2011 Championship

ALBANY, N.Y. -- The 2011 ECAC Men's Hockey Championship, the 50th annual event, commenced March 4-6 and featured a 12-team championship field held over three weekends.

The tournament field, in order of seeds, featured Union, Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell, Rensselaer, Princeton, Clarkson, Quinnipiac, Brown, Harvard, St. Lawrence and Colgate.

Tournament competition featured four first-round series conducted at on-campus sites Friday-Sunday, March 4-6; four quarterfinals series at on-campus sites Friday-Sunday, March 11-13; and the championship semifinals, third-place and championship games March 18-19 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

The first-round and quarterfinals series were best-of-three games. The top four seeds (Union, Yale, Dartmouth and Cornell) received first-round byes.

First Round:

No. 12 Colgate at No. 5 Rensselaer (Colgate wins series, 2-1)
Friday, March 5: Rensselaer 4, Colgate 2 
Saturday, March 6 - Colgate 5, Rensselaer 2
Sunday, March 7 - Colgate 2, Rensselaer 1 (2ot)

No. 11 St. Lawrence at No. 6 Princeton (St. Lawrence wins series, 2-1)
Friday, March 5 - Princeton 4, St. Lawrence 1
Saturday, March 6 - St. Lawrence 3, Princeton 2
Sunday, March 7 - St. Lawrence 2, Princeton 1

No. 10 Harvard at No. 7 Clarkson (Harvard wins series, 2-0)
Friday, March 5 - Harvard 2, Clarkson 1
Saturday, March 6 - Harvard 6, Clarkson 4

No. 9 Brown at No. 8 Quinnipiac (Quinnipiac wins series 2-0)
Friday, March 5 - Quinnipiac 4, Brown 0
Saturday, March 6 - Quinnipiac 4, Brown 0

Quarterfinals:

No. 12 Colgate at No. 1 Union (Colgate wins series, 2-1)
Friday, March 12 - Union 4, Colgate 1
Saturday, March 13 - Colgate 4, Union 2
Sunday, March 14 - Colgate 4, Union 3 (ot)

No. 11 St. Lawrence at No. 2 Yale (Yale wins series, 2-1)
Friday, March 12 - St. Lawrence 4, Yale 3 (ot)
Saturday, March 13 - Yale 5, St. Lawrence 2
Sunday, March 14 - Yale 4, St. Lawrence 0

No. 10 Harvard at No. 3 Dartmouth (Dartmouth wins series, 2-1)
Friday, March 12 - Harvard 3, Dartmouth 2
Saturday, March 13 - Dartmouth 2, Harvard 1
Sunday, March 14 - Dartmouth 4, Harvard 3

No. 8 Quinnipiac at No. 4 Cornell (Cornell wins series, 2-1)
Friday, March 12 - Cornell 2, Quinnipiac 1
Saturday, March 13 - Quinnipiac 1, Cornell 0
Sunday, March 14 - Cornell 3, Quinnipiac 2 (ot)

Semifinals:

Friday, March 18
Yale 4, Colgate 0
Cornell 3, Dartmouth 0 

Third-Place Game:

Saturday, March 19
Dartmouth 5, Colgate 3

Championship Game:

Saturday, March 19
Yale 6, Cornell 0