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Ivy Teams Vie for ECAC Men's Hockey Tournament Title
ALBANY, N.Y. -- All six Ivy League teams are vying for the 2011 ECAC Men's Hockey Championship with three -- Brown, Harvard and Princeton -- opening tournament play March 4-6 in the best-of-three, first-round series.
Sixth-seeded Princeton hosts No. 11 St. Lawrence while ninth-seeded Brown is on the road at No. Quinnipiac and 10th-seeded Harvard travels to No. 7 Clarkson. All three open Friday, March 4 at 7 p.m. Princeton's Saturday and if necessary Sunday games are at 4 p.m. while both of Brown's games are slated for 7 p.m. Harvard's Saturday game is scheduled for 7 p.m. and its if necessary third game on Sunday is set for 4 p.m.
The 12-team tournament field also features second-seeded Yale, third-seeded Dartmouth and fourth-seeded Cornell, which received byes to the quarterfinal round at on-campus sites Friday-Sunday, March 11-13.
The championship semifinals, third-place and championship games take place Friday-Saturday, March 18-19 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. The CBS Sports Network will broadcast the semifinal and championship games.
2011 ECAC MEN'S ICE HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
FIRST ROUND (Best-of-three)
Friday, March 4 - Sunday, March 6
No. 11 St. Lawrence at No. 6 Princeton
No. 10 Harvard at No. 7 Clarkson
No. 9 Brown at No. 8 Quinnipiac
QUARTERFINALS (Best-of-three)
Friday, March 11 - Sunday, March 13
TBD at No. 1 Union
TBD at No. 2 Yale
TBD at No. 3 Dartmouth
TBD at No. 4 Cornell
SEMIFINALS
Friday, March 18
Semifinal No. 1, 4:30 pm [CBS Sports Network]
Semifinal No. 2, 7:30 pm [CBS Sports Network]
Saturday, March 19
Third-Place Game, 4:30 pm
Championship Game, 7:30 pm [CBS Sports Network]
