2005 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

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)
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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

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	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

(6) Brown vs. (11) Rensselaer

March 4[9]	Brown		7 – 4		Rensselaer	Meehan Auditorium	Recap
Chris Poli – 03:52 Brian Ihnacak – PP – 07:26		First period			05:59 – PP – Kevin Broad
Sean Hurley – 10:25 Chris Poli – PP – 15:36		Second period			07:12 – PP – Alexander Valentin 14:51 – PP – Jake Luthi
Brian McNary – GW – 12:25 Mike Meech – 13:38 Chris Swon – EN – 13:38		Third period			11:17 – Kevin Croxton
Adam D'Alba ( 26 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats			Andrew Martin ( 18 saves / 24 shots )

March 5[10]	Brown		4 – 3	OT	Rensselaer	Meehan Auditorium	Recap
Jeff Prough – PP – 03:52 Mike Meech – 12:44		First period			10:23 – PP – Alexander Valentin
Gerry Burke – 10:51		Second period			08:24 – Kirk MacDonald 09:32 – Kevin Croxton
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Chris Poli – 05:33		First overtime period			No scoring
Adam D'Alba ( 23 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			Andrew Martin ( 23 saves / 27 shots )

Brown won series 2–0

(7) St. Lawrence vs. (10) Princeton

March 4[11]	St. Lawrence		7 – 0		Princeton	Appleton Arena	Recap
Max Taylor – GW PP – 08:31 John Zeiler – PP – 14:49		First period			No scoring
Mike Zbriger – 09:18 Jim Hakewill – 11:10 Josh Anderson – 16:17		Second period			No scoring
Simon Watson – 07:00 Stace Page – 14:59		Third period			No scoring
Mike McKenna ( 23 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats			Eric Leroux ( 25 saves / 28 shots ) / B.J. Sklapsky ( 16 saves / 20 shots )

March 5[12]	St. Lawrence		4 – 2		Princeton	Appleton Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Kyle Rank – SH – 03:24		Second period			No scoring
Josh Anderson – 01:08 Matt Macdonald – GW – 18:10 T.J. Trevelyan – EN – 19:19		Third period			07:59 – Dustin Sproat 13:37 – Dustin Sproat
Mike McKenna ( 20 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats			Eric Leroux ( 52 saves / 55 shots )

St. Lawrence won series 2–0

(8) Union vs. (9) Clarkson

March 4[13]	Union		0 – 1	OT	Clarkson	Achilles Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			15:43 – GW – David Cayer
Justin Mrazek ( 21 saves / 22 shots )		Goalie stats			Dustin Traylen ( 32 saves / 32 shots )

March 5[14]	Union		2 – 1	OT	Clarkson	Achilles Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			03:11 – Michael Grenzy
Torren Delforte – 12:06		Third period			No scoring
Torren Delforte – GW – 10:39		First overtime period			No scoring
Justin Mrazek ( 27 saves / 28 shots )		Goalie stats			Dustin Traylen ( 28 saves / 30 shots )

March 6[15]	Union		3 – 4	OT	Clarkson	Achilles Center	Recap
Olivier Bouchard – PP – 19:04		First period			16:58 – Chris Brekelmans
Jordan Webb – 04:10		Second period			08:52 – PP – Jay Latulippe 10:47 – Max Kolu
Olivier Bouchard – PP – 16:27		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			18:18 – GW – Shawn Weller
Justin Mrazek ( 40 saves / 44 shots )		Goalie stats			Dustin Traylen ( 31 saves / 34 shots )

Clarkson won series 2–1

Quarterfinals

(1) Cornell vs. (9) Clarkson

March 11[16]	Cornell		5 – 0		Clarkson	Lynah Rink	Recap
Mike Knoepfli – GW SH – 07:46 Byron Bitz – PP – 16:16		First period			No scoring
Shane Hynes – PP – 12:09 Mike Iggulden – SH – 14:31 Byron Bitz – PP – 16:15		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
David McKee ( 20 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats			Dustin Traylen ( 19 saves / 23 shots ) / Kyle McNulty ( 5 saves / 6 shots )

March 12[17]	Cornell		3 – 2	OT	Clarkson	Lynah Rink	Recap
Shane Hynes – PP – 03:56		First period			01:48 – Jay Latulippe 11:22 – David Cayer
Matt Moulson – 08:58		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Topher Scott – GW – 12:00		First overtime period			No scoring
David McKee ( 34 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats			Dustin Traylen ( 34 saves / 37 shots )

Cornell won series 2–0

(2) Harvard vs. (7) St. Lawrence

March 11[18]	Harvard		2 – 0		St. Lawrence	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Charlie Johnson – GW PP – 16:44		Second period			No scoring
Jon Pelle – 13:22		Third period			No scoring
Dov Grumet-Morris ( 33 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			Mike McKenna ( 14 saves / 16 shots )

March 12[19]	Harvard		5 – 3		St. Lawrence	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Brendan Bernakevitch – 05:32 Kevin Du – PP – 17:47		Second period			No scoring
Tyler Magura – GW SH – 10:43		Third period			05:36 – PP – Mike Zbriger 05:36 – PP – Max Taylor
Dov Grumet-Morris ( 32 saves / 34 shots )		Goalie stats			Mike McKenna ( 26 saves / 29 shots ) / Justin Pesony ( 0 saves / 0 shots )

Harvard won series 2–0

(3) Colgate vs. (6) Brown

March 11[20]	Colgate		4 – 1		Brown	Starr Rink	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Adam Mitchell – PP – 13:37 Jon Smyth – GW – 17:50		Second period			08:30 – PP – Brian McNary
Mike Campaner – PP – 03:53 Dustin Gillanders – PP – 14:38		Third period			No scoring
Steve Silverhorn ( 11 saves / 12 shots )		Goalie stats			Adam D'Alba ( 28 saves / 32 shots )

March 12[21]	Colgate		3 – 0		Brown	Starr Rink	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Anthony Masotto – GW PP – 06:52 Tyler Burton – 13:26		Second period			No scoring
Dave Thomas – 17:12		Third period			No scoring
Steve Silverhorn ( 19 saves / 19 shots )		Goalie stats			Adam D'Alba ( 26 saves / 29 shots )

Colgate won series 2–0

(4) Vermont vs. (5) Dartmouth

March 11[22]	Dartmouth		2 – 3		Vermont	Gutterson Fieldhouse	Recap
Andy Corran – PP – 01:55		First period			12:49 – Nick Johnson
Scott Mifsud – 02:48		Second period			15:59 – Mike Ouellette
No Scoring		Third period			02:34 – Lee Stempniak
Joe Fallon ( 26 saves / 29 shots )		Goalie stats			Dan Yacey ( 18 saves / 20 shots )

March 12[23]	Dartmouth		3 – 2	OT	Vermont	Gutterson Fieldhouse	Recap
Baron Becker – 06:30 Jeff Corey – PP – 15:13		First period			No scoring
No Scoring		Second period			07:11 – David Jones
No Scoring		Third period			12:02 – Nick Johnson
Chris Myers – GW PP – 17:34		First overtime period			No scoring
Joe Fallon ( 24 saves / 26 shots )		Goalie stats			Dan Yacey ( 32 saves / 35 shots )

March 13[24]	Dartmouth		2 – 1		Vermont	Gutterson Fieldhouse	Recap
Jaime Sifers – PP – 06:05		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Mark Lutz – GW PP – 06:02		Third period			02:10 – Eric Przepiorka
Joe Fallon ( 24 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			Dan Yacey ( 24 saves / 26 shots )

Vermont won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Cornell vs. (4) Vermont

March 18[25]	Cornell		3 – 0		Vermont	Pepsi Arena	Recap
Topher Scott – GW – 13:22		First period			No scoring
Matt Moulson – PP – 09:56		Second period			No scoring
Chris Abbott – EN – 18:42		Third period			No scoring
David McKee ( 25 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			Joe Fallon ( 19 saves / 21 shots )

(2) Harvard vs. (3) Colgate

March 18[26]	Harvard		4 – 3	2OT	Colgate	Pepsi Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
Dan Murphy – PP – 06:38		Second period			No scoring
Charlie Johnson – 16:01 Tom Cavanagh – 18:03		Third period			00:27 – Jon Smyth 16:46 – Joey Mormina 18:39 – Joey Mormina
Kevin Du – GW – 16:01		Second overtime period			No scoring
Dov Grumet-Morris ( 46 saves / 49 shots )		Goalie stats			Steve Silverhorn ( 47 saves / 51 shots )

Third place

(3) Colgate vs. (4) Vermont

March 19[27]	Colgate		2 – 1		Vermont	Pepsi Arena	Recap
Tyler Burton – PP – 05:17 Joey Mormina – GW PP – 19:39		First period			No scoring
No Scoring		Second period			08:24 – PP – Matt Syroczynski
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Steve Silverhorn ( 34 saves / 35 shots )		Goalie stats			Joe Fallon ( 18 saves / 20 shots )

Championship

(1) Cornell vs. (2) Harvard

March 18[28]	Cornell		3 – 1		Harvard	Pepsi Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			18:23 – PP – Dylan Reese
Paul Varteressian – 09:35 Charlie Cook – 10:30		Second period			No scoring
Charlie Cook – PP – 06:35		Third period			No scoring
David McKee ( 17 saves / 18 shots )		Goalie stats			Dov Grumet-Morris ( 29 saves / 32 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• F Kevin Du (Harvard)
• F Matt Moulson (Cornell)
• F Daniel Pegoraro (Cornell)
• D Charlie Cook* (Cornell)
• D Joey Mormina (Colgate)
• G David McKee (Cornell)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References

External links

• ECAC Hockey Archived 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine