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2023–24 ECAC Hockey men's season

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2023–24 ECAC Hockey men's season
Season2023–24
ConferenceECAC Hockey
DivisionDivision I
Sportmen's ice hockey
DurationOctober 7, 2023–
March 31, 2024
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)ESPN+
NHL Entry Draft
Regular Season
Season championsQuinnipiac
Season MVPCollin Graf
Top scorerCollin Graf
ECAC Hockey tournament
Tournament championsCornell
  Runners-upSt. Lawrence
Tournament MVPJonathan Castagna
Top scorerGabriel Seger
NCAA tournament
Bids2
Record2–2
Best FinishRegional Final
Team(s)Cornell
Quinnipiac
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The 2023–24 ECAC Hockey men's season was the 63rd season of play for ECAC Hockey and will take place during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 7, 2023, and concluded on March 31, 2024 with Quinnipiac losing in the East Regional Final of the NCAA tournament.

Season

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Coaches

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Colgate hired Mike Harder to replace Don Vaughan who had retired after 30 years as the team's head coach.[1]

Records

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Team Head coach Season at school Record at school ECAC Hockey record
Brown Brendan Whittet 14 123–242–53 79–165–42
Clarkson Casey Jones 13 216–169–55 112–87–34
Colgate Mike Harder 1 0–0–0 0–0–0
Cornell Mike Schafer 28 520–282–105 325–168–79
Dartmouth Reid Cashman 3 12–46–4 9–32–3
Harvard Ted Donato 19 298–240–66 199–153–55
Princeton Ron Fogarty 9 80–153–23 48–101–17
Quinnipiac Rand Pecknold 29 615–337–103 220–121–51
Rensselaer Dave Smith 6 65–108–13 43–62–5
St. Lawrence Brent Brekke 5 38–73–15 25–46–10
Union Josh Hauge 2 14–19–2 8–13–1
Yale Keith Allain 17 266–215–49 180–149–31

Standings

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Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#6 Quinnipiac 22 17 4 1 0 2 0 54 99 39 39 27 10 2 160 79
#9 Cornell * 22 12 6 4 1 2 3 44 74 45 35 22 7 6 115 65
Colgate 22 13 7 2 2 2 2 43 85 68 36 16 16 4 120 112
Dartmouth 22 9 6 7 1 1 3 37 66 60 32 13 10 9 92 91
Clarkson 22 12 9 1 4 2 1 36 62 58 35 18 16 1 95 97
Union 22 9 10 3 1 1 2 32 75 75 37 16 18 3 123 121
St. Lawrence 22 8 10 4 1 1 1 29 49 64 39 14 19 6 90 118
Harvard 22 6 10 6 1 2 3 28 49 64 32 7 19 6 70 106
Princeton 22 8 11 3 4 0 2 25 70 90 30 10 16 4 89 114
Yale 22 7 13 2 1 2 1 25 46 57 30 10 18 2 63 91
Brown 22 6 14 2 2 3 1 22 43 69 30 8 19 3 61 98
Rensselaer 22 6 13 3 0 0 0 21 58 89 37 10 23 4 93 150
Championship: March 23, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Non-Conference record

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ECAC suffered in the rankings for two primary reasons; their poor non-conference record and the strength of their non-conference opponents. Only two of the twelve conference members (Cornell and Quinnipiac) ended up with winning records against other conferences. With other teams had marks close to .500, several members were far below even on the season. Harvard had a particularly bad campaign, losing all seven games out of conference. Because several of the wins that ECAC teams earned came against low-ranked opponents, they did not provide as much benefit to the conference as a whole. The end result was that, despite being undefeated in non-conference play and finishing with a record around .700, Cornell was still unable to ensure an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.

Regular season record

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Team Atlantic Hockey Big Ten CCHA Hockey East Independent NCHC Total
Brown 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–3–0 2–0–1 0–0–0 2–4–1
Clarkson 1–1–0 1–2–0 1–1–0 2–1–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 6–6–0
Colgate 3–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–4–2 0–2–0 0–0–0 3–7–2
Cornell 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–1 2–0–1 2–0–0 5–0–2
Dartmouth 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–0 1–3–0 0–0–2 0–0–0 2–3–2
Harvard 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–6–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–7–0
Princeton 2–0–1 0–2–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 2–4–1
Quinnipiac 3–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 3–4–1 1–0–0 0–0–0 7–4–1
Rensselaer 2–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 0–6–1 0–0–0 0–0–0 3–7–1
St. Lawrence 1–1–1 0–1–0 1–2–1 0–2–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 2–8–2
Union 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 2–3–0 2–0–0 0–2–0 5–6–0
Yale 1–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 1–1–0 0–2–0 3–4–0
Overall 14–5–2 1–5–0 4–4–1 10–35–5 9–5–4 2–6–0 40–60–12

Statistics

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Leading scorers

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GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes[2]

Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM
Collin Graf Junior Quinnipiac 20 14 19 33 2
Luke Haymes Freshman Dartmouth 22 16 15 31 8
Jacob Quillan Junior Quinnipiac 22 10 20 30 10
Gabriel Seger Senior Cornell 22 9 17 26 6
Sam Lipkin Sophomore Quinnipiac 22 9 15 24 16
John Prokop Sophomore Union 21 6 18 24 23
Daniel Panetta Sophomore Colgate 22 11 12 23 4
Nick Seitz Senior Princeton 22 4 18 23 12
Mason Marcellus Freshman Quinnipiac 22 9 12 21 12
Ross Mitton Senior Colgate 22 8 13 21 10
Liam Robertson Senior Union 20 10 11 21 18
Adam Robbins Senior Princeton 22 9 12 21 6

Leading goaltenders

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Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average[3]

Player Class Team GP Min W L T GA SO SV% GAA
Ian Shane Junior Cornell 21 1229:52 12 4 4 37 2 .914 1.81
Vinny Duplessis Senior Quinnipiac 16 951:02 13 2 1 29 3 .915 1.83
Jack Stark Freshman Yale 16 906:56 6 7 2 29 2 .928 1.92
Aku Koskenvuo Sophomore Harvard 12 705:28 5 2 4 26 2 .931 2.21
Austin Roden Graduate Clarkson 15 841:38 8 5 1 32 1 .908 2.28

ECAC tournament

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Teams are reseeded for the semifinals

First Round
March 8–9
Quarterfinals
March 15–17
Semifinals
March 22
Championship
March 23
1 Quinnipiac 5 5 -
5 Clarkson 2 12 Rensselaer 1 2 -
12 Rensselaer 3 1 Quinnipiac 0
7 St. Lawrence 3
2 Cornell 4 4 -
6 Union 6 8 Harvard 3 1 -
11 Brown 0 7 St. Lawrence 1
2 Cornell 3
3 Colgate 2 2 -
7 St. Lawrence 4 7 St. Lawrence 3** 3 -
10 Yale 2 2 Cornell 6
4 Dartmouth 3
4 Dartmouth 3 4 -
8 Harvard 1 6 Union 1 2 -
9 Princeton 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

NCAA tournament

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East Regional

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Regional semifinal

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March 29, 2024
5:30 pm
(2) Wisconsin2–3 (OT)
(0–1, 2–1, 0–0, 0–1)
(3) QuinnipiacAmica Mutual Pavilion
Attendance: 6,988
Game reference
Kyle McClellanGoaliesVinny DuplessisReferees:
Brandon Schmitt
Nicholas Krebsbach
Linesmen:
Dana Penkivech
Jeff Schultz
0–12:12 – Christophe Fillion (11) (Tellier, Tupker)
(unassisted) Quinn Finley (10) – 21:461–1
(Dexheimer, Mehlenbacher) Joe Palodichuk (3) – 23:012–1
2–238:28 – Victor Czerneckianair (6) (Tupker, Cipollone)
2–371:04 – GWVictor Czerneckianair (7) (Treloar, Pennington)
8 minPenalties2 min
20Shots32

Regional final

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March 31, 2024
4:00 pm
(1) Boston College5–4 (OT)
(0–0, 3–3, 1–1, 1–0)
(3) QuinnipiacAmica Mutual Pavilion
Attendance: 5,835
Game reference
Jacob FowlerGoaliesVinny DuplessisReferees:
Brandon Schmitt
Nicholas Krebsbach
Linesmen:
Dana Penkivech
Jeff Schultz
0–121:19 – PPJacob Quillan (16) (Treloar, Lee)
0–221:54 – Iivari Räsänen (4) (unassisted)
(Gauthier, Powell) Ryan Leonard (30) – PP – 22:201–2
(Jellvik, Gustafsson) Andre Gasseau (12) – 31:352–2
2–335:59 – Christophe Fillion (12) (Legault, Räsänen)
(Smith, Powell) Ryan Leonard (31) – 37:553–3
3–440:18 – PPJacob Quillan (17) (Graf, Legault)
(Gauthier, Jellvik) Aram Minnetian (3) – 55:164–4
(unassisted) Jack Malone (12) – GW – 63:065–4
8 minPenalties10 min
32Shots30

Northeast Regional

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Regional semifinal

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March 28, 2024
6:59 pm
(2) Maine1–3
(1–1, 0–1, 0–1)
(3) CornellMassMutual Center
Attendance: 5,765
Game reference
Victor ÖstmanGoaliesIan ShaneReferees:
Colin Kronforst
Andrew Bruggeman
Linesmen:
Sam Shikowsky
Tommy George
(Villeneuve-Houle) Harrison Scott (15) – 5:431–0
1–113:56 – Kyle Penney (10) (Seger)
1–232:09 – GWSullivan Mack (6) (unassisted)
1–350:31 – Sullivan Mack (7) (unassisted)
2 minPenalties5 min
32Shots18

Regional final

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March 30, 2024
4:00 pm
(1) Denver2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(3) CornellMassMutual Center
Attendance: 4,407
Game reference
Matt DavisGoaliesIan ShaneReferees:
Colin Kronforst
Andrew Bruggeman
Linesmen:
Sam Shikowsky
Tommy George
0–106:44 – Nick Desantis (8) (Seger, Penney)
(Webster, Buckberger) Miko Matikka (20) – 18:311–1
(S. Buium, Z. Buium) Sam Harris (14) – GW PP – 39:562–1
2 minPenalties4 min
18Shots25

Ranking

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USCHO

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Team Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Final
Brown NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Clarkson NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Colgate NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Cornell 11 11 11 12 10 7 10 16 16 18 17 16 18 14 13 13 13 12 11 13 13 15 14 12 9
Dartmouth NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Harvard 15 16 15 17 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Princeton NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Quinnipiac 2 5 4 5 8 10 7 3 5 5 3 3 5 3 7 7 5 9 7 7 7 7 6 8 6
Rensselaer NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
St. Lawrence NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Union NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Yale NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

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USA Hockey

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Team Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Final
Brown NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Clarkson NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Colgate NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Cornell 14 11 8 11 10 7 10 17 16 18 17 17 17 15 13 13 12 12 13 15 15 15 14 11 9 9
Dartmouth NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Harvard 13 16 15 13 15 20 20 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Princeton NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Quinnipiac 3 4 4 5 7 10 7 3 4 4 3 3 5 3 8 7 5 9 7 7 7 7 6 8 6 6
Rensselaer NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
St. Lawrence NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Union NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Yale NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

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Pairwise

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Final
Brown 32 56 59 17 26 50 46 54 54 55 57 57 50 51 51 56 57 59 60 60 61 61 61
Clarkson 16 29 46 41 36 35 34 32 33 28 30 31 30 31 32 37 36 36 38 35 38 37 36
Colgate 31 10 31 39 41 49 35 45 44 43 42 38 39 36 36 31 31 32 33 30 31 36 36
Cornell 32 56 59 19 3 16 22 21 23 21 21 20 16 15 15 14 13 14 15 16 17 14 12
Dartmouth 32 56 59 63 32 18 17 28 42 30 32 28 35 40 39 37 37 35 32 29 30 26 29
Harvard 32 56 59 61 52 20 20 31 52 46 52 56 54 54 49 50 51 48 53 52 49 50 50
Princeton 32 56 59 64 61 32 44 57 57 48 44 48 49 52 51 53 53 57 51 54 53 54 53
Quinnipiac 29 23 9 6 7 1 1 2 4 1 3 5 4 8 8 6 9 8 7 8 8 7 9
Rensselaer 32 56 58 58 53 46 53 57 60 59 47 49 51 55 56 54 56 52 56 55 53 54 53
St. Lawrence 1 27 51 50 51 54 61 62 54 52 52 54 59 53 49 55 49 54 54 51 48 45 43
Union 1 16 29 37 46 48 52 44 42 38 34 42 40 39 35 36 37 36 40 38 37 38 39
Yale 32 56 59 48 47 57 58 59 61 55 54 42 44 50 46 46 44 45 46 48 51 50 51

Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.[6]

Awards

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NCAA

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AHCA All-American Teams[7]
East Second Team Position
Ian Shane, Cornell G
John Prokop, Union D
Collin Graf, Quinnipiac F
Award Recipient
Player of the Year Collin Graf, Quinnipiac
Best Defensive Forward Jacob Quillan, Quinnipiac
Best Defensive Defenseman Trey Taylor, Clarkson
Rookie of the Year C. J. Foley, Dartmouth
Ken Dryden Award Ian Shane, Cornell
Student-Athlete of the Year Gabriel Seger, Cornell
Wayne Dean Sportsmanship Award Ben Tupker, Union
Tim Taylor Award Reid Cashman, Dartmouth
Most Outstanding Player in Tournament Jonathan Castagna, Cornell
All-ECAC Hockey Teams
First Team[8]   Position   Second Team[9]
Ian Shane, Cornell G Cooper Black, Dartmouth
John Prokop, Union D Trey Taylor, Clarkson
Jayden Lee, Quinnipiac D Tommy Bergsland, Colgate
Collin Graf, Quinnipiac F Jacob Quillan, Quinnipiac
Luke Haymes, Dartmouth F Sam Lipkin, Quinnipiac
Gabriel Seger, Cornell F Liam Robertson, Union
Third Team[10]   Position   Rookie Team[11]
Vinny Duplessis, Quinnipiac G Jack Stark, Yale
Ben Robertson, Cornell D C. J. Foley, Dartmouth
C. J. Foley, Dartmouth D Ben Robertson, Cornell
Dalton Bancroft, Clarkson F Mason Marcellus, Quinnipiac
Joe Miller, Harvard F Jonathan Castagna, Cornell
Mathieu Gosselin, Clarkson F Jake Schneider, Colgate
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team[12]
Ben Kraws, St. Lawrence G
Ben Robertson, Cornell D
John Fusco, Dartmouth D
Jonathan Castagna, Cornell F
Gabriel Seger, Cornell F
Tomáš Mazura, St. Lawrence F
Round Pick Player College NHL team
4 107 Heikki Ruohonen Harvard Philadelphia Flyers
4 110 Elliott Groenewold Quinnipiac Boston Bruins
5 154 Jonathan Morello Clarkson Boston Bruins
6 166 Ben Merrill Harvard Montreal Canadiens
6 179 Xavier Veilleux Harvard New York Islanders
7 200 Matt Lahey Clarkson Toronto Maple Leafs

† incoming freshman [13]

References

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  1. ^ "Vaughan calls it a career, retires after 30 years coaching Colgate men's hockey team". USCHO. April 18, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  2. ^ "2023-2024 Men's Ice Hockey Conference Statistics". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  3. ^ "2022-2023 Men's Ice Hockey Conference Statistics". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  5. ^ "USA Hockey Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  7. ^ "Top 25 men's college hockey players earn distinction as CCM/AHCA Hockey All-Americans for 2023-24 season". USCHO.com. April 12, 2024. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  8. ^ "All-League Third Team Honorees Unveiled". ECAC Hockey. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  9. ^ "ECAC Hockey Releases Second Team All-ECAC Honorees". ECAC Hockey. March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  10. ^ "All-League Third Team Honorees Unveiled". ECAC Hockey. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  11. ^ "ECAC Hockey Announces 2023-24 Men's All-Rookie Team". ecachockey.com. March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  12. ^ "#14 Men's Hockey Claims 13th Whitelaw Cup With Win Over St. Lawrence". Cornell Big Red. March 23, 2024. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  13. ^ "NCAA player rankings, selections in 2024 NHL Draft". USCHO.com. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
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