# 2000 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2000 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 39th tournament in league history. It was played between March 10 and March 18, 2000. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final five games were played at the Olympic Arena (subsequently renamed Herb Brooks Arena) in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, St. Lawrence received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two teams that finish below tenth place in the standings are not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and tenth seeds, the second and ninth seeds, the third seed and eighth seeds, the fourth seed and seventh seeds and the fifth seed and sixth seeds played a best-of-three series with the three highest-seeded winners advancing to the semifinals and the remaining two winners playing in the Four vs. Five matchup. After the opening round every series becomes a single-elimination game. In the semifinals, the highest seed plays the winner of the four vs. five game while the two remaining teams play with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2000 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
1999–00 ECAC Hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #4 St. Lawrence†* | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 76 | 47 | 37 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 130 | 94 |
| #9 Colgate | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 85 | 61 | 35 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 132 | 93 |
| #13 Rensselaer | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 61 | 49 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 123 | 85 |
| Cornell | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 70 | 54 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 104 | 86 |
| Clarkson | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 69 | 71 | 35 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 111 | 116 |
| Princeton | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 66 | 66 | 30 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 84 | 97 |
| Harvard | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 65 | 63 | 30 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 85 | 95 |
| Dartmouth | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 54 | 63 | 30 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 71 | 98 |
| Yale | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 45 | 63 | 30 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 68 | 85 |
| Union | 21 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 48 | 75 | 33 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 79 | 127 |
| Brown | 21 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 52 | 78 | 28 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 66 | 98 |
| Vermont^ | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 53 | 75 |
| Championship: St. Lawrence † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) ^ Vermont was ineligible for the postseason Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the First Round
| First Round March 10–11 | First Round March 10–11 | First Round March 10–11 | First Round March 10–11 | First Round March 10–11 | Four vs. Five March 16 | Four vs. Five March 16 | Four vs. Five March 16 | Semifinals March 17 | Semifinals March 17 | Semifinals March 17 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 |
| 1 | St. Lawrence | 8 | 4* | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Union | 4 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 1 | St. Lawrence | 3* | | | |
| 2 | Colgate | 5* | 4 | — | 4 | Cornell | 4 | 4 | Cornell | 2 | | | |
| 9 | Yale | 4 | 2 | — | 5 | Clarkson | 2 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Rensselaer | 7 | 3* | — | | | | | | | 1 | St. Lawrence | 2 |
| 8 | Dartmouth | 2 | 2 | — | | | | | | | 3 | Rensselaer | 0 |
| 4 | Cornell | 4 | 4 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Harvard | 3 | 3 | — | | | | 2 | | | | Colgate | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | 3 | Rensselaer | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Clarkson | 3 | 2 | — | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Princeton | 2 | 1 | — | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### First round
#### (1) St. Lawrence vs. (10) Union

* St. Lawrence won series 2–0

#### (2) Colgate vs. (9) Yale

* Colgate won series 2–0

#### (3) Rensselaer vs. (8) Dartmouth

* Rensselaer won series 2–0

#### (4) Cornell vs. (7) Harvard

* Cornell won series 2–0

#### (5) Clarkson vs. (6) Princeton

* Clarkson won series 2–0

### Championship
#### (1) St. Lawrence vs. (3) Rensselaer
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Keith Dupee (Rensselaer)
* F Brandon Dietrich (St. Lawrence)
* F Jason Windle (St. Lawrence)
* D Justin Harney (St. Lawrence)
* D Brian Pothier (Rensselaer)
* G Derek Gustafson* (St. Lawrence)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)