2006 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2006 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
2006 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 3–18, 2006
Teams	12
Finals site	Pepsi Arena; Albany, New York
Champions	Harvard (7th title)
Winning coach	Ted Donato (1st title)
MVP	John Daigneau (Harvard)
	ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 45th tournament in conference history. It was played between March 3 and March 18, 2006. 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, Harvard received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2006 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

2005–06 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Dartmouth†	22	14	6	2	30	84	56	33	19	12	2	113	92
Colgate†	22	14	6	2	30	66	46	39	20	13	6	113	93
#7 Cornell	22	13	6	3	29	61	48	35	22	9	4	99	77
#10 Harvard*	22	13	8	1	27	63	59	35	21	12	2	111	92
St. Lawrence	22	12	9	1	25	74	66	40	21	17	2	130	121
Rensselaer	22	8	8	6	22	53	56	37	14	17	6	105	111
Union	22	9	9	4	22	48	53	38	16	16	6	90	103
Clarkson	22	9	11	2	20	61	70	38	18	17	3	121	111
Princeton	22	7	12	3	17	62	69	31	10	18	3	81	96
Quinnipiac	22	8	13	1	17	70	74	39	20	18	1	130	110
Yale	22	6	14	2	14	65	83	33	10	20	3	89	123
Brown	22	3	14	5	11	45	72	32	5	20	7	69	106
Championship: Harvard † 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^[4] March 3–5					Quarterfinals^[5] March 10–12					Semifinals^[6] March 17			Championship March 18

					1	Dartmouth	5	3	—
5	St. Lawrence	3*	2	5*	11	Yale	1	1	—
12	Brown	2	3	4						1	Dartmouth	1
										4	Harvard	10
					2	Colgate	0	5	4
6	Union	1	2	—	10	Quinnipiac	3	3	0
11	Yale	2*	3*****	—									4	Harvard	6
													3	Cornell	2
					3	Cornell	4**	3**	—
7	Rensselaer	1	2	—	8	Clarkson	3	2	—
10	Quinnipiac	2	4	—						2	Colgate	0	Third place
										3	Cornell	2
					4	Harvard	1	3	8				1	Dartmouth	3
8	Clarkson	2	5	—	5	St. Lawrence	5	2	4				2	Colgate	2
9	Princeton	1	0	—

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

(5) St. Lawrence vs. (12) Brown

March 3	St. Lawrence		3 – 2	OT	Brown	Appleton Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			18:59 – PP – Brian McNary (Hurley, Slais)
(Sandrzyk, Bagnall) Kevin DeVergilio – 15:30		Second period			13:34 – Sean Dersch (Crosty)
(Miskovic, Fensel) Jared Ross – PP – 00:56		Third period			No scoring
(Trevelyan, Madill) Mike Zbriger – GW – 00:25		First overtime period			No scoring
( 25 saves / 27 shots ) Justin Pesony		Goalie stats			Adam D'Alba ( 51 saves / 54 shots )

March 4	St. Lawrence		2 – 3	Brown	Appleton Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		03:35 – Seth Seidman (Dersch) 05:08 – Sean Dersch (Poli, McNary)
(Rank) Jared Ross – PP – 02:10 (Hogg, Miskovic) Jared Ross – 18:59		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		04:34 – GW PP – Jeff Prough (Poli, McNary)
( 10 saves / 13 shots ) Justin Pesony		Goalie stats		Adam D'Alba ( 54 saves / 56 shots )

March 5	St. Lawrence		5 – 4	OT	Brown	Appleton Arena	Recap
(Parker, Bagnall) Simon Watson – 14:51		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(DeVergilio, Miskovic) Andrzej Sandrzyk – 07:51 (Trull, Zbriger) T.J. Trevelyan – 11:03 (Trevelyan, Trull) Mike Zbriger – PP – 12:35		Third period			02:54 – Brian McNary (Poli, LeCain) 08:47 – Chris Poli (McNary, Crosty) 14:16 – PP – Eric Slais (McNary) 19:56 – EA – Jeff Prough (Hurley, Dersch)
(DeVBergilio, Sandrzyk) Brock McBride – GW – 04:28		First overtime period			No scoring
( 29 saves / 33 shots ) Justin Pesony		Goalie stats			Adam D'Alba ( 48 saves / 53 shots )

St. Lawrence won series 2–1

(6) Union vs. (11) Yale

March 3	Union		1 – 2	OT	Yale	Achilles Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			14:30 – PP – David Meckler (Karwoski, Zappala)
(Streich, Mayotte) Torren Delforte – PP – 09:46		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			09:21 – GW – Matt Cohen (Burns, Germain)
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Kris Mayotte		Goalie stats			Alec Richards ( 40 saves / 41 shots )

March 4	Union		2 – 3	5OT	Yale	Achilles Center	Recap
(Bouchard) Bryan Campbell – PP – 09:55		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			04:54 – Nate Jackson (Germain)
(Streich, Delforte) Jason Visser – PP – 11:59		Third period			04:37 – Matt Cohen (Zappala)
No scoring		Fifth overtime period			01:35 – GW SH – David Meckler (Mayer)
( 58 saves / 61 shots ) Kris Mayotte		Goalie stats			Alec Richards ( 57 saves / 59 shots )

Yale won series 2–0

(7) Rensselaer vs. (10) Quinnipiac

March 3	Rensselaer		1 – 2	Quinnipiac	Houston Field House	Recap
No scoring		First period		03:09 – Jamie Bates (Nelson) 04:24 – GW PP – David Marshall (Cashman, Agnew)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(Colling, Croxton) Oren Eizenman – 02:58		Third period		No scoring
( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Mathias Lange		Goalie stats		Bud Fisher ( 28 saves / 29 shots )

March 4	Rensselaer		2 – 4	Quinnipiac	Houston Field House	Recap
(Colling, Croxton) Oren Eizenman – PP – 00:41		First period		04:50 – PP – Ben Nelson (Bates, Leitch) 13:55 – 5x3 – Reid Cashman (Sorteberg, Beitch) 18:05 – GW – Jamie Bates (Leitch)
(Kipp) Kevin Broad – 15:23		Second period		16:51 – John Kelly (unassisted)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 14 saves / 18 shots ) Mathias Lange		Goalie stats		Bud Fisher ( 33 saves / 35 shots )

Quinnipiac won series 2–0

(8) Clarkson vs. (9) Princeton

March 3	Clarkson		2 – 1	Princeton	Cheel Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
(Dodge, Cayer) Mike Sullivan – 05:20		Second period		11:19 – PP – Kyle Hagel (Goeckner-Zoeller)
(Mason) Mike Sullivan – GW 4x4 – 06:27		Third period		No scoring
( 23 saves / 24 shots ) David Leggio		Goalie stats		Eric Leroux ( 17 saves / 19 shots )

March 4	Clarkson		5 – 0	Princeton	Cheel Arena	Recap
(Dodge, Grenzy) David Cayer – GW – 08:55		First period		No scoring
(Weller, Clitsome) Chris D'Alvise – PP – 07:35 (Cayer, Dodge) Mike Sullivan – 09:25 (Grenzy, Paquet) Chris D'Alvise – 4x4 – 16:19		Second period		No scoring
(Mason) Mike Willemsen – 06:27		Third period		No scoring
( 20 saves / 20 shots ) David Leggio		Goalie stats		Eric Leroux ( 32 saves / 37 shots )

Clarkson won series 2–0

Quarterfinals

(1) Dartmouth vs. (11) Yale

March 10	Dartmouth		5 – 1	Yale	Thompson Arena	Recap
(Lovejoy, Ouellette) Tanner Glass – 02:09 (Ouellette, Glass) Sean Offers – GW – 05:18		First period		No scoring
(Shields) John Gibson – 01:59 (Offers, Lewis) Tanner Glass – PP – 08:09 (Jones, Glass) Mike Ouellette – PP – 19:35		Second period		09:29 – David Meckler (Mayer, Jackson)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 35 saves / 36 shots ) Mike Devine		Goalie stats		Alec Richards ( 20 saves / 25 shots ) Josh Gartner ( 5 saves / 5 shots )

March 11	Dartmouth		3 – 1	Yale	Thompson Arena	Recap
(Offers) Mike Ouellette – 5x3 – 13:25 (Lovejoy, Swallow) Ryan Bellows – GW – 17:13		First period		09:39 – Brad Mills (Hristovski, LeClerc)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(Przepiorka) Sean Offers – 03:20		Third period		No scoring
( 20 saves / 21 shots ) Mike Devine		Goalie stats		Alec Richards ( 44 saves / 47 shots )

Dartmouth won series 2–0

(2) Colgate vs. (10) Quinnipiac

March 10	Colgate		0 – 3	Quinnipiac	Starr Rink	Recap
No scoring		First period		19:54 – GW – Joe Dumais (Bordieri)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		05:05 – Chris Myers (Marshall, Meyer) 12:07 – Ben Nelson (Leitch)
( 20 saves / 23 shots ) Mark Dekanich		Goalie stats		Bud Fisher ( 28 saves / 28 shots )

March 11	Colgate		5 – 3	Quinnipiac	Starr Rink	Recap
(Camper, Tataryn) Peter Bogdanich – 05:30 (Campaner, Anderson) Tyler Burton – 4x4 – 11:53 (Smyth, Burton) Mark Anderson – PP – 14:54		First period		05:10 – PP – Bryan Leitch (Cashman, Sorteberg) 09:16 – PP – Jamie Bates (Nelson, Cashman)
(Smyth, Wilson) Marc Fulton – GW – 08:02		Second period		03:07 – PP – Reid Cashman (unassisted)
(Burton, Smyth) Jesse Winchester – 08:46		Third period		No scoring
( 30 saves / 33 shots ) Mark Dekanich		Goalie stats		Bud Fisher ( 24 saves / 29 shots )

March 12	Colgate		4 – 0	Quinnipiac	Starr Rink	Recap
(Winchester, Burton) Jon Smyth – GW – 19:33		First period		No scoring
(Smyth, Winchester) Tyler Burton – 03:07		Second period		No scoring
(Camper, Tataryn) Peter Bogdanich – 08:28 (Anderson, Campaner) Kyle Wilson – 4x4 – 16:37		Third period		No scoring
( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Mark Dekanich		Goalie stats		Bud Fisher ( 22 saves / 26 shots )

Colgate won series 2–1

(3) Cornell vs. (8) Clarkson

March 10	Cornell		4 – 3	2OT	Clarkson	Lynah Rink	Recap
(Kennedy, McCutcheon) Evan Barlow – 09:26		First period			No scoring
(Pegoraro, Abbott) Mark McCutcheon – 01:30 (unassisted) Dan Glover – 07:10		Second period			01:00 – Shea Guthrie (Weller Zalewski)
No scoring		Third period			10:34 – 4x4 – Nick Dodge (unassisted) 15:59 – Steve Zalewski (Weller, Mason)
(Abbott) Raymond Sawada – GW – 08:30		Second overtime period			No scoring
( 27 saves / 30 shots ) David McKee		Goalie stats			David Leggio ( 50 saves / 54 shots )

March 11	Cornell		3 – 2	2OT	Clarkson	Lynah Rink	Recap
(Scott, Moulson) Byron Bitz – PP – 02:54		First period			13:29 – Chris Brekelmans (unassisted)
(Pokulok, Abbott) Topher Scott – 15:40		Second period			07:17 – Max Kolu (McKinven)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
(Bitz, Seminoff) Matt Moulson – GW 4x4 – 10:32		Second overtime period			No scoring
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) David McKee		Goalie stats			David Leggio ( 56 saves / 59 shots )

Cornell won series 2–0

(4) Harvard vs. (5) St. Lawrence

March 10	Harvard		1 – 5	St. Lawrence	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		04:31 – PP – Kevin DeVergilio (Miskovic, Rank) 14:37 – GW – Charlie Griffin (Wallmann, Rank)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(Murphy) Ryan Maki – 10:37		Third period		02:34 – Kevin DeVergilio (McBride) 13:28 – Kyle Rank (unassisted) 17:48 – 4x4 EN – Drew Bagnall (Madill, Rank)
( 26 saves / 30 shots ) John Daigneau ( 2 saves / 2 shots ) Justin Tobe		Goalie stats		Justin Pesony ( 31 saves / 32 shots )

March 11	Harvard		3 – 2	St. Lawrence	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
(Watters, Dufault) Tom Walsh – PP – 11:00		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		00:51 – PP – Chase Trull (Madill, Trevelyan) 13:06 – Mike Madill (Sandrzyk, McBride)
(Du) Ryan Maki – 00:59 (Reese, Dufault) Dave Watters – GW – 17:34		Third period		No scoring
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) John Daigneau		Goalie stats		Justin Pesony ( 25 saves / 28 shots )

March 12	Harvard		8 – 4	St. Lawrence	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
(Pelle, Dufault) Dave Watters – 00:25 (McCafferty) Dan Murphy – 04:38 (Mandes) Tyler Magura – SH – 11:10		First period		18:10 – Jamie Parker (Fensel)
(Christian) Alex Meintel – 09:00 (McCafferty, Dufault) Steve Mandes – GW 4x4 – 10:33 (Coskren, MacDonald) Dan Murphy – 18:16		Second period		09:45 – Mike Zbriger (Rank, Ross)
(Du, Pelle) Dan Murphy – PP – 00:46 (Walsh, Johnson) Dave Watters – PP – 03:24		Third period		06:28 – PP – T.J. Trevelyan (Madill) 14:49 – PP – Simon Watson (Ross, Parker)
( 32 saves / 36 shots ) John Daigneau ( 1 save / 1 shot ) Mike Coskren		Goalie stats		Justin Pesony ( 27 saves / 34 shots ) Ryan Thorpe ( 0 saves / 0 shots ) John Hallas ( 4 saves / 5 shots )

Harvard won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Dartmouth vs. (4) Harvard

March 17	Dartmouth		1 – 10	Harvard	Pepsi Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		09:01 – Tom Walsh (Dufault, Pelle) 13:35 – GW – Dylan Reese (Mandes)
No scoring		Second period		01:17 – Tyler Magura (McCafferty, Mandes) 04:17 – PP – Paul Dufault (Watters, Du) 05:16 – SH – Steve Mandes (unassisted) 19:52 – Kevin Du (McCafferty, Maki)
(Przepiorka, Sampson) Nick Johnson – 05:41		Third period		03:06 – PP – Joe Pelle (McCafferty, Reese) 05:58 – Paul Dufault (Pelle) 11:54 – 4x4 – Steve Mandes (unassisted) 18:17 – Ryan Maki (Murphy, Du)
( 17 saves / 23 shots ) Mike Devine ( 8 saves / 12 shots ) Dan Goulding		Goalie stats		John Daigneau ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) Justin Tobe ( 10 saves / 10 shots )

(2) Colgate vs. (3) Cornell

March 17	Colgate		0 – 2	Cornell	Pepsi Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		06:49 – GW PP – Byron Bitz (Moulson, Scott)
No scoring		Third period		19:48 – EN SH – Daniel Pegoraro (O'Byrne, Gleed)
( 29 saves / 30 shots ) Mark Dekanich		Goalie stats		David McKee ( 20 saves / 20 shots )

Third place

(1) Dartmouth vs. (2) Colgate

March 18	Dartmouth		3 – 2	Colgate	Pepsi Arena	Recap
(Grecu) Rob Pritchard – 03:39 (Offers, Ouellette) Tanner Glass – PP – 10:08		First period		No scoring
(Ouellette, Offers) David Jones – GW 4x4 – 09:51		Second period		12:22 – Marc Fulton (St. Pierre, Smyth)
No scoring		Third period		15:40 – Marc Fulton (Smyth, Wilson)
( 21 saves / 23 shots ) Mike Devine		Goalie stats		Mark Dekanich ( 39 saves / 42 shots )

Championship

(3) Cornell vs. (4) Harvard

March 18	Cornell		2 – 6	Harvard	Pepsi Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		04:30 – PP – Jimmy Fraser (McCafferty, Reese) 13:33 – 5x3 – Dylan Reese (Johnson, Maki) 19:36 – GW PP – Dan Murphy (Fraser, McCafferty)
(Carefoot) Michael Kennedy – 14:10 (Pokulok, Pegoraro) Ryan O'Byrne – 18:36		Second period		19:03 – PP – Jimmy Fraser (Murphy)
No scoring		Third period		06:09 – PP – Dan Murphy (Fraser, Reese) 10:12 – Kevin Du (Murphy, McCafferty)
( 19 saves / 25 shots ) David McKee ( 4 saves / 4 shots ) Louis Chabot		Goalie stats		John Daigneau ( 19 saves / 21 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

F Kevin Du (Harvard)
F Jimmy Fraser (Harvard)
F Dan Murphy (Harvard)
D Ryan O'Byrne (Cornell)
D Dylan Reese (Harvard)
G John Dagineau* (Harvard)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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Tournament notes

Yale's five overtime win over Union remains the second longest game in tournament history

References

↑ "Harvard Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
↑ "Ted Donato Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
↑ "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
↑ "ECAC men's Hockey 2005-06 Week 23". USCHO.com. March 4, 2006. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
↑ "ECAC men's Hockey 2005-06 Week 24". USCHO.com. March 12, 2006. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
↑ "ECAC men's Hockey 2005-06 Week 25". USCHO.com. March 18, 2006. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
↑ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.

External links

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

[1] "Harvard Men's Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 23, 2014.

[2] "Ted Donato Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.

[3] "ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved April 23, 2014.

[4] "ECAC men's Hockey 2005-06 Week 23". USCHO.com. March 4, 2006. Retrieved May 3, 2013.

[5] "ECAC men's Hockey 2005-06 Week 24". USCHO.com. March 12, 2006. Retrieved May 3, 2013.

[6] "ECAC men's Hockey 2005-06 Week 25". USCHO.com. March 18, 2006. Retrieved May 3, 2013.

[7] "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2014.

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