# 2011 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2011 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 4 and March 19, 2011, at campus locations and at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. Yale won its second ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and received ECAC Hockey's automatic bid to the 2011 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 2011 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
2010–11 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 |
| #12 Union† | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 75 | 43 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 144 | 84 |
| #6 Yale* | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 84 | 46 | 36 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 151 | 74 |
| #15 Dartmouth | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 70 | 48 | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 111 | 87 |
| #20 Cornell | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 57 | 53 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 86 | 88 |
| #16 Rensselaer | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 67 | 52 | 38 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 110 | 90 |
| Princeton | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 69 | 70 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 105 | 88 |
| Clarkson | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 58 | 78 | 36 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 98 | 117 |
| Quinnipiac | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 49 | 62 | 39 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 95 | 102 |
| Brown | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 55 | 70 | 31 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 83 | 107 |
| Harvard | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 49 | 61 | 34 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 77 | 98 |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 53 | 73 | 40 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 101 | 124 |
| Colgate | 22 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 51 | 81 | 42 | 11 | 28 | 3 | 107 | 142 |
| Championship: March 19, 2009 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll |||||||||||||||

## Bracket

| First round March 4–6 | First round March 4–6 | First round March 4–6 | First round March 4–6 | First round March 4–6 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Quarterfinals March 11–13 | Semifinals March 18 | Semifinals March 18 | Semifinals March 18 | Championship March 19 | Championship March 19 | Championship March 19 |
| | | | | | 1 | Union | 4 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Rensselaer | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | Colgate | 1 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Colgate | 2 | 5 | 2** | | | | | | 2 | Yale | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 12 | Colgate | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Yale | 3 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Princeton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | St. Lawrence | 4* | 2 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 11 | St. Lawrence | 1 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Yale | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Cornell | 0 |
| | | | | | 3 | Dartmouth | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | |
| 7 | Clarkson | 1 | 4 | — | 10 | Harvard | 3 | 1 | 3 | | | |
| 10 | Harvard | 2 | 6 | — | | | | | | 3 | Dartmouth | 0 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Cornell | 3 |
| | | | | | 4 | Cornell | 2 | 0 | 3 | | | | 3 | Dartmouth | 5 |
| 8 | Quinnipiac | 4 | 4 | — | 8 | Quinnipiac | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | 12 | Colgate | 3 |
| 9 | Brown | 0 | 0 | — | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### First round
#### (5) Rensselaer vs. (12) Colgate

* Colgate wins series 2-1

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

* St. Lawrence wins series 2-1

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

* Harvard wins series 2-0

#### (8) Quinnipiac vs. (9) Brown

* Quinnipiac wins series 2-0

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Union vs. (12) Colgate

* Colgate Wins Series 2-1

#### (2) Yale vs. (11) St. Lawrence

* Series tied 1-1

#### (3) Dartmouth vs. (10) Harvard

* Series tied 1-1

#### (4) Cornell vs. (8) Quinnipiac

* Series tied 1-1

### Championship
#### (2) Yale vs. (4) Cornell
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Chris Cahill (Yale)
* F Andrew Miller (Yale)
* F Brian O’Neill (Yale)
* D Connor Goggin (Dartmouth)
* D Jimmy Martin (Yale)
* G Ryan Rondeau* (Yale)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)