Paula C. Weston

More thoughts from the Yale camp on Wednesday: “Every time we don’t get to compete for a national championship is a disappointment in our eyes.” — Senior forward Andrew Miller, the 2012-13 Ivy League player of the year. “I personally don’t see us as underdogs.” — Senior defenseman Colin Dueck, who’s played 121 games for … Read more

PITTSBURGH — With both Quinnipiac and Yale representing the state of Connecticut and ECAC Hockey, it may be easy to overlook the other league that claims the Bulldogs for its own. Harvard was the last Ivy League school to capture the NCAA championship, back in 1989. Cornell won the title in 1967 and again in … Read more

PITTSBURGH — When Yale played in the West Regional in Grand Rapids, Mich., two weeks ago, junior forward Kenny Agostino was the hot topic because he had been traded by the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Calgary Flames at 1:30 a.m. the day of the first game. Two weeks later, the media was all over Agostino … Read more

CCHA fans, it’s Monday the week of the Frozen Four and we are without a representative this week in Pittsburgh. Well, unless you count me. I’ll represent. I’ll do so poorly and limit my representation to that which occurs off the ice, but I’ll represent. I was glad I made the trip from Grand Rapids … Read more

Well, my picks last weekend were legendarily bad. Fitting. Last week: 1-2 (.333) Season to date: 130-96-29 (.545) I’m happy to have finished the final CCHA season above .500. This week Having only two CCHA teams in the NCAA tournament in the conference’s final season is disappointing. I have Notre Dame winning the whole thing … Read more

How different the world looks this Monday morning, after a weekend in Detroit. Sure, that’s a truism all by itself, but after the final weekend of CCHA play, it’s a bit more specific. I learned so much in 30 hours over two days that it’s difficult to choose what to write about here. One of … Read more

DETROIT — Here’s video from the end of Notre Dame’s 3-1 win over Michigan in the CCHA championship game on Sunday and clips from the postgame news conferences: [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/c78CRE-8f1Y width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/Dk4fI8CzIt4 width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/zN-CA2vQXjc width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/Hn0znmePbVM width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/8EpTW3LyhKw width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/1KVPNPP7qFc width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/mQ44wuPJw-c width=500]

With goals from Anders Lee, Austin Wuthrich and Jeff Costello, and a 20-save performance by Steven Summerhays, Notre Dame beat Michigan 3-1 Sunday in the 2013 CCHA championship game to become the league’s final Mason Cup winner. “This one’s extra special to me because the first team I ever coached as a head coach in … Read more

DETROIT — Here are videos of the news conferences after Michigan’s 6-2 victory over Miami in the CCHA semifinals on Saturday: [youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHauym7F3MA&feature=youtu.be width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-nePjjmw1U&feature=youtu.be width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGrDk_f6yVM&feature=youtu.be width=500]

DETROIT — Here are videos of the postgame news conferences after Notre Dame’s 3-1 victory over Ohio State in the CCHA semifinals on Saturday: [youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjsynqTvf5M&feature=youtu.be width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuBjjkn-o1Y&feature=youtu.be width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU9z_CQg-Yw&feature=youtu.be width=500]