ECAC HOCKEY LEAGUE CONTACTS Commissioner: Steve Hagwell 518-487-2289 518-487-2290 (F) shagwell@ecachockey.com LEAGUE INFORMATION
Assistant Commissioner: Ed Krajewski 518-487-2288 518-487-2290 (F) ekrajewski@ecachockey.com
Director of Officiating: Paul Stewart 617-429-4842 508-660-2387 (F) pstewcat22@aol.com
Mailing Address: ECAC Hockey 51 South Pearl Street Albany, NY 12207 Directions: TIMES UNION CENTER From the East: (New England) • Take I-90 West (Mass. Turnpike) to the Albany exit. • Continue on I-90 West to I-787. • Merge onto I-787 South toward Albany/ Rensselaer. • Take Exit 3B for Madison Ave/Port of Albany. • Bear right at third light (McDonalds is on the Corner) onto South Pearl St. • The Center is on the left.
Home to 12 of the most prestigious ice hockey programs in the nation, ECAC Hockey is a conference filled with tradition, legendary players, coaches and administrators and a bright and exciting future. In terms of tradition, no conference can lay claim to the history of ECAC Hockey. The birthplace of collegiate ice hockey, member institutions have been sponsoring the sport for over a century. On February 1, 1896 in Baltimore, Md., Yale faced Johns Hopkins in the first collegiate ice hockey game. Two years later on January 19, 1898, Brown defeated Harvard in Boston in the first college hockey game between schools still sponsoring the sport. From a team standpoint, Cornell (1969-70) stands as the only team in NCAA ice hockey history to produce a perfect unbeaten and untied record en route to the Division I men's title. The Big Red posted a mark of 29-0 under coach Ned Harkness, a 1994 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee. On the ice, legendary players such as Princeton's Hobart Amory Hare "Hobey" Baker, Cornell goaltending great Ken Dryden, who led the Montreal Canadiens to six Stanley Cups, and fellow Big Red alum Joe Nieuwendyk, who won three Stanley Cups during his 19year career in the NHL and was recently named to the Hockey Hall of Fame's Class of 2011, and Clarkson's Dave Taylor, who starred with the NHL's Los Angeles Kings, are among the numerous standouts who made their mark in the conference. The conference's tradition and history are not limited to the playing surface. A wealth of legendary coaches have called the conference home, including Harkness, Dartmouth's Eddie Jeremiah, whose instructional book on the game was the hockey bible for a generation; Army's Jack Riley (Dartmouth ’44), who led the 1960 U.S. Olympic squad to the gold medal at Squaw Valley; and Yale's Tim Taylor, who led the 1994 U.S. Olympic Team in Lillehammer, Norway. In terms of leadership, ECAC Hockey is second to none.When the Decathlon Club of Bloomington, Minn., wanted a model for hockey's version of the Heisman Trophy, they turned to an ECAC Hockey institution and found Princeton's Baker.Today, the best male player in college hockey receives the Hobey Baker Memorial Award.
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Lest anyone think ECAC Hockey is about yesterday, the NHL draft annually features a wealth of conference draftees. Since the conference's inception in 1961-62, over 600 players have been drafted by NHL teams, including 42 over the past five years and 154 over the last 15. Today, many former conference players enjoy NHL careers with nearly 50 of them playing in the NHL during the 2010-11 season, including former standout Rich Peverly (St. Lawrence) claimed professional sports' greatest trophy, the Stanley Cup, as members of the 2011 Boston Bruins. In addition, ECAC Hockey is well-represented at the highest level by a surplus of alums, including New York Rangers forward Todd White (Clarkson); Calgary Flames forward Craig Conroy (Clarkson); Carolina Hurricanes forward Erik Cole (Clarkson); Atlanta Thrashers defenseman Noah Welch (Harvard); New York Islanders forward Matt Moulson (Cornell); Vancouver Canucks forward Chris Higgins (Yale) and defenseman Aaron Volpatti (Brown); San Jose Sharks defenseman Doug Murray (Cornell); St. Louis Blues forward Andy McDonald (Colgate); Calgary Flames forward Lee Stempniak (Dartmouth); Florida Panthers f o r w a r d George Parros (Princeton); New York Rangers f o r w a r d s Jeff Halpern (Princeton); Dominic Moore (Harvard); Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Willie Mitchell (Clarkson); and Winnipeg Jets defenseman Grant Clitsome (Clarkson). Beyond the playing surface, a plethora of former standouts now hold management positions in the world's elite league. Harvard graduate Peter Chiarelli is the general manager of the 2011 Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins; Nieuwendyk is the Dallas Stars general manager; Former RPI standout Adam Oates was recently named the head coach of the Washington Capitals; Princeton's Brent Flahr (Minnesota), Brown's Rick Olczyk (Edmonton), Harvard's Don Sweeney (Boston), Jason Karmanos (Carolina), and John Weisbrod (Calgary) each hold assistant general manager roles with NHL clubs. St. Lawrence alum Ray Shero is the executive vice-president and general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins; Dartmouth alum Dick Patrick is the Washington Capitals president; In Florida, St. Lawrence graduate Bill Torrey serves as the Panthers' alternate governor. In addition, Harvard alum Chuck Fletcher is the general manger of the Minnesota Wild and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is a Cornell graduate, while the NHL Deputy Commissioner, Billy Daly, is a Dartmouth graduate.
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