Brian Sullivan

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Gunning for its third ECAC Hockey tournament title in a row, Union took its game right at Cornell, running the Big Red out of goals and out of gas in a 5-2 semifinal win on Friday. Seniors Cole Ikkala, Daniel Carr and Kevin Sullivan, junior Max Novak, and rookie Mike Vecchione … Read more

Welcome to the final awful predictions of the 2013-14 ECAC Hockey season. I’ll be your guide on our final nauseating spin through Prognostication Pass, but be sure to bone up with Nate Owen’s quotes and insight in this week’s ECAC Hockey column. I’m just here to ice the proverbial cake. By the way, if you … Read more

ECAC’s final four is set Congratulations to Union, Colgate, Quinnipiac and Cornell for their quarterfinal wins. Without further ado, Friday’s pairings: (1) Union vs. (4) Cornell: 4:07 Union swept the season series (2) Colgate vs. (3) Quinnipiac: 7:37 The teams split the season series As wild as this league can be, it’s not so rare … Read more

HAMDEN, Conn. — Last April, Yale eliminated local rival Quinnipiac on the last night of the season. The Bulldogs lifted the NCAA championship trophy; the Bobcats vowed to never forget the sting they felt. Eleven months later, QU returned the favor, ending Yale’s title defense with a 5-3 victory and sweeping the Blue out of … Read more

HAMDEN, Conn. — In another postseason matchup pitting Yale against neighboring Quinnipiac, the host Bobcats notched a decisive 6-2 victory to take a 1-0 lead in the ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series. Travis St. Denis scored twice for the Bobcats (23-8-6, 12-6-4 ECAC), while Connor Jones, Bryce Van Brabant and freshmen Tim Clifton and Connor Clifton … Read more

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Saturday’s Game 2 between Harvard and Yale bore little resemblance to Friday’s 4-0 Bulldogs victory, except for the ultimate result. Yale senior center Jesse Root’s 30-foot wrist shot deflected off classmate Kenny Agostino’s shin pad in the game’s 52nd minute and ricocheted past Harvard goaltender Raphael Girard. The goal capped a … Read more

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — It wasn’t pretty, but any win is a big win in the playoffs. The defending national champions from Yale took the lesson to heart and stifled rival Harvard 4-0 in Game 1 of the ECAC Hockey postseason behind 24 saves from freshman Alex Lyon. Yale seniors Jesse Root and Gus Young … Read more

Let’s get right to the action… all games start at 7:00, unless otherwise noted. 12 Princeton at 5 Clarkson Note: Saturday’s game begins at 7:30 Clarkson swept the season series against beleaguered Princeton, winning 4-3 in Jersey and 3-1 in Potsdam. Forgive my bluntness, but the Tigers look like dead meat: They have only scored … Read more

The matchups First, congratulations to Cleary Cup champion Union, who took the regular-season crown for the third time in four years (2010-11, ’11-12, and this season). The Dutchmen are joined in their well-deserved bye week by second-place Colgate, third-place Quinnipiac, and fourth-place Cornell. Kudos, especially, to the Big Red for a tenacious rally against arch-rival … Read more

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — With little at stake on the final night of the ECAC Hockey regular season, defending national champion Yale dominated visiting Rensselaer, 5-0, to claim a tie for fifth place and the sixth seed in the league playoffs. Senior Jesse Root opened the scoring for the Bulldogs (15-9-5, 10-8-4 ECAC); junior Anthony … Read more

Four games left. That doesn’t sound like much, but hey, at least everybody is guaranteed two postseason games, right? Ok then. Six games left? All games start at 7:00. Friday, February 21 Brown at Dartmouth Neither the Bears nor Big Green are likely to improve their first-round status – Dartmouth is four points out of … Read more