The weekend that was: Week 10

On the fly Friday, December 3 Alabama-Huntsville 1 at Cornell 3 Sophomore John Esposito broke the ice, and seniors Patrick Kennedy and Tyler Roeszler followed through the breach as the Big Red scored three second-period goals to take Game 1. Junior netminder Mike Garman stopped 24 of 25 for his second win of the year, … Read more

The weekend that was: Week 10

On the fly Friday, December 3 Alabama-Huntsville 1 at Cornell 3 Sophomore John Esposito broke the ice, and seniors Patrick Kennedy and Tyler Roeszler followed through the breach as the Big Red scored three second-period goals to take Game 1. Junior netminder Mike Garman stopped 24 of 25 for his second win of the year, … Read more

ECAC Hockey picks: Week 10

Prediction precision Last week 7-2-1 (.750) Season record 46-23-10 (.646) Guest guessers: 32-28-6 (.530) Still seeking new challengers to my prognostication prowess… email me at ECACWriter@USCHO.com with five good (or bad) reasons why you should be selected as a guest-guesser. This week All times Eastern Friday, December 3 Rensselaer at Yale – 7:00 I’m not … Read more

ECAC Hockey picks: Week 10

Prediction precision Last week 7-2-1 (.750) Season record 46-23-10 (.646) Guest guessers: 32-28-6 (.530) Still seeking new challengers to my prognostication prowess… email me at ECACWriter@USCHO.com with five good (or bad) reasons why you should be selected as a guest-guesser. This week All times Eastern Friday, December 3 Rensselaer at Yale – 7:00 I’m not … Read more

Goalies sweating the support

Players of the Week *These are my selections; ECAC Hockey’s can be found here. Player of the Week: Nick Walsh, Dartmouth The 6’1″ junior out of Shannonville, Ontario racked up a 4-1–5 line in two games against Harvard. His big haul included a hat trick in Friday’s rout in Boston and the game-winner Saturday, and … Read more

Goalies sweating the support

Players of the Week *These are my selections; ECAC Hockey’s can be found here. Player of the Week: Nick Walsh, Dartmouth The 6’1″ junior out of Shannonville, Ontario racked up a 4-1–5 line in two games against Harvard. His big haul included a hat trick in Friday’s rout in Boston and the game-winner Saturday, and … Read more

The weekend that was: Week 9

On the Fly Friday, November 26 Dartmouth 8 at Harvard 2 Junior Nick Walsh scored his first career hat trick and rookie Eric Robinson scored with two assists in his NCAA debut in the Big Green romp. Fellow freshman Matt Lindblad, sophomore Dustin Walsh, junior Doug Jones and senior Scott Fleming also lit the lamp … Read more

The weekend that was: Week 9

On the Fly Friday, November 26 Dartmouth 8 at Harvard 2 Junior Nick Walsh scored his first career hat trick and rookie Eric Robinson scored with two assists in his NCAA debut in the Big Green romp. Fellow freshman Matt Lindblad, sophomore Dustin Walsh, junior Doug Jones and senior Scott Fleming also lit the lamp … Read more

ECAC Hockey picks: Week 9

It’s a holiday week (in case you hadn’t noticed), so no guest-guesser this time. Last week Me: 8-4-1 (.654) Stephen Shablak: 6-3-0 (.667) Season record Me: 39-21-9 (.630) Guest guessers: 32-28-6 (.530) Head to head: Sullivan 4, Guests 2* *Shablak didn’t predict Tuesday’s outcomes, and I lost when his boys – Colgate – fell to … Read more

ECAC Hockey picks: Week 9

It’s a holiday week (in case you hadn’t noticed), so no guest-guesser this time. Last week Me: 8-4-1 (.654) Stephen Shablak: 6-3-0 (.667) Season record Me: 39-21-9 (.630) Guest guessers: 32-28-6 (.530) Head to head: Sullivan 4, Guests 2* *Shablak didn’t predict Tuesday’s outcomes, and I lost when his boys – Colgate – fell to … Read more

Studying how ECAC Hockey’s bottom half got there

I’ve devoted word-count to the streaking likes of Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, Union, Rensselaer and — yes — even Brown can consider its men’s icers hot this year. But who does that leave behind? Half the league, that’s who. Clarkson, Colgate, Cornell, Harvard, Quinnipiac and St. Lawrence have each struggled to some extent through the season’s … Read more

Brown Bear-relling forward

Players of the Week* *These are my selections; ECAC Hockey’s can be found here. Player of the Week: Jack Maclellan, Brown Bruno’s junior sniper scored a goal and added two assists in Friday’s 5-2 win at Colgate, then added three more helpers at New Hampshire to help boost Brown to a 2-0-1 week. The wiry … Read more

Brown Bear-relling forward

Players of the Week* *These are my selections; ECAC Hockey’s can be found here. Player of the Week: Jack Maclellan, Brown Bruno’s junior sniper scored a goal and added two assists in Friday’s 5-2 win at Colgate, then added three more helpers at New Hampshire to help boost Brown to a 2-0-1 week. The wiry … Read more

The weekend that was: Week 8

On the Fly Friday, November 19 Harvard 0 at Princeton 1 Sophomore Mike Condon’s career-high 36 saves bested senior Kyle Richter’s 34, as the Tigers netminder recorded his first career shutout thanks to senior Mike Kramer’s first-period strike. The officials whistled only four penalties, leading to 71 combined shots (including 15 apiece in the second … Read more

The weekend that was: Week 8

On the Fly Friday, November 19 Harvard 0 at Princeton 1 Sophomore Mike Condon’s career-high 36 saves bested senior Kyle Richter’s 34, as the Tigers netminder recorded his first career shutout thanks to senior Mike Kramer’s first-period strike. The officials whistled only four penalties, leading to 71 combined shots (including 15 apiece in the second … Read more

ECAC Hockey picks: Week 8

Everybody, please welcome my newest competitor, Stephen Shablak. Colgate devotee and ECAC Hockey super-fan, Shablak is also a master of brevity. (He really out-did himself in that regard, risking derision and failure by not even picking Tuesday’s games!) Among his justifications for pixel-usage: “3) I’ve followed ECAC hockey since it’s inception 4)I played in the … Read more

ECAC Hockey picks: Week 8

Everybody, please welcome my newest competitor, Stephen Shablak. Colgate devotee and ECAC Hockey super-fan, Shablak is also a master of brevity. (He really out-did himself in that regard, risking derision and failure by not even picking Tuesday’s games!) Among his justifications for pixel-usage: “3) I’ve followed ECAC hockey since it’s inception 4)I played in the … Read more

Lucky No. 7

Players of the Week* *These are my selections; ECAC Hockey’s can be found here. May as well call this Rookie Week… just take a look. Wow. Player of the Week: Mike Keenan, Dartmouth It figures that with 13 goals on the North Country trip, a couple Dartmouth players were going to get some recognition. Keenan, … Read more