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

Cornell's Patrick McCarron(27) puts the move on Union's Jeff Taylor (2) and puts the shot on net. The #2 Union Dutchmen would meet up with the #3 Cornell Big Red in the second semi-final of the ECAC Hockey Championships. The game would remain scoreless until the 3:03 mark when Cornell's Noah Bauld would give the Big Red the 1-0 lead. Then just over four minutes later the Big Red would extend the lead to 2-0 on Jake Weidner's goal. The game would stay there til the 7:23 mark of the thirds period when Union's Cole Maier would score to make it 2-1 down the stretch. Then at 16:48 of the third, the Big Red would regain the 2-0 lead on Eric Freschi's goal. Then just over a minute later the Big Red would put the game away on Beau Starrett's goal. In the winning effort, Mitch Gillam would make 33 saves as the Cornell Big Red advance to the finals on Saturday evening against Harvard. Gallery

Union's Vas Kolias (3) rides the Cornell defender into the boards for the hit. Gallery

Harvard's Jacob Olsen (26) with the open ice hit on Quinnipiac's Tim Clifton(11) and knocks him to the ice. The #1 Harvard Crimson would meet up with the #5 Quinnipiac Bobcats in the ECAC Tournament Semi-Finals at the Herb Brook Arena in Lake Placid, NY. The game would remain scoreless until the 11-minute mark of the second period when Harvard's Sean Malone would make it 1-0. The Bobcats would keep fighting and tie the game back up at 1 on Thomas Adsworth's goal at 16:16 of the second period on the power play. The Crimson would regain the lead on Sean Malone's second goal at 18:56 of the second period to make it 2-1 Crimson. The Crimson would come out in the third period and keep the pressure on and extend the lead on Sean Malone's third goal at 4:04 of the third period to make it 3-1 crimson. As the game was nearing the end the Crimson would add an empty netter from Luke Esposito to secure the 4-1 victory. In the winning effort, Merrick Madsen would make 25 saves the Harvard Crimson advance to Saturday nights championship game. Gallery

Quinnipiac's Scott Davidson (22) crunches Harvard's Devin Triangles (22) along the boards to free the puck. Gallery