ECAC Hockey playoff central

2013 tournament

Format: All 12 teams qualify. The top four seeds get byes into the quarterfinals.

First round: Best-of-three series, March 8-10 at campus sites: Seed 12 at 5, 11 at 6, 10 at 7, 9 at 8. Schedule/results

Quarterfinals: Best-of-three series, March 15-17 at campus sites. Lowest-remaining seed at 1, second-lowest remaining seed at 2, third-lowest remaining seed at 3, fourth-lowest remaining seed at 4. Schedule/results

Championship: At Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. March 22: Semifinals, 4 and 7:30 p.m. EDT. March 23: Third-place game, 4 p.m. EDT; championship game, 7 p.m. EDT. Schedule/results

Note: Teams are reseeded after the first and quarterfinal rounds.

Tournament coverage

Watch this page for all of USCHO.com’s game recaps, columns, features and blog posts from the 2013 ECAC Hockey conference playoffs.