2003 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2003 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 42nd tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 22, 2003. First Round and Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, New York. By winning the tournament, Cornell received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

2003 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 7–22, 2003
Teams	12
Finals site	Pepsi Arena Albany, New York
Champions	Cornell (10th title)
Winning coach	Mike Schafer^[1] (3rd title)
MVP	David LeNeveu^[2] (Cornell)
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The 2003 Tournament was the first to include 4 rounds of play as well as all member schools of ECAC Hockey in the postseason championship.

Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. The teams that finish above fifth place in the standings receive 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 best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the one seed plays the lowest remaining seed, the second seed plays the second-lowest remaining seed, the third seed plays the third-lowest remaining seed and the fourth seed plays the fourth-lowest remaining seed in another best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advancing to the Semifinals. In the semifinals, the top remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play against each other. The winners of the semifinals play in the championship game while the losers play in a third-place game. All series after the quarterfinals are single-elimination games. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2002–03 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 Cornell†*	22	19	2	1	39	89	29		36	30	5	1	133	49
#10 Harvard	22	17	4	1	35	94	47		34	22	10	2	133	78
Dartmouth	22	13	9	0	26	77	71		34	20	13	1	127	110
Yale	22	13	9	0	26	94	73		32	18	14	0	121	107
Brown	22	10	8	4	24	65	54		35	16	14	5	96	83
Union	22	10	10	2	22	62	68		36	14	18	4	105	113
Clarkson	22	9	10	3	21	69	56		35	12	20	3	96	99
Colgate	22	9	10	3	21	49	71		40	17	19	4	96	127
St. Lawrence	22	7	12	3	17	65	80		37	11	21	5	103	129
Vermont	22	8	14	0	16	58	85		36	13	20	3	104	142
Rensselaer	22	4	15	3	11	49	84		40	12	25	3	94	134
Princeton	22	2	18	2	6	46	99		31	3	26	2	62	140
Championship: Cornell † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the first round and quarterfinals

	First round^[3] March 7–9							Quarterfinals^[4] March 14–16							Semifinals^[5] March 21					Championship March 22
								1	Cornell	3	4	–
	5	Brown	2	3	–			11	Rensselaer	2	0	–
	12	Princeton	1	1	–										1	Cornell	2
															5	Brown	0
								2	Harvard	4	5	–
	6	Union	1	2	–			10	Vermont	2	1	–
	11	Rensselaer	2	3	–															1	Cornell	3*
																				2	Harvard	2
								3	Dartmouth	3	3	5
	7	Clarkson	2	1	–			8	Colgate	4****	1	2
	10	Vermont	3	6	–										2	Harvard	5			Third place
															3	Dartmouth	3
								4	Yale	3	2	0								3	Dartmouth	4
	8	Colgate	1	3*	5			5	Brown	4*	1	4								5	Brown	2
	9	St. Lawrence	2	2	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(5) Brown vs. (12) Princeton

March 7^[6]	Brown		2–1		Princeton	Meehan Auditorium	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Haggett) Chris Swon – 07:19 (Kirley, Caouette) Pascal Denis – GW – 12:07		Third period			06:56 – Chris Owen (Colclough, Patton)
Yann Danis ( 30 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats			Eric Leroux ( 23 saves / 25 shots )

March 8^[7]	Brown		3–1		Princeton	Meehan Auditorium	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Denis, Mudryk) Keith Kirley – 09:26 (Robinson, Tichauer) Chris Swon – GW – 09:50 (Korbl, Swon) Shane Mudryk – PP – 11:41		Third period			10:08 – SH – Matt Maglione (Sproat)
Yann Danis ( 36 saves / 37 shots )		Goalie stats			Eric Leroux ( 40 saves / 43 shots )

Brown won series 2–0

(6) Union vs. (11) Rensselaer

March 7^[8]	Union		1–2		Rensselaer	Achilles Rink	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			07:21 – Vic Pereira (McWilliams, Shields) 10:50 – GW PP – Kevin Croxton (Graham, Eberly)
(Seel) Chris Konnick – 06:40		Third period			No scoring
Kris Mayotte ( 14 saves / 16 shots )		Goalie stats			Nathan Marsters ( 37 saves / 38 shots )

March 8^[9]	Union		2–3		Rensselaer	Achilles Rink	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Gillies, Goodjohn) Scott Seney – PP – 06:34		Second period			17:44 – Carson Butterwick (Cavosie, McWilliams)
(Gillies, Beal) Kris Goodjohn – PP – 09:53		Third period			11:47 – SH – Ben Barr (Economakos, Basiuk) 12:37 – GW SH – Ben Barr (Economakos, Basiuk)
Kris Mayotte ( 17 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats			Nathan Marsters ( 29 saves / 31 shots )

Rensselaer won series 2–0

(7) Clarkson vs. (10) Vermont

March 7^[10]	Clarkson		2–3		Vermont	Cheel Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			07:03 – Phil Youngclaus (Leisenring, Miles)
(Bahen, McFeeters) Kevin O'Flaherty – EA – 18:13 (Bahen, O'Flaherty) Randy Jones – EA PP – 19:30		Third period			03:15 – Jeff Corey (Sifers, Gasparini) 19:02 – GW EN SH – Jaime Sifers
Mike Walsh ( 24 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			Shawn Conschafter ( 27 saves / 29 shots )

March 8^[11]	Clarkson		1–6		Vermont	Cheel Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Jones) Chris Blight – 13:54		Second period			17:48 – PP – Jaime Sifers (Hajek, Busniuk)
No scoring		Third period			04:17 – GW PP – Brady Leisenring (Hajek) 08:38 – Brady Leisenring (Miles, Corey) 09:54 – Tim Plant (Longo) 17:40 – EN – Phil Youngclaus 19:26 – Bryson Busniuk (Plant)
Dustin Traylen ( 25 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats			Shawn Conschafter ( 29 saves / 30 shots )

Vermont won series 2–0

(8) Colgate vs. (9) St. Lawrence

March 7^[12]	Colgate		1–2		St. Lawrence	Starr Rink	Recap
(Thomas) Steve Silversides – 10:20		First period			03:53 – Matt Macdonald (Peverley, Trevelyan)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			03:51 – GW – Ziga Petac (Anderson, Hogg)
Steve Silverthorn ( 16 saves / 18 shots )		Goalie stats			Kevin Ackley ( 37 saves / 38 shots )

March 8^[13]	Colgate		3–2	OT	St. Lawrence	Starr Rink	Recap
No scoring		First period			13:09 – PP – Ryan Glenn (Trevelyan, Zeiler)
(Smith, Mormina) P.J. Yedon – 00:47 (Tataryn, McKinnon) Kyle Wilson – 14:19		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			09:47 – T. J. Trevelyan (Glenn)
(Bria) P. J. Yedon – GW – 16:46		First overtime period			No scoring
Steve Silverthorn ( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Kevin Ackley ( 36 saves / 39 shots )

March 9^[14]	Colgate		5–2		St. Lawrence	Starr Rink	Recap
Brad D'Arco – SH – 19:59		First period			No scoring
(Mitchell) P. J. Yedon – 04:28		Second period			08:18 – T. J. Trevelyan (Zeiler, Peverley) 16:31 – Adam Hogg (Lorentz, Anderson)
(Smyth, Smyth) Dave Thomas – GW – 01:57 Adam Mitchell – 17:10 Jon Smyth – EN – 19:17		Third period			No scoring
Steve Silverthorn ( 32 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			Kevin Ackley ( 21 saves / 25 shots )

Colgate won series 2–1

Quarterfinals

(1) Cornell vs. (11) Rensselaer

March 14^[15]	Cornell		3–2		Rensselaer	Lynah Rink	Recap
(Bâby, Paolini) Ryan Vesce – PP – 03:27		First period			16:09 – Ben Barr (Eberly, MacDonald)
(Bâby, Vesce) Matt Moulson – 09:34		Second period			No scoring
(Cook, Abbott) Greg Hornby – GW – 07:07		Third period			10:50 – Brad Farynuk (Graham, Croxton)
David LeNeveu ( 17 saves / 19 shots )		Goalie stats			Nathan Marsters ( 23 saves / 26 shots )

March 15^[16]	Cornell		4–0		Rensselaer	Lynah Rink	Recap
(Bâby, Murray) Ryan Vesce – GW – 18:39		First period			No scoring
(Pegoraro, McRae) Mark Knoepfli – 04:42		Second period			No scoring
(Hornby) Cam Abbott – 03:59 (Paolini, McRae) Shane Hynes – 09:35		Third period			No scoring
David LeNeveu ( 16 saves / 16 shots )		Goalie stats			Nathan Marsters ( 29 saves / 33 shots )

Cornell won series 2–0

(2) Harvard vs. (10) Vermont

March 14^[17]	Harvard		4–2		Vermont	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
(Cavanagh, Johnson) Kenny Turano – PP – 03:41		First period			No scoring
(Nowak, Moore) Dennis Packard – PP – 14:41 (Moore, Turano) Dennis Packard – GW – 19:55		Second period			No scoring
(Fried, Nowak) Dennis Packard – 13:15		Third period			07:01 – PP – Thomas Hajek (Busniuk, Sifers) 09:29 – PP – Jeff Corey (Miller, Miller)
Dov Grumet-Morris ( 32 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			Shawn Conschafter ( 35 saves / 39 shots )

March 15^[18]	Harvard		5–1		Vermont	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
(Nowak, Moore) Noah Welch – PP – 02:25 (Moore) Charlie Johnson – GW – 07:22 (Kim, McColloch) Rob Fried – 11:38		First period			No scoring
(Moore, Pettit) Brett Nowak – PP – 11:39		Second period			10:59 – Jeff Miles (Hajek, Miller)
(Welch) Dominic Moore – PP – 01:44		Third period			No scoring
Dov Grumet-Morris ( 22 saves / 23 shots ) / Ben Weiss ( 0 saves / 0 shots )		Goalie stats			Shawn Conschafter ( 37 saves / 42 shots ) / Travis Russell ( 2 saves / 2 shots )

Harvard won series 2–0

(3) Dartmouth vs. (7) Colgate

March 14^[19]	Dartmouth		3–4	4OT	Colgate	Thompson Arena	Recap
(Stempniak, Ouellette) Hugh Jessiman – PP – 06:14		First period			09:57 – PP – Scooter Smith (Yedon)
(Stempniak) Hugh Jessiman – 00:28		Second period			07:03 – Adam Mitchell (Yedon, Smith)
(Ouellette, Stempniak) Trevor Byrne – PP – 10:05		Third period			14:01 – Ryan Smyth (Doyle, McKinnon)
No scoring		Fourth overtime period			01:05 – GW – Kyle Wilson (Yedon)
Nick Boucher ( 66 saves / 70 shots )		Goalie stats			Steve Silverthorn ( 50 saves / 53 shots )

March 15^[20]	Dartmouth		3–1		Colgate	Thompson Arena	Recap
(Ouellette, Summerfelt) Lee Stempniak – PP – 06:14		First period			18:05 – Adam Mitchell (Smith)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Ouellette, Summerfelt) Lee Stempniak – GW – 08:21 (Summerfelt) Lee Stempniak – EN – 19:12		Third period			No scoring
Nick Boucher ( 19 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats			Steve Silverthorn ( 41 saves / 43 shots )

March 16^[21]	Dartmouth		5–2		Colgate	Thompson Arena	Recap
(Przepiorka) Dacy Marr – 01:59		First period			01:20 – Brad D'Arco (Yedon, Yashin) 02:08 – Darryl McKinnon (Tataryn)
(Jessiman, Stempniak) Mike Ouellette – 05:33		Second period			No scoring
(Gaul, Summerfelt) Nathan Szymanski – GW – 05:53 (Murray, Wheelihan) P.J. Martin – 12:35 (Ouellette, Jessiman) Lee Stempniak – EN – 17:51		Third period			No scoring
Nick Boucher ( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Steve Silverthorn ( 37 saves / 41 shots )

Dartmouth won series 2–1

(4) Yale vs. (5) Brown

March 14^[22]	Yale		3–4	OT	Brown	Ingalls Rink	Recap
(Wax, Higgins) Vin Hellemeyer – PP – 12:01		First period			04:06 – Cory Caouette (Ringstad, Burke)
(Hellemeyer) Chris Higgins – SH – 06:52		Second period			00:37 – Paul Esdale (Legg) 06:00 – Les Haggettsdale (Hellemeyer)
Christian Jensen – 17:07		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			09:40 – GW – Brent Robinson (Haggett, Swon)
Josh Gartner ( 31 saves / 35 shots )		Goalie stats			Yann Danis ( 41 saves / 44 shots )

March 15^[23]	Yale		2–1		Brown	Ingalls Rink	Recap
No scoring		First period			06:18 – Shane Mudryk (Denis, Kirley)
(Dwyer, Higgins) Ryan Steeves – PP – 09:11		Second period			No scoring
(Hristovski) Denis Nam – GW – 13:38		Third period			No scoring
Josh Gartner ( 24 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			Yann Danis ( 34 saves / 36 shots )

March 16^[24]	Yale		0–4		Brown	Ingalls Rink	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			02:15 – GW – Brent Robinson 13:48 – Jason Wilson
No scoring		Third period			17:29 – EN – Pascal Denis (Mudryk, Esdale) 19:11 – EN – Brent Robinson (Swon, Esdale)
Josh Gartner ( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Yann Danis ( 35 saves / 35 shots )

Brown won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Cornell vs. (5) Brown

March 21^[25]	Cornell		2–0		Brown	Pepsi Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Abbott, Abbott) Greg Hornby – GW – 17:54		Second period			No scoring
(Pegoraro, Palahicky) Travis Bell – 07:06		Third period			No scoring
David LeNeveu ( 11 saves / 11 shots )		Goalie stats			Yann Danis ( 27 saves / 29 shots )

(2) Harvard vs. (3) Dartmouth

March 21^[26]	Harvard		5–3		Dartmouth	Pepsi Arena	Recap
(Kim, Murphy) David McCollouch – 04:23 (Moore, Turano) Charlie Johnson – 10:57		First period			No scoring
(Nowak, Packard) Tim Pettit – PP – 02:48 (Cavanagh, Lannon) Brendan Bernakevitch – GW PP – 07:59		Second period			01:37 – Kent Gillings (Murray, Byrne)
(Moore) Rob Flynn – EN – 19:55		Third period			13:26 – Hugh Jessiman (Stempniak, Ouellette) 16:09 – PS – Mike Murray
Dov Grumet-Morris ( 31 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			Nick Boucher ( 11 saves / 15 shots ) / Dan Yacey ( 12 saves / 12 shots )

Third place

(3) Dartmouth vs. (5) Brown

March 22^[27]	Dartmouth		4–2		Brown	Pepsi Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
(Murray, Wheelihan) Kent Gillings – 12:29 (Snizek, Szymanski) Eric Przepiorka – 12:51		Second period			03:12 – Pascal Denis (Mudryk)
(Offers, Summerfeldt) Kent Gillings – GW – 03:24 Hugh Jessiman – EN – 19:16		Third period			07:50 – Mike Meech (Legg)
Dan Yacey ( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Yann Danis ( 40 saves / 43 shots )

Championship

(1) Cornell vs. (2) Harvard

March 22^[28]	Cornell		3–2	OT	Harvard	Pepsi Arena	Recap
(Bâby, Vesce) Sam Paolini – PP – 01:53		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Vesce) Mark McRae – EA – 19:27		Third period			08:04 – Dominic Moore (Johnson, Kolarik) 16:14 – Tyler Kolarik (Nowak, Packard)
(McRae, Hynes) Sam Paolini – GW – 01:23		First overtime period			No scoring
David LeNeveu ( 25 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Dov Grumet-Morris ( 30 saves / 33 shots )

Tournament awards

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All-Tournament Team ^[30] F Stephen Bâby (Cornell) F Dominic Moore (Harvard) F Brendan Bernakevitch (Harvard) D Douglas Murray (Cornell) D Travis Bell (Cornell) G Dov Grumet-Morris (Harvard) G Yann Danis (Brown)

Tournament Three Stars 3 Tyler Kolarik (Harvard) 2 Kent Gillings (Dartmouth) 1 Sam Paolini (Cornell) MOP David LeNeveu (Cornell)

Tournament notes

• In the first game of the quarterfinals Colgate defeated Dartmouth 4-3 in four overtimes the longest game in tournament history.

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External links

• ECAC Hockey 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine