2004 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

The 2004 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 43rd tournament in league history. It was played between March 5 and March 20, 2004. First Round and Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, New York. By winning the tournament, Harvard received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

2004 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 5–20, 2004
Teams	12
Finals site	Pepsi Arena Albany, New York
Champions	Harvard (7th title)
Winning coach	Mark Mazzoleni[1] (2nd title)
MVP	Brendan Bernakevitch[2] (Harvard)
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Format

The tournament featured four rounds of play. The teams that finish above fifth place in the standings receive 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 plays the lowest remaining seed, the second seed plays the second-lowest remaining seed, the third seed plays the third-lowest remaining seed and the fourth seed plays the fourth-lowest remaining seed another best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advancing to the Semifinals. In the semifinals the top remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play against each other. The winners of the semifinals play in the championship game while the losers play in a third-place game. All series after the quarterfinals are single-elimination games. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2003–04 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Colgate†	22	14	6	2	30	65	44		39	22	12	5	111	80
Cornell	22	13	6	3	29	53	32		32	16	10	6	85	62
Brown	22	13	7	2	28	62	40		31	15	11	5	80	60
Dartmouth	22	10	5	7	27	66	60		34	14	11	9	95	91
Rensselaer	22	13	8	1	27	70	44		39	22	15	2	116	89
#13 Harvard*	22	10	10	2	22	58	55		36	18	15	3	104	94
Yale	22	10	12	0	20	65	88		31	12	19	0	89	134
Union	22	8	11	3	19	46	52		36	14	17	5	89	108
Clarkson	22	8	12	2	18	51	61		41	18	18	5	121	113
St. Lawrence	22	7	12	3	17	62	67		41	14	21	6	104	119
Vermont	22	7	14	1	15	57	79		35	9	22	4	85	127
Princeton	22	5	15	2	12	50	83		31	5	24	2	62	122
Championship: Harvard † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Final rankings: USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the First Round and Quarterfinals

	First Round[3] March 5–6							Quarterfinals[4] March 12–14							Semifinals[5] March 19					Championship March 20
								1	Colgate	1	1	2
	5	Rensselaer	5	3*	–			10	St. Lawrence	2	0	1
	12	Princeton	4	2	–										1	Colgate	1
															9	Clarkson	2
								2	Cornell	5	4	1
	6	Harvard	3	5	–			9	Clarkson	1	5	5
	11	Vermont	0	3	–															9	Clarkson	2
																				6	Harvard	4
								3	Brown	2	2	–
	7	Yale	3	3	–			6	Harvard	4	3*	–
	10	St. Lawrence	4*	4*	–										4	Dartmouth	1			Third Place
															6	Harvard	2
								4	Dartmouth	1	6	1								1	Colgate	3
	8	Union	3	2	–			5	Rensselaer	3	0	0								4	Dartmouth	2
	9	Clarkson	8	5	–

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(5) Rensselaer vs. (12) Princeton

March 5[6]	Rensselaer		5 – 4		Princeton	Houston Field House	Recap
(Pickett) Ryan Shields – 04:56		First period			No scoring
(Economakos, MacDonald) Kevin Croxton – PP – 06:26 (Economakos, Basiuk) Brad Farnuk – PP – 16:59		Second period			08:40 – Sebastian Borza
(Basiuk, Eizenman) Kevin Croxton – 04:48 (MacDonald, Barr) Nick Economakos – GW PP – 13:23		Third period			07:30 – Patrick Neundorfer (Powe, Young) 16:32 – Darroll Powe (Goeckner-Zoeller) 17:48 – Sharam Fouladger-Mercer (Maglione, Goeckner-Zoeller)
( 22 saves / 26 shots ) Nathan Marsters		Goalie stats			Eric Leroux ( 18 saves / 23 shots )

March 6[7]	Rensselaer		3 – 2	OT	Princeton	Houston Field House	Recap
(Barr) Nick Economakos – 01:28		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			03:21 – PP – Sharam Fouladger-Mercer (Young, Slaton) 15:43 – PP – Dustin Sproat (Neundorfer, Maglione)
(Barr) Scott Basiuk – 17:37		Third period			No scoring
(McNeely, Economakos) Ben Barr – GW – 01:38		First overtime period			No scoring
( 18 saves / 20 shots ) Nathan Marsters		Goalie stats			Eric Leroux ( 41 saves / 44 shots )

Rensselaer won series 2–0

(6) Harvard vs. (11) Vermont

March 5[8]	Harvard		3 – 0		Vermont	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
(Mandes, Kolarik) Kevin Du – GW – 01:40		First period			No scoring
(Cavanagh, Bernakevitch) Tyler Kolarik – PP – 15:03		Second period			No scoring
(Packard, Hafner) Ryan Maki – 06:40		Third period			No scoring
( 19 saves / 19 shots ) Dov Grumet-Morris		Goalie stats			Travis Russell ( 19 saves / 22 shots )

March 6[9]	Harvard		5 – 3		Vermont	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
(Maki, Lannon) Brendan Bernakevitch – 18:27		First period			No scoring
(Cavanagh, Pettit) Brendan Bernakevitch – PP – 17:51 (Welch, Bernakevitch) Rob Fried – 19:09		Second period			No scoring
(Fried, Welch) Dennis Packard – GW – 04:24 (Cavanagh, Pettit) Rob Fried – EN – 19:09		Third period			04:55 – Scott Mifsud (Child, Mounsey) 17:11 – EA PP – Scott Mifsud (Gunderson, Miles) 17:40 – EA PP – Jaime Sifers (Gunderson, Miles)
( 21 saves / 24 shots ) Dov Grumet-Morris		Goalie stats			Travis Russell ( 25 saves / 29 shots )

Harvard won series 2–0

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

March 5[10]	Yale		3 – 4	OT	St. Lawrence	Ingalls Rink	Recap
(Hristovski) Ryan Steeves – 00:14 (Burns) Nate Jackson – 07:53		First period			15:00 – PP – T. J. Trevelyan (Peverlay, Zeiler)
No scoring		Second period			05:57 – Stace Page (Bagnall) 19:42 – Jamie Parker (Anderson, McKenna)
(Callahan, Jensen) Nate Jackson – PP – 18:31		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			18:42 – GW – Stace Page (Taylor)
( 17 saves / 18 shots ) Josh Gartner / ( 38 saves / 41 shots ) Peter Dobrowolski		Goalie stats			Mike McKenna ( 39 saves / 42 shots )

March 6[11]	Yale		3 – 4	OT	St. Lawrence	Ingalls Rink	Recap
No Scoring		First period			03:59 – Jeremy Cormier (Hogg, Rank) 09:50 – Drew Bagnall (Peverley)
(Jensen) Vin Hellemeyer – SH – 17:18		Second period			17:47 – PP – Rich Peverley (Trevelyan, Zeiler)
(Hellemeyer, Callahan) Christian Jensen – PP – 13:50 (Callahan, Dwyer) Vin Hellemeyer – EA – 18:51		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			05:14 – GW – Rich Peverley (Zeiler)
( 34 saves / 38 shots ) Matt Modelski		Goalie stats			Mike McKenna ( 32 saves / 35 shots ))

St. Lawrence won series 2–0

(8) Union vs. (9) Clarkson

March 5[12]	Union		3 – 8		Clarkson	Achilles Center	Recap
(Webb, Poirier) Matt Vogvolgyi – 10:01		First period			08:46 – PP – Chris Blight (Sullivan, Faulkner) 17:11 – Jeff Genovy (Sullivan)
No scoring		Second period			08:01 – Lyon Porter (McKinven, Genovy) 12:54 – GW – Jay Latulippe (Desrochers) 14:19 – Mac Faulkner (Porter, Sullivan)
(Vogvolgyi, Webb) Jonathan Poirier – PP – 10:07 (Webb, Vogvolgyi) Jonathan Poirier – PP – 17:20		Third period			09:48 – EN SH – Chris Blight (Faulkner, Brekelmans) 10:58 – EN SH – Mac Faulkner (Blight) 19:25 – Lyon Porter (Grenzy, McKinven)
( 14 saves / 20 shots ) Kris Mayotte		Goalie stats			Dustin Traylen ( 21 saves / 24 shots )

March 6[13]	Union		2 – 5		Clarkson	Achilles Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			03:33 – Mac Faulkner (Grenzy, Sullivan) 07:20 – PP – Chris Blight (Latulippe, Faulkner) 14:15 – GW – Tristan Lush (Desrochers, Edwards)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Beal, Poirier) Jordan Webb – 00:44 (Bouchard) Jason Visser – 13:54		Third period			08:30 – PP – Chris Brekelmans (Edwards, Lush) 14:56 – Jay Latulippe (McFeeters, Scuderi)
( 18 saves / 22 shots ) Kris Mayotte / ( 4 saves / 5 shots ) Tim Roth		Goalie stats			Dustin Traylen ( 26 saves / 28 shots )

Clarkson won series 2–0

Quarterfinals

(1) Colgate vs. (10) St. Lawrence

March 12[14]	Colgate		1 – 2		St. Lawrence	Starr Arena	Recap
(Spencer, Smyth) Adam Mitchell – 00:16		First period			17:12 – PP – Kyle Rank (Glenn, Zeiler)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			13:25 – GW – Josh Anderson (Glenn, Taylor)
( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Steve Silverthorn		Goalie stats			Mike McKenna ( 34 saves / 35 shots )

March 13[15]	Colgate		1 – 0		St. Lawrence	Starr Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Masotto, Smyth) Justin Spencer – GW – 02:04		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 25 saves / 25 shots ) Steve Silverthorn		Goalie stats			Mike McKenna ( 28 saves / 29 shots )

March 14[16]	Colgate		2 – 1		St. Lawrence	Starr Arena	Recap
(Thomas, Campaner) Darryl McKinnon – PP – 10:05		First period			No scoring
(Smyth) Mike Campaner – GW – 14:00		Second period			00:58 – PP – Rich Peverley (Glenn, Page)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Steve Silverthorn		Goalie stats			Mike McKenna ( 24 saves / 26 shots ) / Kevin Ackley ( 0 saves / 0 shots )

Colgate won series 2–1

(2) Cornell vs. (9) Clarkson

March 12[17]	Cornell		5 – 1		Clarkson	Lynah Rink	Recap
(Iggulden, Bitz) Mike Knoepfli – 06:08 (Iggulden) Charlie Cook – GW – 10:06 (Glover) Chris Abbott – 15:40		First period			No scoring
(Cook, Vesce) Mike Knoepfli – PP – 10:48		Second period			No scoring
(Bitz, Cook) Mike Knoepfli – 06:26		Third period			16:18 – PP – Jay Latulippe (Nickerson)
( 16 saves / 17 shots ) David McKee		Goalie stats			Dustin Traylen ( 20 saves / 25 shots )

March 13[18]	Cornell		4 – 5		Clarkson	Lynah Rink	Recap
(Iggulden, O'Byrne) Mitch Carefoot – 09:40 (Cook, Iggulden) Mitch Carefoot – 13:07 (O'Byrne) Mike Knoepfli – 19:33		First period			05:12 – Lyon Porter (Nickerson) 05:48 – Ken Scuderi (McFeeters, Latulippe) 10:24 – PP – Mac Faulkner (Scuderi, Blight)
(Maulson, Hynes) Ben Wallace – PP – 16:26		Second period			05:05 – Rob McFeeters (Blight)
No scoring		Third period			02:29 – GW PP – Mike Sullivan (Lush, Rutherglen)
( 22 saves / 27 shots ) David McKee		Goalie stats			Dustin Traylen ( 29 saves / 33 shots )

March 14[19]	Cornell		1 – 5		Clarkson	Lynah Rink	Recap
No Scoring		First period			05:20 – PP – Chris Blight (Latulippe)
No scoring		Second period			19:03 – GW SH – Mac Faulkner (Curley)
(Abbott, Wallace) Cam Abbott – PP – 09:33		Third period			06:44 – Jamie McKinven (Lush) 10:09 – Trevor Edwards (Lush) 17:41 – Mac Faulkner (Blight)
( 20 saves / 24 shots ) David McKee		Goalie stats			Dustin Traylen ( 26 saves / 27 shots )

Clarkson won series 2–1

(3) Brown vs. (6) Harvard

March 12[20]	Brown		2 – 4		Harvard	Meehan Auditorium	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Ringstad, Row) Brent Robinson – 09:20		Second period			00:24 – Noah Welch (Johnson, Cavanagh) 15:24 – Tyler Kolarik (Bernakevitch, Pettit)
(Macri, Haggett) Brent Robinson – PP – 19:50		Third period			03:42 – GW – Tim Pettit (Cavanagh) 11:57 – PP – Brendan Bernakevitch (Reese, Kolarik)
( 23 saves / 27 shots ) Yann Danis		Goalie stats			Dov Grumet-Morris ( 28 saves / 30 shots )

March 13[21]	Brown		2 – 3	OT	Harvard	Meehan Auditorium	Recap
(Bauer) Shane Mudryk – 12:31		First period			No scoring
(Crosty) Shane Mudryk – 10:36		Second period			11:03 – Tim Pettit (Johnson)
No scoring		Third period			02:06 – PP – Tyler Kolarik (Welch, Bernakevitch)
No scoring		First overtime period			07:35 – GW – Tom Cavanagh (Reese)
( 39 saves / 42 shots ) Yann Danis		Goalie stats			Dov Grumet-Morris ( 30 saves / 32 shots )

Harvard won series 2–0

(4) Dartmouth vs. (5) Rensselaer

March 12[22]	Dartmouth		1 – 3		Rensselaer	Thompson Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			19:06 – Kirk MacDonald (Economakos, Barr)
No scoring		Second period			10:11 – GW PP – Scott Basiuk (Valentin, MacDonald)
(Stempniak) Mike Ouellette – PP – 04:59		Third period			19:03 – EN – Nick Economakos (Barr Farynuk)
( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Dan Yacey		Goalie stats			Nathan Marsters ( 34 saves / 35 shots )

March 13[23]	Dartmouth		6 – 0		Rensselaer	Thompson Arena	Recap
(Van Abel, Stempniak) Jarrett Sampson – GW – 11:51 (Ouellette, Jessiman) Lee Stempniak – 16:34		First period			No scoring
(Offers, Stempniak) Mike Ouellette – 18:29		Second period			No scoring
(Szymanski) Eric Przepiorka – 05:01 (Turner, Costa) Dan Shribman – 09:28 (Shribman, Costa) Mike Turner – PP – 18:28		Third period			No scoring
( 33 saves / 33 shots ) Dan Yacey		Goalie stats			Nathan Marsters ( 30 saves / 35 shots ) / Andrew Martin ( 4 saves / 5 shots )

March 14[24]	Dartmouth		1 – 0		Rensselaer	Thompson Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Glass, Offers) Eric Przepiorka – GW – 00:21		Third period			No scoring
( 32 saves / 32 shots ) Dan Yacey		Goalie stats			Nathan Marsters ( 35 saves / 36 shots )

Dartmouth won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Colgate vs. (9) Clarkson

March 19[25]	Colgate		1 – 2		Clarkson	Pepsi Arena	Recap
Kyle Wilson – 18:20		First period			03:01 – EA – Matt Curley (Rutherglen, McKinven)
No scoring		Second period			14:34 – GW – Michael Grenzy (Genovy, Porter)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Steve Silverthorn		Goalie stats			Dustin Traylen ( 27 saves / 28 shots )

(4) Dartmouth vs. (6) Harvard

March 19[26]	Dartmouth		1 – 2		Harvard	Pepsi Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Van Abel) Lee Stempniak – 19:18		Second period			11:40 – Dave McCulloch
No scoring		Third period			00:33 – GW – Brendan Bernakevitch (Hafner, Lannon)
( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Dan Yacey		Goalie stats			Dov Grumet-Morris ( 30 saves / 31 shots )

Third place

(1) Colgate vs. (4) Dartmouth

March 20[27]	Colgate		3 – 2		Dartmouth	Pepsi Arena	Recap
(Mitchell) Darryl McKinnon – PP – 12:14		First period			08:57 – Max Guimond (Jarvis, Marr)
Dave Thomas – 14:42		Second period			No scoring
Rob Brown – GW – 18:40		Third period			10:29 – PP – Mike Ouellette (Szymanski, Stempniak)
( 29 saves / 32 shots ) David Cann		Goalie stats			Sean Samuel ( 35 saves / 37 shots )

Championship

(6) Harvard vs. (9) Clarkson

March 20[28]	Harvard		4 – 2		Clarkson	Pepsi Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			18:39 – Chris Blight (Faulkner) 17:31 – Tristan Lush (Grenzy)
(Bernakevitch, Pettit) Tom Cavanagh – PP – 00:10 (McCulloch, Reese) Tom Cavanagh – 04:50		Second period			No scoring
(Bernakevitch) Kenny Smith – GW – 19:22 (Cavanagh, Welch) Dennis Packard – EN – 19:47		Third period			No scoring
( 14 saves / 16 shots ) Dov Grumet-Morris		Goalie stats			Dustin Traylen ( 21 saves / 24 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• F Tom Cavanagh (Harvard)
• F Brendan Bernakevitch* (Harvard)
• F Tristan Lush (Clarkson)
• D Dave McCulloch (Harvard)
• D Michael Grenzy (Clarkson)
• G Dov Grumet-Morris (Harvard)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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Tournament Three Stars

• 3 Rob Brown (Harvard)
• 2 Dustin Traylen (Dartmouth)
• 1 Tom Cavanagh (Cornell)

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External links

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