Brian SullivanPlaying for position Time to fire up the seeding machine and see what we’re looking at with two weeks left. Suffice to say, there are a lot of fantastic races shaping up in ECAC Hockey. • Union has a four-point lead on Quinnipiac for first; the Dutchmen cannot finish lower than third, thereby clinching a … Read more
Playing for position Time to fire up the seeding machine and see what we’re looking at with two weeks left. Suffice to say, there are a lot of fantastic races shaping up in ECAC Hockey. • Union has a four-point lead on Quinnipiac for first; the Dutchmen cannot finish lower than third, thereby clinching a … Read more
While the Crimson have lost the Beanpot opener six years running, over the last four seasons the program has finished the regular season 14-4-5 following that Beanpot-opening defeat.
Friday, February 7 All games start at 7:00 Dartmouth at Harvard The Crimson and Big Green are a combined 2-9-1 since January 11, with both wins – one apiece – coming in home games against Princeton. I don’t expect this to be a game with tantalizing postseason ramifications, but I do expect it to be … Read more
Friday, February 7 All games start at 7:00 Dartmouth at Harvard The Crimson and Big Green are a combined 2-9-1 since January 11, with both wins – one apiece – coming in home games against Princeton. I don’t expect this to be a game with tantalizing postseason ramifications, but I do expect it to be … Read more
There is one month left in the ECAC regular season. Allow me to repeat: One month. I know, it always flies by, and for a lot of programs there isn’t nearly enough time remaining to recover from recent stumbles. Fortunately, everyone makes the playoffs, and anything can happen in short series. That said, playing on … Read more
There is one month left in the ECAC regular season. Allow me to repeat: One month. I know, it always flies by, and for a lot of programs there isn’t nearly enough time remaining to recover from recent stumbles. Fortunately, everyone makes the playoffs, and anything can happen in short series. That said, playing on … Read more
The Bears got into penalty trouble against Yale and paid the price.
Friday, January 24 All games at 7pm Yale at Brown Bruno is 4-1-2 since December, with the sole loss being a very forgivable 3-2 stumble at 15-7-2 Clarkson. Freshman Tyler Steel has started all but one of those last seven games, taking over – at least for the time being – for senior Marco DeFilippo. … Read more
Friday, January 24 All games at 7pm Yale at Brown Bruno is 4-1-2 since December, with the sole loss being a very forgivable 3-2 stumble at 15-7-2 Clarkson. Freshman Tyler Steel has started all but one of those last seven games, taking over – at least for the time being – for senior Marco DeFilippo. … Read more
Faceoffs: Still important! What’s that? You missed this week’s stellar feature column about faceoffs? For shame! For if you had perused said piece, you might have enjoyed a modicum of added appreciation for this weekend’s action. Take Yale’s Friday-night game at Clarkson. The host Golden Knights beat Yale to 45 of 63 dropped pucks (I’m … Read more
Faceoffs: Still important! What’s that? You missed this week’s stellar feature column about faceoffs? For shame! For if you had perused said piece, you might have enjoyed a modicum of added appreciation for this weekend’s action. Take Yale’s Friday-night game at Clarkson. The host Golden Knights beat Yale to 45 of 63 dropped pucks (I’m … Read more
It was evidenced in last Friday’s Quinnipiac-Union game, where the Bobcats got the advantage thanks to two goals off of faceoffs.
Friday, January 10 all games at 7:00 Rensselaer at Princeton This has the makings of a low-scoring affair: RPI hasn’t scored three goals in four games; Princeton, six. That said, the last time the Engineers mustered more than two scores, it was in a 5-2 home win over the Tigers. Princeton hopes the strong defense … Read more
Friday, January 10 all games at 7:00 Rensselaer at Princeton This has the makings of a low-scoring affair: RPI hasn’t scored three goals in four games; Princeton, six. That said, the last time the Engineers mustered more than two scores, it was in a 5-2 home win over the Tigers. Princeton hopes the strong defense … Read more
Colgate claims Mariucci Classic It’s old news by now, but it’s nonetheless the weekend’s top headline: The Raiders tied top-ranked Minnesota – on the Gophers’ home ice – and downed the hosts in the shootout on Friday; the Hamilton upstarts then dispatched of No. 2 Ferris State, 3-0, to take the title on Saturday. The … Read more
Colgate claims Mariucci Classic It’s old news by now, but it’s nonetheless the weekend’s top headline: The Raiders tied top-ranked Minnesota – on the Gophers’ home ice – and downed the hosts in the shootout on Friday; the Hamilton upstarts then dispatched of No. 2 Ferris State, 3-0, to take the title on Saturday. The … Read more
A look at what each team can expect through the final three months of the 2013-14 season.
It doesn’t seem like there are as many holiday games this year as in years past, but I’m too lazy to look that up, as it’s essentially immaterial to the issue at hand: Predictions! Wee! As always, exhibition games don’t get picks, because I haven’t the foggiest reckoning about the opposition. Friday, Dec. 27 Russian … Read more
It doesn’t seem like there are as many holiday games this year as in years past, but I’m too lazy to look that up, as it’s essentially immaterial to the issue at hand: Predictions! Wee! As always, exhibition games don’t get picks, because I haven’t the foggiest reckoning about the opposition. Friday, Dec. 27 Russian … Read more