2022 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2022 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament will be the 61st tournament in league history. It is scheduled to be played between March 4 and March 19, 2022. The tournament champion will receive an automatic bid to the 2022 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 received 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 played the lowest remaining seed, the second seed played the second-lowest remaining seed, the third seed played the third-lowest remaining seed and the fourth seed played the fourth-lowest remaining seed in another best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals the top remaining seed played 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 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.[1]

Conference standings

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#8 Quinnipiac24185102158711442327313953
#17 Clarkson231454023518647372110612378
#15 Harvard *241662102516946352111311682
Cornell221264210397347321810410072
Colgate2391041033355574018184111112
Rensselaer22101200003058634418233114119
Union229112310275266371419489110
St. Lawrence227105202264460371119772110
Brown22612401225366131720450100
Princeton22714101023548931821270122
Yale2271413112138603082115590
Dartmouth22515203121457132722369110
Championship: March 19, 2022
indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 19, 2022

Bracket

  First Round
March 4–6
Quarterfinals
March 11–13
Semifinals
March 18
Championship
March 19
                                             
  1 Quinnipiac 4 4** - 1 Quinnipiac 3  
5 Colgate 3* 5 - 8 St. Lawrence 1 3 - 5 Colgate 1  
12 Yale 2 1 -
  2 Clarkson 3* 4* -
6 Rensselaer 2 3 5 7 Union 2 3 -     1 Quinnipiac 2
11 Dartmouth 3 2 3   3 Harvard 3*
  3 Harvard 4* 3 3
7 Union 3 5 - 6 Rensselaer 3 4** 1
10 Princeton 2 1 -
  4 Cornell 3 2 1 2 Clarkson 3
8 St. Lawrence 4 1 4* 5 Colgate 1 4 2 3 Harvard 5  
9 Brown 1 2* 3

Note: * denotes overtime periods

Results

Note: All game times are local.

(5) Colgate vs. (12) Yale

March 4, 2022
7:00 PM
Colgate3 – 2 (OT)
(0–0, 2–1, 0–1, 1–0)
YaleClass of 1965 Arena
Attendance: 1,002
March 5, 2022
7:00 PM
Colgate5 – 1
(1–0, 1–1, 3–0)
YaleClass of 1965 Arena
Attendance: 848
Colgate Won Series 2–0

(6) Rensselaer vs. (11) Dartmouth

March 4, 2022
7:00 PM
Rensselaer2 – 3
(2–2, 0–1, 0–0)
DartmouthHouston Field House
Attendance: 800
March 5, 2022
7:00 PM
Rensselaer3 – 2
(1–0, 1–0, 1–2)
DartmouthHouston Field House
Attendance: 851
March 6, 2022
4:00 PM
Rensselaer5 – 3
(0–1, 1–2, 4–0)
DartmouthHouston Field House
Attendance: 579
Rensselaer Won Series 2–1

(7) Union vs. (10) Princeton

March 4, 2022
7:00 PM
Union3 – 2
(1–0, 0–1, 2–1)
PrincetonAchilles Center
Attendance: 1,473
March 5, 2022
4:00 PM
Union5 – 1
(1–0, 1–0, 3–1)
PrincetonAchilles Center
Attendance: 1,435
Union Won Series 2–0

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

March 4, 2022
7:00 PM
St. Lawrence4 – 1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)
BrownAppleton Arena
Attendance: 1,142
March 5, 2022
7:00 PM
St. Lawrence1 – 2 (OT)
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
BrownAppleton Arena
Attendance: 1,265
March 6, 2022
4:00 PM
St. Lawrence4 – 3 (OT)
(1–2, 1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
BrownAppleton Arena
Attendance: 894
St. Lawrence Won Series 2–1

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (8) St. Lawrence

March 11, 2022
7:00 PM
Quinnipiac4 – 1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)
St. LawrencePeople's United Center
Attendance: 2,739
March 12, 2022
7:00 PM
Quinnipiac4 – 3 (2OT)
(0–1, 1–0, 2–2, 0–0, 1–0)
St. LawrencePeople's United Center
Attendance: 2,401
Quinnipiac Won Series 2–0

(2) Clarkson vs. (7) Union

March 11, 2022
7:00 PM
Clarkson3 – 2 (OT)
(1–0, 1–2, 0–0, 1–0)
UnionCheel Arena
Attendance: 1,847
March 12, 2022
7:00 PM
Clarkson4 – 3 (OT)
(2–1, 1–1, 0–1, 1–0)
UnionCheel Arena
Attendance: 2,077
Clarkson Won Series 2–0

(3) Harvard vs. (6) Rensselaer

March 11, 2022
7:00 PM
Harvard4 – 3 (OT)
(0–1, 0–1, 3–1, 1–0)
RensselaerBright-Landry Hockey Center
Attendance: 778
March 12, 2022
7:00 PM
Harvard3 – 4 (2OT)
(2–1, 0–0, 1–2, 0–0, 0–1)
RensselaerBright-Landry Hockey Center
Attendance: 765
March 13, 2022
4:00 PM
Harvard3 – 1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)
RensselaerBright-Landry Hockey Center
Attendance: 477
Harvard Won Series 2–1

(4) Cornell vs. (5) Colgate

March 11, 2022
7:00 PM
Cornell3 – 1
(0–0, 0–1, 3–0)
ColgateLynah Rink
Attendance: 3,550
March 12, 2022
7:00 PM
Cornell2 – 4
(0–1, 1–3, 1–0)
ColgateLynah Rink
Attendance: 4,034
March 13, 2022
4:00 PM
Cornell1 – 2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)
ColgateLynah Rink
Attendance: 2,735
Colgate Won Series 2–1

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (5) Colgate

March 18, 2022
4:00 PM
Quinnipiac3 – 1
(2–0, 0–1, 1–0)
ColgateHerb Brooks Arena
Attendance: 4,256

(2) Clarkson vs. (3) Harvard

March 18, 2022
7:30 PM
Clarkson3 – 5
(1–1, 2–1, 0–3)
HarvardHerb Brooks Arena
Attendance: 4,256

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Harvard

March 19, 2022
7:30 PM
Quinnipiac2 – 3 (OT)
(1–1, 0-1, 1-0, 0-1)
HarvardHerb Brooks Arena
Attendance: 4,478

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

References

  1. "ECAC Hockey Men's Playoffs Set to Get Underway". ECAC Hockey. February 27, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
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