2021–22 ECAC Hockey men's season

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2021–22 ECAC Hockey men's season
Season2021–22
ConferenceECAC Hockey
DivisionDivision I
Sportmen's ice hockey
DurationOctober 2, 2021–
March 27, 2022
Number of teams12
2022 NHL Entry Draft
Top draft pickZakary Karpa
Picked byNew York Rangers
Regular Season
Season championsQuinnipiac
Season MVPYaniv Perets
Top scorerAlexander Campbell
ECAC Hockey tournament
Tournament championsHarvard
  Runners-upQuinnipiac
Tournament MVPMatthew Coronato
Top scorerMatthew Coronato (10)
NCAA tournament
Bids2
Record1–2
Best FinishRegional Final
Team(s)Quinnipiac
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The 2021–22 ECAC Hockey men's season is the 61st season of play for ECAC Hockey and will take place during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The regular season is set to begin on October 2, 2021, and conclude on February 26, 2022.[1] The conference tournament is scheduled to begin in early March, 2022.

Season[edit]

While the conference was active during the 2020–21 season, eight of the twelve member teams had cancelled their campaigns as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The six Ivy League schools were joined by the two capital district programs in not playing but all schools committed to start the 2021–22 season on time.

Coaches[edit]

Reid Cashman was hired on June 1, 2020, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic this is his first season behind the bench for Dartmouth.

Records[edit]

Team Head coach Season at school Record at school ECAC Hockey record
Brown Brendan Whittet 12 107–203–46 68–139–35
Clarkson Casey Jones 11 179–142–45 89–73–28
Colgate Don Vaughan 29 435–470–114 264–269–77
Cornell Mike Schafer 26 458–259–95 298–156–74
Dartmouth Reid Cashman 1 0–0–0 0–0–0
Harvard Ted Donato 17 253–221–61 167–143–53
Princeton Ron Fogarty 7 59–113–21 33–83–16
Quinnipiac Rand Pecknold 28 549–326–97 183–115–50
Rensselaer Dave Smith 4 33–65–9 24–37–5
St. Lawrence Brent Brekke 3 10–35–8 6–26–5
Union Rick Bennett 10 186–122–42 103–72–23
Yale Keith Allain 15 250–174–44 167–121–28

Standings[edit]

2021–22 ECAC Hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#8 Quinnipiac † 22 17 4 1 0 1 1 54 71 14 42 32 7 3 139 53
#17 Clarkson 22 14 4 4 0 2 3 51 86 47 37 21 10 6 123 85
#15 Harvard * 22 14 6 2 0 0 2 46 69 46 35 21 11 3 116 82
Cornell 22 12 6 4 2 1 0 39 73 47 32 18 10 4 100 72
Colgate 22 9 9 4 1 0 3 33 55 57 40 18 18 4 111 112
Rensselaer 22 10 12 0 0 0 0 30 58 63 44 18 23 3 114 119
Union 22 9 11 2 3 1 0 27 52 66 37 14 19 4 89 110
St. Lawrence 22 7 10 5 2 0 2 26 44 60 37 11 19 7 72 110
Brown 22 6 12 4 0 1 2 25 36 61 31 7 20 4 50 100
Princeton 22 7 14 1 0 1 0 23 54 89 31 8 21 2 70 122
Yale 22 7 14 1 3 1 1 21 38 60 30 8 21 1 55 90
Dartmouth 22 5 15 2 0 3 1 21 45 71 32 7 22 3 69 110
Championship: March 19, 2022
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Non-Conference record[edit]

Of the sixteen teams that are selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, ten will be via at-large bids. Those 10 teams are determined based upon the PairWise rankings. The rankings take into account all games played but are heavily affected by intra-conference results. The result is that teams from leagues which perform better in non-conference are much more likely to receive at-large bids even if they possess inferior records overall.

ECAC Hockey had a very poor non-conference record. While the overall record wasn't awful, the league wasn't able to post a winning record against any other conference. Out of twelve members, just two finished with winning records while half of the member teams couldn't get above .250. While the conference, somewhat miraculously, posted a decent mark against NCHC, that wasn't nearly enough to salvage their collective rankings.

Regular season record[edit]

Team Atlantic Hockey Big Ten CCHA Hockey East Independent NCHC Total
Brown 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–4–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–6–0
Clarkson 0–0–1 1–0–1 1–1–0 0–1–0 3–3–0 0–0–0 5–5–2
Colgate 1–0–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 3–2–0 1–1–0 0–2–0 5–7–0
Cornell 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–0 2–2–0 2–0–0 5–2–0
Dartmouth 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–5–1 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–5–1
Harvard 1–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 2–3–1 0–0–0 0–0–0 3–3–1
Princeton 0–3–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 1–0–1 0–0–0 1–5–1
Quinnipiac 3–0–1 0–0–0 0–0–0 3–0–1 4–0–0 1–1–0 11–1–2
Rensselaer 1–1–1 0–0–0 0–1–1 1–2–0 2–3–1 0–0–0 4–7–3
St. Lawrence 0–1–0 0–0–0 0–1–1 0–1–0 0–0–0 2–3–1 2–6–2
Union 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 1–3–1 0–1–0 1–0–1 2–6–2
Yale 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–5–0
Overall 6–8–3 1–1–1 1–8–2 13–24–4 13–11–2 6–6–2 40–58–14

Statistics[edit]

Leading scorers[edit]

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes[3]

Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM
Alexander Campbell Sophomore Clarkson 27 14 15 29 4
Mathieu Gosselin Junior Clarkson 27 8 19 27 33
Matt Steinburg Junior Cornell 21 12 13 25 24
Matthew Coronato Freshman Harvard 24 13 12 25 14
Brandon Estes Graduate Union 27 4 19 23 10
Zach Tsekos Graduate Clarkson 24 13 10 23 6
Anthony Romano Junior Clarkson 27 12 11 23 4
Nick Abruzzese Junior Harvard 20 7 16 23 6
Jack Jacome Graduate Clarkson 26 2 20 22 20
Wyatt Bongiovanni Senior Quinnipiac 27 9 12 21 39

Leading goaltenders[edit]

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[4]

Player Class Team GP Min W L T GA SO SV% GAA
Yaniv Perets Sophomore Quinnipiac 22 1333 13 4 1 18 9 .956 0.81
Ian Shane Freshman Cornell 12 696 4 4 3 18 3 .939 1.55
Mitchell Gibson Junior Harvard 20 1125 11 5 1 35 3 .928 1.87
Jack Watson Freshman Rensselaer 13 562 5 4 0 21 3 .929 2.24
Emil Zetterquist Senior St. Lawrence 24 1389 7 8 5 52 0 .916 2.25

ECAC tournament[edit]

Main article: 2022 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament
First round
March 4–6 		Quarterfinals
March 11–13 		Semifinals
March 18 		Championship
March 19
1 Quinnipiac 4 4** -
5 Colgate 3* 5 - 8 St. Lawrence 1 3 -
12 Yale 2 1 - 1 Quinnipiac 3
5 Colgate 1
2 Clarkson 3* 4* -
6 Rensselaer 2 3 5 7 Union 2 3 -
11 Dartmouth 3 2 3 1 Quinnipiac 2
3 Harvard 3*
3 Harvard 4* 3 3
7 Union 3 5 - 6 Rensselaer 3 4** 1
10 Princeton 2 1 - 2 Clarkson 3
3 Harvard 5
4 Cornell 3 2 1
8 St. Lawrence 4 1 4* 5 Colgate 1 4 2
9 Brown 1 2* 3

Note: * denotes overtime periods

NCAA tournament[edit]

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament

Regional semifinal[edit]

Midwest[edit]

March 25, 2022
8:00 PM		(2) Quinnipiac5 – 4
(2–0, 1–3, 2–1)		(3) St. Cloud StatePPL Center
Attendance: 2,155
Game reference
Yaniv PeretsGoaliesJaxon CastorReferees:
Ryan Sweeney
Mike Schubert
Linesmen:
Anthony Valle
Shane Kanaly
(Metsa, Brind'Amour) Brendan Less (4) – 04:371–0
(Rasanen) TJ Friedmann (10) – 17:262–0
2–121:08 – Nolan Walker (10) (Hentges)
2–227:21 – Sam Hentges (12) (Walker)
(de Jong, Metsa) Michael Lombardi (14) – 30:123–2
3–332:39 – Kyler Kupka (19) (Bushy, Fitzgerald)
(Mendel, Chorney) Ethan de Jong (11) – 40:274–3
(Mendel, de Jong) Jayden Lee (5) – GW – 48:375–3
5–458:44 – EA – Nolan Walker (19) (unassisted)
2 minPenalties0 min
16Shots34

East[edit]

March 24, 2022
12:00 PM		(1) Minnesota State4 – 3
(2–0, 1–2, 1–1)		(4) HarvardMVP Arena
Attendance: 2,345
Game reference
Dryden McKayGoaliesMitchell GibsonReferees:
Joe Sullivan
Dan Dreger
Linesmen:
Justin Hills
Geoff Shultz
(Hirose, Groll) Connor Gregga (6) – 14:121–0
(Hirose) Reggie Lutz (14) – PP – 17:462–0
(unassisted) Brendan Furry (12) – 22:063–0
3–136:42 – Sean Farrell (11) (Coronato, Abruzzese)
3–237:30 – Alex Gaffney (8) (Laferriere)
(Groll, Hirose) Ondřej Pavel (11) – GW – 45:594–2
4–356:29 – PP EA – Casey Dornbach (9) (Farrell, Laferriere)
4 minPenalties6 min
40Shots22

Regional final[edit]

Midwest[edit]

March 27, 2022
6:30 PM		(1) Michigan7 – 4
(2–0, 2–0, 3–4)		(2) QuinnipiacPPL Center
Attendance: 3,256
Game reference
Erik PortilloGoaliesYaniv Perets out 40:00
Dylan St. Cyr in 40:00		Referees:
Geoff Miller
Steve Rouillard
Linesmen:
Jeff McCorkle
Kyle Richetelle
(Power, Lambert) Nolan Moyle (6) – 00:331–0
(Hughes) Jimmy Lambert (5) – 14:362–0
(Brisson, Power) Thomas Bordeleau (11) – PP – 26:063–0
(Blankenburg) Garrett Van Wyhe (6) – SH – 38:544–0
4–144:12 – Jayden Lee (6) (Brind'Amour, van Nes)
4–249:01 – Wyatt Bongiovanni (16) (de Jong)
4–351:02 – Desi Burgart (8) (Smilanic, Quillan)
(Bordeleau, Estapa) Michael Pastujov (11) – GW EN – 56:235–3
(Power) Nolan Moyle (7) – EN – 58:376–3
(Bordeleau, Power) Brendan Brisson (21) – PP – 59:257–3
7–459:38 – Zach Metsa (10) (Quillan, Leyh)
6 minPenalties4 min
30Shots34

Ranking[edit]

Main article: 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

USCHO[edit]

Team Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 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 19 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 19 18 NR NR NR NR NR 20 19 15 17 18 17 14 17 17
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 15 16 15 15 16 15 13 10 10 9 9 9 14 9 8 8 11 16 18 18 17 18 NR NR NR
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 16 14 14 14 15 13 10 16 16 17 20 19 19 18 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 17 15 15
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 9 9 8 7 5 6 5 5 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 4 5 6 6 6 8 7
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

[5]

USA Today[edit]

Team Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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 NR
Clarkson NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 15 NR NR NR 15 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 13 NR 13 15 15 14 12 9 10 9 9 9 14 10 8 9 13 15 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
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 11 12 12 13 14 9 6 14 15 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 15 15 15
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 9 9 8 7 5 6 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
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

[6]

Pairwise[edit]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Final
Brown 14 49 54 54 57 57 56 54 57 50 52 56 55 55 53 57 54 54 56 57 57 57 57
Clarkson 14 41 36 15 17 28 16 13 14 13 22 21 25 21 21 18 18 14 17 16 16 16 16
Colgate 6 3 18 12 24 26 35 28 32 41 41 39 44 43 40 44 41 38 39 34 33 31 31
Cornell 14 49 54 54 45 24 18 23 20 18 19 26 14 11 18 18 24 24 23 21 22 22 23
Dartmouth 14 49 54 54 54 43 42 45 50 56 55 50 50 50 51 52 57 56 54 55 55 54 54
Harvard 14 49 54 54 5 4 14 17 25 27 27 24 21 25 25 28 23 23 23 23 22 22 17
Princeton 14 49 54 54 58 40 28 43 48 49 49 50 51 50 48 46 46 44 48 53 56 56 56
Quinnipiac 14 5 12 17 27 16 6 9 8 7 6 7 6 4 7 6 5 5 6 8 8 6 8
Rensselaer 14 45 17 9 12 25 32 28 38 36 36 37 39 41 40 43 44 42 41 41 42 41 41
St. Lawrence 14 33 47 39 40 29 32 31 37 36 39 42 42 43 47 45 45 49 49 50 47 48 48
Union 14 49 48 49 53 47 51 48 44 46 45 46 47 43 46 41 41 47 49 47 45 47 46
Yale 14 49 54 54 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 57 54 55 56 57 57 56 58 58 58

Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.[7]

Awards[edit]

NCAA[edit]

AHCA All-American Teams[8]
East First Team Position Team
Zach Metsa D Quinnipiac
Nick Abruzzese F Harvard
East Second Team Position Team
Yaniv Perets G Quinnipiac
Henry Thrun D Harvard

ECAC Hockey[edit]

Award Recipient
Player of the Year Yaniv Perets, Quinnipiac
Best Defensive Forward Zach Teskos, Clarkson
Best Defensive Defenseman Zach Metsa, Quinnipiac
Rookie of the Year Alex Laferriere, Harvard
Ken Dryden Award Yaniv Perets, Quinnipiac
Student-Athlete of the Year Josh Kosack, Union
Tim Taylor Award Rand Pecknold, Quinnipiac
Most Outstanding Player in Tournament Matthew Coronato, Harvard
All-ECAC Hockey Teams
First Team[9]   Position   Second Team[10]
Yaniv Perets, Quinnipiac G Mitchell Gibson, Harvard
Zach Metsa, Quinnipiac D Noah Beck, Clarkson
Sam Malinski, Cornell D Henry Thrun, Harvard
Alex Campbell, Clarkson F Zach Tsekos, Clarkson
Mathieu Gosselin, Clarkson F Ture Linden, Rensselaer
Nick Abruzzese, Harvard F Matt Stienburg, Cornell
Third Team[11]   Position   Rookie Team[12]
Clay Stevenson, Dartmouth G Clay Stevenson, Dartmouth
Brandon Estes, Union D Ian Moore, Harvard
Lukas Kälble, Clarkson D Hank Kempf, Cornell
Alex Laferriere, Harvard F Alex Laferriere, Harvard
Max Andreev, Cornell F Ayrton Martino, Clarkson
Wyatt Bongiovanni, Quinnipiac F Matthew Coronato, Harvard

ECAC Hockey tournament[edit]

Tournament MOP
Matthew Coronato Harvard

2022 NHL Entry Draft[edit]

Main article: 2022 NHL Entry Draft
Round Pick Player College NHL team
3 76 Michael Fisher† Princeton San Jose Sharks
3 83 George Fegaras† Cornell Dallas Stars
3 91 Ben MacDonald† Harvard Seattle Kraken
4 111 Noah Laba† Colgate New York Rangers
4 112 Daimon Gardner† Clarkson Vancouver Canucks
4 121 Ryan Healey† Harvard Minnesota Wild
5 131 Matthew Morden† Harvard Arizona Coyotes
5 154 Michael Callow† Harvard Anaheim Ducks
6 162 Emmett Croteau† Clarkson Montreal Canadiens
6 169 Jared Wright† Colgate Los Angeles Kings
6 182 Luke Devlin† Cornell Pittsburgh Penguins
6 191 Zakary Karpa Harvard New York Rangers

† incoming freshman [13]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "ECAC Hockey commits to 2020–21 season after Ivy League decision". Observer-Dispatch. November 12, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  3. ^ "2021-2022 Men's Ice Hockey Conference Statistics". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "2021-2022 Men's Ice Hockey Conference Statistics". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  5. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "USA Today Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  7. ^ "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  8. ^ "Four players return to 2021-22 Division I men's All-American teams, led by three-time pick Dryden McKay". USCHO.com. April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  9. ^ "ECAC Hockey Announces 2022 First-Team All-League". ECAC Hockey. March 10, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  10. ^ "ECAC Hockey Announces Second-Team All-League". ECAC Hockey. March 10, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  11. ^ "ECAC Hockey Announces 2022 Third-Team All-League". ECAC Hockey. March 9, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  12. ^ "ECAC Hockey Announces 2022 All-Rookie Team". ECAC Hockey. March 9, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  13. ^ "NCAA player rankings, selections in 2022 NHL Draft". USCHO.com. Retrieved July 9, 2022.

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