Men’s D-I: Cornell

This Week in ECAC Hockey: As all 12 teams get back to conference play, upcoming weekend features Cornell at Harvard

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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

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

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

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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’

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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’

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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

Notre Dame adds former Cornell goalie Galajda as graduate transfer for 2021-22 college hockey season

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Matthew Galajda (35 - Cornell) (2018 Omar Phillips)

Notre Dame announced Monday the addition of graduate transfer goaltender Matthew Galajda for the 2021-22 season. The 2018 First Team All-American played his first three seasons at Cornell. “We’re excited to add Matthew to our program,” Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson said in a statement. “He has a very impressive resume both academically and athletically … Read more

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

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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

Ivy League, which includes men’s, women’s ECAC Hockey teams, cancels winter sports

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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

After dominating vast majority of 2019-20 campaign, Cornell’s superlative season canceled by coronavirus

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Sunday night was supposed to have been when Cornell would find out the next step in its hockey journey. It was supposed to be the Big Red’s year, according to some quarters in the northeast and, perhaps, the nation. It sure looked like it through the end of February and the beginning of March (photo: Roman J. Uschak).

GAMES OF THE WEEK: Las Vegas and Golden Knights hope that this weekend’s Fortress Invitational will be a major stepping stone towards attracting a Frozen Four

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Arizona State captured the inaugural Fortress Invitational, then called the Ice Vegas invitational. This year’s event kicks off on Friday with four nationally-ranked teams battling and a city hoping to attract a Frozen Four (File photo: ASU Athletics)

No. 3 Cornell at No. 7 Clarkson preview with Golden Knights coach Casey Jones: Game of the Week Podcast Season 2 Episode 7

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It’s a great ECAC Hockey matchup for USCHO’s Game of the Week as No. 7 Clarkson hosts No. 3 Cornell. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Clarkson head coach Casey Jones to preview the Friday night tilt.

Also in this episode: No. 4 Notre Dame for a pair at No. 15 Wisconsin in the Big Ten, No. 14 Northeastern home-and-home in Hockey East with No. 10 Providence, No. 9 North Dakota at No. 2 Denver in NCHC play, and a couple of Atlantic Hockey rematches from last season’s quarterfinals. Plus a pair of rivalry series: Michigan State and Michigan in a Thursday-Saturday home-and-home, and Maine hosting New Hampshire for two.

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