| 2006 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament | |
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| Dates | March 3–18, 2006 |
| Teams | 12 |
| 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.
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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)
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 ) | ||||||
| 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 ) | ||||||
| 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 ) | ||||||
| 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 ) | ||||||
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