# 2016 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2016 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is the 55th tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 19, 2016. First Round and Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, the team receives the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. The teams that finish above fifth place in the standings receive a bye to the quarterfinal round. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth seeds, the sixth and eleventh seeds, the seventh and tenth seeds and the eighth and ninth seeds played a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the one seed plays the lowest remaining seed, the second seed plays the second-lowest remaining seed, the third seed plays the third-lowest remaining seed and the fourth seed plays the fourth-lowest remaining seed another best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advancing to the Semifinals. In the semifinals the top remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play against each other. The winners of the semifinals play in the championship game, and no third-place game is played. All series after the quarterfinals are single-elimination games. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2016 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
2015–16 ECAC Hockey men's 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 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 84 | 44 | 43 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 163 | 85 |
| #10 Yale | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 57 | 37 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 86 | 57 |
| #9 Harvard | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 72 | 47 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 116 | 81 |
| #17 St. Lawrence | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 68 | 50 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 106 | 84 |
| Clarkson | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 52 | 51 | 38 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 101 | 95 |
| Rensselaer | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 47 | 49 | 40 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 97 | 104 |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 60 | 69 | 35 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 94 | 104 |
| #18 Cornell | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 46 | 50 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 79 | 82 |
| Union | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 53 | 62 | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 91 | 96 |
| Colgate | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 45 | 71 | 37 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 95 | 132 |
| Brown | 22 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 47 | 70 | 31 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 75 | 107 |
| Princeton | 22 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 71 | 31 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 60 | 99 |
| Championship: March 19, 2016 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 8, 2016 |||||||||||||||

## 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 | Quinnipiac | 5 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Clarkson | 3** | 3* | – | 8 | Cornell | 2 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Princeton | 2 | 2 | – | | | | | | 1 | Quinnipiac | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Dartmouth | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Yale | 3 | 1 | – | | | | | | |
| 6 | Rensselaer | 3 | 4 | – | 7 | Dartmouth | 4* | 2 | – | | | | | | |
| 11 | Brown | 2 | 3 | – | | | | | | | | | 1 | Quinnipiac | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Harvard | 1 |
| | | | | | 3 | Harvard | 5 | 8 | – | | | | | | |
| 7 | Dartmouth | 3* | 3 | 4** | 6 | Rensselaer | 2 | 2 | – | | | | | | |
| 10 | Colgate | 2 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | 3 | Harvard | 2* | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | St. Lawrence | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | St. Lawrence | 3* | 3** | – | | | | | | |
| 8 | Cornell | 1 | 2* | – | 5 | Clarkson | 2 | 2 | – | | | | | | |
| 9 | Union | 0 | 1 | – | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

## Results
### First round
#### (5) Clarkson vs. (12) Princeton

* Clarkson won series 2–0

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

* Rensselaer won series 2–0

#### (7) Dartmouth vs. (10) Colgate

* Dartmouth won series 2–1

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

* Cornell won series 2–0

### Quarterfinals
#### (1) Quinnipiac vs. (8) Cornell

* Quinnipiac won series 2–1

#### (2) Yale vs. (7) Dartmouth

* Dartmouth won series 2–0

#### (3) Harvard vs. (6) Rensselaer

* Harvard won series 2–0

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

* St. Lawrence won series 2–0

### Championship
#### (1) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Harvard
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* F Travis St. Denis (Quinnipiac)
* F Landon Smith (Quinnipiac)
* F Jimmy Vesey (Harvard)
* D Connor Clifton* (Quinnipiac)
* D Gavin Bayreuther (St. Lawrence)
* G Michael Garteig (Quinnipiac)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)

## Media
### Television

ASN had the television rights to semifinals and championship game during the tournament.

#### Broadcast Assignments

Semifinals & Championship
* Eric Frede & Colby Cohen

### Streaming

Every game during the tournament was streamed through the ECAC Hockey's website.