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2012 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2012 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 2 and March 17, 2012 at campus locations and at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. The winner of the tournament received ECAC Hockey's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth, sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds as determined by the final regular season standings play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest-ranked first-round winner, the second seed and second-lowest-ranked first-round winner, the third seed and second-highest-ranked first-round winner, and the fourth seed and highest-ranked first-round winner play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second-highest and second-lowest seeds play a single game, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third-place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Regular season standings

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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
#3 Union†* 22 14 4 4 32 76 38 41 26 8 7 143 75
#10 Cornell 22 12 4 6 30 66 46 35 19 9 7 100 79
#18 Harvard 22 8 5 9 25 61 59 34 13 10 11 106 100
Colgate 22 11 10 1 23 60 57 39 19 17 3 121 113
Quinnipiac 22 9 8 5 23 60 57 40 20 14 6 122 98
Yale 22 10 10 2 22 74 61 35 16 16 3 123 106
Clarkson 22 9 9 4 22 57 60 39 16 17 6 105 109
St. Lawrence 22 10 11 1 21 50 64 36 14 19 3 88 120
Dartmouth 22 8 11 3 19 63 74 33 13 16 4 93 102
Rensselaer 22 7 12 3 17 43 61 39 12 24 3 78 111
Princeton 22 6 12 4 16 58 72 32 9 16 7 85 105
Brown 22 5 13 4 14 54 75 32 9 18 5 75 97
Championship: Union 3, Harvard 1
indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

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First round
March 2–4
Quarterfinals
March 9–11
Semifinals
March 16
Championship
March 17
1 Union 3 4
5 Quinnipiac 1 3 4 10 Rensselaer 2 2
12 Brown 4 0 2 1 Union 6
4 Colgate 2
2 Cornell 4** 3
6 Yale 4 4 7 9 Dartmouth 3 1
11 Princeton 2 5* 3 1 Union 3
3 Harvard 1
3 Harvard 1 4** 8
7 Clarkson 1 4*** 1 6 Yale 2* 3 2
10 Rensselaer 5 3 4 2 Cornell 1 Third place
3 Harvard 6
4 Colgate 4 2 4 2 Cornell 3
8 St. Lawrence 3 1 5 Quinnipiac 2 4 0 4 Colgate 0
9 Dartmouth 6 4

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

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(5) Quinnipiac vs. (12) Brown

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March 2 Quinnipiac 1 - 4 Brown TD Bank Sports Center Recap  
(C. Jones, Peca) Zack Currie - PP - 12:53 First period 17:44 - Jarred Smith (Quick, Zaires)
No scoring Second period 08:51 - GW - Ryan Jacobson (Maclellan, Lorito)
No scoring Third period 17:12 - Chris Zaires (Quick, Smith)
17:42 - EN - Bobby Farnham (Jacobson, Robertson)
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Eric Hartzell Goalie stats Mike Clemente ( 25 saves / 26 shots )
March 3 Quinnipiac 3 - 0 Brown TD Bank Sports Center Recap  
(Peca, K. Jones) Connor Jones - GW PP - 02:11
(Peca, K. Jones) Loren Baron - 10:05
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Currie, K. Jones) Matthew Peca - PP - 06:44 Third period No scoring
( 16 saves / 16 shots ) Eric Hartzell Goalie stats Mike Clemente ( 39 saves / 42 shots )
March 4 Quinnipiac 4 - 2 Brown TD Bank Sports Center Recap  
(Peca) Kellen Jones - PP - 01:16
(Van Brabant, Dalhuisen) Kevin Bui - 09:29
First period No scoring
(Heichman, Currie) Clay Harvey - GW - 16:35 Second period No scoring
(unassisted) Yuri Bouharevich - EN - 19:45 Third period 02:34 - PP - Bobby Farnham (Buvinow, Crowley)
03:43 - Matt Harlow (Buvinow, Hourihan)
( 35 saves / 37 shots ) Eric Hartzell Goalie stats Mike Clemente ( 29 saves / 32 shots )
Quinnipiac wins series 2-1


(6) Yale vs. (11) Princeton

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March 2 Yale 4 - 2 Princeton Ingalls Rink Recap  
(Root, Dueck) Brian O'Neill - 06:12
(Root) Colin Dueck - 16:38
First period No scoring
(Bourbonais, Agostino) Nick Jaskowiak - GW PP - 16:27 Second period 14:28 - PP - Rob Kleebaum (Meland, Hagel)
(unassisted) Antoine Laganière - EN - 19:00 Third period 04:20 - Jack Berger (Hagel, Kleebaum)
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Nick Maricic Goalie stats Sean Bonar ( 29 saves / 32 shots )
March 3 Yale 4 - 5 OT Princeton Ingalls Rink Recap  
No Scoring First period 05:01 - Rob Kleebaum (Hagel, Berger)
No scoring Second period 18:35 - PP - Andrew Calof (Kleebaum, Meland)
(Jaskowiak, Agostino) Kevin Peel - PP - 06:33
(Dueck) Jesse Root - SH - 12:31
(Fallen, O'Neill) Antoine Laganière - PP - 14:00
(O'Neill, Fallen) Andrew Miller - PP - 17:36
Third period 09:08 - Rob Kleebaum (Hagel, MacDonald)
14:27 - Michael Sdao (MacDonald, Brockett)
No scoring First overtime period 00:33 - Andrew Calof (Ammon)
( 26 saves / 31 shots ) Nick Maricic Goalie stats Sean Bonar ( 38 saves / 42 shots )
March 4 Yale 7 - 3 Princeton Ingalls Rink Recap  
(Agostino) Anthony Day - 04:52
(Young) Antoine Laganière - SH - 07:55
(Agostino, Young) Anthony Day - 10:23
First period 16:13 - Andrew Calof (Rush)
(Limbert, Miller) Antoine Laganière - GW - 12:10
(O'Neill, Root) Antoine Laganière - PP - 16:53
Second period 15:39 - Andrew Calof (Pallis)
(Miller) Brian O'Neill - EN - 12:10
(Peel, Dueck) Clinton Bourbonais - PP - 18:50
Third period 00:56 - Michael Sdao (Calof, Meland)
( 27 saves / 30 shots ) Jeff Malcolm Goalie stats Sean Bonar ( 35 saves / 41 shots )
Yale wins series 2-1


(7) Clarkson vs. (10) Rensselaer

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March 2 Clarkson 1 - 5 Rensselaer Cheel Arena Recap  
(McPherson, Labrecque) Nick Tremblay - PP - 03:25 First period 05:44 - PP EA - Matt Tinordi (Haggerty, Lee)
06:33 - GW PP - Nick Bailen (Bergin, Neal)
09:39 - PP - Nick Bailen (Lalibertè, Bergin)
12:17 - Joel Malchuk (Leboeuf, O'Grady)
No scoring Second period 17:32 - Jacob Lalibertè (Haggerty, Neal)
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 27 saves / 32 shots ) Paul Karpowich Goalie stats Bryce Merrian ( 16 saves / 17 shots )
March 3 Clarkson 4 - 3 3OT Rensselaer Cheel Arena Recap  
(Labrecque, Sexton) Nick Tremblay - PP - 15:56 First period 08:43 - PP - C. J. Lee (Cullen)
No scoring Second period 06:47 - Patrick Cullen (Tinordi, Higgs)
(Zarbo, Tamblyn) Alex Boak - PP - 06:25
(unassisted) Sam Labrecque - 15:01
Third period 11:00 - Patrick Cullen (Dolan, Schroeder)
(McPherson, Pokulok) Ben Sexton - GW - 13:48 Third overtime period No scoring
( 50 saves / 53 shots ) Paul Karpowich Goalie stats Bryce Merrian ( 40 saves / 44 shots )
March 4 Clarkson 1 - 4 Rensselaer Cheel Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Tremblay, Morley) Sam Labrecque - PP - 08:03 Second period 13:02 - Ryan Haggerty (Bailen, Leboeuf)
No scoring Third period 04:14 - Mike Bergin (Higgs, McGowan)
05:47 - Joel Malchuk (Leonard, Dolan)
18:28 - Marty O'Grady (Lee, Bailen)
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Paul Karpowich Goalie stats Bryce Merrian ( 23 saves / 24 shots )
Rensselaer wins series 2-1


(8) St. Lawrence vs. (9) Dartmouth

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March 2 St. Lawrence 3 - 6 Dartmouth Appleton Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 19:08 - Nick Walsh (Lee, Pinkston)
(Carden) Mark Armstrong - 09:54
(Mobley, Drewiske) Tommy Thompson - 10:19
Second period 02:52 - Connor Goggin (Walsh, Keenan)
(Flanagan, Martin) Greg Carey - 02:41 Third period 02:29 - PP - Doug Jones (Keenan)
11:15 - GW - Eric Neiley (Sikura, Keenan)
12:39 - Jason Bourgea (Mosey)
15:21 - Matt Lindblad (Sikura)
( 20 saves / 26 shots ) Matt Weninger Goalie stats Jody O'Neill ( 30 saves / 33 shots )
March 3 St. Lawrence 1 - 4 Dartmouth Appleton Arena Recap  
No Scoring First period 04:27 - Andy Simpson (Lindblad, Neiley)
07:24 - GW - Matt Lindblad (Sikura, Neiley)
(Flanagan, Hughes) Greg Carey - 02:29 Second period 15:02 - Doug Jones (Robinson)
No scoring Third period 19:03 - Nick Walsh (unassisted)
( 18 saves / 21 shots ) Matt Weninger Goalie stats Jody O'Neill ( 38 saves / 39 shots )
Dartmouth wins series 2-0


Quarterfinals

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(1) Union vs. (10) Rensselaer

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March 9 Union 3 - 2 Rensselaer Achilles Rink Recap  
(Hatch, Julseth-White) Max Novak - 06:32
(Bodie, Zajac) Wayne Simpson - PP - 13:19
First period 00:42 - Matt Tinordi (McGowan, Leboeuf)
(Bodie, Zajac) Greg Coburn - GW PP - 10:19 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 10:32 - SH - Alex Angers-Goulet (Bergin, Leonard)
( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Troy Grosenick Goalie stats Bryce Merriam ( 24 saves / 27 shots )
March 10 Union 4 - 2 Rensselaer Achilles Rink Recap  
(Gostisbehere, Simpson) Kyle Bodie - PP - 10:14
(Carr, Jooris) Jeremy Welsh - 14:03
First period No scoring
(Stuart, Bodie) [Kevin Sullivan - GW - 17:37 Second period 15:03 - Brock Higgs (Cullen, Bergin)
16:36 - PP - Matt Neal (Lalibertè, Bergin)
(Bodie, Coburn) Kevin Sullivan - 05:58 Third period No scoring
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Troy Grosenick Goalie stats Bryce Merriam ( 20 saves / 24 shots )
Union Wins Series 2-0


(2) Cornell vs. (9) Dartmouth

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March 9 Cornell 4 - 3 2OT Dartmouth Lynah Rink Recap  
(Miller, Mowrey) John Esposito - 06:10
(D'Agostino, Ryan) John Esposito - PP - 10:20
(Miller, Gotovets) Dustin Mowrey - 18:11
First period 02:20 - PP - Tyler Sikura (Lindblad)
14:18 - PP - Connor Goggin (Sikura, Lindblad)
No scoring Second period 12:32 - Kyle Schussler (Mosey, Bourgea)
No scoring Third period No scoring
(de Swardt, Gotovets) Sean Whitney - GW - 17:40 Second overtime period No scoring
( 46 saves / 49 shots ) Andy Iles Goalie stats Jody O'Neill ( 45 saves / 49 shots )
March 10 Cornell 3 - 1 Dartmouth Lynah Rink Recap  
(Esposito, Miller) Dustin Mowrey - 01:07
(Axell, Ryan) Locke Jillson - GW - 05:42
(Lowry, Collins) Sean Whitney - PP - 08:21
First period 11:29 - Charlie Mosey (Simpson, Goggin)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 27 saves / 28 shots ) Andy Iles Goalie stats Jody O'Neill ( 4 saves / 7 shots ) / James Mello ( 23 saves / 23 shots )
Cornell Wins Series 2-0


(3) Harvard vs. (6) Yale

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March 9 Harvard 1 - 2 OT Yale Bright Hockey Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 15:50 - Trent Ruffolo (Bourbonais, Day)
(Biega, Kroshus) Luke Greiner - 19:33 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 03:49 - GW - Kenny Agostino (Laganière, Peel)
( 42 saves / 44 shots ) Raphaël Girard Goalie stats Nick Maricic ( 32 saves / 33 shots )
March 10 Harvard 4 - 3 2OT Yale Bright Hockey Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 05:17 - Colin Dueck (Ziegler)
16:36 - Chad Ziegler (Miller)
(Killorn, McNally) Danny Biega - PP - 08:09
(Fallstrom, McNally) Marshall Everson - PP - 16:07
Second period No scoring
(Killorn, McNally) Danny Biega - PP - 11:20 Third period 19:33 - Antoine Laganière (Bourbonais, Peel)
(Morrison, Moore) Dan Ford - GW - 09:20 Second overtime period No scoring
( 48 saves / 51 shots ) Raphaël Girard Goalie stats Nick Maricic ( 49 saves / 53 shots )
March 11 Harvard 8 - 2 Yale Bright Hockey Center Recap  
(Everson) Alex Killorn - 06:49 First period 04:06 - Chad Ziegler (Bourbonais, Weberg)
(Killorn, Everson) Alex Fallstrom - 00:35
(Morrinson, O'Regan) David Valek - GW - 10:00
(Grimshaw) Alex Killorn - 12:26
(Killorn, Fallstrom) Marshall Everson - 17:15
Second period No scoring
(McNally, O'Regan) David Valek - 11:20
(Biega, Everson) Daniel Moriarty - PP - 15:10
(Moriarty, Moore) David Valek - PP - 19:41
Third period 10:41 - PP - Antoine Laganière (O'Neill, Miller)
( 39 saves / 41 shots ) Raphaël Girard Goalie stats Nick Maricic ( 28 saves / 33 shots ) / Jeff Malcolm ( 3 saves / 5 shots ) / Connor Wilson ( 2 saves / 3 shots )
Harvard Wins Series 2-1


(4) Colgate vs. (5) Quinnipiac

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March 9 Colgate 4 - 2 Quinnipiac Starr Arena Recap  
(Goulakos) Austin Smith - 03:15 First period 15:35 - PP - Connor Jones (K. Jones, Baron)
(Wilson, Sinz) Chris Wagner - 00:14 Second period 15:50 - PP - Connor Jones (Peca, Baron)
(Wilson, Smith) Chris Wagner - GW PP - 11:32
(Mayer, Sinz) Matt Firman - 11:49
Third period No scoring
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Eric Mihalik Goalie stats Eric Hartzell ( 32 saves / 36 shots )
March 10 Colgate 2 - 4 Quinnipiac Starr Arena Recap  
(unassisted) Chris Wagner - PS - 11:31 First period 04:15 - Kellen Jones (Peca, Baron)
06:18 - Connor Jones (Peca, Baron)
(Price) Kurtis Bartliff - 13:04 Second period 19:53 - GW PP - Jeremy Langlois (Jones, Peca)
No scoring Third period 18:32 - PP - Scott Zurevinski (Hartzell)
( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Eric Mihalik Goalie stats Eric Hartzell ( 19 saves / 21 shots )
March 11 Colgate 4 - 0 Quinnipiac Starr Arena Recap  
(Wilson, McPherson) Chris Wagner - GW - 04:37 First period No scoring
(Bartliff, Bourdon) John Lidgett - 08:55
(Wagner, Sinz) Austin Smith - 17:08
Second period No scoring
(Smith) Chris Wagner - EN - 15:48 Third period No scoring
( 31 saves / 31 shots ) Eric Mihalik Goalie stats Eric Hartzell ( 27 saves / 30 shots )
Colgate Wins Series 2-1


Semifinals

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(1) Union vs. (4) Colgate

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March 16 Union 6 - 2 Colgate Boardwalk Hall Recap  
(Jooris) Daniel Carr - 01:35
(unassisted) Max Novak - 13:11
First period No scoring
(Bodie, Welsh) Josh Jooris - GW PP - 13:57 Second period 00:26 - Joe Wilson (Wagner, Smith)
(Welsh) Daniel Carr - SH - 03:39
(Jooris) Jeremy Welsh - 07:19
(Jooris, Hatch) Shawn Stuart - 18:19
Third period 13:20 - Matt Firman (unassisted)
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Troy Grosenick Goalie stats Eric Mihalik ( 24 saves / 19 shots ) / Alex Evin ( 8 saves / 9 shots )


(2) Cornell vs. (3) Harvard

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March 16 Cornell 1 - 6 Harvard Boardwalk Hall Recap  
(Jooris) Daniel Carr - 01:35
(unassisted) Max Novak - 13:11
First period No scoring
(Bodie, Welsh) Josh Jooris - GW PP - 13:57 Second period 00:26 - Joe Wilson (Wagner, Smith)
(Welsh) Daniel Carr - SH - 03:39
(Jooris) Jeremy Welsh - 07:19
(Jooris, Hatch) Shawn Stuart - 18:19
Third period 13:20 - Matt Firman (unassisted)
( 28 saves / 30 shots ) Troy Grosenick Goalie stats Eric Mihalik ( 24 saves / 19 shots ) / Alex Evin ( 8 saves / 9 shots )


3rd Place Game

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(3) Dartmouth vs. (12) Colgate

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March 19 Dartmouth 5 - 3 Colgate Boardwalk Hall Recap  
(Lindblad, Walsh) Connor Goggin - PP - 14:35
(Estoclet) Matt Lindblad - PP - 19:41
First period 07:41 - Robbie Bourdon (Poplawski, Larkin)
(Stephens, Reeds) Robbie Smith - 02:41
(Fleming) Adam Estoclet - GW - 15:49
Second period 12:57 - PP - Francis Brisbois (Bartliff, Smith)
(Lindblad) Dustin Walsh - 08:51 Third period 16:01 - Robbie Bourdon (Leidl, Day)
( 20 saves / 23 shots ) James Mello Goalie stats Eric Mihalik ( 29 saves / 34 shots )


Championship

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(1) Yale vs. (4) Cornell

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March 19 Yale 6 - 0 Cornell Boardwalk Hall Recap  
(Kearney, Martin) Kevin Limbert - PP GW - 03:03
(Martin, Kearney) Kevin Limbert - PP - 15:50
First period No scoring
(O'Neill, Miller) Antoine Laganière - 01:39
(O'Neill) Chris Cahill - 06:00
(Miller, Peel) Colin Dueck - 08:37
(Kearney) Broc Little - PP - 17:28
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 22 saves / 22 shots ) Ryan Rondeau Goalie stats Andy Iles ( 10 saves / 15 shots ) / Mike Garman ( 17 saves / 18 shots )


Tournament awards

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* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References

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  1. ^ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
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