2022 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2022 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 61st tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 19, 2022. By winning the tournament, Harvard received an automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

2022 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 4–19, 2022
Teams	12
Finals site	Herb Brooks Arena Lake Placid, New York
Champions	Harvard (11th title)
Winning coach	Ted Donato (4th title)
MVP	Matthew Coronato (Harvard)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2021 2023 →

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. The teams that finish above fifth place in the standings received a bye to the quarterfinal round. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth seeds, the sixth and eleventh seeds, the seventh and tenth seeds and the eighth and ninth seeds played a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the one seed played the lowest remaining seed, the second seed played the second-lowest remaining seed, the third seed played the third-lowest remaining seed and the fourth seed played the fourth-lowest remaining seed in another best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals the top remaining seed played the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play against each other. The winners of the semifinals play in the championship game, and no third-place game is played. All series after the quarterfinals are single-elimination games. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.^[1]

Conference standings

2021–22 ECAC Hockey Standings v t e
	Conference record											Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	3/SW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#8 Quinnipiac †	22	17	4	1	0	1	1	54	71	14		42	32	7	3	139	53
#17 Clarkson	22	14	4	4	0	2	3	51	86	47		37	21	10	6	123	85
#15 Harvard *	22	14	6	2	0	0	2	46	69	46		35	21	11	3	116	82
Cornell	22	12	6	4	2	1	0	39	73	47		32	18	10	4	100	72
Colgate	22	9	9	4	1	0	3	33	55	57		40	18	18	4	111	112
Rensselaer	22	10	12	0	0	0	0	30	58	63		44	18	23	3	114	119
Union	22	9	11	2	3	1	0	27	52	66		37	14	19	4	89	110
St. Lawrence	22	7	10	5	2	0	2	26	44	60		37	11	19	7	72	110
Brown	22	6	12	4	0	1	2	25	36	61		31	7	20	4	50	100
Princeton	22	7	14	1	0	1	0	23	54	89		31	8	21	2	70	122
Yale	22	7	14	1	3	1	1	21	38	60		30	8	21	1	55	90
Dartmouth	22	5	15	2	0	3	1	21	45	71		32	7	22	3	69	110
Championship: March 19, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

	First Round March 4–6							Quarterfinals March 11–13							Semifinals March 18					Championship March 19
								1	Quinnipiac	4	4**	-
	5	Colgate	3*	5	-			8	St. Lawrence	1	3	-
	12	Yale	2	1	-										1	Quinnipiac	3
															5	Colgate	1
								2	Clarkson	3*	4*	-
	6	Rensselaer	2	3	5			7	Union	2	3	-
	11	Dartmouth	3	2	3															1	Quinnipiac	2
																				3	Harvard	3*
								3	Harvard	4*	3	3
	7	Union	3	5	-			6	Rensselaer	3	4**	1
	10	Princeton	2	1	-										2	Clarkson	3
															3	Harvard	5
								4	Cornell	3	2	1
	8	St. Lawrence	4	1	4*			5	Colgate	1	4	2
	9	Brown	1	2*	3

Note: * denotes overtime periods

Results

Note: All game times are local.

First round

(5) Colgate vs. (12) Yale

March 4, 2022 7:00 PM

Colgate

3 – 2 (OT) (0–0, 2–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Yale

Class of 1965 Arena Attendance: 1,002

Game reference
	Mitch Benson	Goalies	Nathan Reid	Referees: Joseph Carusone Anthony Kenney Linesmen: Brian Oliver JP Waleski
	(unassisted) Colton Young (14) – 32:33 1–0 1–1 16:56 – Reilly Connors (4) (Young, Conroy) (Verboon, A. Young) Colton Young (15) – PP – 39:08 2–1 2–2 59:53 – EA – Teddy Wooding (6) (Allain) (Brandon) Josh McKechney (14) – GW – 76:52 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	34	Shots	34

March 5, 2022 7:00 PM

Colgate

5 – 1 (1–0, 1–1, 3–0)

Yale

Class of 1965 Arena Attendance: 848

Game reference
	Mitch Benson	Goalies	Nathan Reid	Referees: Chris Pitoscia Kevin Graber Linesmen: Jordan Patarino Rick Lembo
	(Lunn, Stark) Paul McAvoy (2) – 13:32 1–0 (Stewart) Arnaud Vachon (6) – GW – 23:12 2–0 2–1 24:49 – PP – Dylan Herzog (6) (Ong, Sullivan) (unassisted) Griffin Lunn (11) – 41:35 3–1 (Lunn, McAvoy) Matt Verboon (7) – EN – 57:55 4–1 (DiPaolo) Ross Mitton (14) – EN – 58:34 5–1
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	30

Colgate Won Series 2–0

(6) Rensselaer vs. (11) Dartmouth

March 4, 2022 7:00 PM

Rensselaer

2 – 3 (2–2, 0–1, 0–0)

Dartmouth

Houston Field House Attendance: 800

Game reference
	Jack Watson	Goalies	Clay Stevenson	Referees: William Brennan III Chip McDonald Linesmen: Patrick Dapuzzo Michael Noeth
	0–1 00:53 – Sean Chisholm (6) (Pierce, Gallant) (Baxter, Kjellberg) Justin Addamo (12) – 01:08 1–1 1–2 16:01 – Mark Gallant (11) (Chisholm, Palocsik) (Sertti, Hallbauer) Justin Addamo (13) – 16:29 2–2 2–3 36:55 – GW – Jeff Losurdo (6) (Chisholm, Unruh)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	38	Shots	20

March 5, 2022 7:00 PM

Rensselaer

3 – 2 (1–0, 1–0, 1–2)

Dartmouth

Houston Field House Attendance: 851

Game reference
	Jack Watson	Goalies	Clay Stevenson	Referees: Tom Dellafranco Joe Carusone Linesmen: Adam Wood Rick Lembo
	(Gagnon, Dubinsky) Simon Kjellberg (6) – 08:17 1–0 (Leppänen, Linden) Jakub Lacka (13) – PP – 30:43 2–0 2–1 06:05 – Ryan Sorkin (6) (Cameron, Palocsik) (Linden) Mason Klee (2) – GW – 54:08 3–1 3–2 54:57 – Harrison Markell (2) ( Hubbarde, Pierce)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	23

March 6, 2022 4:00 PM

Rensselaer

5 – 3 (0–1, 1–2, 4–0)

Dartmouth

Houston Field House Attendance: 579

Game reference
	Jack Watson	Goalies	Clay Stevenson	Referees: Brad Leblanc Cameron Lynch Linesmen: Adam Wood Michael Wrobel
	0–1 06:05 – Matt Hubbarde (6) (Musa, Palocsik) 0–2 28:12 – Ryan Sorkin (3) (Pierce, Dorfman) (Dubinsky, Mahshie) Simon Kjellberg (7) – PP – 31:12 1–2 1–3 39:55 – Braiden Dorfman (8) (Chisholm, Pierce) (Baxter, Mahshie) Simon Kjellberg (8) – PP – 46:37 2–3 (unassisted) Zach Dubinsky (9) – 52:02 3–3 (Kjellberg, Baxter) Ryan Mahshie (7) – GW PP – 56:04 4–3 (Leppänen) Ture Linden (18) – PP EN – 59:11 5–3
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	23

Rensselaer Won Series 2–1

(7) Union vs. (10) Princeton

March 4, 2022 7:00 PM

Union

3 – 2 (1–0, 0–1, 2–1)

Princeton

Achilles Center Attendance: 1,473

Game reference
	Connor Murphy	Goalies	Jérémie Forget	Referees: Chris Pitoscia Jason Williams Linesmen: Adam Wood Brendon Wormley
	(Farris, Adams) Matt Allen (2) – 02:22 1–0 1–1 30:56 – Liam Gorman (3) (O'Neill, Cronin) (Anhorn, Robertson) Gabriel Seger (7) – PP – 50:32 2–1 (Farris, Anhorn) Brandon Estes (7) – GW – 57:26 3–1 3–2 58:45 – EA – Noah de la Durantaye (3) (Robbins, Kersten)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	26

March 5, 2022 4:00 PM

Union

5 – 1 (1–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Princeton

Achilles Center Attendance: 1,435

Game reference
	Connor Murphy	Goalies	Jérémie Forget	Referees: Cameron Lynch Brad Leblanc Linesmen: Jason Shattie Michael Wrobel
	(Anhorn, Sidorski) Caden Villegas (3) – 12:45 1–0 (unassisted) Liam Robertson (13) – GW – 30:37 2–0 (unassisted) Collin Graf (10) – 50:25 3–0 (Smedsrud, Anhorn) Collin Graf (11) – PP – 52:59 4–0 (Robertson, Estes) Chaz Smedsrud (5) – 57:41 5–0 5–1 59:17 – PP – Corey Andonovski (10) (O'Neill, de la Durantaye)
	19 min	Penalties	17 min
	37	Shots	30

Union Won Series 2–0

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

March 4, 2022 7:00 PM

St. Lawrence

4 – 1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Brown

Appleton Arena Attendance: 1,142

Game reference
	Emil Zetterquist	Goalies	Mathieu Caron	Referees: CJ Hanafin Tom Steinel Linesmen: Stephen Drain Ryan Knapp
	(Trela, Ritchie) Josh Boyer (2) – 02:26 1–0 1–1 25:36 – PP – Justin Jallen (9) (Krys, Niinisaari) (unassisted) Aleksi Peltonen (3) – GW – 28:58 2–1 (Peltonen, Waite) Max Dorrington (8) – 55:43 3–1 (Steinmetz, Peltonen) Justin Paul (7) – EN – 58:23 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	23 min
	26	Shots	22

March 5, 2022 7:00 PM

St. Lawrence

1 – 2 (OT) (1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Brown

Appleton Arena Attendance: 1,265

Game reference
	Emil Zetterquist	Goalies	Mathieu Caron	Referees: CJ Hanafin Tom Steinel Linesmen: Stephen Drain Ryan Knapp
	(Pickering, Chapleau) David Jankowski (4) – 18:41 1–0 1–1 20:00 – Luke Krys (3) (Schlaht, Crozier) 1–2 62:06 – GW – Justin Jallen (9) (Crozier, Bliss)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	28

March 6, 2022 4:00 PM

St. Lawrence

4 – 3 (OT) (1–2, 1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Brown

Appleton Arena Attendance: 894

Game reference
	Emil Zetterquist	Goalies	Mathieu Caron	Referees: Joe Carusone Tom Dellafranco Linesmen: Rick Lembo Jason Sahttie
	0–1 12:29 – PP – Michael Maloney (10) (Crossman, Bliss) 0–2 17:15 – Jordan Tonelli (3) (Bliss, Schlaht) (Chapleau, Waite) Justin Paul (8) – 18:35 1–2 1–3 31:11 – SH – Tristan Crozier (9) (unassisted) (Waite, Paul) Ty Naaykens (4) – PP – 31:39 2–3 (Erickson, Boyer) Cameron Buhl (4) – 51:51 3–3 (Fry, Steinmetz) Reilly Moran (5) – GW – 60:46 4–3
	21 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	25

St. Lawrence Won Series 2–1

Quarterfinals

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (8) St. Lawrence

March 11, 2022 7:00 PM

Quinnipiac

4 – 1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

St. Lawrence

People's United Center Attendance: 2,739

Game reference
	Yaniv Perets	Goalies	Emil Zetterquist	Referees: Cameron Lynch Chris Pitoscia Linesmen: Stephen Drain Patrick Dapuzzo
	(Cipollone) Griffin Mendel (3) – 04:36 1–0 (Burgart) Ty Smilanic (13) – GW – 25:29 2–0 (Metsa, Lee) Michael Lombardi (12) – 39:29 3–0 3–1 50:07 – Jordan Steinmetz (4) (Makowski, Moran) (Brind'Amour) Griffin Mendel (4) – EN – 57:16 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	21

March 12, 2022 7:00 PM

Quinnipiac

4 – 3 (2OT) (0–1, 1–0, 2–2, 0–0, 1–0)

St. Lawrence

People's United Center Attendance: 2,401

Game reference
	Yaniv Perets	Goalies	Emil Zetterquist	Referees: CJ Hanafin Tom Steinel Linesmen: Ryan Knapp Patrick Dapuzzo
	0–1 14:09 – Aleksi Peltonen (4) (Salem, Jankowski) (Brind'Amour) Griffin Mendel (5) – 34:37 1–1 1–2 41:42 – Jordan Steinmetz (5) (Pappas, Chapleau) 1–3 43:32 – Josh Boyer (3) (Chapleau, Makowski) (Mendel, Lombardi) Brendan Less (13) – PP – 47:41 2–3 (Lee, Rasanen) Skyler Brind'Amour (3) – 51:20 3–3 (Mendel, Metsa) Desi Burgart (7) – GW – 89:09 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	34

Quinnipiac Won Series 2–0

(2) Clarkson vs. (7) Union

March 11, 2022 7:00 PM

Clarkson

3 – 2 (OT) (1–0, 1–2, 0–0, 1–0)

Union

Cheel Arena Attendance: 1,847

Game reference
	Ethan Haider	Goalies	Connor Murphy	Referees: Joe Carusone Jason Williams Linesmen: Jason Shattie Rick Lembo
	(Martino, Tsekos) Noah Beck (5) – 14:25 1–0 1–1 24:07 – PP – Josh Kosack (8) (Ferguson, Smedsrud) (Campbell) Mathieu Gosselin (11) – 34:03 2–1 2–2 36:16 – Dylan Anhorn (6) (Seger, Ferguson) (Tsekos, Jacome) Ayrton Martino (7) – GW – 61:35 3–2
	15 min	Penalties	2 min
	40	Shots	27

March 12, 2022 7:00 PM

Clarkson

4 – 3 (OT) (2–1, 1–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Union

Cheel Arena Attendance: 2,077

Game reference
	Jacob Mucitelli	Goalies	Connor Murphy	Referees: Joe Carusone Jason Williams Linesmen: Jason Shattie Rick Lembo
	(Tsekos, Callin) Lukas Kälble (6) – PP – 02:39 1–0 (Callin, Richardson) Michael Underwood (2) – 12:09 2–0 2–1 17:04 – Andrew Seaman (3) (Farris, Petruolo) 2–2 24:53 – Dylan Anhorn (7) (Graf, Seger) (Beck, Mobley) Tommy Pasanen (3) – 37:35 3–2 3–3 50:16 – Tyler Watkins (6) (unassisted) (Taylor) Lukas Kälble (7) – GW – 63:14 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	28

Clarkson Won Series 2–0

(3) Harvard vs. (6) Rensselaer

March 11, 2022 7:00 PM

Harvard

4 – 3 (OT) (0–1, 0–1, 3–1, 1–0)

Rensselaer

Bright-Landry Hockey Center Attendance: 778

Game reference
	Mitchell Gibson	Goalies	Jack Watson	Referees: Tom Steinel Chip McDonald Linesmen: John Rey Adam Wood
	0–1 12:42 – PP – Ture Linden (19) (Leppänen, Walsh) 0–2 25:29 – Ture Linden (20) (Leppänen, Baxter) 0–3 42:07 – Rory Herrman (3) (Walsh, Brackett) (Laferriere, Farinacci) Marshall Rifai (6) – EA – 56:18 1–3 (Laferriere, Farinacci) Ryan Siedem (2) – EA – 58:02 2–3 (Abruzzese, Thrun) Matthew Coronato (14) – EA – 59:45 3–3 (Thrun, Dornbach) Jack Donato (8) – GW – 62:00 4–3
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	46	Shots	24

March 12, 2022 7:00 PM

Harvard

3 – 4 (2OT) (2–1, 0–0, 1–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Rensselaer

Bright-Landry Hockey Center Attendance: 765

Game reference
	Mitchell Gibson	Goalies	Jack Watson	Referees: Tom Dellafranco Chip McDonald Linesmen: John Rey Adam Wood
	(Gaffney, Siedem) John Farinacci (9) – 04:30 1–0 (Dornbach, Donato) Henry Thrun (7) – 09:41 2–0 2–1 12:59 – Justin Addamo (14) (Sellar, Beaton) 2–2 47:44 – Jakub Lacka (8) (Leppänen, Linden) 2–3 51:18 – Zach Dubinsky (10) (Walsh, Mahshie) (Coronato, Farrell) Nick Abruzzese (7) – 57:46 3–3 3–4 81:21 – GW – John Beaton (4) (Addamo)
	9 min	Penalties	4 min
	50	Shots	38

March 13, 2022 4:00 PM

Harvard

3 – 1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Rensselaer

Bright-Landry Hockey Center Attendance: 477

Game reference
	Mitchell Gibson	Goalies	Jack Watson	Referees: Cameron Lynch Jason Williams Linesmen: Stephen Drain Jason Shattie
	(Siedem, Rifai) John Farinacci (10) – 14:13 1–0 (Thrun, Coronato) Casey Dornbach (7) – GW – 21:05 2–0 2–1 56:29 – PP – Ottoville Leppänen (9) (Lacka, Linden) (Farrell, Abruzzese) Matthew Coronato (15) – EN – 59:28 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	29

Harvard Won Series 2–1

(4) Cornell vs. (5) Colgate

March 11, 2022 7:00 PM

Cornell

3 – 1 (0–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Colgate

Lynah Rink Attendance: 3,550

Game reference
	Ian Shane	Goalies	Mitch Benson	Referees: Kevin Graber C.J. Hanafin Linesmen: Ryan Knapp Jordan Patarino
	0–1 23:43 – PP – Matt Verboon (8) (Anderson, A. Young) (Andreev, Psenicka) Ben Berard (12) – 44:13 1–1 (Haiskanen, Berard) Matt Stienburg (12) – GW – 58:32 2–1 (Malone, Mitchell) Kyle Penney (8) – EN – 59:10 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	23 min
	43	Shots	17

March 12, 2022 7:00 PM

Cornell

2 – 4 (0–1, 1–3, 1–0)

Colgate

Lynah Rink Attendance: 4,034

Game reference
	Ian Shane (out 28:25) Joe Howe (in 28:25)	Goalies	Mitch Benson	Referees: Cam Lynch Chris Pitoscia Linesmen: Stephen Drain Brian Oliver
	0–1 07:21 – PP – Alex Young (8) (Anderson, C. Young) 0–2 24:39 – Ross Mitton (4) (Raymond) (Malinski, Stienburg) Ben Berard (13) – 27:02 1–2 1–3 28:25 – GW – Jeff Stewart (5) (Manderville, Bergsland) 1–4 32:13 – PP – Matt Verboon (9) (A. Young, Anderson) (Malone, Psenicka) Matt Stienburg (13) – EA – 58:16 2–4
	42 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	25

March 13, 2022 4:00 PM

Cornell

1 – 2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Colgate

Lynah Rink Attendance: 2,735

Game reference
	Ian Shane	Goalies	Mitch Benson	Referees: Joe Carusone C.J. Hanafin Linesmen: Brian Oliver Adam Wood
	0–1 31:05 – Matt Verboon (10) (McKechney) 0–2 51:48 – GW – Ross Mitton (5) (unassisted) (Psenicka, Malone) Ben Berard (14) – 59:52 1–2
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	37	Shots	14

Colgate Won Series 2–1

Semifinal

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (5) Colgate

March 18, 2022 4:00 PM

Quinnipiac

3 – 1 (2–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Colgate

Herb Brooks Arena Attendance: 4,256

Game reference
	Yaniv Perets	Goalies	Mitch Benson	Referees: Joe Carusone Chris Pitoscia Linesmen: Stephen Drain Adam Wood
	(Chau, Lombardi) Joey Cipollone (10) – PP – 09:23 1–0 (Friedmann, Less) Michael Lombardi (13) – GW – 16:43 2–0 2–1 24:13 – Griffin Lunn (12) (Raymond) (de Jong, Mendel) Wyatt Bongiovanni (15) – 49:40 3–1
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	33	Shots	26

(2) Clarkson vs. (3) Harvard

March 18, 2022 7:30 PM

Clarkson

3 – 5 (1–1, 2–1, 0–3)

Harvard

Herb Brooks Arena Attendance: 4,256

Game reference
	Ethan Haider	Goalies	Mitchell Gibson	Referees: CJ Hanafin Cameron Lynch Linesmen: Patrick Dapuzzo Ryan Knapp
	0–1 08:20 – Sean Farrell (9) (Abruzzese, Coronato) (Jacome, Beck) Alex Campbell (15) – PP – 14:47 1–1 1–2 30:59 – Nick Abruzzese (8) (Moore, Coronato) (Jacome, Beck) Alex Campbell (16) – PP – 33:11 2–2 (Martino) Zach Tsekos (15) – 36:52 3–2 3–3 44:23 – Nick Abruzzese (9) (Farrell, Siedem) 3–4 55:06 – GW – Matthew Coronato (16) (Abruzzese, Farrell) 3–5 59:49 – EN – Matthew Coronato (6) (Thrun)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	34

Championship

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Harvard

March 19, 2022 7:30 PM

Quinnipiac

2 – 3 (OT) (1–1, 0-1, 1-0, 0-1)

Harvard

Herb Brooks Arena Attendance: 4,478

Game reference
	Yaniv Perets	Goalies	Mitchell Gibson	Referees: Joe Carusone CJ Hanafin Linesmen: Ryan Knapp Brian Oliver
	0–1 01:07 – Ryan Siedem (3) (Rifai) (Cipollone, Rasanen) T. J. Friedmann (9) – 05:24 1–1 1–2 29:11 – PP – Ian Moore (2) (Coronato, Farrell) (Bongiovanni) Jayden Lee (4) – PP EA – 53:44 2–2 2–3 69:18 – GW – Matthew Coronato (18) (Moore, Farrell)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	49	Shots	17

Tournament awards

Most Outstanding Player(s)

• Matthew Coronato

^[2]

References

1. "ECAC Hockey Men's Playoffs Set to Get Underway". ECAC Hockey. February 27, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
2. "No. 17 Men's Ice Hockey Wins 11th Whitelaw Cup, Earns NCAA Bid, Defeating No. 6/6 Quinnipiac, 3-2 in OT in ECACH Title Game". Harvard Crimson. March 19, 2022. Retrieved July 23, 2021.