Brian Sullivan

In Wednesday’s column, I took a moment to celebrate Colgate head coach Don Vaughan’s landmark 300th win, which came on Friday at Brown. I also made sure to acknowledge the other active 300-win mentors of ECAC Hockey, in St. Lawrence’s Joe Marsh (469 wins), Cornell’s Mike Schafer (314); and Dartmouth’s Bob Gaudet, who won No. … Read more

Two squads fresh off Friday night disappointment sought a positive decision on Saturday, but had to settle for a neutral one as Quinnipiac and Harvard battered each other into a 2-2 draw. Jeremy Langlois scored his league-leading ninth goal (and 15th point) of the season for the Bobcats (7-3-1, 1-1-1 ECAC) and sophomore Cory Hibbeler … Read more

On a brisk autumn evening that hinted at the winter to come, two Ivies went toe-to-toe in the quest to define themselves ahead of their own fierce and frigid season. It was the Princeton Tigers who emerged victorious, edging tenacious Harvard 4-3 in front of 2,306 in the Crimson’s opening game of the 2011-12 campaign. … Read more

Brian: 8-4-2 last week (my picks were on Twitter, didn’t you notice?), 13-6-5 overall. Josh: 6-4-3 last week, 18-7-8 overall. It’s finally a League Week, with not a single non-conference game in sight. Friday Colgate at Brown Ooh, the Raiders’ home loss to Niagara is gonna sting. One night after scoring a TD plus the … Read more

Rocky Iles Yes, sure, of course, we’re only 60 minutes into Cornell’s season, but this may be the only opportunity for me to use this catchy sub-head. While veteran head coach Mike Schafer lambasted his team’s effort, preparedness and decision-making in a stunning 5-4 season-opening loss to Mercyhurst at Lynah on Saturday, it should be … Read more

… on Scheduling I’ve taken a fair amount of flak in my time manning USCHO’s ECAC Hockey (nee ECACHL) desk. Some of it has been perfectly valid, and I’ve tried to acknowledge as much. Some has been bred of confusion or misinterpretation; some of ignorance; and no small amount has been borne of the bat**** … Read more

Quinnipiac in first First place in Atlantic Hockey, that is. Eight games into their regular season, the Bobcats are 6-2-0… and 5-1-0 against AHA opponents following this weekend’s split at Robert Morris. Will the 10 points be enough to hold off the rest of the pack until QU’s next Atlantic game on December 9 (in … Read more

Last week Josh flew solo (and aren’t we so proud of him?) last week, going 8-1-2. I think I’m in for a dogfight this year… and I’m sure that some of you will prefer his brand of prognostication to my own. Call it a hunch. This week Rensselaer at Notre Dame (Friday) Brian: The Irish … Read more

Here are a few notes to facilitate even greater ECAC Hockey devotion in the upcoming months. Check the Tweets First, for all you Twitter-ers or Tweeters or Twits or whatever you (ok, we) are, Dan Greene – creator of the Union Hockey Blog – has a new, post-grad site called “1989 And Still Waiting”. Along … Read more

Both the season and some facts, that is. Colgate! That pretty much sums up my reaction to the weekend’s results, as the Raiders made it clear that no matter what trials and travails they may endure this year, they are not last year’s team. The story of the 2010-11 Colgate Raiders has been hashed over … Read more