2000 ECAC Tournament

The 2000 ECAC Tournament took place between March 10, 2000 and March 18, 2000 for the Men's Division I league and between March X, 2000 and March XX, 2000 for the Women's Division I league.

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

Tournament
The regular season champions were the St. Lawrence Saints.

The seeds for the men's tournament were:


 * 1. St. Lawrence
 * 2. Colgate
 * 3. Rensselaer
 * 4. Cornell
 * 5. Clarkson
 * 6. Princeton
 * 7. Harvard
 * 8. Dartmouth
 * 9. Yale
 * 10. Union

Brown did not qualify for the tournament. Vermont canceled its season following a hazing scandal and was not eligible for the playoffs.

First Round
The first round was played during March 10-11 at the site of the higher seed. The teams played a best of 3 series.

ECAC Final Five
The ECAC Championships took place March 16-18 at 1980 Olympic Arena in Lake Placid, New York. The games were single-elimination.

On March 16th, the two lowest seeds, Cornell and Clarkson, competed in the Play-in game.

On March 17th, the remaining four teams took part in the semifinal round.

The semifinal losers, Colgate and Cornell, played in the consolation game on March 18th.

St. Lawrence and Rensselaer met in the ECAC Championship game. 6,790 watched St. Lawrence win its ECAC title since 1992, and fifth in school history, shutting out the Engineers 2-0. The Saints' freshman goaltender, Derek Gustafson was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. St. Lawrence was awarded the ECAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.