# 2005 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2005 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 44th tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 19, 2005. Opening round and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Pepsi Arena (subsequently renamed Times Union Center) in Albany, New York. By winning the tournament, Cornell received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
2004–05 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 |
| #5 Cornell†* | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 70 | 26 | 35 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 112 | 45 |
| #10 Harvard | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 71 | 38 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 98 | 64 |
| #14 Colgate | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 55 | 38 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 108 | 78 |
| Vermont | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 66 | 37 | 39 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 108 | 85 |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 74 | 49 | 35 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 120 | 83 |
| Brown | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 54 | 60 | 33 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 89 | 87 |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 70 | 73 | 38 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 116 | 117 |
| Union | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 43 | 72 | 37 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 79 | 111 |
| Clarkson | 22 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 44 | 66 | 39 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 92 | 120 |
| Princeton | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 59 | 81 | 31 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 81 | 120 |
| Rensselaer | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 46 | 73 | 38 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 102 | 118 |
| Yale | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 89 | 32 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 70 | 140 |
| 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 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 | Cornell | 5 | 3* | — | | | | | | |
| 5 | Dartmouth | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | Clarkson | 0 | 2 | — | | | | | | |
| 12 | Yale | 2 | 5* | 1 | | | | | | 1 | Cornell | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Vermont | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Harvard | 2 | 3 | — | | | | | | |
| 6 | Brown | 7 | 4 | — | 7 | St. Lawrence | 0 | 2 | — | | | | | | |
| 11 | Rensselaer | 4 | 3 | — | | | | | | | | | 1 | Cornell | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Harvard | 1 |
| | | | | | 3 | Colgate | 4 | 3 | — | | | |
| 7 | St. Lawrence | 7 | 4 | — | 6 | Brown | 1 | 0 | — | | | |
| 10 | Princeton | 0 | 2 | — | | | | | | 2 | Harvard | 4** | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Colgate | 3 |
| | | | | | 4 | Vermont | 2 | 3* | 2 | | | | 3 | Colgate | 2 |
| 8 | Union | 0 | 2* | 3 | 5 | Dartmouth | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | 4 | Vermont | 1 |
| 9 | Clarkson | 1* | 1 | 4* | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

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

* Dartmouth won series 2–1

#### (6) Brown vs. (11) Rensselaer

* Brown won series 2–0

#### (7) St. Lawrence vs. (10) Princeton

* St. Lawrence won series 2–0

#### (8) Union vs. (9) Clarkson

* Clarkson won series 2–1

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

* Cornell won series 2–0

#### (2) Harvard vs. (7) St. Lawrence

* Harvard won series 2–0

#### (3) Colgate vs. (6) Brown

* Colgate won series 2–0

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

* Vermont won series 2–1

### Championship
#### (1) Cornell vs. (2) Harvard
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Kevin Du (Harvard)
* F Matt Moulson (Cornell)
* F Daniel Pegoraro (Cornell)
* D Charlie Cook* (Cornell)
* D Joey Mormina (Colgate)
* G David McKee (Cornell)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)