2010 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2010 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 49th tournament in league history. It was played between March 5 and March 20, 2010. 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, Cornell received the ECAC Hockey automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

2010 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
2010 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament logo
Dates	March 5–20, 2010
Teams	12
Finals site	Times Union Center Albany, New York
Champions	Cornell^[1] (12th title)
Winning coach	Mike Schafer^[2] (5th title)
MVP	Ben Scrivens^[3] (Cornell)
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In the Quarterfinals series between Union and Quinnipiac the first match became the longest game played in NCAA history when the winning goal was scored in the 151st minute of play (the fifth overtime).

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 2010 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

2009–10 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#6 Yale†	22	15	5	2	32	92	72		34	21	10	3	141	105
#9 Cornell*	22	14	5	3	31	74	43		34	21	9	4	107	67
Union	22	12	6	4	28	81	60		39	21	12	6	134	100
Colgate	22	12	8	2	26	78	70		36	15	15	6	118	119
St. Lawrence	22	9	8	5	23	62	61		42	19	16	7	118	121
Rensselaer	22	10	9	3	23	64	58		39	18	17	4	109	108
Quinnipiac	22	11	11	0	22	71	63		40	20	18	2	123	114
Princeton	22	8	12	2	18	65	76		31	12	16	3	91	103
Harvard	22	7	12	3	17	61	70		33	9	21	3	82	113
Dartmouth	22	7	12	3	17	69	79		32	10	19	3	96	115
Brown	22	6	12	4	16	64	95		37	13	20	4	103	134
Clarkson	22	4	15	3	11	50	84		37	9	24	4	92	136
Championship: Cornell † 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 5–7							Quarterfinals^[5] March 12–14							Semifinals^[6] March 19					Championship March 20
								1	Yale	2	6	0
	5	St. Lawrence	3*	3	3			11	Brown	3	3	1
	12	Clarkson	2	4*	2										2	Cornell	3
															11	Brown	0
								2	Cornell	5	3	—
	6	Rensselaer	1	4	2			9	Harvard	1	0	—
	11	Brown	3	1	3															2	Cornell	3
																				3	Union	0
								3	Union	2	3	2
	7	Quinnipiac	3	3	2			7	Quinnipiac	3*****	1	1
	10	Dartmouth	2	6	1										3	Union	3			Third place
															5	St. Lawrence	1
								4	Colgate	1	3	—								5	St. Lawrence	0
	8	Princeton	2	0	—			5	St. Lawrence	2	4	—								11	Brown	3
	9	Harvard	4	3	—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(5) St. Lawrence vs. (12) Clarkson

March 5^[7]	St. Lawrence		3 – 2	OT	Clarkson	Appleton Arena
(Flanagan, Bogosian) Brandon Bollig - 00:40		First period			16:48 - Brandon DeFazio (Oakley, Freeman)
(Hughes, Vermeulen) Alex Curran - PP - 08:18		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			06:37 - PP - Mark Borowiecki (Beca, Rufenach)
(Hughes, Keller) Aaron Bogosian - GW - 10:09		First overtime period			No scoring
( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Alex Petizian		Goalie stats			Paul Karpowich ( 47 saves / 50 shots )

March 6^[8]	St. Lawrence		3 – 4	OT	Clarkson	Appleton Arena
No Scoring		First period			05:19 - PP - Mark Borowiecki (Tamblyn, Beca)
(Flanagan, Caister) Aaron Bogosian - 03:25 (Klancher, Armstrong) Jacob Drewiske - 04:50		Second period			No scoring
(Vermeulen) Mike McKenzie - 12:47		Third period			08:21 - Matt Beca (Tremblay) 16:28 - Nick Tremblay (Borowiecki, Tamblyn)
No scoring		First overtime period			06:48 - GW - Jake Morley (DeFazio, Himelson)
( 24 saves / 28 shots ) Alex Petizian		Goalie stats			Paul Karpowich ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

March 7^[9]	St. Lawrence		3 – 2		Clarkson	Appleton Arena
(Bogosian, Flanagan) Jeff Caister - PP - 06:04		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			11:57 - Tim Marks (Rufenach) 19:47 - PP - Brandon DeFazio (Freeman, Himelson)
(McKenzie, Keller) Rick Carden - 14:47 (Vermeulen, Caister) Mike McKenzie - GW - 18:37		Third period			No scoring
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Kain Tisi		Goalie stats			Paul Karpowich ( 30 saves / 33 shots )

St. Lawrence won series 2–1

(6) Rensselaer vs. (11) Brown

March 5^[10]	Rensselaer		1 – 3		Brown	Houston Field House	Recap
(Bergin, Polacek) Paul Kerins - PP - 07:57		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			01:40 - Jarred Smith (Brownschidle, Fratkin) 02:53 - GW - Bobby Farnham (Timberlake, Volpatti) 18:55 - EN - Aaron Volpatti (Timberlake, Farnham)
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Allen York		Goalie stats			Mike Clemente ( 24 saves / 25 shots )

March 6^[11]	Rensselaer		4 – 1		Brown	Houston Field House	Recap
(D'Amigo, Pirri) Paul Kerins - PP - 07:01		First period			15:05 - Aaron Volpatti (Zolnierczyk, McMonagle)
(Merth) Patrick Cullen - GW - 14:41 (unassisted) Brandon Pirri - 15:56		Second period			No scoring
(D'Amigo, Kerins) Chase Polacek - PP - 10:09		Third period			No scoring
( 23 saves / 24 shots ) Allen York		Goalie stats			Mike Clemente ( 30 saves / 34 shots )

March 7^[12]	Rensselaer		2 – 3		Brown	Houston Field House	Recap
No Scoring		First period			07:05 - Aaron Volpatti (Farnham, Timberlake)
No scoring		Second period			12:24 - Jack MacLellan (Buvinow, Volpatti)
(Cullen, Brutlag) Paul Kerins - 05:49 (Burgdoerfer, Cullen) Jeff Foss - EA - 16:55		Third period			00:18 - GW - Chris Zaires (Zolnierczyk)
( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Allen York		Goalie stats			Mike Clemente ( 28 saves / 30 shots )

Brown won series 2–1

(7) Quinnipiac vs. (10) Dartmouth

March 5^[13]	Quinnipiac		3 – 2		Dartmouth	TD Banknorth Sports Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Hansen, Beaudoin) Brandon Wong - PP - 05:12		Second period			01:23 - Dustin Walsh (Jones, Walsh)
(Beaudoin, Zurevinski) Eric Lampe - 05:31 (Wong, Lampe) Jean-Marc Beaudoin - GW PP - 09:33		Third period			18:41 - Scott Fleming (Estoclet, Reber)
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Dan Clarke		Goalie stats			James Mello ( 17 saves / 20 shots )

March 6^[14]	Quinnipiac		3 – 6		Dartmouth	TD Banknorth Sports Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			02:50 - Paul Lee (Goodship)
(Arnt, Oakes) Bobby Tyson - 18:44		Second period			02:11 - Doug Jones (Fleming, Reber) 05:42 - Adam Estoclet (Jones, Fleming) 16:27 - GW - Matt Reber (Estoclet, Fleming)
(Ketchum) D'Arcy Oakes - 04:23 (Holt, Davies) Jean-Marc Beaudoin - PP - 18:17		Third period			10:02 - Scott Fleming (Reber, Stephens) 11:57 - Matt Reber (Fleming)
( 29 saves / 35 shots ) Dan Clarke		Goalie stats			James Mello ( 28 saves / 31 shots )

March 7^[15]	Quinnipiac		2 – 1		Dartmouth	TD Banknorth Sports Center	Recap
(unassisted) Eric Lampe - 16:36		First period			No scoring
(Goodman, Arnt) Ben Ketchum - 01:57		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			13:57 - Joe Stejskal (Fleming, Reber)
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Dan Clarke		Goalie stats			James Mello ( 7 saves / 8 shots ) / Jody O'Neill ( 20 saves / 21 shots )

Quinnipiac won series 2–1

(8) Princeton vs. (9) Harvard

March 5^[16]	Princeton		2 – 4		Harvard	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink	Recap
(Godlewski, Bartlett) Marc Hagel - 15:27		First period			No scoring
(Pederson, Kramer) Mark Magnowski - 15:27		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			08:05 - Daniel Moriarty (Michaud, Morrison) 10:35 - Danny Biega (Grenier, Huxley) 14:05 - GW - Michael Del Mauro (Christian, Grimshaw) 17:50 - Danny Biega (Leblanc, Biega)
( 31 saves / 35 shots ) Zane Kalemba		Goalie stats			Kyle Richter ( 33 saves / 35 shots )

March 6^[17]	Princeton		0 – 3		Harvard	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			07:11 - GW PP - Daniel Moriarty (Leblanc, Biega) 14:23 - Danny Biega (Del Mauro, Grenier) 18:45 - EN - Luke Grenier (Biega, Del Mauro)
( 14 saves / 16 shots ) Zane Kalemba		Goalie stats			Kyle Richter ( 37 saves / 37 shots )

Harvard won series 2–0

Quarterfinals

(1) Yale vs. (11) Brown

March 12^[18]	Yale		2 – 3		Brown	Ingalls Rink	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			00:07 - Jeff Buvinow (MacLellan) 01:04 - Aaron Volpatti (Buvinow, Farnham)
(O'Neill, Miller) Thomas Dignard - PP - 06:18 (Dignard, Arcobello) Denny Kearney - EA - 19:22		Third period			06:18 - GW - Bobby Farnham (Volpatti, Crowley)
( 28 saves / 31 shots ) Billy Blase		Goalie stats			Mike Clemente ( 37 saves / 39 shots )

March 13^[19]	Yale		6 – 3		Brown	Ingalls Rink	Recap
(Dignard, Kearney) Broc Little - 00:26 (Kearney) Jimmy Martin - PP - 06:11		First period			No scoring
(Kearney) Kevin Limbert - 01:31 (Miller, Little) Brian O'Neill - GW - 10:28		Second period			No scoring
(Miller, Dignard) Brian O'Neill - PP - 04:08 (unassisted) Andrew Miller - 18:19		Third period			02:58 - SH - Jack MacLellan (Zolnierczyk) 13:52 - PP - Aaron Volpatti (Buvinow, MacLellan) 19:11 - Scott Van der Linden (Ryan)
( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Billy Blase		Goalie stats			Mike Clemente ( 20 saves / 24 shots ) / Dan Rosen ( 17 saves / 19 shots )

March 14^[20]	Yale		0 – 1		Brown	Ingalls Rink	Recap
No Scoring		First period			01:14 - GW SH - Jack MacLellan (unassisted)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 20 saves / 21 shots ) Billy Blase		Goalie stats			Mike Clemente ( 44 saves / 44 shots )

Brown won series 2–1

(2) Cornell vs. (9) Harvard

March 12^[21]	Cornell		5 – 1		Harvard	Lynah Rink
(Nash, D'Agostino) Colin Greening - 04:35 (Devin, Kennedy) Nick D'Agostino - GW PP - 12:41		First period			09:30 - PP - Pier-Olivier Michaud (Morrison, Biega)
(Roeszler, Gallagher) Nick D'Agostino - 12:27		Second period			No scoring
(unassisted) Riley Nash - 05:44 (Greening, Jillson) Riley Nash - 10:01		Third period			No scoring
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Ben Scrivens		Goalie stats			Kyle Richter ( 21 saves / 26 shots ) / Ryan Carroll ( 3 saves / 3 shots )

March 13^[22]	Cornell		3 – 0		Harvard	Lynah Rink
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Whitney, Nash) Blake Gallagher - GW PP - 12:05		Second period			No scoring
(Greening, Kennedy) Sean Collins - 14:27 (Nash, Gallagher) Colin Greening - EN PP - 19:26		Third period			No scoring
( 17 saves / 17 shots ) Ben Scrivens		Goalie stats			Kyle Richter ( 29 saves / 31 shots )

Cornell won series 2–0

(3) Union vs. (7) Quinnipiac

March 12^[23]	Union		2 – 3	5OT	Quinnipiac	Achilles Center	Recap
(unassisted) Stephane Boileau - 07:13 (Walters, Zajac) Mario Valery-Trabucco - PP - 09:42		First period			13:01 - Scott Zurevinski (Lampe)
No scoring		Second period			01:12 - PP - Jeremy Langlois (Holt, Davies)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Fifth overtime period			10:22 - GW - Greg Holt (Wong, Oakes)
( 52 saves / 55 shots ) Keith Kinkaid		Goalie stats			Dan Clarke ( 73 saves / 75 shots )

March 13^[24]	Union		3 – 1		Quinnipiac	Achilles Center	Recap
(Valery-Trabucco, Zajac) Adam Presizniuk - PP - 05:01 (Pallos, Julseth-White) Luke Cain - GW - 18:27		First period			17:15 - PP - Brandon Wong (Holt, Davies)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Julseth-White) Adam Presizniuk - 01:17		Third period			No scoring
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Corey Milan		Goalie stats			Dan Clarke ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

March 14^[25]	Union		2 – 1		Quinnipiac	Achilles Center	Recap
(Schreiber) Wayne Simpson - 02:01		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Cain, Zajac) Jeremy Welsh - GW - 01:04		Third period			15:31 - Reese Rolheiser (Langlois, Currie)
( 30 saves / 31 shots ) Corey Milan		Goalie stats			Dan Clarke ( 33 saves / 35 shots )

Union won series 2–1

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

March 12^[26]	Colgate		1 – 2		St. Lawrence	Starr Rink
No Scoring		First period			17:07 - Aaron Bogosian (Hughes, Child)
(Day, Poplawski) Austin Smith - 15:35		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			15:21 - GW PP - Mike McKenzie (Curran, Vermeulen)
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Alex Evin		Goalie stats			Kain Tisi ( 31 saves / 32 shots )

March 13^[27]	Colgate		3 – 4		St. Lawrence	Starr Rink
(McIntyre, Poplawski) Jeremy Price - PP - 16:08		First period			No scoring
(McIntyre) Jeremy Price - PP - 02:30		Second period			10:20 - PP - Mike McKenzie (Hughes, Child)
(Larkin, McNamara) Brian Day - PP - 10:56		Third period			01:21 - Nick Pitsikoulis (Bogosian) 14:23 - Jacob Drewiske (Keller, Armstrong) 18:53 - GW - Matt Raley (Flanagan, Carden)
( 25 saves / 29 shots ) Alex Evin		Goalie stats			Kain Tisi ( 33 saves / 36 shots )

St. Lawrence won series 2–0

Semifinals

(2) Cornell vs. (11) Brown

March 19^[28]	Cornell		3 – 0		Brown	Times Union Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Esposito) Locke Jillson - GW - 15:35		Second period			No scoring
(Krueger) John Esposito - 06:40 (Greening) Riley Nash - 13:40		Third period			No scoring
( 23 saves / 23 shots ) Ben Scrivens		Goalie stats			Mike Clemente ( 24 saves / 27 shots )

(3) Union vs. (5) St. Lawrence

March 19^[29]	Union		3 – 1		St. Lawrence	Times Union Center	Recap
(Boileau, Simpson) Luke Cain - 10:25		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			19:35 - Derek Keller (Caister)
(Walters, Boileau) Adam Preszniuk - GW - 09:26 (Julseth-White) Mario Valery-Trabucco - EN - 19:55		Third period			No scoring
( 29 saves / 30 shots ) Keith Kinkaid		Goalie stats			Kain Tisi ( 16 saves / 18 shots )

Third place

(5) St. Lawrence vs. (8) Brown

March 20^[30]	St. Lawrence		0 – 3		Brown	Times Union Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			14:34 - GW - Aaron Volpatti (Zaires, Rosen)
No scoring		Third period			04:05 - Jesse Fratkin (Zolnierczyk, Zaires) 16:52 - EN - Harry Zolnierczyk (Pietrus, McMonagle)
( 34 saves / 36 shots ) Alex Petizian		Goalie stats			Dan Rosen ( 21 saves / 21 shots )

Championship

(2) Cornell vs. (3) Union

March 20^[31]	Cornell		3 – 0		Union	Times Union Center	Recap
(Roeszler, Devin) Joe Devin - GW PP - 15:09		First period			No scoring
(Nash, Nash) Sean Whitney - PP - 17:25		Second period			No scoring
(unassisted) Patrick Kennedy - EN - 19:43		Third period			No scoring
( 32 saves / 32 shots ) Ben Scrivens		Goalie stats			Keith Kinkaid ( 31 saves / 33 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• F Colin Greening (Cornell)
• F Riley Nash (Cornell)
• F Adam Presiznuk (Union)
• D Justin Krueger (Cornell)
• D Mike Schreiber (Union)
• G Ben Scrivens* (Cornell)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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External links

• 2010 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament