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The 2023 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament was the 62nd tournament in league history. It was played between March 3 and March 18, 2023. By winning the tournament, Colgate received ECAC Hockey's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.

Format[]

The tournament features four rounds of play. The teams that finish above fifth place in the standings received a bye to the quarterfinal round. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth seeds, the sixth and eleventh seeds, the seventh and tenth seeds and the eighth and ninth seeds played a single-elimination game with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the one seed played the lowest remaining seed, the second seed played the second-lowest remaining seed, the third seed played the third-lowest remaining seed and the fourth seed played the fourth-lowest remaining seed each in a best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals the top remaining seed played the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play against each other. The winners of the semifinals play in the championship game, and no third-place game is played. All series after the quarterfinals are single-elimination games. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.[1]

Conference standings[]

2022–23 ECAC Hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#3 Quinnipiac 22 20 2 0 0 0 0 60 87 30 41 34 4 3 162 64
#7 Harvard 22 18 4 0 5 0 0 49 86 48 34 24 8 2 125 81
#12 Cornell 22 15 6 1 0 1 0 47 78 42 34 21 11 2 112 66
St. Lawrence 22 12 10 0 1 2 0 37 56 58 36 17 19 0 88 102
#19 Colgate * 22 11 8 3 4 1 3 36 71 58 40 19 16 5 113 109
Clarkson 22 9 10 3 0 1 0 31 60 60 37 16 17 4 102 98
Rensselaer 22 9 13 0 2 1 0 26 52 74 35 14 20 1 84 115
Union 22 8 13 1 0 0 1 26 45 68 35 14 19 2 86 117
Princeton 22 8 14 0 2 1 0 26 57 73 32 13 19 0 89 112
Yale 22 6 14 2 0 1 1 22 35 62 32 8 20 4 57 94
Brown 22 5 14 3 0 1 1 20 41 69 30 9 18 3 65 91
Dartmouth 22 4 17 1 0 2 1 16 44 70 30 5 24 1 64 106
Championship: March 18, 2023
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated April 8, 2023

Bracket[]

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals

First Round
March 3–4
Quarterfinals
March 10–12
Semifinals
March 17
Championship
March 18
1 Quinnipiac 3 6 -
5 Colgate 5 10 Yale 0 2 -
12 Dartmouth 3 1 Quinnipiac 1
5 Colgate 2**
2 Harvard 6 6 -
6 Clarkson 5 9 Princeton 1 1 -
11 Brown 1 5 Colgate 3
2 Harvard 2
3 Cornell 2 3 -
7 Rensselaer 1 6 Clarkson 1 1 -
10 Yale 4 2 Harvard 1*
3 Cornell 0
4 St. Lawrence 3 2 -
8 Union 4 5 Colgate 4* 3 -
9 Princeton 6

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results[]

Note: All game times are local.

First Round[]

(5) Colgate vs. (12) Dartmouth[]

March 3, 2023
7:00 PM
Colgate 5–3
(2–1, 1–0, 2–2)
Dartmouth Class of 1965 Arena
Attendance: 926

(6) Clarkson vs. (11) Brown[]

March 4, 2023
4:00 PM
Clarkson 5–1
(1–0, 1–0, 3–1)
Brown Cheel Arena
Attendance: 2,527

(7) Rensselaer vs. (10) Yale[]

March 4, 2023
7:00 PM
Rensselaer 1–4
(1–2, 0–1, 0–1)
Yale Houston Field House
Attendance: 1,556

(8) Union vs. (9) Princeton[]

March 4, 2023
4:00 PM
Union 4–6
(1–2, 2–2, 1–2)
Princeton Achilles Rink
Attendance: 2,119

Quarterfinals[]

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (10) Yale[]

March 10, 2023
7:00 PM
Quinnipiac 3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Yale M&T Bank Arena
Attendance: 3,211
March 11, 2023
7:00 PM
Quinnipiac 6–2
(2–0, 2–1, 2–1)
Yale M&T Bank Arena
Attendance: 3,178
Quinnipiac Won Series 2–0

(2) Harvard vs. (9) Princeton[]

March 10, 2023
7:00 PM
Harvard 6–1
(2–0, 1–1, 3–0)
Princeton Bright-Landry Hockey Center
Attendance: 1,671
March 11, 2023
7:00 PM
Harvard 6–1
(2–0, 2–0, 2–1)
Princeton Bright-Landry Hockey Center
Attendance: 1,640
Harvard Won Series 2–0

(3) Cornell vs. (6) Clarkson[]

March 10, 2023
7:00 PM
Cornell 2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)
Clarkson Lynah Rink
Attendance: 3,752
March 11, 2023
7:00 PM
Cornell 3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)
Clarkson Lynah Rink
Attendance: 3,935
Cornell Won Series 2–0

(4) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Colgate[]

March 10, 2023
7:00 PM
St. Lawrence 3–4 (OT)
(3–0, 0–2, 0–1, 0–1)
Colgate Appleton Arena
Attendance: 2,848
March 11, 2023
7:00 PM
St. Lawrence 2–3
(0–1, 1–2, 1–0)
Colgate Appleton Arena
Attendance: 2,318
Colgate Won Series 2–0

Semifinals[]

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (5) Colgate[]

March 17, 2023
4:00 PM
Quinnipiac 1–2 (2OT)
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
Colgate Herb Brooks Arena
Attendance: 3,533

(2) Harvard vs. (3) Cornell[]

March 17, 2023
7:30 PM
Harvard 1–0 (OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Cornell Herb Brooks Arena
Attendance: 3,533

Championship[]

(2) Harvard vs. (5) Colgate[]

March 18, 2023
7:30 PM
Harvard 2–3
(0–2, 1–1, 1–0)
Colgate Herb Brooks Arena
Attendance: 3,839

Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[]

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

[2]

References[]

  1. "ECAC Hockey Men's Playoffs Set to Get Underway", ECAC Hockey, February 27, 2022. Retrieved on February 28, 2022. 
  2. "Colgate Claims Second Whitelaw Cup, NCAA Tournament Berth", ECAC Hockey, March 18, 2023. Retrieved on March 19, 2023. 
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