# 2006 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2006 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 45th tournament in conference history. It was played between March 3 and March 18, 2006. 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, Harvard received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2006 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
2005–06 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 |
| Dartmouth† | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 84 | 56 | 33 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 113 | 92 |
| Colgate† | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 66 | 46 | 39 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 113 | 93 |
| #7 Cornell | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 61 | 48 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 99 | 77 |
| #10 Harvard* | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 63 | 59 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 111 | 92 |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 74 | 66 | 40 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 130 | 121 |
| Rensselaer | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 53 | 56 | 37 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 105 | 111 |
| Union | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 48 | 53 | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 90 | 103 |
| Clarkson | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 61 | 70 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 121 | 111 |
| Princeton | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 62 | 69 | 31 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 81 | 96 |
| Quinnipiac | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 70 | 74 | 39 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 130 | 110 |
| Yale | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 65 | 83 | 33 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 89 | 123 |
| Brown | 22 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 72 | 32 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 69 | 106 |
| Championship: Harvard † 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 3–5 | First round March 3–5 | First round March 3–5 | First round March 3–5 | First round March 3–5 | Quarterfinals March 10–12 | Quarterfinals March 10–12 | Quarterfinals March 10–12 | Quarterfinals March 10–12 | Quarterfinals March 10–12 | Semifinals March 17 | Semifinals March 17 | Semifinals March 17 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 |
| | | | | | 1 | Dartmouth | 5 | 3 | — | | | | | | |
| 5 | St. Lawrence | 3* | 2 | 5* | 11 | Yale | 1 | 1 | — | | | | | | |
| 12 | Brown | 2 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | Dartmouth | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Harvard | 10 | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Colgate | 0 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Union | 1 | 2 | — | 10 | Quinnipiac | 3 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Yale | 2* | 3***** | — | | | | | | | | | 4 | Harvard | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Cornell | 2 |
| | | | | | 3 | Cornell | 4** | 3** | — | | | |
| 7 | Rensselaer | 1 | 2 | — | 8 | Clarkson | 3 | 2 | — | | | |
| 10 | Quinnipiac | 2 | 4 | — | | | | | | 2 | Colgate | 0 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Cornell | 2 |
| | | | | | 4 | Harvard | 1 | 3 | 8 | | | | 1 | Dartmouth | 3 |
| 8 | Clarkson | 2 | 5 | — | 5 | St. Lawrence | 5 | 2 | 4 | | | | 2 | Colgate | 2 |
| 9 | Princeton | 1 | 0 | — | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

### First round
#### (5) St. Lawrence vs. (12) Brown

* St. Lawrence won series 2–1

#### (6) Union vs. (11) Yale

* Yale won series 2–0

#### (7) Rensselaer vs. (10) Quinnipiac

* Quinnipiac won series 2–0

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

* Clarkson won series 2–0

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Dartmouth vs. (11) Yale

* Dartmouth won series 2–0

#### (2) Colgate vs. (10) Quinnipiac

* Colgate won series 2–1

#### (3) Cornell vs. (8) Clarkson

* Cornell won series 2–0

#### (4) Harvard vs. (5) St. Lawrence

* Harvard won series 2–1

### Championship
#### (3) Cornell vs. (4) Harvard
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Kevin Du (Harvard)
* F Jimmy Fraser (Harvard)
* F Dan Murphy (Harvard)
* D Ryan O'Byrne (Cornell)
* D Dylan Reese (Harvard)
* G John Dagineau* (Harvard)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)

## Tournament notes

* Yale's five overtime win over Union remains the second longest game in tournament history