ECAC Hockey picks: The final countdown

Let’s get right to it. All three games will be broadcast on Fox College Sports. Friday, March 20 6 Harvard vs. 1 Quinnipiac 4:05 On USCHO Live! this week, hosts Jimmy Connelly and Ed Trefzger did exactly what I knew they would, and asked me to pick the ECAC champion. I hemmed and hawed, like … Read more

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How to feel about the NCAAs: ECAC Hockey by the numbers

Between Jayson Moy’s What I Believe and Jim Dahl’s CollegeHockeyRanked site, we have a pretty good idea about who’s in, who’s out, who can help themselves, and who’s saying a prayer for an NCAA berth. With regards to ECAC Hockey, here is the latest breakdown as best we can figure: • Quinnipiac (tied for 10th … Read more

The Lake Effect

And so, much like the annually premature appearance of tank-tops and flip-flops on campuses across the Northeast, so too does it feel like hockey season is moving too fast, trimming teams too soon. ECAC Hockey is down to four: Quinnipiac, St. Lawrence, Colgate, and Harvard. Is Harvard back? While it was somewhat shocking to see … Read more

The Lake Effect

And so, much like the annually premature appearance of tank-tops and flip-flops on campuses across the Northeast, so too does it feel like hockey season is moving too fast, trimming teams too soon. ECAC Hockey is down to four: Quinnipiac, St. Lawrence, Colgate, and Harvard. Is Harvard back? While it was somewhat shocking to see … Read more

Lyon stops 24 as Yale blanks Harvard, evens series

It wasn’t the dominant performance Yale has grown used to enjoying over Harvard, but it was doubtlessly more rewarding by extending the Bulldogs’ season by at least one more day. Junior Mitch Witek’s seeing-eye rope in the second period proved to be the game-winner in Yale’s 2-0 win; senior Trent Ruffalo’s empty-netter ended the nail-biting … Read more

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ECAC Hockey first round picks: March 6-8

12 Princeton at 5 Dartmouth Princeton did not win a single game outside of Hobey Baker Rink this season, going 0-10-1 on the road in league play and 0-12-2 away from home overall. The Tigers only scored three goals or more three times all season, and only once in 2015 (in a 4-1 win – … Read more

ECAC Hockey’s opportunists and squanderers

First-round matchups •12 Princeton at 5 Dartmouth: Dartmouth swept the series, 2-0-0, by a 7-3 aggregate score. •11 Brown at 6 Harvard: The teams split the series, 1-1-0, with each team winning at home; Harvard out-scored Brown by a 7-3 aggregate. •10 Union at 7 Cornell: Cornell swept the series, 2-0-0, by a 7-2 aggregate … Read more

ECAC Hockey seeding scenarios: One day left

This is exactly what it says; here is where ECAC Hockey stands with one day left. • Quinnipiac (33 points): First place secured • St. Lawrence (29 points): Second place secured • Yale (26 points): Win/tie or Dartmouth tie/loss secures third place; first-round bye secured (Yale holds tiebreaker over Colgate) • Colgate (24 points): Win … Read more