Joshua Boyd Rensselaer may be the toughest team in ECAC Hockey to pin down this year. The coaches and the media like them enough to place them fourth and fifth, respectively, in the preseason polls. However, Rensselaer has lost some mighty talent in the last 12 months, including two-time ECAC player of the year Chase Polacek and … Read more
Rick Bennett doesn’t have to look too far back to remember when the Union Dutchmen were not among the ECAC Hockey elite. “I came in [before the 2005-06 season]. We went .500 that year and it felt like we won the Stanley Cup,” said Bennett, the head coach in his first season at Union after … Read more
The “Kid Corps” at Quinnipiac avoided a total disaster in 2010-11. Considering only one senior (defenseman Zach Hanson) played more than four games, a 6-9-7 record in ECAC play is not so bad. Bobcats coach Rand Pecknold believes in his young team, which will have four seniors who saw significant time last year. A junior … Read more
Go ahead and try to find a reason why Yale shouldn’t have swept the ECAC preseason coaches and media polls. Astounding freshmen coming in? Check. Scoring depth? Got it. Goaltending? Wait, what was the last one? Oh, goaltending. Yeah, that could be a reason. After all, with the departure of Ryan Rondeau to graduation, that … Read more
There will be different voices calling the shots on the bench for St. Lawrence, though Joe Marsh’s influence will be felt on each line change, goal and win for the Saints. Due to a medical leave, this is the first time since 1985 that the Saints will start a regular season without Marsh on the … Read more
No one has to tell coach Bob Prier how much is riding on the Princeton name every hockey season. After all, the name on the university’s home ice says everything about the history, honor and privilege involved in pulling on the Tigers colors: Hobey Baker Rink. Prier, who was an assistant coach and associate head … Read more