympic Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			15:36 - Dominic Moore (Fried)
Trevor Edwards - 07:25		Second period			No scoring
(Poapst, Ellis-Toddington) Kevin O'Flaherty - 18:14		Third period			02:49 - Brett Nowak (McCulloch, Packard)
No scoring		First overtime period			15:19 - GW - Tom Cavanagh (Bernakevitch)
Mike Walsh ( 41 saves / 44 shots )		Goalie stats			Dov Grumet-Morris ( 39 saves / 41 shots )

Third place

(2) Clarkson vs. (5) Rensselaer

March 16[18]	Clarkson		3 – 4		Rensselaer	Olympic Arena	Recap
(Evans, Manzano) Tristan Lush - PP - 13:26 (Jones, O'Flaherty) Matt Poapst - 15:58		First period			17:01 - PP - Matt Murley (Vickers, Cavosie)
(O'Flaherty, Poapst) Randy Jones - PP - 15:06		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			01:23 - PP - Marc Cavosie (Murley, Eberly) 08:06 - PP - Nolan Graham (Basiuk, Munn) 19:28 - GW PP - Matt Murley (Eberly, Vickers)
Mike Walsh ( 30 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			Nathan Marsters ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

Championship

(1) Cornell vs. (3) Harvard

March 16[19]	Cornell		3 – 4	2OT	Harvard	Olympic Arena	Recap
(Palahicky, McRae) Krzysztof Wiekowski - 17:28		First period			16:38 - Dominic Moore (McCulloch)
(Murray) Sam Paolini - PP - 00:42 (Hornby) Shane Palahicky - 16:05		Second period			07:01 - PP - Tim Pettit (Nowak, Capouch) 19:44 - Tim Pettit (Bernakevitch, Cavanagh)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Second overtime period			16:11 - GW - Tyler Kolarik (Bernakevitch, Pettit)
Matt Underhill ( 40 saves / 44 shots )		Goalie stats			Dov Grumet-Morris ( 26 saves / 29 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team^[20]

• F Tim Pettit (Harvard)
• F Matt Murley (Rensselaer)
• F Sam Paolini (Cornell)
• D Kerry Ellis-Toddington (Clarkson)
• D Douglas Murray (Cornell)
• G Matt Underhill (Cornell)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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External links

• ECAC Hockey