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| 2005 ECAC Hockey Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 4–19, 2005 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Finals site | Pepsi Arena Albany, New York |
| Champions | Cornell (11th title) |
| Winning coach | Mike Schafer[1] (4th title) |
| MVP | Charlie Cook[2] (Cornell) |
ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2005 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 44th tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 19, 2005. Opening round and quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Pepsi Arena (subsequently renamed Times Union Center) in Albany, New York. By winning the tournament, Cornell received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's 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 | ||
| #5 Cornell†* | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 70 | 26 | 35 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 112 | 45 | |
| #10 Harvard | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 71 | 38 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 98 | 64 | |
| #14 Colgate | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 55 | 38 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 108 | 78 | |
| Vermont | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 66 | 37 | 39 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 108 | 85 | |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 74 | 49 | 35 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 120 | 83 | |
| Brown | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 54 | 60 | 33 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 89 | 87 | |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 70 | 73 | 38 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 116 | 117 | |
| Union | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 43 | 72 | 37 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 79 | 111 | |
| Clarkson | 22 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 44 | 66 | 39 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 92 | 120 | |
| Princeton | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 59 | 81 | 31 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 81 | 120 | |
| Rensselaer | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 46 | 73 | 38 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 102 | 118 | |
| Yale | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 89 | 32 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 70 | 140 | |
| Championship: Cornell † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll | ||||||||||||||
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the first round and quarterfinals
| First round[3] March 4–6 | Quarterfinals[4] March 11–13 | Semifinals[5] March 18 | Championship March 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cornell | 5 | 3* | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Dartmouth | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | Clarkson | 0 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | Yale | 2 | 5* | 1 | 1 | Cornell | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Vermont | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Harvard | 2 | 3 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Brown | 7 | 4 | — | 7 | St. Lawrence | 0 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Rensselaer | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | Cornell | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Harvard | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Colgate | 4 | 3 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | St. Lawrence | 7 | 4 | — | 6 | Brown | 1 | 0 | — | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Princeton | 0 | 2 | — | 2 | Harvard | 4** | Third place | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Colgate | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Vermont | 2 | 3* | 2 | 3 | Colgate | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Union | 0 | 2* | 3 | 5 | Dartmouth | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Vermont | 1 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Clarkson | 1* | 1 | 4* | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First round
(5) Dartmouth vs. (12) Yale
| March 4[6] | Dartmouth | 7 – 2 | Yale | Thompson Arena | Recap | |||
| Nick Johnson – 06:55 Sean Offers – 08:17 Lee Stempniak – GW – 12:53 Tanner Glass – SH – 17:28 |
First period | 19:33 - Jean-Francois Boucher | ||||||
| Sean Offers – 00:27 Mike Ouellette – 08:55 |
Second period | 17:19 – Bradley Mills | ||||||
| Eric Przepiorka – PP – 16:50 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Yacey ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) | Goalie stats | Matt Modelski ( 14 saves / 20 shots ) / Josh Gartner ( 16 saves / 17 shots ) | ||||||
| March 5[7] | Dartmouth | 4 – 5 | OT | Yale | Thompson Arena | Recap | ||
| Jarrett Sampson – 03:26 | First period | 01:01 – Jeff Hristovski | ||||||
| Lee Stempniak – SH – 03:33 | Second period | 02:25 – PP – Bradley Mills 15:47 – Will Engasser | ||||||
| Eric Przepiorka – 15:51 Jarrett Sampson – 18:04 |
Third period | 12:43 – Robert Burns | ||||||
| No Scoring | First overtime period | 02:41 – GW – Will Engasser | ||||||
| Dan Yacey ( 22 saves / 27 shots ) | Goalie stats | Josh Gartner ( 60 saves / 64 shots ) | ||||||
| March 6[8] | Dartmouth | 5 – 1 | Yale | Thompson Arena | Recap | |||
| No Scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nick Johnson – PP – 09:04 David Jones – GW PP – 16:35 Lee Stempniak – 18:45 |
Second period | 01:06 - Jean-Francois Boucher | ||||||
| Eric Przepiorka – PP – 04:28 Mike Ouellette – 19:41 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dan Yacey ( 18 saves / 19 shots ) | Goalie stats | Josh Gartner ( 52 saves / 57 shots ) | ||||||
| Dartmouth won series 2–1 | |