ECAC Hockey playoffs

2012 tournament

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

First round: Best-of-three series, March 2-4 at campus sites: Seed 12 at 5, 11 at 6, 10 at 7, 9 at 8. Schedule/results

Quarterfinals: Best-of-three series, March 9-11 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 16: Semifinals, 4 at 7 p.m. EDT. March 17: Third-place game, 4 p.m. EDT; championship game, 7 p.m. EDT. Schedule/results

First round

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Final

Champion

March 2-4

March 9-11

March 16

March 17

(11) Princeton

(6) Yale

(10) Rensselaer

(7) Clarkson

(12) Brown

(5) Quinnipiac

(9) Dartmouth

(8) St. Lawrence

Yale

(3) Harvard

Dartmouth

(2) Cornell

Quinnipiac

(4) Colgate

Rensselaer

(1) Union

Harvard

Cornell

Colgate

Union

Harvard

Union

Cornell

Colgate

Union

Cornell

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