# 2013 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2013 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 8 and March 23, 2013 at campus locations and at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. Union College was the winner of the tournament for the second year in a row and received the ECAC Hockey's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## 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 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

### Regular season standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
2012–13 ECAC Hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #2 Quinnipiac † | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 73 | 32 | 43 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 130 | 72 |
| Rensselaer | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 61 | 49 | 37 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 106 | 88 |
| #1 Yale | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 60 | 62 | 37 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 107 | 96 |
| #10 Union * | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 123 | 85 |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 56 | 57 | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 94 | 88 |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 60 | 68 | 38 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 107 | 109 |
| Brown | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 54 | 51 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 90 | 85 |
| Princeton | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 52 | 60 | 31 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 72 | 89 |
| Cornell | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 49 | 55 | 34 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 83 | 91 |
| Clarkson | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 58 | 67 | 36 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 89 | 113 |
| Colgate | 22 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 52 | 66 | 36 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 109 | 102 |
| Harvard | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 45 | 65 | 32 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 73 | 101 |
| Championship: March 23, 2013 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

| First round March 8–10 | First round March 8–10 | First round March 8–10 | First round March 8–10 | First round March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 15–17 | Quarterfinals March 15–17 | Quarterfinals March 15–17 | Quarterfinals March 15–17 | Quarterfinals March 15–17 | Semifinals March 22 | Semifinals March 22 | Semifinals March 22 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 |
| | | | | | 1 | Quinnipiac | 2 | 10 | 3** | | | | | | |
| 5 | Dartmouth | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | Cornell | 3 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Harvard | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | Quinnipiac | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Brown | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Rensselaer | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 6 | St. Lawrence | 4 | 4 | — | 7 | Brown | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Colgate | 2 | 1 | — | | | | | | | | | 4 | Union | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Brown | 1 |
| | | | | | 3 | Yale | 6 | 3 | — | | | |
| 7 | Brown | 3 | 4 | — | 6 | St. Lawrence | 1 | 2 | — | | | |
| 10 | Clarkson | 0 | 3 | — | | | | | | 3 | Yale | 0 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Union | 5 |
| | | | | | 4 | Union | 4 | 5 | — | | | | 1 | Quinnipiac | 3 |
| 8 | Princeton | 0 | 2 | — | 5 | Dartmouth | 1 | 2 | — | | | | 3 | Yale | 0 |
| 9 | Cornell | 4 | 4 | — | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### First round
#### (5) Dartmouth vs. (12) Harvard

* Dartmouth wins series 2-1

#### (6) St. Lawrence vs. (11) Colgate

* St. Lawrence wins series 2-0

#### (7) Brown vs. (10) Clarkson

* Brown wins series 2-0

#### (8) Princeton vs. (9) Cornell

* Cornell wins series 2-0

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Quinnipiac vs. (9) Cornell

* Quinnipiac Wins Series 2-1

#### (2) Rensselaer vs. (7) Brown

* Brown Wins Series 2-1

#### (3) Yale vs. (6) St. Lawrence

* Yale Wins Series 2-0

#### (4) Union vs. (5) Dartmouth

* Union Wins Series 2-0

### Championship
#### (4) Union vs. (7) Brown
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Daniel Carr (Union)
* F Matt Lorito (Brown)
* F Max Novak (Union)
* D Greg Coburn (Union)
* D Dennis Robertson (Brown)
* G Troy Grosenick* (Union)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)