Men’s D-I: Dartmouth

ECAC Hockey recognizes 18 players on three all-league teams for 2021-22 season

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ECAC Hockey has announced its three all-league teams for the 2021-22 season. FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE Forward: Alex Campbell, So., Clarkson Forward: Mathieu Gosselin, Jr., Clarkson Forward: Nick Abruzzese, Jr., Harvard Defenseman: Zach Metsa, Sr., Quinnipiac Defenseman: Sam Malinski, Jr., Cornell Goaltender: Yaniv Perets, So., Quinnipiac SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE Forward: Zach Tsekos, Gr., Clarkson Forward: Ture … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Previewing the four best-of-three playoff series set to go this weekend across the conference

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All four home teams won their playoff series in the opening round of the ECAC Hockey postseason. Now, they’ll head on the road to try and repeat that success. Colgate and Union swept their respective opponents, while St. Lawrence and Rensselaer won in three games. The Saints beat Brown 4-3 in overtime on Sunday, while … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Conference playoffs kick into high gear with four series this coming weekend

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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

More COVID-19 woes: RPI’s weekend games at Harvard, Dartmouth postponed; Bentley-UMass Lowell home-and-home series also postponed

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Two more men’s hockey series have been postponed this weekend due to COVID-19 protocols. The Rensselaer men’s hockey team was slated to travel to Harvard and Dartmouth for ECAC Hockey games on Friday and Saturday nights, but the program is now paused for an undetermined amount of time. The Engineers will now travel to Dartmouth … Read more

ECAC Hockey championship tournament to be played at Lake Placid’s 1980 Herb Brooks Arena through 2023-24 season

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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

Friendship Four tournament returning to Belfast in 2022, with UMass, UMass Lowell, Quinnipiac, Dartmouth slated to play

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The Friendship Four hockey tournament will return to Belfast, Northern Ireland in November 2022 after what will be a three-year absence due to COVID restrictions. Joining UMass and UMass Lowell will be Quinnipiac and Dartmouth. Taking place at The SSE Arena, Belfast on November 25-26, 2022, the tournament, organized by the Odyssey Trust, will bring … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Offseason renovations to Brown’s Meehan Auditorium ‘the outward appearance of the excellence that we preach’

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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

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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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

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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

Longtime USA Hockey staffer, coach Smith retiring from organization after 25-year career

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Ben Smith, who has been part of the USA Hockey staff for the past 25 years, including leading the U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team to the gold medal in the 1998 Olympic Winter Games, is retiring from the organization after a decorated career. “The sport of hockey has done so much for me and I’m … Read more

Dartmouth adds new assistant in Thibodeau, who comes to Big Green with reputation as ‘tremendous developer of talent’

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Dartmouth has announced the addition of Troy Thibodeau as an assistant coach for the 2021-22 men’s hockey season. Thibodeau spent the last three seasons as a member of the coaching staff of the USHL’s Tri-City Storm. Prior to his move to Nebraska and behind the bench, Thibodeau served as the director of hockey operations for … 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