Brian SullivanThere’s a shocker; Clarkson is on top of the standings. But for a real surprise, Quinnipiac scored twice as many goals — 10 — in its shutout exhibition win than it has in three games of NCAA competition since. The Big Red hope the same affliction doesn’t hit their squad, after an 8-0 win over … Read more
Well it’s about darned time. The 2007-2008 college hockey season is back in full swing, and there are more than a couple teams in ECAC Hockey who are eyeing big returns on the heels of last season’s successes … or failures. Early Risers The non-Ivy programs have all played their season openers, and while the … Read more
Offense: Can Kirk MacDonald come back for another season, perhaps? Between Captain Kirk, Oren Eizenman and Jake Luthi, the ‘Tute bid a fearful farewell to last season’s top three scorers. With 77 points and 25 goals between them, the Engineers lost 28 percent of their offense on graduation day last spring. RPI was ninth in … Read more
Offense: Simply put, the Big Green parted ways with five of its seven leading scorers from 2006-07. There’s no way to sugar-coat it, no way to minimize the effect that will have on Dartmouth’s capacity to put pucks in the net in 2007-08. David Jones, the leading scorer with 44 points in 33 games, is … Read more
Offense: When you can score nearly three and a half goals a game in league and overall, you’ve got yourself a pretty good chance of winning any given night. The media agrees. “It’s an honor to be ranked in the top 20 in both polls and we are very excited for the 2007-08 season,” said … Read more
Offense: Clarkson tied Quinnipiac for the most goals scored in the league last year with 74. Seven of that team’s top eight scorers are back for another year in the green and gold. So, things are looking good for the Knights. With the acid of the first-round NCAA loss to Massachusetts still on their tongues, … Read more
Offense: Fortunately for the Brown Bears, Brian McNary was the only top-four scorer lost from last season, as the six-goal, 18-assist junior elected to focus entirely on academics in his final year in school. Senior Jeff Prough led the squad with 33 points last year, while Sean Hurley was one of the league’s best offensive … Read more
Offense: True, true, the Raiders practically couldn’t win a game in which they didn’t pitch a shutout last season, going 7-21-3 when allowing more than a single goal. That record fell to a disastrous 0-16-1 when the team surrendered three or more. With figures like that, Colgate didn’t stand a chance against top competition, going … Read more
Offense: The Tigers tied for fourth in league scoring last season with 69 goals, just over three a game, and hit that 3.00 mark right on the nose in 34 games overall. The forward lines will be missing last season’s second-, third- and fourth-leading scorers, who combined for 29 goals and 78 points in 100 … Read more
Offense: Despite losing T.J. Fox to Worcester of the AHL — and good for him — the Dutchmen look pretty solid up front. Five skaters who had 20 points last season are back for another round, including defenseman Lane Caffaro, who had seven goals and 18 assists in 2006-07. Coyle is literally the senior leader … Read more
Offense: In what seems to be a bit of a league-wide pattern, the Saints graduated three of their top six scorers from last season in Kyle Rank, Max Taylor and Drew Bagnall. As a team, SLU was third in the league with 73 goals scored, nearly three and a third per game. The drop in … Read more
Offense: The Crimson found themselves in the opposite situation from that suffered by Union last season: Harvard scored over three goals a game in league contests, but the production fell off significantly to only 2.67 GPG overall. The team’s 67 ECACHL goals were good for sixth, same as their final spot in the standings. Worked … Read more
Colgate head coach Don Vaughan may have put it best when he described his experiences last season: “It was a crazy year.” And as succinctly as that, you have the 2006-07 ECACHL season in a nutshell. George Roll’s Golden Knights are the pick in the ECACHL — but nothing is certain in this topsy-turvy league. … Read more
Offense: The Big Red are without three of their top six scorers from last season, a campaign in which they averaged just shy of three goals a game in league and overall. Cornell’s 64 league goals were only eighth-best, and the top sniper-freshman Greening-only totaled 11 goals in the full 31 games. On the flip … Read more
Offense: When your scoring chart is led by a pair of freshman, you’re probably sitting pretty for the following year. Sean Backman and Mark Arcobello would’ve earned a lot more attention if not for that Brandon Wong fella across town, and Bill LeClerc is the only double-digit scorer lost from the 2006-07 Bulldogs. “I think … Read more
Four former Union College hockey players flew to Florida to undertake the post-grad roadtrip of a lifetime. Dan Tatar, Jason Ortolano, Sean Streich and Carson Strang traded their steel blades for rubber wheels — all in the name of autism. Brian Sullivan reports.
Although a Frozen Four bid wasn’t in the cards, Miami took a step forward at the Northeast Regional. Brian Sullivan reports.
Playing It Close The Saints may have been accustomed to playing close games — 16 of 34 results this year were of the one-goal or goal-plus-empty-netter variety — but BC opened things up as the game wore on, and on defense eliminated St. Lawrence’s ability to get Schneider moving laterally. Wicked Hot The Boston College … Read more
Miami wasn’t supposed to be here at all, said the team’s coach and starting goalie. Well, the RedHawks took no time at all in making their presence known in the Northeast Regional, toppling top-seeded New Hampshire 2-1 on Saturday afternoon. Junior captain Ryan Jones assisted on the game’s first goal and scored the game-winner, and … Read more
As Quinnipiac may recall from its regular-season finale against Clarkson, the Golden Knights can turn it on in a hurry. In that February 24 game at QU’s TD Banknorth Sports Center, the Golden Knights rolled off four third-period goals to better the Bobcats. And it seems that the more things change, the more they stay … Read more