This Week in ECAC Hockey: Half dozen Ivy League schools gearing up for first games in more than 18 months

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, ESPN+ announce eight-year extension for streaming rights through 2028-29 college hockey season

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

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Quinnipiac hosting North Dakota, spectators Friday, Saturday as ‘the place is going to be rocking both nights’

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

ECAC Hockey 2021-22 Season Preview: After many teams miss ’20-21 season, conference ‘starting over and building from the ground up again’

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

Colgate promotes assistant Borges to associate head coach for Raiders’ men’s hockey team

Colgate has announced the promotion of Dana Borges to associate head coach for the men’s hockey team. Now having wrapped up his third season, Borges joined the Colgate program as an assistant coach for the 2018-19 campaign after previously serving as a volunteer assistant coach for the Raiders in the 2016-17 season. “Dana is one … Read more

RIT postpones Dec. 17 game at Canisius, pushes back Dec. 19 game vs. Canisius to Dec. 20, adds game Dec. 29 at Colgate

The Rochester Institute of Technology men’s hockey team has announced multiple changes to its upcoming schedule. Due to COVID-19 protocol, this Thursday’s Atlantic Hockey game at Canisius has been postponed to a date to be determined, while Saturday’s game versus Canisius at the Polisseni Center has been pushed a day later to Sunday, Dec. 20, … Read more

ECAC Hockey announces men’s, women’s seasons will start in January with Clarkson, Colgate, Quinnipiac, St. Lawrence

ECAC Hockey announced Wednesday its men’s and women’s schedules for 2021, with league games featuring the four participating schools – Clarkson, Colgate, Quinnipiac and St. Lawrence – beginning in January. The schedules feature six games against each team for the men’s programs (18 total), and four games against each team for the women’s programs (12 … Read more

ECAC Hockey to start 2020-21 play with Clarkson, Colgate, Quinnipiac, St. Lawrence

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

Trio of NCAA stars crack Canadian roster for 2018 World Junior Championship

Three NCAA standouts have been named to Canada’s National Junior Team roster for the 2018 World Junior Championship. Colgate goaltender Colton Point joins Boston University defenseman Dante Fabbro and UMass blueliner Cale Makar. The 2018 World Junior Championship is slated for Dec. 26-Jan. 5 in Buffalo at the KeyBank Center and HarborCenter, along with the … Read more

Four NCAA players, one former collegian, invited to Canada's World Junior selection camp

On Wednesday, Hockey Canada announced the 32 players invited to the World Junior Championship selection camp, which will take place Dec. 12-15 in St. Catharines, Ont. The list includes four players currently playing NCAA hockey. Another defenseman on the roster, Dennis Cholowski, played last year at St. Cloud State before signing with the Detroit Red … Read more