2009 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2009 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 48th tournament in league history. It was played between March 6 and March 21, 2009. First Round and Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. By winning the tournament, Yale received the ECAC Hockey automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

2009 ECAC Hockey Men's ice hockey tournament
2009 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament logo
Dates	March 6–21, 2009
Teams	12
Finals site	Times Union Center Albany, New York
Champions	Yale^[1] (1st title)
Winning coach	Keith Allain^[2] (1st title)
MVP	Sean Backman^[3] (Yale)
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Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth, sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds as determined by the final regular season standings play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest ranked first round winner, the second seed and second lowest ranked first round winner, the third seed and second highest ranked first round winner, and the fourth seed and highest ranked first round winner play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season standings

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

2008–09 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#10 Yale†*	22	15	5	2	32	74	48		34	24	8	2	113	76
#12 Cornell	22	13	6	3	29	56	41		36	22	10	4	92	74
#15 Princeton	22	14	8	0	28	53	40		35	22	12	1	99	74
St. Lawrence	22	11	7	4	26	71	48		38	21	12	5	124	92
Harvard	22	9	7	6	24	54	56		31	9	16	6	68	96
Dartmouth	22	11	9	2	24	63	60		31	14	14	3	88	87
Quinnipiac	22	9	10	3	21	62	46		39	18	18	3	124	110
Union	22	9	11	2	20	56	64		39	19	17	3	111	107
Clarkson	22	8	10	4	20	58	68		36	10	19	7	88	115
Colgate	22	6	11	5	17	45	58		37	12	18	7	89	109
Rensselaer	22	6	15	1	13	50	75		39	10	27	2	76	132
Brown	22	3	15	4	10	44	82		33	5	23	5	60	115
Championship: Yale † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the First Round and Quarterfinals

	First round^[4] March 6–8							Quarterfinals^[5] March 13–15							Semifinals^[6] March 20					Championship March 21
								1	Yale	4	2	—
	5	Harvard	0	0	—			12	Brown	2	0	—
	12	Brown	1	2	—										1	Yale	4
															4	St. Lawrence	3
								2	Cornell	0	4	4
	6	Dartmouth	2	1	—			11	Rensselaer	1	0	3
	11	Rensselaer	3*	3	—															1	Yale	5
																				2	Cornell	0
								3	Princeton	3	2	3
	7	Quinnipiac	3*	4	4*			8	Union	2	5	1
	10	Colgate	2	5*	3										2	Cornell	4**			Third place
															3	Princeton	3
								4	St. Lawrence	5	5	—								3	Princeton	2
	8	Union	5	7	—			7	Quinnipiac	3	3	—								4	St. Lawrence	2
	9	Clarkson	3	2	—

First round

(5) Harvard vs. (12) Brown

March 6^[7]	Harvard		0 – 1		Brown	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			03:14 - Harry Zolnierczyk
Ryan Carroll ( 22 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			Mike Clemente ( 39 saves / 39 shots )

March 7^[8]	Harvard		0 – 2		Brown	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			02:56 - Eric Slais
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			03:27 - pp - Aaron Volpatti
Ryan Carroll ( 24 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			Mike Clemente ( 47 saves / 47 shots )

Brown won series 2–0

(6) Dartmouth vs. (11) Rensselaer

March 6^[9]	Dartmouth		2 – 3	OT	Rensselaer	Thompson Arena	Recap
Scott Fleming - 03:54		First period			13:33 - Seth Klerer
Scott Fleming - 07:09		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			02:13 - Jordan Watts
No scoring		First overtime period			13:49 - Christian Morissette
Jody O'Neill ( 33 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats			Allen York ( 31 saves / 33 shots )

March 7^[10]	Dartmouth		1 – 3		Rensselaer	Thompson Arena	Recap
Joe Gaudet - pp - 14:58		First period			12:23 - Chase Polacek
No scoring		Second period			05:42 - Alex Angers-Goulet 16:01 - Josh Rabbani
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Jody O'Neill ( 18 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats			Allen York ( 27 saves / 28 shots )

Rensselaer won series 2–0

(7) Quinnipiac vs. (10) Colgate

March 6^[11]	Quinnipiac		3 – 2	OT	Colgate	TD Banknorth Sports Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			05:09 - Tom Riley 18:00 - pp - Peter Bogdanich
Jean-Marc Beaudoin - 06:37		Second period			No scoring
David Marshall - pp - 03:54		Third period			No scoring
Brandon Wong - 10:29		First overtime period			No scoring
Bud Fisher ( 31 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			Charles Long ( 27 saves / 30 shots )

March 7^[12]	Quinnipiac		4 – 5	OT	Colgate	TD Banknorth Sports Center	Recap
Greg Holt - pp - 17:31		First period			13:22 - Austin Smith
Bryan Leitch - pp - 02:40		Second period			08:28 - David McIntyre
Scott Zurevinski - 12:13 Eric Lampe - sh - 14:28		Third period			17:37 - Nick St. Pierre 19:41 - pp - Austin Smith
No scoring		First overtime period			00:54 - Austin Smith
Bud Fisher ( 22 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Charles Long ( 39 saves / 43 shots )

March 8^[13]	Quinnipiac		4 – 3	OT	Colgate	TD Banknorth Sports Center	Recap
Greg Holt - 03:34		First period			04:06 - Brian Day 09:39 - pp - Jason Williams
Mike Atkinson - 03:08 Eric Lampe - pp - 09:58		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			16:13 - Austin Smith
Brandon Wong - 13:13		First overtime period			No scoring
Bud Fisher ( 39 saves / 42 shots )		Goalie stats			Charles Long ( 31 saves / 35 shots )

Quinnipiac won series 2–1

(8) Union vs. (9) Clarkson

March 6^[14]	Union		5 – 3		Clarkson	Achilles Rink
Mario Valery-Trabucco - 14:14 Adam Presizniuk - 17:27		First period			12:04 - Scott Freeman
Jason Walters - 03:49		Second period			01:13 - Chris D'Alvise 02:02 - Shea Guthrie
Stephane Boileau - 07:05 Mario Valery-Trabucco - pp - 17:06		Third period			No scoring
Corey Milan ( 18 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats			Paul Karpowich ( 30 saves / 35 shots )

March 7^[15]	Union		7 – 2		Clarkson	Achilles Rink
Adam Presizniuk - 03:27 Brendan Milnamow - pp - 16:01 Chris Potts - sh - 19:24		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			00:35 - pp - Scott Freeman
Chris Potts - 11:20 Andrew Buote - en sh - 15:11 Andrew Buote - en - 17:42 Matt Cook - pp - 19:18		Third period			14:34 - pp - Tim Marks
Corey Milan ( 32 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			Richie LaVeau ( 11 saves / 14 shots ) Paul Karpowich ( 22 saves / 24 shots )

Union won series 2–0

Quarterfinals

(1) Yale vs. (12) Brown

March 13^[16]	Yale		4 – 2		Brown	Ingalls Rink	Recap
No Scoring		First period			15:57 - Jordan Pietrus
Patrick Brosnihan - 11:27 Denny Kearney - sh - 19:57		Second period			02:16 - David Brownschidle
Broc Little - pp - 03:06 Kevin Limbert - pp - 09:17		Third period			No scoring
Alec Richards ( 26 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Mike Clemente ( 31 saves / 35 shots )

March 14^[17]	Yale		2 – 0		Brown	Ingalls Rink	Recap
Mark Arcobello - pp - 12:42		First period			No scoring
Sean Backman - pp - 00:37		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Alec Richards ( 19 saves / 19 shots )		Goalie stats			Mike Clemente ( 34 saves / 36 shots )

Yale won series 2–0

(2) Cornell vs. (11) Rensselaer

March 13^[18]	Cornell		0 – 1		Rensselaer	Lynah Rink
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			17:14 - Patrick Cullen
Ben Scrivens ( 13 saves / 14 shots )		Goalie stats			Allen York ( 32 saves / 32 shots )

March 14^[19]	Cornell		4 – 0		Rensselaer	Lynah Rink
Evan Barlow - pp - 18:30		First period			No scoring
Riley Nash - 13:14 Evan Barlow - 19:41		Second period			No scoring
Colin Greening - pp - 18:47		Third period			No scoring
Ben Scrivens ( 9 saves / 9 shots )		Goalie stats			Allen York ( 40 saves / 43 shots ) Mathias Lange ( 12 saves / 13 shots )

March 15^[20]	Cornell		4 – 3		Rensselaer	Lynah Rink
Evan Barlow - 17:05		First period			No scoring
Evan Barlow - pp - 12:13 Keir Ross - 14:25 Michael Kennedy - 15:49		Second period			11:32 - sh - Matt Angers-Goulet
No scoring		Third period			05:16 - Scott Halpern 19:04 - Jeff Foss
Ben Scrivens ( 31 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			Allen York ( 22 saves / 26 shots )

Cornell won series 2–1

(3) Princeton vs. (8) Union

March 13^[21]	Princeton		3 – 2		Union	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink
No Scoring		First period			19:40 - pp - Adam Presizniuk
Dan Bartlett - 03:16		Second period			No scoring
Mark Magnowski - 04:21 Lee Jubinville - 09:55		Third period			13:50 - pp - Stephane Boileau
Zane Kalemba ( 25 shots / 27 saves )		Goalie stats			Corey Milan ( 35 shots / 38 saves )

March 14^[22]	Princeton		2 – 5		Union	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink
No Scoring		First period			06:41 - Mario Valery-Trabucco 09:01 - Brendan Milnamow
Dan Bartlett - 14:53		Second period			03:05 - Jason Shaffer 12:49 - pp - Mario Valery-Trabucco
Dan Bartlett - 14:07		Third period			17:46 - en - Matt Cook
Zane Kalemba ( 17 shots / 21 saves )		Goalie stats			Corey Milan ( 44 shots / 46 saves )

March 15^[23]	Princeton		3 – 1		Union	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink
Brett Wilson - 00:56 Dan Bartlett - 02:08 Lee Jubinville - sh - 06:34		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			15:41 - Andrew Buote
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Zane Kalemba ( 38 shots / 39 saves )		Goalie stats			Corey Milan ( 30 shots / 33 saves )

Princeton won series 2–1

(4) St. Lawrence vs. (7) Quinnipiac

March 13^[24]	St. Lawrence		5 – 3		Quinnipiac	Appleton Arena	Recap
Brock McBride - 10:17 Mike McKenzie - 15:28		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			01:02 - Dan Henningson 17:49 - Mike Atkinson
Kevin DeVergilio - 01:30 Mark Armstrong - pp - 12:47 Zach Miskovic - 16:01		Third period			11:18 - sh - Mark Nelson
Alex Petizian ( 20 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			Bud Fisher ( 33 saves / 38 shots )

March 14^[25]	St. Lawrence		5 – 3		Quinnipiac	Appleton Arena
Travis Vermeulen - 01:06		First period			10:44 - Scott Zurevinski 15:13 - pp - David Marshall 16:10 - Eric Lampe
Travis Vermeulen - 01:33 Jared Ross - pp - 03:44 Zach Miskovic - pp - 08:59		Second period			No scoring
Zach Miskovic - 11:27		Third period			No scoring
Alex Petizian ( 33 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats			Bud Fisher ( 34 saves / 39 shots )

St. Lawrence won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Yale vs. (4) St. Lawrence

March 20^[26]	Yale		4 – 3		St. Lawrence	Times Union Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			12:11 - Jared Keller
Broc Little - 04:12 Ken Trentowski - pp - 06:26		Second period			09:39 - Zach Miskovic 16:54 - Kevin DeVergilio
Mark Arcobello - 18:32 Matt Nelson - 18:54		Third period			No scoring
Alec Richards ( 35 saves / 38 shots )		Goalie stats			Alex Petizian ( 27 saves / 31 shots )

(2) Cornell vs. (3) Princeton

March 20^[27]	Cornell		4 – 3	2OT	Princeton	Times Union Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Tyler Mugford - 07:15		Second period			01:40 - Sam Sabky 14:03 - Dan Bartlett
Evan Barlow - 17:08 Riley Nash - 19:35		Third period			11:09 - Cam MacIntyre
Colin Greening - 09:54		Second overtime period			No scoring
Ben Scrivens ( 37 shots / 40 saves )		Goalie stats			Zane Kalemba ( 39 shots / 43 saves )

Third place

(3) Princeton vs. (4) St. Lawrence

March 21^[28]	Princeton		2 – 2		St. Lawrence	Times Union Center	Recap
Dan Bartlett - 04:59		First period			09:58 - Matt Generous
Dan Bartlett - pp - 01:16		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			05:48 - Derek Keller
Zane Kalemba ( 34 shots / 36 saves )		Goalie stats			Alex Petizian ( 31 saves / 33 shots )

Championship

(1) Yale vs. (2) Cornell

March 21^[29]	Yale		5 – 0		Cornell	Times Union Center	Recap
Sean Backman - 14:12		First period			No scoring
Denny Kearney - 13:44 Brian O'Neill - 18:13		Second period			No scoring
Sean Backman - pp - 06:24 Sean Backman - en - 13:50		Third period			No scoring
Alec Richards ( 27 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Ben Scrivens ( 19 shots / 24 saves )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• F Sean Backman* (Yale)
• F Dan Bartlett (Princeton)
• F Broc Little (Yale)
• D Ryan Donald (Yale)
• D Jared Seminoff (Cornell)
• G Alec Richards (Yale)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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External links

• 2009 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament