2020-21 ECAC Women's Season

This is the 2020-21 ECAC Women's Ice Hockey season. This is the league's 18th season.
==Ivy League members delay start of season==
The 6 Ivy League members of the conference (Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale) will not be allowing any athletic activity until January at the earliest when the conference announced the cancellation of all fall sports in early July.https://www.uscho.com/2020/07/10/ivy-league-announces-no-fall-sports-for-2020-ecac-hockey-teams-impacted/
==Season Cancellations==
On November 12th, the Ivy League member teams of the ECAC Hockey had their seasons cancelled when the Ivy League announced that it was cancelling all winter sports for men and women. This would leave Brown University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College , Harvard University, Princeton University and Yale University not playing for the season.https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2020/11/12_Ivies-Forced-to-Cancel-Hockey.php
On November 16th Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute announced that it was cancelling the men's and women's ice hockey seasons.https://www.uscho.com/2020/11/16/rensselaer-mens-womens-college-hockey-teams-latest-to-cancel-20-21-seasons-due-to-pandemic/
==Membership Changes==
*none
==Membership==
Institution 	Location 	Nickname 	Arena
Brown University 	Providence, Rhode Island	Bears 	Meehan Auditorium
Clarkson University 	Potsdam, New York 	Golden Knights	Cheel Arena
Colgate University 	Hamilton, New York 	Raiders 	Class of 1965 Arena
Cornell University 	Ithaca, New York 	Big Red 	Lynah Rink
Dartmouth College 	Hanover, New Hampshire 	Big Green 	Thompson Arena
Harvard University 	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Crimson 	Bright-Landry Hockey Center
Princeton University 	Princeton, New Jersey 	Tigers 	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink
Quinnipiac University 	Hamden, Connecticut 	Bobcats 	TD Bank Sports Center
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, New York 	Engineers 	Houston Field House
St. Lawrence University 	Canton, New York 	Saints 	Appleton Arena
Union College 	Schenectady, New York 	Dutchmen 	Frank L. Messa Rink at Achilles Center
Yale University 	New Haven, Connecticut 	Bulldogs 	Ingalls Rink
==Standings==
==Conference Tournament==
===Usual Format===
The top eight teams qualify for the conference tournament with the top four teams hosting quarterfinal best-of-three series. The semifinal and final rounds of the conference tournament are single elimination. The tournament winner will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===Revised Format===
All four teams qualified for a single elimination held at the higher seeded team from March 5-7, 2021. The tournament champion receive the conferences automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.
===Semifinals===
* Colgate defeated Quinnipiac 2-1
* St. Lawrence defeated Clarkson 4-3 (ot)
===Final===
* Colgate defeated St. Lawrence 3-2
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