Hmmm. Seems like the North Country duo is pulling away in the race for the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Let’s see, four more points for Clarkson and St. Lawrence after sweeping Rensselaer and Union. Hmmm. Looks like Princeton is trying to catch up to the frontrunners. Of course, a loss to Harvard and … Read more
In a situation no different from any other year, ties for position in the ECAC standings abound. There’s a tie at the top, between Clarkson and St. Lawrence. The Knights swept a pair last weekend from Dartmouth and Vermont while the Saints picked up three points against the same two teams. There’s a tie for … Read more
It’s heating up now. With only five weeks left in the regular season, the jockeying for positions to get into the ECAC playoffs has already begun. After this weekend, every team will have eight games left with which to determine their postseason fate. Speaking of weekends, the last one was huge for four teams. St. … Read more
How about some good old-fashioned ECAC hockey? That’s what we’re going to get for the next six weekends. There are only five non-conference games remaining for ECAC teams, and aside from that it’s a battle to see who gets in, who stays home and who will take home the Scotty M. Whitelaw Trophy this season … Read more
Last weekend saw the start of teams catching up with their games in hand in league play — and the beginning of travel-partner sweepstakes. St. Lawrence and Clarkson swept their weekend series over Dartmouth and Vermont. The two teams are headed to the back end of their annual North Country rivalry game this coming Saturday, … Read more
With only eight ECAC games on the schedule this past weekend, one didn’t expect much action in the league, but several stories unfolded. The ECAC kicked off its Destination: Lake Placid television package on NESN and Empire last Friday evening with a 3-2 victory by Yale over Vermont. Syl Apps and the Tigers of Princeton … Read more
“Hurry up, mom!” cries the impatient child. “C’mon, turn on the radio! Turn it on! Grady’s gonna be on and we’re playing Harvard!” “Is it on yet?” asks the student studying for a test on Monday. “It’s a big one tonight. We’ve got to win on the road, and they’re ahead of us in the … Read more
It certainly was a Happy New Year for a few teams this past weekend. The ECAC got back to league action with all 12 teams playing two-game sets. The big winners for the first weekend of 1999 were the Harvard Crimson and the Rensselaer Engineers. The Crimson got their first two ECAC wins, over Dartmouth … Read more
Brown forward Kevin Pope died Thursday in his home town of Stittsville, Ont., by an apparent suicide. With school on break and the Bears not playing again until the new year, Pope, 19, returned home from Providence. According to people close to the freshman, Pope was seen skating with his old junior team, the Kanata … Read more
ECAC Hockey Commissioner Jeff Fanter is aware of the difficulties in promoting off-campus tournaments. But, despite an announced attendance of just 3,250 for the ECAC-Hockey East Holiday Doubleheader last week at the Hartford Civic Center, Fanter is optimistic these types of tournaments can work — as both a competitive event and opportunity to promote the … Read more
Sophomore forward Kirk Lamb first made a significant impression on Princeton head coach Don Cahoon following a big home win over Harvard in 1996. Shortly after the final buzzer, Cahoon headed to the locker room to congratulate his players on a fine effort. A cacophony of celebration greeted Cahoon and assistant coach Len Quesnelle as … Read more
Empire Sports has announced an 11-date Game of the Week package of ECAC hockey telecasts for the second half of the 1998-99 season. “Destination Lake Placid” will feature eight regular-season games as well as coverage of the ECAC semifinals and championship. The package will kick off with defending regular-season champion Yale playing host to Vermont … Read more
Senior Princeton forward Jason Given, 23, was injured early Friday morning after falling from a 10- to 15-foot ledge while fleeing police, the Daily Princetonian reported Friday. According to the article, Given was fleeing after an altercation at Triumph Brewery, a local bar, during Senior Pub Night. The article states that Given was asked by … Read more
With the recent weather in the Northeast, one would think that March, the playoffs and Lake Placid were just around the corner. They’re not — there are still a few months to go, and with the first part of the hectic schedule in the books, we can report on highs and lows. The young season’s … Read more
On Friday, Quinnipiac president John L. Lahey and athletic director Jack McDonald announced extensive plans to upgrade the Braves’ hockey program. Quinnipiac’s commitment comes in the form of a new hockey arena, implementation of women’s ice hockey at the varsity level, promotion of part-time men’s coach Rand Pecknold to full-time status, the addition of U.S. … Read more
This is it — the final set of ECAC league games until the new year is upon us. There are eight games on tap for this coming weekend, and all may shake the standings heading into exams and the holidays. Last weekend there were only two ECAC matchups on the slate. Harvard got its first … Read more
It’s that holiday time of the season once again. Colgate will enter it with the lead in the ECAC as the only undefeated and untied team in the league at 4-0-0. Princeton is also undefeated, but its record is 3-0-1. It’s way too early to judge the standings, so let’s just wait until sometime in … Read more
There’s a new man in charge in Schenectady, New York, these days. Well, “new” if you consider that it is his first head coaching position in college hockey — not so new if you know that he had been the top assistant at Union for the last five years. Kevin Sneddon, named Union head coach … Read more
Well, it’s finally here — the "real" start of the ECAC league season. Yes, we know Harvard and Brown played last weekend, but this is where the race for the good loot begins. Speaking of the first ECAC game of the season, it was Brown getting a quick jump on the entire league with a … Read more
Hoooooooooo!!! Just one more week to go before the action in the ECAC really heats up, but the appetite is whetted this week with the first league game. Brown travels to Cambridge to play Harvard as the second century of this rivalry begins. As for last week, it was success for Colgate and Rensselaer over … Read more