2020 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament

2020 ECAC Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 6–21, 2020
Teams12
Finals siteHerb Brooks Arena
Lake Placid, New York
ChampionsTournament Canceled ( title)
ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2020 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 59th tournament in league history. It was scheduled to be played between March 6 and March 21, 2020. First Round and Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the Semifinal and Championship games were to be played at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York.

On Sunday, March 8, 2020 Rensselaer announced that their quarterfinal series against Harvard scheduled for March 13–15 would be played without fans in attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Three days later, on March 11, it was announced that Harvard would not allow their team to travel to Rensselaer and withdrew from the tournament due to coronavirus fears.[2] Yale also withdrew from the tournament on March 11 and it was decided to reseed the tournament with Cornell and Clarkson being given byes to the semifinals.[3] Previously on March 10, 2020 Cornell had announced that fans would not be allowed at their quarterfinal series against Princeton. On March 12, ECAC Hockey announced that the remainder of the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

  1. ^ "Rensselaer-Harvard ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series to be played with no fans due to coronavirus". March 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "Breaking: Harvard Ends Its Season, Won't Participate in Remaining ECAC Playoffs".
  3. ^ https://cornellbigred.com/news/2020/3/11/mens-ice-hockey-reseeding-sends-1-mens-hockey-through-to-ecac-hockey-semifinals.aspx[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "ECAC Hockey Cancels Remainder of Men's Tournament". ecachockey.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.