Brian SullivanHere’s the quick, 12:25am rundown (EDIT: now 1:22am, upon completion) on the playoff potentialities facing ECAC Hockey following Friday’s results and entering Saturday’s final regular-season contests. Here are this second’s standings. EDIT: Upon further, well-rested review, the SLU/Harvard/Colgate situation has been amended. Tip of the cap to @WHRBSports for pointing out my error. 1. Union … Read more
This is the toughest time of the year to make predictions, because so many teams are playing on emotion rather than simple talent. It’s the time of year where a bottom-dweller could easily upset a top-four team, if they simply want it more… so here come some pretty brutal predictions, because frankly, I have no … Read more
This is the toughest time of the year to make predictions, because so many teams are playing on emotion rather than simple talent. It’s the time of year where a bottom-dweller could easily upset a top-four team, if they simply want it more… so here come some pretty brutal predictions, because frankly, I have no … Read more
For those of you who may be new to the Playoff Quotes game, let me save you some trouble: Here’s a time-tested breakdown of what your coach will say depending on his team’s position in the standings. Bottom four: “There’s no question, we’ve had a difficult season. We really struggled to play a full 60 … Read more
Players of the week Player of the week: Danny Biega, Harvard Harvard’s sophomore blueliner scored three goals and six points in three games this week, helping the Crimson take a desperately needed four points at Cornell and Brown. Biega began the weekend with the game-winning power-play goal in Ithaca, added Harvard’s lone goal at Colgate … Read more
Players of the week Player of the week: Danny Biega, Harvard Harvard’s sophomore blueliner scored three goals and six points in three games this week, helping the Crimson take a desperately needed four points at Cornell and Brown. Biega began the weekend with the game-winning power-play goal in Ithaca, added Harvard’s lone goal at Colgate … Read more
On the fly Friday, February 18 Brown 3 at Princeton 7 Brown senior Harry Zolnierczyk tied the game at 1 apiece 6:38 into play, but it was all downhill from there for Bruno as the Tigers scored three straight (twice, actually) to pull away. Seniors Kevin Lohry and Tayler Fedun each scored twice for Princeton, … Read more
On the fly Friday, February 18 Brown 3 at Princeton 7 Brown senior Harry Zolnierczyk tied the game at 1 apiece 6:38 into play, but it was all downhill from there for Bruno as the Tigers scored three straight (twice, actually) to pull away. Seniors Kevin Lohry and Tayler Fedun each scored twice for Princeton, … Read more
And doooowwn the stretch they come; will Union falter? Will Yale leapfrog to the front again? Will I finish with a .667 prediction percentage? All these questions and more, to be answered in the coming weeks! Prediction precision Season: 121-57-20 (.662) This week All times Eastern Friday, February 18 Brown at Princeton – 7:00 Brown … Read more
And doooowwn the stretch they come; will Union falter? Will Yale leapfrog to the front again? Will I finish with a .667 prediction percentage? All these questions and more, to be answered in the coming weeks! Prediction precision Season: 121-57-20 (.662) This week All times Eastern Friday, February 18 Brown at Princeton – 7:00 Brown … Read more
There are four games left for most teams in ECAC Hockey; five for Harvard and Brown. Here’s the state of the chaos in the regular season’s penultimate week. • Colgate (six points) can’t finish higher than ninth place. • Harvard (seven points) and St. Lawrence (11 points) can’t finish higher than seventh. • Brown (13 … Read more
This’ll be a quick-hitter, without the usual feature material in the middle due to a crunched-up week… the Beanpot and Clarkson-St. Lawrence kinda accordioned my standard pace and schedule. Players of the Week Player of the week: Alex Killorn, Harvard The Crimson’s most consistent (or perhaps only consistent) player this year scored three goals and … Read more
This’ll be a quick-hitter, without the usual feature material in the middle due to a crunched-up week… the Beanpot and Clarkson-St. Lawrence kinda accordioned my standard pace and schedule. Players of the Week Player of the week: Alex Killorn, Harvard The Crimson’s most consistent (or perhaps only consistent) player this year scored three goals and … Read more
On the fly Friday, February 11 Brown 1 at Clarkson 4 The Golden Knights didn’t score on either of two power plays, but they did keep Bruno off the board on eight Bears advantages to grit out the victory. Frosh Allan McPherson and Will Frederick scored for ‘Tech, as did seniors Scott Freeman and Tom … Read more
On the fly Friday, February 11 Brown 1 at Clarkson 4 The Golden Knights didn’t score on either of two power plays, but they did keep Bruno off the board on eight Bears advantages to grit out the victory. Frosh Allan McPherson and Will Frederick scored for ‘Tech, as did seniors Scott Freeman and Tom … Read more
Geez, 19 blogs devoted to picks already? Crazy. Onto the madness! Prediction precision Season record: 116-51-19 (.675) This week All times Eastern Friday, February 11 Yale at St. Lawrence – 7:00 Good heavens, Yale is mortal… on the road at least. Away from home, the Bulldogs are 5-4-0 overall, 4-3-0 in conference. Unfortunately, the Saints … Read more
Geez, 19 blogs devoted to picks already? Crazy. Onto the madness! Prediction precision Season record: 116-51-19 (.675) This week All times Eastern Friday, February 11 Yale at St. Lawrence – 7:00 Good heavens, Yale is mortal… on the road at least. Away from home, the Bulldogs are 5-4-0 overall, 4-3-0 in conference. Unfortunately, the Saints … Read more
Three weeks left. That’s it. Only three weeks remain in ECAC Hockey’s regular season, so the annual segment snuck up on me a bit, to tell you the truth. But without further ado, let’s take a look at … What we know Most teams have six games remaining, but a few have five or seven. … Read more
Players of the Week Player of the Week: Joe Devin, Cornell The Scituate, Mass. senior earns Player of the Week honors this time around for his three-goal, five-point contribution to Cornell’s four-point weekend. He led off with Friday’s power-play game-winner over Clarkson, but finished even stronger with two goals – including the equalizing extra-attacker strike … Read more
Players of the Week Player of the Week: Joe Devin, Cornell The Scituate, Mass. senior earns Player of the Week honors this time around for his three-goal, five-point contribution to Cornell’s four-point weekend. He led off with Friday’s power-play game-winner over Clarkson, but finished even stronger with two goals – including the equalizing extra-attacker strike … Read more