ECACHL Tournament Predictions and All-Conference Teams

The ECACHL tournament will start this weekend. Like the CCHA, the ECACHL accepts all 12 teams and they each have the same format.

Here are the matchups for the first round:

#5 St. Lawrence vs #12 Brown
#6 Union vs #11 Yale
#7 Rensselaer vs #10 Quinnipiac
#8 Clarkson vs #9 Princeton

Each series is best of three. Same playoff format as CCHA as mentioned with the highest seed playing the lowest seed in the quarterfinals, second highest vs second lowest, and so on.

Now its time to pick the tournament. Number of games in parenthesees.

#5 St. Lawrence over #12 Brown (2-0)
#6 Union over #11 Yale (2-1)
#10 Quinnipiac over #7 Rensselaer (2-1)
#8 Clarkson over #9 Princeton (2-0)

Quarterfinal round:

#1 Dartmouth over #10 Quinnipiac (2-1)
#8 Clarkson over #2 Colgate (2-1)
#3 Cornell over #6 Union (2-0)
#4 Harvard over #5 St. Lawrence (2-1)

Semifinals

#8 Clarkson over #1 Dartmouth
#3 Cornell over #4 Harvard

Consolation

#4 Harvard over #1 Dartmouth

Championship

#3 Cornell over #8 Clarkson

Now here are the all ECACHL teams:

1st team:

T.J. Trevelyan SR. F- St. Lawrence
Kyle Wilson SR. F- Colgate
Tyler Burton SO. F- Colgate
Reid Cashman JR. D- Quinnipiac
Keith McWilliams SR. D- Rensselaer
David McKee JR. G- Cornell

2nd team:

Matt Moulson SR. F- Cornell
Brian Leitch FR. F- Quinnipiac
Kevin Croxton SR. F- Rensselaer
Mike Madill SR. D- St. Lawrence
Sasha Pokulok SO. D- Cornell
Mike Devine SO. G- Dartmouth

All Freshman team

Brian Leitch F- Quinnipiac
David Marshall F- Quinnipiac
Kevin DeVergilio F- St. Lawrence
Matt Generous D- St. Lawrence
Brendan Milnamow D- Union
Bud Fisher G- Quinnipiac

Awards:

Player of the year: T.J. Treveylan F St. Lawrence
Rookie of the year: Bud Fisher G Quinnipiac
Coach of the year: Don Vaughan Colgate (18-10-6)