2026 ECAC Hockey men's tournament

2026 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 6–21, 2026
Teams12
Finals siteHerb Brooks Arena
Lake Placid, New York
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The 2026 ECAC Hockey men's tournament is the 65th tournament in league history. It was played between March 6 and March 21, 2026.

Format

The tournament features four rounds of play. The teams that finish above fifth place in the standings received 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 single-elimination game with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the one seed played the lowest remaining seed, the second seed played the second-lowest remaining seed, the third seed played the third-lowest remaining seed and the fourth seed played the fourth-lowest remaining seed each in a best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals the top remaining seed played the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play against each other. The winners of the semifinals play in the championship game, and no third-place game is played. All series after the quarterfinals are single-elimination games. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.[1]

Conference standings

2025–26 ECAC Hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#10т Quinnipiac † 22 17 4 1 2 0 0 50 102 48 38 26 9 3 157 88
#9 Dartmouth 22 13 5 4 0 1 3 47 81 53 32 21 7 4 118 69
#8 Cornell 22 15 6 1 1 1 1 47 71 42 32 22 9 1 107 61
Princeton 22 11 9 2 0 1 1 37 63 57 32 17 12 3 99 86
Union 22 11 9 2 1 1 1 36 71 68 37 22 12 3 140 98
Harvard 22 11 10 1 0 1 0 35 61 64 34 16 16 2 92 100
Colgate 22 9 10 3 2 0 2 30 68 74 37 13 20 4 99 125
Clarkson 22 9 10 3 2 0 1 29 65 65 37 18 16 3 111 107
Rensselaer 22 8 13 1 0 1 0 26 55 70 35 11 23 1 80 115
Yale 22 7 14 1 2 2 0 22 63 80 31 8 22 1 79 115
St. Lawrence 22 6 15 1 0 0 1 20 59 99 35 7 25 3 85 151
Brown 22 4 16 2 0 2 1 17 44 83 31 5 24 2 63 119
Championship: March 21, 2026
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 16, 2026

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds

First Round
March 6–7 		Quarterfinals
March 13–15 		Semifinals
March 20 		Championship
March 21
1 Quinnipiac 0 3 -
5 Union 9 8 Clarkson 3 4 -
12 Brown 0 2 Dartmouth
8 Clarkson
2 Dartmouth 4 4 -
6 Harvard 4* 7 Colgate 1 1 -
11 St. Lawrence 3  
 
3 Cornell 1 4 5
7 Colgate 3 6 Harvard 3 0 2
10 Yale 2 3 Cornell
4 Princeton
4 Princeton 5 5 -
8 Clarkson 2 5 Union 2 2 -
9 Rensselaer 1

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Note: All game times are local.

First Round

(5) Union vs. (12) Brown

March 7, 2026
5:00 pm		Union9–0
(1–0, 3–0, 5–0)		BrownM&T Bank Center
Attendance: 2,499
Game reference
Cameron KorpiGoaliesTyler SheaReferees:
Jason Williams
Ryan Sweeney
Linesmen:
Cameron Goebert
Stephen Drain
(Dunbar, Lindauer) Lucas Buzziol (13) – 08:191–0
(Rose) Parker Lindauer (8) – 28:262–0
(Lessard, Buhr) Colby MacArthur (11) – PP – 33:513–0
(MacArthur, Dunbar) Brandon Buhr (19) – 36:464–0
(Muthersbaugh, Lessard) Colby MacArthur (12) – 40:385–0
(Dunbar, Hanley) Ben Muthersbaugh (19) – PP – 51:186–0
(Muthersbaugh, Hanley) Lucas Buzziol (14) – PP – 53:237–0
(Jeannette, Pelton) Ethan Benz (1) – PP – 54:508–0
(Lindauer, Buzziol) Riley Brueck (10) – 56:309–0
4 minPenalties14 min
59Shots22

(6) Harvard vs. (11) St. Lawrence

March 6, 2026
7:00 pm		Harvard4–3 (OT)
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1)
OT: (1–0)		St. LawrenceBright-Landry Hockey Center
Attendance: 809
Game reference

(7) Colgate vs. (10) Yale

March 7, 2026
7:00 pm		Colgate3–2
(0–1, 2–1, 1–0)		YaleClass of 1965 Arena
Attendance: 1,195
Game reference

(8) Clarkson vs. (9) Rensselaer

March 6, 2026
7:00 pm		Clarkson2–1
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0)		RensselaerCheel Arena
Attendance: 2,730
Game reference
Shane SoderwallGoaliesNathan KrawchukReferees:
Matt Terreri
Joe Carusone
Linesmen:
Donovan Ott
Jason Shattie
0–134:33 – Ian Scherzer (4) (VanDamme, Hilditch)
(Mangan, Sukovic) Tate Taylor (7) – 35:321–1
(Mayich) Justin Côté (10) – 55:162–1
2 minPenalties4 min
33Shots22

Quarterfinals

(1) Quinnipiac vs. (8) Clarkson

March 13, 2026
7:00 pm		Quinnipiac0–3
(0–0, 0–1, 0–2)		ClarksonM&T Bank Arena
Attendance: 2,268
Game reference
Dylan SilversteinGoaliesShane SoderwallReferees:
Cameron Lynch
Jason Williams
Linesmen:
Stephen Drain
Dan Taggart
0–122:56 – Bryce Sookro (1) (Letourneau, O'Donnell)
0–257:55 – EN – Tate Taylor (8) (Mayich)
0–359:27 – EN – Erik Bargholtz (7) (Brassington)
10 minPenalties12 min
24Shots35
March 14, 2026
4:00 pm		Quinnipiac3–4
(1–0, 0–1, 2–3)		ClarksonM&T Bank Arena
Attendance: 2,441
Game reference
Dylan SilversteinGoaliesShane SoderwallReferees:
Ryan Sweeney
Joseph Carusone
Linesmen:
Patrick Dapuzzo
Stephen Drain
(Wyttenbach) Markus Vidicek (20) – 15:581–0
1–127:32 – PP – Justin Côté (11) (Taylor, Brassington)
(Pelosi, Marcellus) Braden Blace (4) – 43:012–1
(Verreault) Braden Blace (5) – 44:033–1
3–252:20 – SH – Shawn O'Donnell (3)
3–352:58 – SH – Matthew Mayich (7) (Bargholtz, Sukovic)
3–454:21 – Erik Bargholtz (8) (Mayich, Sookro)
18 minPenalties24 min
18Shots35

(2) Dartmouth vs. (7) Colgate

March 13, 2026
7:00 pm		Dartmouth4–1
(1–1, 1–0, 2–0)		ColgateThompson Arena
Attendance: 2,474
Game reference
March 14, 2026
7:00 pm		Dartmouth4–1
(1–0, 1–1, 2–0)		ColgateThompson Arena
Game reference

(3) Cornell vs. (6) Harvard

March 13, 2026
7:00 pm		Cornell1–3
(0–1, 1–1, 0–1)		HarvardLynah Rink
Attendance: 4,267
Game reference
Alexis CournoyerGoaliesBen CharetteReferees:
Kenneth Gates
Matt Terreri
Linesmen:
Donovan Ott
Cameron Goebert
0-110:21 – Michael Callow (3) (Morden, Ruohonen)
(Fegaras, Castagna) Luke Ashton (3) – 28:111-1
1-236:18 – GW SH – Ben MacDonald (5) (Gallant)
1-358:31 – EN – Ben MacDonald (6) (Charette)
4 minPenalties2 min
31Shots22
March 14, 2026
7:00 pm		Cornell4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)		HarvardLynah Rink
Attendance: 4,267
Game reference
Alexis CournoyerGoaliesBen CharetteReferees:
Anthony Kenney
Kenneth Gates
Linesmen:
Cameron Goebert
Adam Wood
(O'Brien, Major) Nick DeSantis (4) – GW – 05:451-0
(Ryan, Walsh) Jake Kraft (7) – 08:282-0
(Walsh, Ryan) Jake Kraft (8) – 25:163-0
(Major, Veilleux) Hoyt Stanley (3) – PP – 54:384-0
6 minPenalties4 min
32Shots16
March 15, 2026
4:00 pm		Cornell5-2
(1-1, 2-0, 2-1)		HarvardLynah Rink
Attendance: 4,267
Game reference
Alexis CournoyerGoaliesBen CharetteReferees:
CJ Hanafin
Jason Williams
Linesmen:
Donovan Ott
Adam Wood
0-109:34 – PP – Lucas St. Louis (1) (Callow, Ruohonen)
(Major, DeSantis) Reegan Hiscock (6) – 10:491-1
(Veilleux, Major) Ryan Walsh (9) – PP – 30:162-1
(Ryan, Walsh) Michael Fisher (1) – GW – 34:043-1
3-247:18 – Will Hughes (4) (Solovey, Morden)
(Fegaras, Ashton) Jake Kraft (9) – EN – 59:024-2
(Kraft) Jonathan Castagna (15) – EN – 59:405-2
2 minPenalties6 min
26Shots24

(4) Princeton vs. (5) Union

March 13, 2026
7:00 pm		Princeton5–2
(1–0, 2–0, 2–2)		UnionHobey Baker Memorial Rink
Attendance: 1,427
Game reference
March 14, 2026
7:00 pm		Princeton5–2
(1–1, 0–1, 4–0)		UnionHobey Baker Memorial Rink
Game reference

Semifinals

(2) Dartmouth vs. (8) Clarkson

March 20, 2026
4:00 pm		DartmouthvClarksonHerb Brooks Arena

(3) Cornell vs. (4) Princeton

March 20, 2026
7:00 pm		CornellvPrincetonHerb Brooks Arena

References

  1. ^ "2026 ECAC Men's Hockey Championship". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved March 2, 2026.
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