2016-17 ECAC Women's Season

This is the 2016-17 ECAC Women's Ice Hockey season.  This is the league's 14th season.

Membership Changes
none

Format
The top eight teams qualify for the conference tournament with the top four teams hosting quarterfinal best-of-three series. The semfinal and final rounds of the conference tournament are single elimination. The tournament winner will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Quarterfinals

 * Clarkson defeated RPI 2 games to none
 * St. Lawrence defeated Yale 2 games to none
 * Cornell defeated Colgate 2 games to none
 * Princeton defeated Quinnipiac 2 games to 1

Semifinals

 * Clarkson defeated Princeton 4-0
 * Cornell defeated St. Lawrence 3-1

Final

 * Clarkson defeated Cornell 1-0