ECAC Playoffs

8 Brown in Providence, R.I.

9 Yale

Yale (2-1) in Potsdam, N.Y.

1 Clarkson

4 Harvard at Bright Center

5 Rensselaer

February 26 March 1&2 at Boston Garden, March 9&10

3 Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y.

6 Vermont

2 St. Lawrence in Canton, N.Y.

7 Colgate in Hamilton, N.Y.

Colgate (5-2)

10 Princeton

The seventh through tenth seeds play qualifying games to fill out the eight-team bracket. The quarterfinal round is a two-game series with a 10-minute mini-game if the series is split. Semi-final and final rounds are single elimination.