2008 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2008 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 47th tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 22, 2008. First Round and Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. By winning the tournament, Princeton received the ECAC Hockey automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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 2008 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

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#10 Clarkson221543337247392213410893
#11 Princeton*221480287557352114011295
Harvard22127327594134171349879
Union22107525505735151467991
Cornell221291256043361914310278
Quinnipiac229942262673920154120118
Yale2299422586134161449394
Colgate228952158554218186113104
St. Lawrence2271321658683713204103109
Rensselaer226133154569381123479113
Brown22613315506831621467108
Dartmouth226133156478321216498107
Championship: Princeton
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the First Round and Quarterfinals

  First Round[4]
March 7–9
Quarterfinals[5]
March 14–16
Semifinals[6]
March 21
Championship
March 22
                                             
  1 Clarkson 1 3 2 2 Princeton 3  
5 Cornell 3 3 6 8 Colgate 0 4 3** 8 Colgate 0  
12 Dartmouth 2 5 0
  2 Princeton 3 3 4
6 Quinnipiac 7* 7 7 Yale 0 4 0     2 Princeton 4
11 Brown 6 1   3 Harvard 1
  3 Harvard 11 4 3
7 Yale 3*** 3* 6 Quinnipiac 0 7 1
10 Rensselaer 2 2 Third Place
  4 Union 2 2 3 Harvard 3
8 Colgate 2 3 3 5 Cornell 3 3 5 Cornell 2   5 Cornell 4
9 St. Lawrence 5 2 1 8 Colgate 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(5) Cornell vs. (12) Dartmouth

Cornell won series 2–1

(6) Quinnipiac vs. (11) Brown

Quinnipiac won series 2–0

(7) Yale vs. (10) Rensselaer

Yale won series 2–0

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

Colgate won series 2–1

Quarterfinals

(1) Clarkson vs. (8) Colgate

Colgate won series 2–1

(2) Princeton vs. (7) Yale

Princeton won series 2–1

(3) Harvard vs. (6) Quinnipiac

Harvard won series 2–1

(4) Union vs. (5) Cornell

Cornell won series 2–0

Semifinals

(2) Princeton vs. (8) Colgate

(3) Harvard vs. (5) Cornell

Third place

(5) Cornell vs. (8) Colgate

Championship

(2) Princeton vs. (3) Harvard

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team[32]

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

References

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  31. "Princeton 4, Harvard 1". USCHO.com. 2008-03-22. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
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