In the end, there was relatively little change in the standings during the final regular-season weekend in ECAC Hockey. Three of the top four teams – Quinnipiac, Clarkson, and Harvard – entered the weekend having already clinched a first-round bye. The fourth team, Cornell, blanked Princeton 4-0 Saturday to hold on to the final top-four … Read more
With a month left in the regular season, the top four teams in ECAC Hockey have started to pull away from the rest of the pack. Quinnipiac, Clarkson, Harvard and Cornell are clearly the top dogs in what has been a mostly underwhelming year for the conference. It would be an upset if any of … Read more
ECAC Hockey and the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority announced Friday a three-year agreement for the ECAC Hockey men’s championship, which will take place at the newly modernized 1980 Herb Brooks Arena in the Olympic Center. This season’s tournament will be held March 18-19, 2022, with the event remaining in Lake Placid through … Read more
With 13 new players this season, Brown’s roster has gone through plenty of turnover since the Bears last took the ice in March 2020. But there’s been plenty of changes behind the scenes of the program as well. Meehan Auditorium, home to the Brown’s men’s and women’s hockey teams, underwent a $7.5 million dollar renovation … Read more
Despite a lot of new faces in the lineup, Rensselaer is picking up right where it left off at the end of the 2019-20 season. RPI has won four of its last five games heading into this weekend’s games at Colgate and Cornell. That stretch comes after the Engineers ended 2019-20 as one of the … Read more
This weekend is the first time nearly a year and a half that all dozen ECAC Hockey teams will play a conference game on the same night. And right away, there’s already a marquee matchup on the schedule. Cornell and Harvard play Friday night in Cambridge, Mass., in the league opener for both teams. The … Read more
Anyone taking a government course at one of the six Ivy League schools is no doubt familiar with the concept of a “blank slate.” Developed by the English philosopher John Locke, it’s the idea that humans are born with an empty mind that is filled up with knowledge and ideas as they move through life. … Read more
ECAC Hockey announced today it is extending its rights agreement with ESPN+ to stream more than 350 games each season through 2028-29. Every regular-season and post-season game (conference and nonconference) hosted at an ECAC Hockey venue will be streamed on ESPN+ with no blackout restrictions. That includes the annual women’s championship, and men’s championship in … Read more
A matchup between two top-10 teams is noteworthy enough on its own, but there’s a little extra buzz in this weekend’s matchup between No. 6 North Dakota and No. 7 Quinnipiac. For the first time in nearly 20 months, there will be fans at Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena when the Bobcats host the Fighting Hawks … Read more
While change is inevitable in college hockey, there’s never been an offseason quite as tumultuous or long for many of the teams in ECAC Hockey. Eight of the 12 conference teams didn’t play last season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving Quinnipiac, Clarkson, Colgate, and St. Lawrence to string together a makeshift season that ended … Read more
Nearly nine months after the abrupt end to the 2019-20 college hockey season, ECAC Hockey will officially commence its 2020-21 campaign this weekend. Clarkson, Colgate, Quinnipiac, and St. Lawrence will represent the league this year, as the other eight ECAC Hockey members announced they will not compete due to COVID-19 concerns. RPI and Union announced … Read more
The Ivy League released an announcement Thursday evening cancelling the hockey seasons for men’s and women’s hockey. Consistent with its commitment to safeguard the health and wellbeing of student-athletes, the greater campus community and general public, the Ivy League Council of Presidents has decided that league schools will not conduct intercollegiate athletics competition in winter … Read more
Harvard announced Wednesday that James Marcou has joined the men’s team as an assistant coach.
Defenseman Will Scherer has transferred from Brown to Canisius and will be eligible for the 2019-20 season as a graduate transfer.
Brown had already beaten one of ECAC Hockey’s co-regular season champions. Cornell made sure it didn’t take down the second one (file photo: Omar Phillips).
ECAC Hockey on Monday announced its preseason coaches’ and media polls and the six-member preseason All-League Team. ECAC Hockey Preseason Poll – Coaches’ ECAC Hockey Preseason Poll – Media ECAC Hockey Preseason All-League Team
Pat Kelleher, who has guided USA Hockey’s efforts in development since 2008 and prior to that was recruited to launch what is today known as the United States Ice Rink Association, has been named executive director of USA Hockey. He will officially begin his duties on June 10 and replaces Dave Ogrean, who is retiring … Read more
The New Hampshire men’s game at Brown originally scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. EDT has been postponed until Sunday, Jan. 8 at 4 p.m. due to the impending Winter Storm Helena.
ECAC Hockey announced Saturday that Brown junior defenseman Josh McArdle has been assessed a one-game suspension as the result of his actions in the Brown-Union game on Friday, Dec. 9. The league action was taken after review of an incident that occurred at the 9:46 mark of the third period in the Bears-Dutchmen contest where … Read more
Defending ECAC champion Quinnipiac is once again the top team in the conference, according to two polls released Monday. The Bobcats came in the top slot in both the coaches and media polls. ECAC Preseason Coaches Poll ECAC Preseason Media Poll In addition, the media also selected a preseason all-conference team. ECAC Preseason All-Conference Team