2002 ECAC Tournament

The 2002 ECAC Tournament took place between March 8, 2002 and March 16, 2002 for the Men's Division I league and between March X, 2002 and March XX, 2002 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 Cornell Big Red.

The seeds for the men's tournament were:


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

Union and Vermont did not qualify for the tournament.

First Round
The first round was played during March 8-9 at the site of the higher seed. The teams played a best of 3 series.

ECAC Final Five
The ECAC Championships took place March 14-16 at 1980 Olympic Arena in Lake Placid, New York. The games were single-elimination.

On March 14th, the two lowest seeds, Dartmouth and Rensselaer, competed in the Play-in game.

On March 15th, the remaining four teams took part in the semifinal round.

The semifinal losers, Clarkson and Rensselaer, played in the consolation game on March 16th.

Long time rivals Cornell and Harvard met in the ECAC Championship game. 6,518 watched the longest ECAC Championship Game in history. Tyler Kolarik broke the deadlock 16:26 into the second overtime period. He was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Harvard was awarded the ECAC's automatic bid.

Both Harvard and Cornell would represent the ECAC in the NCAA Tournament.