The 2024–25 ECAC Hockey men's season was the 64th season of play for ECAC Hockey and took place during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 4, 2024, and concluded on March 29, 2025 when Cornell lost in the NCAA tournament Toledo regional final.
Season
Coaches At the conclusion of the previous season, Princeton announced that Ron Fogarty would not be returning as head coach. Soon thereafter, Cornell's associate head coach, Ben Syer, was named as the Tigers' 18th head coach.
Later in the offseason, Cornell head coach Mike Schafer announced that this would be his final season behind the bench. At the same time, Casey Jones, then the head coach for Clarkson, was announced as Schafer's successor and he joined the staff as an associate head coach.
Clarkson then announced that alumnus and former assistant coach, Jean-François Houle, would leave the Laval Rocket to take over at his alma mater.
Records Team Head coach Season at school Record at school ECAC Hockey recordBrown 15 131–261–56 85–179–44Clarkson 1 0–0–0 0–0–0Colgate 2 16–16–4 13–7–2Cornell 29 542–289–111 337–174–83Dartmouth 4 25–56–13 18–38–10Harvard 20 305–259–72 205–163–61Princeton 1 0–0–0 0–0–0Quinnipiac 30 642–347–105 237–135–52Rensselaer 7 75–131–17 49–75–8St. Lawrence 6 52–92–21 33–56–14Union 3 30–37–5 17–23–4Yale 18 276–233–51 187–162–33
Standings
Non-Conference record Overall, the ECAC had an average record against non-conference opponents. The conference as a whole was able to post a winning record against most other leagues, however, member teams suffered in the PairWise rankings due to from where the majority of their wins arose. Atlantic Hockey America had the worst record in non-conference play and provided little benefit to ECAC teams despite a stellar record. Conversely, the poor performance against Hockey East did not damage the ECAC prospects as much as it could have due to that league having the best non-conference record in the country. Because of this, the ECAC had several teams finish in the top half of the rankings but most fell just shy of the tournament cut line.
Regular season record Team TotalBrown 1–0–1 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–2–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 4–2–1Clarkson 2–1–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 1–1–1 1–1–1 0–0–0 6–4–2Colgate 3–0–1 0–2–0 0–0–0 0–4–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 5–6–1Cornell 0–1–1 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–0 0–0–0 2–1–0 3–2–1Dartmouth 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–3–1 2–0–0 0–0–0 3–3–1Harvard 0–0–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 2–4–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 2–5–0Princeton 3–0–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 5–2–0Quinnipiac 2–0–0 1–0–0 0–0–0 1–5–0 1–0–0 0–0–0 5–5–0Rensselaer 3–1–2 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–3–0 0–0–0 2–0–0 5–4–2St. Lawrence 3–0–0 0–3–0 1–1–0 0–3–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 4–8–0Union 5–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–3–0 1–1–1 0–0–0 6–4–1Yale 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 0–2–0 1–5–0Overall 22–4–5 3–7–0 3–1–0 8–30–2 9–5–2 4–3–0 49–50–9
Statistics Leading scorers GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM Senior 22 21 17 38 8 Sophomore 22 9 15 24 6 Junior 22 6 18 24 8 Graduate 22 9 14 23 2 Senior 22 10 12 22 4 Sophomore 22 8 14 22 16 Sophomore 22 7 15 22 8 Senior 22 6 16 22 2 Freshman 22 8 13 21 2 Junior 22 12 8 20 36 Sophomore 22 9 11 20 8
Leading goaltenders Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games. GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average Player Class Team GP Min W L T GA SO SV% GAA Sophomore 9 502:16 7 1 0 13 2 .937 1.55 Freshman 14 828:54 9 4 1 27 0 .903 1.95 Freshman 12 704:18 8 4 0 24 1 .902 2.04 Graduate 20 1155:43 13 5 1 43 1 .913 2.23 Freshman 10 612:12 3 5 2 23 1 .926 2.25
ECAC tournament
NCAA tournament
Regional semifinals
Game summary
Game summaryThe start of the game saw Cooper Moore get crosschecked to the ice and then slide into his goal post but he was able to skate away without injury. The two teams were skating fast to start but both seemed to be trying to force the play a bit on offense and failed to connect on their opportunities. The first good chance came then Quinnipiac coughed up the puck behind their net but Dylan Silverstein was able to make the save on Tristan Fraser. The two teams skated up and down the ice for the next several minutes but produced very few shots on goal. Near the middle of the period, the Bobcats turned the puck over at their blueline and UConn was able to set up in the zone. After missing on their first chance, Hugh Larkin fired the puck top corner for Connecticut's first ever NCAA tournament goal. On the following attack, UConn was nearly able to double the lead but did end up forcing Travis Treloar into taking a slashing penalty. Quinnipiac's remade penalty kill was effective in keeping the Huskies to the outside and didn't give up a scoring chance on the disadvantage. Connecticut was able to get better chances once they were back at even strength but Silverstein was able to keep the puck out of the net. In the back half of the period, the Bobcat offense began to show signs of life but couldn't get much of a chance on the goal. Near the 5-minute mark, Quinnipiac made another mistake at its own blueline. Ethan Gardula was able to skate in alone and backhand the puck over the outstretched leg of Silverstein for the second goal of the match. After Quinnipiac was able to work the puck down low in the final minutes, Jake Richard was called for crosschecking to give the Bobcats their first power play of the game. With the #1 power play in the nation, Quinnipiac took the chance to get their first real scoring opportunity of the game but UConn's defense was able to prevent any further shots from getting on goal. Though they failed to score, the Bobcats' offense looked far better in the remaining few seconds and headed into the first intermission with momentum if nothing else.
The Huskies took control at the start of the second and Hudson Schandor had a open look right in front of the goal but Silverstein made the glove save. Kaden Shahan had another solo rush about a minute later but the puck rolled and he could only get a weak shot on goal. Quinnipiac tried to counter but they were unable to break through the UConn defense. Poor passing by the Bobcats did not help their efforts but Quinnipiac did eventually settle down and start to generate zone time in the Husky end. Connecticut battled back and kept the play mostly even until Jeremy Wilmer gloved the puck off of the faceoff and was handed a minor for the violation. It didn't take long for UConn to get a good chance at a goal but Silverstein's left toe made the stop on Richard. Just after the power play expired, UConn made a mistake just inside the Quinnipiac zone and gave up a 2-on-1 to the Bobcats Mason Marcellus made a brilliant backhand pass to Wilmer who lifted the puck over a sprawling Callum Tung to cut the lead in half. After a rush up the ice by Victor Czerneckianair, the two teams began to show some genuine dislike with some post-whistle roughhousing. While Quinnipiac looked like they had rediscovered their game, the team made a critical mistake when they turned over the puck down low. UConn fired the puck in from the point and it eventually found Fraser right in front of the goal who fired it past a helpless Silverstein to restore their lead. After the following faceoff, Quinnipiac went back on the attack and drew a penalty when John Spetz chopped down Elliott Groenewold's stick. UConn's penalty kill gave Quinnipiac fits, not only stopping the Bobcats from getting a good shot on goal but threatening to the Quinnipiac cage on more than one occasion. The Bobcats had better chances after their power play ended but they were unable to score again and ended the second still needing two goals.
Connecticut continued to press in the offensive zone from the start of the third. While they didn't get much in the way of scoring chances, their presence in the Bobcats' zone prevented Quinnipiac from getting their offense going. Eventually Jack Ricketts skated the puck up the ice and soon thereafter Wilmer briefly looked to have scored his second of the game but the puck hit the crossbar, bounced down behind Tung and was cleared by Viking Gustafsson Nyberg before it could roll into the goal. After the near-miss, Quinnipiac continued to probe away at the UConn defenses but the Huskies didn't give up any easy opportunities. Eventually, however, the constant attacking by the Bobcats resulted in Fraser taking an interference penalty. Quinnipiac's power play continued to have trouble finding a clear lane to the net and after a few turnovers again gave up the best chance to the Huskies. Just after the power play ended, Moore was tripped near the UConn net and kicked Tung in the head as he was going down. The netminder went down and was stunned momentarily but was able to continue after an injury stoppage. He was then immediately threatened after a UConn turnover but managed to made a glove save to preserve the 2-goal lead. Quinnipiac tried desperately to get something going offensively in the final 8 minutes but Connecticut refused to give an inch. With less then 4 minutes to play the Bobcats were finally able to get through to the UConn cage and nearly able to break through on a goal mouth scramble but Tung and the Husky defense held them back. Silverstein was pulled early for an extra attacker and the Bobcats were finally able to get something going when they had an additional player. With just over 2 minutes to play, Joey Muldowney cleared the puck down the ice. The disk was rolling, got on edge and curled into the Bobcat net to essentially end the match. The final seconds passed with both teams coming to that realization and it was UConn who could decisively claim the championship of the nutmeg state.
Regional finals