2009 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2009 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 6 and March 21, 2009 at campus locations and at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey won its first ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and received ECAC Hockey's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format
The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth, sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds as determined by the final regular season standings play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest ranked first round winner, the second seed and second lowest ranked first round winner, the third seed and second highest ranked first round winner, and the fourth seed and highest ranked first round winner play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

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

(5) Harvard vs. (12) Brown
NOTE: This was the first time in Harvard hockey history the Crimson were shutout in an entire playoff series.

All-Tournament Team

 * Goaltender: Alec Richards (Yale)
 * Defensemen: Ryan Donald (Yale), Jared Seminoff (Cornell)
 * Forwards: Sean Backman (Yale), Dan Bartlett (Princeton) , Broc Little (Yale)

MVP

 * Sean Backman (Yale)