2019-20 ECAC Men's season

This is the 2019-20 ECAC Hockey Men's Season. This is the league's 59th season.
==Membership changes==
*None
==Temporary Relocation of Games==
*Due to delays in renovations at the Appleton Arena the Saint Lawrence University men's and women's teams will be playing their home games as the SUNY Canton Athletic and Recreation Center until a late November.
==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 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 	Achilles Rink
Yale University 	New Haven, Connecticut 	Bulldogs 	Ingalls Rink
Conference Tournament 	Lake Placid, New York 	--- 	Herb Brooks Arena
==Standings==
==Conference Tournament (Whitelaw Cup)==
===Format===
All twelve teams qualify with the top 4 seeds getting a first round bye. The best-of-three first round matches up 5 vs 12, 6 vs 11, 7 vs 10, and 8 vs 9. The first round winners are re-seeded for the best-of-three quarterfinals and the 1 seed plays the lowest seeded first round winner, 2 plays the second lowest seed first round winner, 3 plays the third lowest first round winner. and 4 plays the highest seeded first round winner. Teams are re-seeded for the semifinals with the highest seeded winner playing the lowest seeded winner and the second and third seeds meet in a single game at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York. The semifinal winners meet at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York for the conference championship and the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
==Cancelling of conference tournament games==
Due to the corona virus outbreak the Ivy League banned fans from the games being played at Cornell's Lynah Rink the weekend of March 13-15 involving the men's ECAC tournament and the women's NCAA tournament games. The Harvard Crimson would later forfeit its series against RPI. The Ivy League announced on March 11th that the league cancelled all spring sports.  No official word if this would extend to ongoing events as the League had already cancelled its men's and women's basketball tournaments. Half of the ECAC men's hockey membership is made up Ivy League schools.
===Cancellation of Tournament===
The conference announced it would be cancelling its tournament on March 12th due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.https://www.uscho.com/2020/03/12/nchc-wcha-cancel-postseason-tournaments-due-to-coronavirus-precautions/ After Yale withdrew the conference announced on March 11th that the tournament would be re-worked with Cornell Big Red and Clarkson Golden Knights earning byes to the semifinals and Princeton Tigers playing Quinnipiac Bobcats and Colgate Raiders playing RPI Engineers ind best-of-three quarterfinal series.https://www.uscho.com/2020/03/11/coronavirus-precautions-force-ecac-hockey-to-re-seed-conference-tournament-after-harvard-yale-withdraw/ The tournament would be cancelled the following day along with all other play under the sancetion of the NCAA.https://www.uscho.com/2020/03/12/nchc-wcha-cancel-postseason-tournaments-due-to-coronavirus-precautions/ The Ivy League announced on March 11th that all athletic events for the remainder of the spring were cancelled. This would have had the Princeton Tigers and withdrawing from play but was never mentioned as the Ivy League, NCAA, and ECAC decisions were made within a few hours of one another.https://ivyleague.com/news/2020/3/11/general-ivy-league-to-cancel-all-athletic-events-through-the-remainder-of-the-spring.aspx
===First Round===
*Harvard Crimson defeated St. Lawrence Saints 2 games to none
*Princeton Tigers defeated Dartmouth Big Green 2 games to none
*Yale Bulldogs defeated Union Dutchmen 2 games to 1
*Colgate Raiders defeated Brown Bears 2 games to none
===Quarterfinals===
Two series were forfeited by teams prior to the conference and NCAA announcements
*RPI Engineers defeated Harvard Crimson 2 games to none (series forfeited)
*Quinnipiac Bobcats defeated Yale Bulldogs 2 games to none (series forfeited)
The balance of the series were to be:
*Cornell Big Red vs Princeton Tigers
*Clarkson Golden Knights vs Colgate Raiders
==References==
Category:2020 in hockey
Category:ECAC seasons