# 2021–22 ECAC Hockey men's season

The 2021–22 ECAC Hockey men's season is the 61st season of play for ECAC Hockey and will take place during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The regular season is set to begin on October 2, 2021, and conclude on February 26, 2022. The conference tournament is scheduled to begin in early March, 2022.

## Season

While the conference was active during the 2020–21 season, eight of the twelve member teams had cancelled their campaigns as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The six Ivy League schools were joined by the two capital district programs in not playing but all schools committed to start the 2021–22 season on time.

## Coaches

Reid Cashman was hired on June 1, 2020, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic this is his first season behind the bench for Dartmouth.

### Records

| Team | Head coach | Season at school | Record at school | ECAC Hockey record |
| Brown | Brendan Whittet | 12 | 107–203–46 | 68–139–35 |
| Clarkson | Casey Jones | 11 | 179–142–45 | 89–73–28 |
| Colgate | Don Vaughan | 29 | 435–470–114 | 264–269–77 |
| Cornell | Mike Schafer | 26 | 458–259–95 | 298–156–74 |
| Dartmouth | Reid Cashman | 1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Harvard | Ted Donato | 17 | 253–221–61 | 167–143–53 |
| Princeton | Ron Fogarty | 7 | 59–113–21 | 33–83–16 |
| Quinnipiac | Rand Pecknold | 28 | 549–326–97 | 183–115–50 |
| Rensselaer | Dave Smith | 4 | 33–65–9 | 24–37–5 |
| St. Lawrence | Brent Brekke | 3 | 10–35–8 | 6–26–5 |
| Union | Rick Bennett | 10 | 186–122–42 | 103–72–23 |
| Yale | Keith Allain | 15 | 250–174–44 | 167–121–28 |

## Standings

2021–22 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 | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #8 Quinnipiac † | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 71 | 14 | 42 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 139 | 53 |
| #17 Clarkson | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 86 | 47 | 37 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 123 | 85 |
| #15 Harvard * | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 69 | 46 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 116 | 82 |
| Cornell | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 73 | 47 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 100 | 72 |
| Colgate | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 55 | 57 | 40 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 111 | 112 |
| Rensselaer | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 58 | 63 | 44 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 114 | 119 |
| Union | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 52 | 66 | 37 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 89 | 110 |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 44 | 60 | 37 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 72 | 110 |
| Brown | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 36 | 61 | 31 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 50 | 100 |
| Princeton | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 54 | 89 | 31 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 70 | 122 |
| Yale | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 38 | 60 | 30 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 55 | 90 |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 45 | 71 | 32 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 69 | 110 |
| Championship: March 19, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |||||||||||||||||||

## Non-Conference record

Of the sixteen teams that are selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, ten will be via at-large bids. Those 10 teams are determined based upon the PairWise rankings. The rankings take into account all games played but are heavily affected by intra-conference results. The result is that teams from leagues which perform better in non-conference are much more likely to receive at-large bids even if they possess inferior records overall.
ECAC Hockey had a very poor non-conference record. While the overall record wasn't awful, the league wasn't able to post a winning record against any other conference. Out of twelve members, just two finished with winning records while half of the member teams couldn't get above .250. While the conference, somewhat miraculously, posted a decent mark against NCHC, that wasn't nearly enough to salvage their collective rankings.

### Regular season record

| Team | Atlantic Hockey | Big Ten | CCHA | Hockey East | Independent | NCHC | Total |
| Brown | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–4–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–6–0 |
| Clarkson | 0–0–1 | 1–0–1 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 3–3–0 | 0–0–0 | 5–5–2 |
| Colgate | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 3–2–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 5–7–0 |
| Cornell | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–2–0 | 2–0–0 | 5–2–0 |
| Dartmouth | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–5–1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–5–1 |
| Harvard | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–3–1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 3–3–1 |
| Princeton | 0–3–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–0–1 | 0–0–0 | 1–5–1 |
| Quinnipiac | 3–0–1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 3–0–1 | 4–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 11–1–2 |
| Rensselaer | 1–1–1 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–1 | 1–2–0 | 2–3–1 | 0–0–0 | 4–7–3 |
| St. Lawrence | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–3–1 | 2–6–2 |
| Union | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–3–1 | 0–1–0 | 1–0–1 | 2–6–2 |
| Yale | 0–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–5–0 |
| Overall | 6–8–3 | 1–1–1 | 1–8–2 | 13–24–4 | 13–11–2 | 6–6–2 | 40–58–14 |

## Statistics
### Leading scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Alexander Campbell | Sophomore | Clarkson | 27 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 4 |
| Mathieu Gosselin | Junior | Clarkson | 27 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 33 |
| Matt Steinburg | Junior | Cornell | 21 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 24 |
| Matthew Coronato | Freshman | Harvard | 24 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 14 |
| Brandon Estes | Graduate | Union | 27 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 10 |
| Zach Tsekos | Graduate | Clarkson | 24 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 6 |
| Anthony Romano | Junior | Clarkson | 27 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 4 |
| Nick Abruzzese | Junior | Harvard | 20 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 |
| Jack Jacome | Graduate | Clarkson | 26 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 20 |
| Wyatt Bongiovanni | Senior | Quinnipiac | 27 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 39 |

### 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 |
| Yaniv Perets | Sophomore | Quinnipiac | 22 | 1333 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | .956 | 0.81 |
| Ian Shane | Freshman | Cornell | 12 | 696 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 3 | .939 | 1.55 |
| Mitchell Gibson | Junior | Harvard | 20 | 1125 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 3 | .928 | 1.87 |
| Jack Watson | Freshman | Rensselaer | 13 | 562 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 3 | .929 | 2.24 |
| Emil Zetterquist | Senior | St. Lawrence | 24 | 1389 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 0 | .916 | 2.25 |

## ECAC tournament

| 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 | 4 | 4** | - | | | | | | |
| 5 | Colgate | 3* | 5 | - | 8 | St. Lawrence | 1 | 3 | - | | | | | | |
| 12 | Yale | 2 | 1 | - | | | | | | 1 | Quinnipiac | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Colgate | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Clarkson | 3* | 4* | - | | | | | | |
| 6 | Rensselaer | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | Union | 2 | 3 | - | | | | | | |
| 11 | Dartmouth | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 1 | Quinnipiac | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Harvard | 3* |
| | | | | | 3 | Harvard | 4* | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Union | 3 | 5 | - | 6 | Rensselaer | 3 | 4** | 1 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Princeton | 2 | 1 | - | | | | | | 2 | Clarkson | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Harvard | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Cornell | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | St. Lawrence | 4 | 1 | 4* | 5 | Colgate | 1 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Brown | 1 | 2* | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime periods

## Ranking
### USCHO

| Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Final |
| Brown | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Clarkson | 19 | 20 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 19 | 18 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 20 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 17 |
| Colgate | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Cornell | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | NR | NR | NR |
| Dartmouth | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Harvard | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 17 | 15 | 15 |
| Princeton | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Quinnipiac | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Rensselaer | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| St. Lawrence | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Union | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Yale | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |

### USA Today

| Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Final |
| Brown | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Clarkson | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 15 | NR | NR | NR | 15 | NR | NR | NR |
| Colgate | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Cornell | 13 | NR | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 15 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Dartmouth | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Harvard | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 15 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Princeton | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Quinnipiac | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Rensselaer | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| St. Lawrence | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Union | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Yale | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |

### Pairwise

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

## Awards
### NCAA

AHCA All-American Teams :
| East First Team | Position | Team |
| Zach Metsa | D | Quinnipiac |
| Nick Abruzzese | F | Harvard |
| East Second Team | Position | Team |
| Yaniv Perets | G | Quinnipiac |
| Henry Thrun | D | Harvard |

### ECAC Hockey

| Award | Award | Recipient |
| Player of the Year | Player of the Year | Yaniv Perets, Quinnipiac |
| Best Defensive Forward | Best Defensive Forward | Zach Teskos, Clarkson |
| Best Defensive Defenseman | Best Defensive Defenseman | Zach Metsa, Quinnipiac |
| Rookie of the Year | Rookie of the Year | Alex Laferriere, Harvard |
| Ken Dryden Award | Ken Dryden Award | Yaniv Perets, Quinnipiac |
| Student-Athlete of the Year | Student-Athlete of the Year | Josh Kosack, Union |
| Tim Taylor Award | Tim Taylor Award | Rand Pecknold, Quinnipiac |
| Most Outstanding Player in Tournament | Most Outstanding Player in Tournament | Matthew Coronato, Harvard |
| All-ECAC Hockey Teams |||
| First Team | Position | Second Team |
| Yaniv Perets, Quinnipiac | G | Mitchell Gibson, Harvard |
| Zach Metsa, Quinnipiac | D | Noah Beck, Clarkson |
| Sam Malinski, Cornell | D | Henry Thrun, Harvard |
| Alex Campbell, Clarkson | F | Zach Tsekos, Clarkson |
| Mathieu Gosselin, Clarkson | F | Ture Linden, Rensselaer |
| Nick Abruzzese, Harvard | F | Matt Stienburg, Cornell |
| Third Team | Position | Rookie Team |
| Clay Stevenson, Dartmouth | G | Clay Stevenson, Dartmouth |
| Brandon Estes, Union | D | Ian Moore, Harvard |
| Lukas Kälble, Clarkson | D | Hank Kempf, Cornell |
| Alex Laferriere, Harvard | F | Alex Laferriere, Harvard |
| Max Andreev, Cornell | F | Ayrton Martino, Clarkson |
| Wyatt Bongiovanni, Quinnipiac | F | Matthew Coronato, Harvard |

### ECAC Hockey tournament

Tournament MOP :
| Matthew Coronato | Matthew Coronato | Harvard |

## 2022 NHL Entry Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | College | NHL team |
| 3 | 76 | Michael Fisher$^†$ | Princeton | San Jose Sharks |
| 3 | 83 | George Fegaras$^†$ | Cornell | Dallas Stars |
| 3 | 91 | Ben MacDonald$^†$ | Harvard | Seattle Kraken |
| 4 | 111 | Noah Laba$^†$ | Colgate | New York Rangers |
| 4 | 112 | Daimon Gardner$^†$ | Clarkson | Vancouver Canucks |
| 4 | 121 | Ryan Healey$^†$ | Harvard | Minnesota Wild |
| 5 | 131 | Matthew Morden$^†$ | Harvard | Arizona Coyotes |
| 5 | 154 | Michael Callow$^†$ | Harvard | Anaheim Ducks |
| 6 | 162 | Emmett Croteau$^†$ | Clarkson | Montreal Canadiens |
| 6 | 169 | Jared Wright$^†$ | Colgate | Los Angeles Kings |
| 6 | 182 | Luke Devlin$^†$ | Cornell | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 6 | 191 | Zakary Karpa | Harvard | New York Rangers |
† incoming freshman