# 2024–25 ECAC Hockey men's season

The 2024–25 ECAC Hockey men's season is the 64th season of play for ECAC Hockey and will take place during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 4, 2024, and will conclude on March 21, 2025.

## Coaches

At the conclusion of the previous season, Princeton announced that Ron Fogarty would not be returning as head coach. Soon thereafter, Cornell's associate had coach, Ben Syer, was named as the Tigers' 18th head coach.
Later in the offseason, Cornell head coach Mike Schafer announced that this would be his final season behind the bench. At the same time, Casey Jones, then the head coach for Clarkson, was announced as Schafer's successor and he joined the staff as an associate head coach.
Clarkson then announced that alumnus and former assistant coach, Jean-François Houle, would leave the Laval Rocket to take over at his alma mater.

### Records

| Team | Head coach | Season at school | Record at school | ECAC Hockey record |
| Brown | Brendan Whittet | 15 | 131–261–56 | 85–179–44 |
| Clarkson | Jean-François Houle | 1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Colgate | Mike Harder | 2 | 16–16–4 | 13–7–2 |
| Cornell | Mike Schafer | 29 | 542–289–111 | 337–174–83 |
| Dartmouth | Reid Cashman | 4 | 25–56–13 | 18–38–10 |
| Harvard | Ted Donato | 20 | 305–259–72 | 205–163–61 |
| Princeton | Ben Syer | 1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Quinnipiac | Rand Pecknold | 30 | 642–347–105 | 237–135–52 |
| Rensselaer | Dave Smith | 7 | 75–131–17 | 49–75–8 |
| St. Lawrence | Brent Brekke | 6 | 52–92–21 | 33–56–14 |
| Union | Josh Hauge | 3 | 30–37–5 | 17–23–4 |
| Yale | Keith Allain | 18 | 276–233–51 | 187–162–33 |

## Standings

2024–25 ECAC Hockey Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | 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 | OTW | OTL | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #12 Quinnipiac † | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 79 | 42 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 124 | 75 |
| #18 Clarkson | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 74 | 47 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 109 | 77 |
| Colgate | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 80 | 65 | 34 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 113 | 109 |
| Union | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 67 | 61 | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 108 | 99 |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 70 | 52 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 93 | 74 |
| Cornell | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 69 | 53 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 88 | 71 |
| Harvard | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 56 | 56 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 74 | 88 |
| Brown | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 53 | 63 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 75 | 75 |
| Princeton | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 55 | 73 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 69 | 83 |
| Rensselaer | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 57 | 82 | 34 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 99 | 126 |
| Yale | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 52 | 80 | 29 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 66 | 116 |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 43 | 81 | 34 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 69 | 115 |
| Championship: March 22, 2025 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll Updated: March 2, 2025 |||||||||||||||||||

## Non-Conference record

Overall, the ECAC had an average record against non-conference opponents. The conference as a whole was able to post a winning record against most other leagues, however, member teams suffered in the PairWise rankings due to from where the majority of their wins arose. Atlantic Hockey America had the worst record in non-conference play and provided little benefit to ECAC teams despite a stellar record. Conversely, the poor performance against Hockey East did not damage the ECAC prospects as much as it could have due to that league having the best non-conference record in the country. Because of this, the ECAC had several teams finish in the top half of the rankings but most fell just shy of the tournament cut line.

### Regular season record

| Team | AHA | Big Ten | CCHA | Hockey East | Independent | NCHC | Total |
| Brown | 1–0–1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–2–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 4–2–1 |
| Clarkson | 2–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–1–1 | 1–1–1 | 0–0–0 | 6–4–2 |
| Colgate | 3–0–1 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–4–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 5–6–1 |
| Cornell | 0–1–1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–1–0 | 3–2–1 |
| Dartmouth | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–3–1 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 3–3–1 |
| Harvard | 0–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–4–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–5–0 |
| Princeton | 3–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 5–2–0 |
| Quinnipiac | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–5–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 5–5–0 |
| Rensselaer | 3–1–2 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–3–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 5–4–2 |
| St. Lawrence | 3–0–0 | 0–3–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–3–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 4–8–0 |
| Union | 5–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–3–0 | 1–1–1 | 0–0–0 | 6–4–1 |
| Yale | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–5–0 |
| Overall | 22–4–5 | 3–7–0 | 3–1–0 | 8–30–2 | 9–5–2 | 4–3–0 | 49–50–7 |

## Statistics
### Leading scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Ayrton Martino | Senior | Clarkson | 22 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 8 |
| C. J. Foley | Sophomore | Dartmouth | 22 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 6 |
| Ellis Rickwood | Junior | Clarkson | 22 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 8 |
| Travis Treloar | Graduate | Quinnipiac | 22 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 2 |
| Brett Chorske | Senior | Colgate | 22 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 4 |
| Mason Marcellus | Sophomore | Quinnipiac | 22 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 16 |
| Tyler Kopff | Sophomore | Brown | 22 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 8 |
| Jeremy Wilmer | Senior | Quinnipiac | 22 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 2 |
| Mick Thompson | Freshman | Harvard | 22 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 2 |
| Dalton Bancroft | Junior | Cornell | 22 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 36 |
| Andon Cerbone | Sophomore | Quinnipiac | 22 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 8 |

### Leading goaltenders

Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games. GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
| Matej Marinov | Sophomore | Quinnipiac | 9 | 502:16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | .937 | 1.55 |
| Dylan Silverstein | Freshman | Quinnipiac | 14 | 828:54 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 0 | .903 | 1.95 |
| Emmett Croteau | Freshman | Dartmouth | 12 | 704:18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | .902 | 2.04 |
| Ethan Langenegger | Graduate | Clarkson | 20 | 1155:43 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 1 | .913 | 2.23 |
| Ben Charette | Freshman | Harvard | 10 | 612:12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 1 | .926 | 2.25 |

## ECAC tournament

Teams are reseeded for the quarterfinals and semifinals
| First Round March 7–8 | First Round March 7–8 | First Round March 7–8 | Quarterfinals March 14–16 | Quarterfinals March 14–16 | Quarterfinals March 14–16 | Quarterfinals March 14–16 | Quarterfinals March 14–16 | Semifinals March 21 | Semifinals March 21 |
| | | | 1 | Quinnipiac | 4 | 4 | - | | |
| 5 | Dartmouth | 6 | 8 | Brown | 1 | 0 | - | | |
| 12 | St. Lawrence | 2 | | | | | | 1 | Quinnipiac |
| | | | | | | | | 6 | Cornell |
| | | | 2 | Clarkson | 3 | 2 | 2* | | |
| 6 | Cornell | 5 | 7 | Harvard | 2 | 3* | 1 | | |
| 11 | Yale | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Colgate | 1 | 0 | - | | |
| 7 | Harvard | 5 | 6 | Cornell | 4 | 3 | - | | |
| 10 | Rensselaer | 2 | | | | | | 2 | Clarkson |
| | | | | | | | | 5 | Dartmouth |
| | | | 4 | Union | 2 | 2 | - | | |
| 8 | Brown | 3 | 5 | Dartmouth | 3 | 7 | - | | |
| 9 | Princeton | 2 | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Ranking
### USCHO

| Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Final |
| Brown | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Clarkson | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Colgate | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cornell | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dartmouth | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Harvard | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Princeton | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Quinnipiac | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rensselaer | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| St. Lawrence | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Union | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Yale | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

### USA Hockey

| Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | Final |
| Brown | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Clarkson | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Colgate | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cornell | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dartmouth | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Harvard | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Princeton | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Quinnipiac | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rensselaer | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| St. Lawrence | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Union | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Yale | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

### Pairwise

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Final |
| Brown | 28 | 57 | 59 | 59 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 53 | 40 | 42 | 43 | 37 | 51 | 53 | 51 | 45 | 45 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 42 | 42 | 42 | – |
| Clarkson | 3 | 19 | 38 | 29 | 33 | 25 | 17 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 31 | 32 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | – |
| Colgate | 28 | 45 | 53 | 38 | 47 | 46 | 29 | 24 | 38 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 34 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 29 | – |
| Cornell | 28 | 57 | 59 | 59 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 33 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 19 | – |
| Dartmouth | 28 | 57 | 59 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 28 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 21 | – |
| Harvard | 28 | 57 | 59 | 59 | 62 | 13 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 43 | 44 | 43 | 49 | 42 | 42 | 38 | 43 | 45 | 41 | 44 | 39 | 39 | 38 | – |
| Princeton | 28 | 57 | 59 | 59 | 63 | 48 | 24 | 47 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 32 | 40 | 43 | 42 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 44 | 42 | 42 | 42 | – |
| Quinnipiac | 28 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 32 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | – |
| Rensselaer | 28 | 29 | 21 | 34 | 29 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 51 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 48 | 46 | 49 | 49 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 47 | 49 | 51 | 50 | – |
| St. Lawrence | 1 | 14 | 29 | 51 | 57 | 57 | 61 | 63 | 62 | 58 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 59 | 57 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 54 | – |
| Union | 19 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 37 | 28 | 31 | 40 | 42 | 34 | 37 | 41 | 40 | 40 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 37 | – |
| Yale | 28 | 57 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 26 | 52 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 52 | 45 | 53 | 52 | 53 | 51 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 56 | 55 | 56 | – |
Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.