The 2001 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 40th tournament in league history. It was played between March 9 and March 17, 2001. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final five games were played at the Olympic Arena (subsequently renamed Herb Brooks Arena) in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, St. Lawrence received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two teams that finish below tenth place in the standings are not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and tenth seeds, the second and ninth seeds, the third seed and eighth seeds, the fourth seed and seventh seeds and the fifth seed and sixth seeds played a best-of-three series with the three highest-seeded winners advancing to the semifinals and the remaining two winners playing in the Four vs. Five matchup. After the opening round every series becomes a single-elimination game. In the semifinals, the highest seed plays the winner of the four vs. five game while the two remaining teams play with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#15 Clarkson221552328145352111312391
#10 St. Lawrence*2213632983703720134127120
Harvard2212822668603316152103105
Cornell22118325444433161257372
Dartmouth221084246762341614410196
Rensselaer221192246254341715210789
Princeton22994227066311016590103
Yale22101112172803114161105114
Union228122185475341218488115
Vermont2281221868693414182116110
Colgate228131176067341020495112
Brown2221648438029421463107
Championship: St. Lawrence
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the First Round

First Round[3]
March 9–11
Four vs. Five[4]
March 15
Semifinals
March 16
Championship
March 17
1Clarkson33**2
10Vermont523*
2St. Lawrence2
2St. Lawrence645Dartmouth3*5Dartmouth0
9Union3210Vermont2
3Harvard572St. Lawrence3
8Yale444Cornell1
4Cornell3*2
7Princeton213Harvard2
4Cornell5
5Dartmouth45
6Rensselaer21

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(1) Clarkson vs. (10) Vermont

March 9[5] Clarkson 3 – 5 Vermont Cheel Arena Recap  
Trevor Edwards - 04:03 First period 13:39 - PP - Bryson Busniuk
14:43 - Graham Mink
Murray Kuntz - 02:55
Rob McFeeters - PP - 07:30
Second period 01:53 - Graham Mink
03:27 - GW PP - Jeff Miles
No scoring Third period 19:24 - Mike Torney
Mike Walsh ( 17 saves / 21 shots ) Goalie stats Shawn Conschafter ( 27 saves / 30 shots )
March 10[6] Clarkson 3 – 2 2OT Vermont Cheel Arena Recap  
Jean Desrochers - 16:46 First period No scoring
Mike Nagai - 02:42 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 12:25 - Jeff Miles
14:21 - Ryan Cox
Rob McFeeters - GW - 19:53 Second overtime period No scoring
Mike Walsh ( 34 saves / 36 shots ) Goalie stats Shawn Conschafter ( 40 saves / 43 shots )
March 11[7] Clarkson 2 – 3 OT Vermont Cheel Arena Recap  
Kent Huskins - 13:08 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
David Evans - PP - 08:43 Third period 04:57 - PP - Andreas Moborg
06:44 - PP - Graham Mink
No scoring First overtime period 09:04 - GW - Patrick Sharp
Mike Walsh ( 19 saves / 21 shots ) / Karl Mattson ( 12 saves / 13 shots ) Goalie stats Shawn Conschafter ( 39 saves / 41 shots )
Vermont won series 2–1

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (9) Union

March 9[8] St. Lawrence 6 – 3 Union Appleton Arena Recap  
Robin Carruthers - 01:08
Erik Anderson - PP - 05:18
First period 17:39 - PP - Jeff Wilson
Erik Anderson - 15:05
Al Fyfe - GW PP - 18:01
Second period 16:21 - PP - Jordy Federko
Ryan Glenn - 13:49
Jim Lorentz - 16:44
Third period 15:49 - PP - Jordy Federko
Jeremy Symington ( 20 saves / 23 shots ) Goalie stats Brandon Snee ( 34 saves / 40 shots )
March 10[9] St. Lawrence 4 – 2 Union Appleton Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Charlie Daniels - PP - 03:27
Mike Gellard - PP - 15:35
Second period 05:15 - Alex Todd
Russ Bartlett - GW PP - 00:54
Jim Lorentz - 08:40
Third period 17:50 - Jordy Federko
Jeremy Symington ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats Brandon Snee ( 30 saves / 32 shots )
St. Lawrence won series 2–0

(3) Harvard vs. (8) Yale

March 9[10] Harvard 5 – 4 Yale Bright Hockey Center Recap  
Tim Pettit - 08:43
Steve Moore - PP - 19:48
First period 05:55 - Jeff Hamilton
Harry Schwefel - PP - 04:33
Dennis Packard - 05:30
Ken Turano - GW PP - 13:36
Second period 01:00 - Nick Deschenes
05:51 - Jason Noe
19:42 - PP - Luke Earl
No scoring Third period No scoring
Oliver Jonas ( 37 saves / 41 shots ) Goalie stats Dan Lombard ( 21 saves / 26 shots )
March 10[11] Harvard 7 – 4 Yale Bright Hockey Center Recap  
Ken Turano - 02:42
Tyler Kolarik - PP - 17:48
First period 00:16 - Luke Earl
Brett Nowak - 10:24 Second period 08:49 - Vin Hellemeyer
14:48 - PP - Nick Deschenes
Brett Nowak - 07:59
Steve Moore - GW PP - 08:50
Dennis Packard - 10:13
Dominic Moore - PP - 13:47
Third period 04:02 - PP - Ben Stafford
Oliver Jonas ( 23 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Dan Lombard ( 29 saves / 36 shots )
Harvard won series 2–0

(4) Cornell vs. (7) Princeton

March 9[12] Cornell 3 – 2 OT Princeton Lynah Rink Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Ryan Vesce - PP - 04:28
Ryan Vesce - PP - 11:21
Third period 00:26 - David Schneider
01:24 - Shane Campbell
David Kozier - GW - 07:25 First overtime period No scoring
Matt Underhill ( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Goalie stats Dave Stathos ( 31 saves / 34 shots )
March 10[13] Cornell 2 – 1 Princeton Lynah Rink Recap  
Denis Ladouceur - 13:13 First period No scoring
Sam Paolini - GW PP - 02:32 Second period 12:15 - Shane Campbell
No scoring Third period No scoring
Matt Underhill ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) Goalie stats Dave Stathos ( 35 saves / 37 shots )
Cornell won series 2–0

(5) Dartmouth vs. (6) Rensselaer

March 9[14] Dartmouth 4 – 2 Rensselaer Thompson Arena Recap  
Christopher Baldwin - PP - 19:48 First period 00:39 - Matt Murley
11:31 - PP - Danny Eberly
Peter Mahler - 10:06
Jamie Herrington - GW - 10:40
Second period No scoring
Christopher Baldwin - EN - 19:15 Third period No scoring
Nick Boucher ( 38 saves / 40 shots ) Goalie stats Nathan Marsters ( 36 saves / 39 shots )
March 10[15] Dartmouth 5 – 1 Rensselaer Thompson Arena Recap  
Christopher Baldwin - 05:02 First period No scoring
Chris Taliercio - GW PP - 08:06
Mike Maturo - 14:36
Dan Casella - SH - 19:35
Second period No scoring
Jason Costa - 15:55 Third period 12:49 - Conrad Barnes
Nick Boucher ( 17 saves / 18 shots ) Goalie stats Nathan Marsters ( 51 saves / 56 shots )
Dartmouth won series 2–0

Four vs. Five

(5) Dartmouth vs. (10) Vermont

March 15[16] Dartmouth 3 – 2 OT Vermont Olympic Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 12:41 - Andreas Moborg
Mike Turner - PP - 12:20 Second period 02:30 - Martin Wilde
Kent Gillings - EA - 19:46 Third period No scoring
Mike Maturo - GW - 07:40 First overtime period No scoring
Nick Boucher ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Shawn Conschafter ( 33 saves / 36 shots )

Semifinals

(2) St. Lawrence vs. (5) Dartmouth

March 16[17] St. Lawrence 2 – 0 Dartmouth Olympic Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Robin Carruthers - GW PP - 01:28 Second period No scoring
Robin Carruthers - 06:39 Third period No scoring
Jeremy Symington ( 42 saves / 42 shots ) Goalie stats Nick Boucher ( 22 saves / 24 shots )

(3) Harvard vs. (4) Cornell

March 16[18] Harvard 2 – 5 Cornell Olympic Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
Tyler Kolarik - 17:15 Second period 02:16 - PP - Sam Paolini
03:18 - David Francis
04:53 - Stephen Bâby
Chris Bala - 18:14 Third period 06:16 - David Francis
17:05 - EN - Ben Wallace
Oliver Jonas ( 20 saves / 24 shots ) Goalie stats Matt Underhill ( 45 saves / 47 shots )

Third place

(3) Harvard vs. (5) Dartmouth

March 17[19] Harvard 3 – 2 OT Dartmouth Olympic Arena Recap  
Dennis Packard - PP - 10:30 First period No scoring
Tyler Kolarik - 12:26 Second period 09:50 - Jamie Herrington
No scoring Third period 11:27 - PP - Mike Murray
Dominic Moore - GW - 01:32 First overtime period No scoring
Oliver Jonas ( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Goalie stats Nick Boucher ( 33 saves / 36 shots )

Championship

(1) St. Lawrence vs. (4) Cornell

March 17[20] St. Lawrence 3 – 1 Cornell Olympic Arena Recap  
Russ Bartlett - 09:32 First period No scoring
Blair Clarance - GW - 03:28 Second period No scoring
Al Fyfe - EN - 17:24 Third period 18:54 - EA - David Kozier
Jeremy Symington ( 31 saves / 32 shots ) Goalie stats Matt Underhill ( 19 saves / 21 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • F David Francois (Cornell)
  • F Blair Clarance (St. Lawrence)
  • F Tyler Kolarik (Harvard)
  • D Matt Desrosiers (St. Lawrence)
  • D Douglas Murray (Cornell)
  • G Jeremy Symington* (St. Lawrence)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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