LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Tickets for the ECAC Hockey Men’s Championship to be played March 21-22, 2025, at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid are on sale now. The final four ECAC teams will meet in the 1980 Herb Brooks Arena for the semifinal and championship games with an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I tournament and the Scott M. Whitelaw Cup on the line.

SCHEDULE
Friday, March 21 – Semifinal Games, 4 and 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 22 – Championship Game, 5 p.m.

WHAT’S AT STAKE
The 12-team ECAC Hockey men’s tournament begins March 7-8 with a single-game format, followed by best-of-three quarterfinal matchups March 14-16. The first two rounds are played at respective schools based on seeding in the tournament. The four teams that qualify for the semifinal round earn a spot in Lake Placid, with the winner receiving an automatic entry into the 16-team NCAA tournament that determines the Division I national champion.

LAST SEASON
Cornell captured its league-best 13th ECAC Tournament title last season, beating St. Lawrence 3-1 in the championship game to earn the Whitelaw Trophy. The Big Red downed Dartmouth 6-3 in the semifinal round in Lake Placid while St. Lawrence advanced with a 3-0 win over top-seeded Quinnipiac. Cornell went on to beat Maine in the first round of the NCAA tournament then lost 2-1 to eventual national champion Denver in the quarterfinal round. Quinnipiac, the 2023 national champion, earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament last year then beat Wisconsin 3-2 in the opening round before losing to Boston College in the quarterfinals.

HISTORY
The ECAC Hockey men’s tournament began in 1962 with the championships held at Boston Garden each year until 1993 when it moved to Lake Placid. The 2025 tournament marks the 21st Championship to be hosted at the Olympic Center. Cornell has won the most ECAC Hockey men’s tournament titles with 13, followed by Harvard with 11. No other program in the league’s history has won more than seven tournament trophies.

On March 9, 1989, the league paid tribute to retiring Commissioner Robert M. “Scotty” Whitelaw by announcing that the Men’s Ice Hockey Championship trophy would be named the Whitelaw Cup. Whitelaw joined the ECAC in 1960 as Assistant Commissioner, two years before the ECAC Division I Ice Hockey Championship was formalized.

TICKETS/MORE INFORMATION
Tickets can be purchased HERE. For additional information, go to lakeplacidolympiccenter.com or ecachockey.com.

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ABOUT THE OLYMPIC AUTHORITY 
Established in 1982, the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority) was created by the State of New York to manage the facilities used during the 1980 Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid. The Olympic Authority operates Whiteface, Belleayre, and Gore Mountains, Mt Van Hoevenberg, the James C. Sheffield Speed Skating Oval, the Olympic Jumping Complex, and the Olympic Center. As host to international, national, regional and local events, the Olympic Authority's venues are destinations and economic catalysts of the regions it serves.

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