2009 ECAC West Tournament The 2009 ECAC West Tournaments will take place in February and March 2009 . = Men = The final regular season standings were extremely close , with two teams having 9 conference wins and two more with 8 conference wins . The Elmira Soaring Eagles took the top seed by just one point . The Manhattanville Valiants took the second seed over the Hobart Statesmen based on the head - to - head tiebreaker ( 1 - 0 - 2 ) . The seeds for the tournament are : The Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen failed to win a single game all season , conference or otherwise , and did not participate in the tournament . Play - in round . The play - in round was held on Wednesday , February 25 at the home of the fourth seed . Utica at Neumann . Neumann advances to face Elmira in the semifinals . Semi - finals . The semifinals were played on Saturday , February 28 at the homes of the higher seeds . In both games , the visiting teams upset the hosts . Neumann at Elmira . Neumann advances to face Hobart for the championship . Hobart at Manhattanville . This was the fourth meeting between the teams this season . On December 6 , Manhattanville defeated host Hobart 3 - 1 , and the teams tied twice ( with identical 1 - 1 scores ) in Rye just one week before their playoff game . With the two teams tied in conference points , Manhattanville ' s 1 - 0 - 2 record head - to - head gave them the right to host the semifinal game . Hobart will host Neumann for the championship . Final . Neumann at Hobart . Neumann scored with just 4 . 2 seconds left in the game to break a 2 - 2 tie , spoil Hobart ' s home - ice championship bid , and win their first ECAC West championship . The ECAC West does not have an autobid to the NCAA Tournament , so no team is guaranteed to get in , although the conference champion has never failed to make the tournament . There is one Pool B bid available only to teams in conferences without autobids . Hobart , despite losing in the conference final , was selected for that slot . Also available are four at - large Pool C bids , of which Neumann and Elmira took two . Neumann ' s win in the ECAC West conference final likely pushed them ahead of the defending national champion St . Norbert Green Knights of the NCHA for the fourth Pool C slot . Neumann will travel again to Elmira in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in a rematch of their ECAC West semifinal game , giving the Soaring Eagles another shot at the upstart Knights . All - Tournament Team . = Women = The regular season champions are the Elmira Soaring Eagles . The seeds for the tournament are : The Buffalo State Bengals , Chatham Cougars , Potsdam Bears , and Cortland Red Dragons failed to qualify for the tournament . Quarterfinals . Elmira and RIT received byes into the semifinals , leaving # 3 to host # 6 and # 4 to host # 5 on Saturday , February 28 . Interestingly , both quarterfinal games were won by the home team , 6 - 1 . Oswego at Plattsburgh . Plattsburgh advances to play RIT . Utica at Neumann . Neumann advances to play Elmira . Semi - finals . The teams would have been reseeded for this round if necessary . The championship weekend will be March 7 and 8 at Elmira . Neumann at Elmira . Elmira advances to play Plattsburgh on Sunday . Plattsburgh vs . RIT . Plattsburgh advances to face Elmira on Sunday . Final . Plattsburgh at Elmira . Elmira receives the conference ' s autobid into the NCAA tournament . Plattsburgh received one of two at - large bids ; RIT , which was ranked # 1 in the East by the NCAA coming into the weekend , was passed over in favor of the Amherst Lady Jeffs of the NESCAC .