ECAC Men's Hockey Championship Coverage

PRINCETON, N.J. -- Four Ivy League men's hockey teams move on to the second weekend of the 2013 ECAC Men's Hockey Championship with one playing in each of the four quarterfinal best-of-three series on March 15-17.

Brown, Cornell and Dartmouth each won their first-round series to advance, while Yale is back in action after enjoying a first-round bye.

Seventh-seeded Brown (13-12-6, 7-9-6 ECAC Hockey, 5-5-0 Ivy League) made its first appearance in the ECAC Tournament first round count as the Bears blanked tenth-seeded Clarkson 3-0 in the first game and held on to a 4-3 victory in the second game to sweep the Golden Knights. In the second game, Brown was up 4-1, thanks to two goals by junior Jake Goldberg, before Clarkson the mounted a furious comeback in final 20 minutes.

No. 9 Cornell (14-14-3, 8-11-3 ECACH, 2-6-2 Ivy) also opened its first-round series with a shutout, a 4-0 defeat over eigth-seeded Princeton (10-16-5, 8-10-4 ECACH, 5-4-1 Ivy). Junior goaltender Andy Iles made 26 saves for his second career playoff shutout to give the Big Red the 1-0 series lead. The next night, senior defenseman Nick D'Agostino scored a pair of third-period goals to lift Cornell to a 4-2 victory and end the Tigers' season.

Dartmouth and Harvard engaged in a see-saw battle that saw the Crimson grab Game 1 followed by the Big Green pulling the series even with a 4-1 victory. Game 3 was an offensive outburst as Dartmouth netted three goals in each of the final two periods erased an early Harvard (10-19-3, 6-14-2 ECACH, 2-6-2 Ivy) lead and helped the Big Green (15-12-5, 9-9-4 ECACH, 4-3-3 Ivy) advance in the postseason for the third straight year.

Yale (16-10-3, 12-9-1 ECACH, 8-2-0 Ivy), the tournament's third seed and 2013 Ivy League Champion, is back on the ice this weekend hosting No. 6 St. Lawrence. The Bulldogs swept St. Lawrence in the regular season and look to move on the the semifinals for the second time in three years.

The quarterfinal winners advance to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. for the semifinals on Friday, March 22 and the third-place and championship games on Saturday, March 23.

QUARTERFINALS (Best-of-three series)
Friday-Sunday, March 15-17
No. 9 Cornell at No. 1 Quinnipiac
Friday, March 15 - 7 pm
Saturday, March 16 - 7 pm
Sunday, March 17 (if necessary) - 5 pm

No. 7 Brown at No. 2 Rensselaer
Friday, March 15 - 7 pm
Saturday, March 16 - 7 pm
Sunday, March 17 (if necessary) - 5 pm

No. 6 St. Lawrence at No. 3 Yale
Friday, March 15 - 7 pm
Saturday, March 16 - 7 pm
Sunday, March 17 (if necessary) - 5 pm

No. 5 Dartmouth at No. 4 Union
Friday, March 15 - 7 pm
Saturday, March 16 - 7 pm
Sunday, March 17 (if necessary) - 5 pm

SEMIFINALS
Friday, March 22
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J.
  Game 1: Quarterfinal Winners, 4 pm [FOX College Sports]
  Game 2: Quarterfinal Winners, 7:30 pm [FOX College Sports]

CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday, March 23
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J.
  Third-Place Game, 4 pm
  Championship, 7 pm [FOX College Sports]