2004 ECAC Tournament

The 2004 ECAC Tournament took place between March 5, 2004 and March 20, 2004 for the Men's Division I league and between March X, 2004 and March XX, 2004 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

Men's Tournament
The regular season champions were the Colgate Raiders. Along with Cornell, Brown, and Dartmouth, Colgate recieved a first round bye.

The seeds for the men's tournament were:
 * 1. Colgate
 * 2. Cornell
 * 3. Brown
 * 4. Dartmouth
 * 5. Rensselaer
 * 6. Harvard
 * 7. Yale
 * 8. Union
 * 9. Clarkson
 * 10. St. Lawrence
 * 11. Vermont
 * 12. Princeton

First Round
The first round was played during March 5-6 at the site of the higher seed. The teams played a best of 3 series.

Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals were played March 12-14 at the site of the higher seed.

ECAC Final Four
The ECAC Championships took place March 19 and 20 at Pepsi Arena in Albany, New York. The games were single-elimination.

Colgate and Dartmouth, favorites to play in the championship game coming into the Final Four, faced each other in the consolation game instead on March 20th.

Harvard and Clarkson, both darkhorse championship candidates, played in the ECAC Championship game in front of 6,489 fans. The Crimson scored 4 unanswered goals to win the 2004 ECAC Championship, their seventh, and advance to the NCAA Tournament as the league's lone representative. Harvard's Brendan Bernakevitch was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Women's Tournament
The regular season champions were the Harvard Crimson and the St. Lawrence Saints.

The seeds for the women's tournament were:
 * 1. Harvard
 * 2. St. Lawrence
 * 3. Dartmouth
 * 4. Brown
 * 5. Princeton
 * 6. Yale
 * 7. Colgate
 * 8. Cornell

Vermont and Union did not qualify for the ECAC Tournament.

Quarterfinals
The quarterfinal round was played during March 12-14 at the site of the higher seed. The teams played a best of 3 series.

ECAC Final Four
The semifinal round was held at Achilles Center on the campus of Union College in Schenectady, NY on March 20. The semifinal winners faced each other in the championship game on March 21.