The #1 Harvard Crimson would meet up with the #3 Cornell Big Red in the championship of ECAC Hockey. The Harvard Crimson would get the first goal of the game on Ryan Donato's power-play goal at 14:46 of the first period for a 1-0 lead. The game would stay there till 16:08 of the second period when Harvard's Luke Esposito would score to make it 2-0. The Crimson would expand there lead to 3-0 on Michael Floodstrand's goal that bounced in off the backboards. Then at 11:10 of the period, Harvard's Ryan Donato would get his second of the night and make it 4-0. In the closing minutes of the game, Cornell's Jeff Malott would score to break up the shutout and make it 4-1 game. In the winning effort, Merrick Madsen would make 25 saves as the Harvard Crimson are crowned the 2017 ECAC champions. Gallery

Harvard's Jacob Olson (26) with the crunching hit along the boards to jar the puck loose. Gallery