The 2011 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 4 and March 19, 2011, at campus locations and at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. Yale won its second ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and received ECAC Hockey's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format 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 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.
Regular season standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Bracket
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
First round
(5) Rensselaer vs. (12) Colgate
(6) Princeton vs. (11) St. Lawrence
(7) Clarkson vs. (10) Harvard
(8) Quinnipiac vs. (9) Brown
Quarterfinals
(1) Union vs. (12) Colgate
(2) Yale vs. (11) St. Lawrence
(3) Dartmouth vs. (10) Harvard
(4) Cornell vs. (8) Quinnipiac
Semifinals
(2) Yale vs. (12) Colgate
(3) Dartmouth vs. (4) Cornell
3rd Place Game
(3) Dartmouth vs. (12) Colgate
Championship
(2) Yale vs. (4) Cornell
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team F Chris Cahill (Yale) F Andrew Miller (Yale) F Brian O’Neill (Yale) D Connor Goggin (Dartmouth) D Jimmy Martin (Yale) G Ryan Rondeau* (Yale) * Most Outstanding Player(s)
References
External links 2011 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament