2021–22 ECAC Hockey men's season explained


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Color Text:	white
Season:	2021–22
Season:	2021–22
Conference:	ECAC Hockey
Shortconference:	ECAC Hockey
Sex:	men
Division:	Division I
Sport:	ice hockey
Pixels:	250 px
Duration:	October 2, 2021– March 27, 2022
No Of Teams:	12
Draft:
Top Pick:	Zakary Karpa
Picked By:	New York Rangers
Regular Season:
Season Champs:	Quinnipiac
Mvp:	Yaniv Perets
Mvp Link:	ECAC Hockey Player of the Year
Top Scorer:	Alexander Campbell
Tournament:
Tournament Champs:	Harvard
Tournament Place:	Quinnipiac
Mvp2:	Matthew Coronato
Mvp Link2:	ECAC Hockey Most Outstanding Player in Tournament
Top Scorer2:	Matthew Coronato (10)
Ncaa:
Bids:	2
Conf Rec:	1–2
Best:	Regional Final
Ncaa Team:	Quinnipiac
Prevseason:	2020–21
Nextseason:	2022–23
Labelstyle:	background:#eeeeee;

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

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

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

Team	Season at school	Record at school	ECAC Hockey record
Brown	12	107–203–46	68–139–35
Clarkson	11	179–142–45	89–73–28
Colgate	29	435–470–114	264–269–77
Cornell	26	458–259–95	298–156–74
Dartmouth	1	0–0–0	0–0–0
Harvard	17	253–221–61	167–143–53
Princeton	7	59–113–21	33–83–16
Quinnipiac	28	549–326–97	183–115–50
Rensselaer	4	33–65–9	24–37–5
St. Lawrence	3	10–35–8	6–26–5
Union	10	186–122–42	103–72–23
Yale	15	250–174–44	167–121–28

Non-Conference record

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

Team							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

Leading scorers

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

Class	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Sophomore	27	14	15	29	4
Junior	27	8	19	27	33
Junior	21	12	13	25	24
Freshman	24	13	12	25	14
Graduate	27	4	19	23	10
Graduate	24	13	10	23	6
Junior	27	12	11	23	4
Junior	20	7	16	23	6
Graduate	26	2	20	22	20
Senior	27	9	12	21	39

Leading goaltenders

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]

Class	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Sophomore	22	1333	13	4	1	18	9	.956	0.81
Freshman	12	696	4	4	3	18	3	.939	1.55
Junior	20	1125	11	5	1	35	3	.928	1.87
Freshman	13	562	5	4	0	21	3	.929	2.24
Senior	24	1389	7	8	5	52	0	.916	2.25

ECAC tournament

See main article: 2022 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament. Note: * denotes overtime periods

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2022 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.

Regional semifinal

East

Regional final

Midwest

Ranking

See main article: 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.

USCHO

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

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

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	bgcolor=gold	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	bgcolor=gold	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

NCAA

^[8]
East First Team	Position	Team
Zach Metsa	D	Quinnipiac
Nick Abruzzese	F	Harvard
East Second Team	Position	Team
Yaniv Perets	align=center	G	Quinnipiac
Henry Thrun	align=center	D	Harvard

ECAC Hockey

Award	Recipient
		Yaniv Perets, Quinnipiac
		Zach Teskos, Clarkson
		Zach Metsa, Quinnipiac
		Alex Laferriere, Harvard
		Yaniv Perets, Quinnipiac
		Josh Kosack, Union
		Rand Pecknold, Quinnipiac
		Matthew Coronato, Harvard

First Team^[9]	Position	Second Team^[10]
Yaniv Perets, Quinnipiac	align=center	G	Mitchell Gibson, Harvard
Zach Metsa, Quinnipiac	align=center	D	Noah Beck, Clarkson
Sam Malinski, Cornell	align=center	D	Henry Thrun, Harvard
Alex Campbell, Clarkson	align=center	F	Zach Tsekos, Clarkson
Mathieu Gosselin, Clarkson	align=center	F	Ture Linden, Rensselaer
Nick Abruzzese, Harvard	align=center	F	Matt Stienburg, Cornell
Third Team^[11]	Position	Rookie Team^[12]
Clay Stevenson, Dartmouth	align=center	G	Clay Stevenson, Dartmouth
Brandon Estes, Union	align=center	D	Ian Moore, Harvard
Lukas Kälble, Clarkson	align=center	D	Hank Kempf, Cornell
Alex Laferriere, Harvard	align=center	F	Alex Laferriere, Harvard
Max Andreev, Cornell	align=center	F	Ayrton Martino, Clarkson
Wyatt Bongiovanni, Quinnipiac	align=center	F	Matthew Coronato, Harvard

ECAC Hockey tournament

2022 NHL Entry Draft

See main article: 2022 NHL Entry Draft.

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		Harvard	New York Rangers

† incoming freshman^[13]

Notes and References

Web site: 2021-22 Schedule . ECAC Hockey . August 30, 2021.
Web site: ECAC Hockey commits to 2020–21 season after Ivy League decision . Observer-Dispatch . November 12, 2020 . August 30, 2021.
News: 2021-2022 Men's Ice Hockey Conference Statistics . ECAC Hockey . July 16, 2022.
News: 2021-2022 Men's Ice Hockey Conference Statistics . ECAC Hockey . July 16, 2022.
Web site: USCHO Division I Men's Poll . USCHO.com . November 26, 2019.
Web site: USA Today Men's Poll . USCHO.com . November 26, 2019.
Web site: Men's Division I PairWise Rankings . USCHO.com . November 26, 2019.
News: 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 . April 8, 2022.
Web site: ECAC Hockey Announces 2022 First-Team All-League . ECAC Hockey . March 10, 2022 . March 16, 2022.
Web site: ECAC Hockey Announces Second-Team All-League . ECAC Hockey . March 10, 2022 . March 16, 2022.
Web site: ECAC Hockey Announces 2022 Third-Team All-League . ECAC Hockey . March 9, 2022 . March 16, 2022.
Web site: ECAC Hockey Announces 2022 All-Rookie Team . ECAC Hockey . March 9, 2022 . March 16, 2022.
News: NCAA player rankings, selections in 2022 NHL Draft . USCHO.com . July 9, 2022.