2006 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

2006 ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

Dates

March 3–18, 2006

Teams

Finals site

Pepsi Arena
Albany, New York

Champions

Harvard^[1] (7th title)

Winning coach

Ted Donato^[2] (1st title)

MVP

John Daigneau^[3] (Harvard)

ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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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
	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 * 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 3–5					Quarterfinals^[5] March 10–12					Semifinals^[6] March 17			Championship March 18

					1	Dartmouth	5	3	—	1	Dartmouth	1
5	St. Lawrence	3*	2	5*	11	Yale	1	1	—	4	Harvard	10
12	Brown	2	3	4

					2	Colgate	0	5	4
6	Union	1	2	—	10	Quinnipiac	3	3	0				4	Harvard	6
11	Yale	2*	3*****	—									3	Cornell	2

					3	Cornell	4**	3**	—
7	Rensselaer	1	2	—	8	Clarkson	3	2	—
10	Quinnipiac	2	4	—									Third place

					4	Harvard	1	3	8	2	Colgate	0
8	Clarkson	2	5	—	5	St. Lawrence	5	2	4	3	Cornell	2		1	Dartmouth	3
9	Princeton	1	0	—									2	Colgate	2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round

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

March 3^[7]	St. Lawrence		3 – 2	OT	Brown	Appleton Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			18:59 - PP - Brian McNary
Kevin DeVergilio - 15:30		Second period			13:34 - Sean Dersch
Jared Ross - PP - 00:56		Third period			No scoring
Mike Zbriger - GW - 00:25		First overtime period			No scoring
Justin Pesony ( 25 saves / 27 shots )		Goalie stats			Adam D'Alba ( 51 saves / 54 shots )

March 4^[8]	St. Lawrence		2 – 3	Brown	Appleton Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		03:35 - Seth Seidman 05:08 - Sean Dersch
Jared Ross - PP - 02:10 Jared Ross - 18:59		Second period		No scoring
No Scoring		Third period		04:34 - GW PP - Jeff Prough
Justin Pesony ( 10 saves / 13 shots )		Goalie stats		Adam D'Alba ( 54 saves / 56 shots )

March 5^[9]	St. Lawrence		5 - 4	OT	Brown	Appleton Arena	Recap
Simon Watson - 14:51		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Andrzej Sandrzyk - 07:51 T.J. Trevelyan - 11:03 Mike Zbriger - PP - 12:35		Third period			02:54 - Brian McNary 08:47 - Chris Poli 14:16 - PP - Eric Slais 19:56 - EA - Jeff Prough
Brock McBride - GW - 04:28		First overtime period			No scoring
Justin Pesony ( 29 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats			Adam D'Alba ( 48 saves / 53 shots )

St. Lawrence won series 2–1

(6) Union vs. (11) Yale

March 3^[10]	Union		1 – 2	OT	Yale	Achilles Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period			14:30 - PP - David Meckler
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
Kris Mayotte ( 29 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats			Alec Richards ( 40 saves / 41 shots )

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

Yale won series 2–0

(7) Rensselaer vs. (10) Quinnipiac

March 3^[12]	Rensselaer		1 – 2	Quinnipiac	Houston Field House	Recap
No Scoring		First period		03:09 - Jamie Bates 04:24 - GW PP - David Marshall
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Oren Eizenman - 02:58		Third period		No scoring
Mathias Lange ( 21 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats		Bud Fisher ( 28 saves / 29 shots )

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

Quinnipiac won series 2–0

(8) Clarkson vs. (9) Princeton

March 3^[14]	Clarkson		2 – 1	Princeton	Cheel Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
Mike Sullivan - 05:20		Second period		11:19 - PP - Kyle Hagel
Mike Sullivan - GW - 06:27		Third period		No scoring
David Leggio ( 23 saves / 24 shots )		Goalie stats		Eric Leroux ( 17 saves / 19 shots )

March 4^[15]	Clarkson		5 – 0	Princeton	Cheel Arena	Recap
David Cayer - GW - 08:55		First period		No scoring
Chris D'Alvise - PP - 07:35 Mike Sullivan - 09:25 Chris D'Alvise - 16:19		Second period		No scoring
Mike Willemsen - 06:27		Third period		No scoring
David Leggio ( 20 saves / 20 shots )		Goalie stats		Eric Leroux ( 32 saves / 37 shots )

Clarkson won series 2–0

Quarterfinals

(1) Dartmouth vs. (11) Yale

March 10^[16]	Dartmouth		5 – 1	Yale	Thompson Arena	Recap
Tanner Glass - 02:09 Sean Offers - GW - 05:18		First period		No scoring
John Gibson - 01:59 Tanner Glass - PP - 08:09 Mike Ouellette - PP - 19:35		Second period		09:29 - David Meckler
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Mike Devine ( 35 saves / 36 shots )		Goalie stats		Alec Richards ( 20 saves / 25 shots ) / Josh Gartner ( 5 saves / 5 shots )

March 11^[17]	Dartmouth		3 – 1	Yale	Thompson Arena	Recap
Mike Ouellette - PP - 13:25 Ryan Bellows - GW - 17:13		First period		09:39 - Brad Mills
No Scoring		Second period		No scoring
Sean Offers - 03:20		Third period		No scoring
Mike Devine ( 20 saves / 21 shots )		Goalie stats		Alec Richards ( 44 saves / 47 shots )

Dartmouth won series 2–0

(2) Colgate vs. (10) Quinnipiac

March 10^[18]	Colgate		0 – 3	Quinnipiac	Starr Rink	Recap
No Scoring		First period		05:59 - GW - Joe Dumais
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No Scoring		Third period		05:05 - Chris Myers 12:07 - Ben Nelson
Mark Dekanich ( 20 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats		Bud Fisher ( 28 saves / 28 shots )

March 11^[19]	Colgate		5 – 3	Quinnipiac	Starr Rink	Recap
Peter Bogdanich - 05:30 Tyler Buron - 11:53 Mark Anderson - PP - 14:54		First period		05:10 - PP - Brian Leitch 09:16 - PP - Jamie Bates
Marc Fulton - GW - 08:02		Second period		03:07 - PP - Reid Cashman
Jesse Winchester - 08:46		Third period		No scoring
Mark Dekanich ( 30 saves / 33 shots )		Goalie stats		Bud Fisher ( 24 saves / 29 shots )

March 12^[20]	Colgate		4 – 0	Quinnipiac	Starr Rink	Recap
Jon Smyth - GW - 19:33		First period		No scoring
Tyler Burton - 03:07		Second period		No scoring
Peter Bogdanich - 08:28 Kyle Wilson - 16:37		Third period		No scoring
Mark Dekanich ( 30 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats		Bud Fisher ( 22 saves / 26 shots )

Colgate won series 2–1

(3) Cornell vs. (8) Clarkson

March 10^[21]	Cornell		4 – 3	2OT	Clarkson	Lynah Rink	Recap
Evan Barlow - 09:26		First period			No scoring
Mark McCutcheon - 01:30 Dan Glover - 07:10		Second period			01:00 - Shea Guthrie
No Scoring		Third period			10:34 - Nick Dodge 15:59 - Steve Zalewski
Raymond Sawada - GW - 08:30		Second overtime period			No scoring
David McKee ( 27 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats			David Leggio ( 50 saves / 54 shots )

March 11^[22]	Cornell		3 – 2	2OT	Clarkson	Lynah Rink	Recap
Byron Bitz - PP - 02:54		First period			13:29 - Chris Brekelmans
Max Kolu - 07:17		Second period			15:40 - Topher Scott
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Matt Moulson - GW - 10:32		Second overtime period			No scoring
David McKee ( 23 saves / 25 shots )		Goalie stats			David Leggio ( 56 saves / 59 shots )

Cornell won series 2–0

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

March 10^[23]	Harvard		1 – 5	St. Lawrence	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period		04:31 - PP - Kevin DeVergilio 14:37 - GW - Charlie Griffin
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Ryan Maki - 10:37		Third period		02:34 - Kevin DeVergilio 13:28 - Kyle Rank 17:48 - EN - Drew Bagnall
John Dagineau ( 26 saves / 30 shots ) / Justin Tobe ( 2 saves / 2 shots )		Goalie stats		Justin Pesony ( 31 saves / 32 shots )

March 11^[24]	Harvard		3 – 2	St. Lawrence	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
Tom Walsh - PP - 11:00		First period		No scoring
No Scoring		Second period		00:51 - PP - Chase Trull 13:06 - Mike Madill
Ryan Maki - 00:59 Dave Watters - GW - 17:34		Third period		No scoring
John Dagineau ( 29 saves / 31 shots )		Goalie stats		Justin Pesony ( 25 saves / 28 shots )

March 12^[25]	Harvard		8 – 4	St. Lawrence	Bright Hockey Center	Recap
Dave Watters - 00:25 Dan Murphy - 04:38 Tyler Magura - SH - 11:10		First period		18:10 - Jamie Parker
Alex Meintel - 09:00 Steve Mandes - GW - 10:33 Dan Murphy - 18:16		Second period		09:45 - Mike Zbriger
Dan Murphy - PP - 00:46 Dave Watters - PP - 03:24		Third period		06:28 - T.J. Trevelyan 14:49 - Simon Watson
John Dagineau ( 32 saves / 36 shots ) / Mike Coskren ( 1 saves / 1 shots )		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^[26]	Dartmouth		1 – 10	Harvard	Pepsi Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		09:01 - Tom Walsh 13:35 - Dylan Reese
No Scoring		Second period		01:17 - Tyler Magura 04:17 - PP - Paul Dufault 05:16 - SH - Steve Mandes 19:52 - Kevin Du
Nick Johnson - 05:41		Third period		03:06 - PP - Joe Pelle 05:58 - Paul Dufault 05:58 - Steve Mandes 18:17 - Ryan Maki
Mike Devine ( 17 saves / 23 shots ) / Dan Goulding ( 8 saves / 12 shots )		Goalie stats		John Dagineau ( 34 saves / 35 shots ) / Justin Tobe ( 10 saves / 10 shots )

(2) Colgate vs. (3) Cornell

March 17^[27]	Colgate		0 – 2	Cornell	Pepsi Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
No Scoring		Second period		06:59 - GW PP - Byron Bitz
No Scoring		Third period		19:48 - EN SH - Daniel Pegoraro
Mark Dekanich ( 29 saves / 30 shots )		Goalie stats		David McKee ( 20 saves / 20 shots )

Third place

(1) Dartmouth vs. (2) Colgate

March 18^[28]	Dartmouth		3 – 2	Colgate	Pepsi Arena	Recap
Rob Pritchard - 03:39 Tanner Glass - PP - 10:08		First period		No scoring
David Jones - GW - 16:01		Second period		12:22 - Marc Fulton
No Scoring		Third period		15:40 - Marc Fulton
Mike Devine ( 21 saves / 23 shots )		Goalie stats		Mark Dekanich ( 39 saves / 42 shots )

Championship

(3) Cornell vs. (4) Harvard

March 18^[29]	Cornell		2 – 6	Harvard	Pepsi Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		04:30 - PP - Jimmy Fraser 13:33 - PP - Dylan Reese 19:36 - GW PP - Dan Murphy
Michael Kennedy - 14:10 Ryan O'Byrne - 18:36		Second period		19:03 - PP - Jimmy Fraser
No Scoring		Third period		06:09 - PP - Dan Murphy 10:12 - PP - Kevin Du
David McKee ( 19 saves / 25 shots ) / Louis Chabot ( 4 saves / 4 shots )		Goalie stats		John Dagineau ( 19 saves / 21 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team^[30]

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)

References

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↑ "Ted Donato Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
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