Union claimed five honors at the ECAC postseason banquet Thursday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. Rensselaer forward Chase Polacek became the third player in league history to win the most outstanding player in consecutive seasons, while Princeton freshman Andrew Calof earned top rookie honors and Union goalie Keith Kinkaid won the Ken … Read more
Hockey East and the WCHA each have three players among the 10 finalists for the 2011 Hobey Baker Memorial Award. The list, released Thursday, also includes two players from the CCHA — teammates Carter Camper and Andy Miele of Miami — and one from Atlantic Hockey. Boston College’s Cam Atkinson, Maine’s Gustav Nyquist (a Hobey … Read more
Well, no one ever said it would be easy … or predictable. Another ECAC Hockey end-game is upon us, as four teams converge on Atlantic City for its inaugural league championship weekend. Each of these teams is compelling for its own reasons, with a story worth telling of challenges met and feats yet to achieve. … Read more
The ECAC announced its three All-League teams and its All-Rookie team on Tuesday. The teams were picked by league coaches. FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE Chase Polacek, F, Rensselaer Brian O’Neill, F, Yale Andrew Miller, F, Yale Nick Bailen, D, Rensselaer Taylor Fedun, D, Princeton Keith Kinkaid, G, Union SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE Jack Maclellan, F, Brown Joe … Read more
The teams that will be sweating out the conference tournaments, waiting to see whether they get into the NCAA tournament, have earned that position, Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski write in this week’s edition.
The CBS College Sports Network, the national home of college hockey, will announce the winners of the third annual Starzies this weekend during the ECAC championship tournament in Atlantic City, N.J. There are eight awards which are given out and each award is the namesake of a former great college player or coach. The awards, … Read more
The Ottawa Senators have signed their second NCAA player with eligibility remaining this offseason by inking Clarkson junior defenseman Mark Borowiecki on Saturday. The 21-year-old Borowiecki was the Senators’ fifth-round pick (139th overall) in the 2008 NHL draft and was the first Ottawa native ever drafted by the Senators. Borowiecki, Clarkson’c captain this year, played … Read more
Though many fans and pundits alike could scarcely hide their glee at Cornell’s most uncharacteristic first-half flop, the Big Red rose from the mat once more to contend for another heavyweight title. Once 2-4-0 in ECAC play, Cornell played out the remainder of the league docket 9-5-2 to wrest a first-round bye. “We knew, obviously, … Read more
THIRD STAR Michael Biega, Harvard: It was a close vote between the Crimson senior and North Dakota’s Matt Frattin, who put up seven points in a series against Michigan Tech. But given that Harvard was playing to keep its season season going and that Biega’s two goals both ended up being winners against Clarkson, he … Read more
Eight of the 11 first-round series (or, in Atlantic Hockey’s case, games) went in favor of the road team last weekend. How will things shake out this weekend? Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski break things down in this week’s edition.
Psst … it’s time. Wake up, grab some coffee and find your sweater: It’s the postseason, and everybody is back to square one. Crimson climbing fast Who’s the hottest team in the league entering the playoffs? If you said Union, you’re totally right. On a 10-0-1 run, the Dutchmen are just stupid-good right now. But … Read more
Three leagues enter the playoffs this weekend while two wrap up the regular season. Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski look back and look ahead.
For those of you who may be new to the Playoff Quotes game, let me save you some trouble: Here’s a time-tested breakdown of what your coach will say depending on his team’s position in the standings. Bottom four: “There’s no question, we’ve had a difficult season. We really struggled to play a full 60 … Read more
THIRD STAR Danny Biega, Harvard: The Crimson have been busy, playing three games in five days, and the sophomore defenseman has been busy finding his way to the score sheet. He had a goal in each of those games, at Cornell, at Colgate and at Brown, and added three assists for a six-point week. :: … Read more
How will the suspensions of Northeastern’s coach and an assistant impact the Huskies this season and beyond? Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski get into that and more in this week’s edition.
There are four games left for most teams in ECAC Hockey; five for Harvard and Brown. Here’s the state of the chaos in the regular season’s penultimate week. • Colgate (six points) can’t finish higher than ninth place. • Harvard (seven points) and St. Lawrence (11 points) can’t finish higher than seventh. • Brown (13 … Read more
ECAC Hockey today announced that director of officials Paul Stewart has been reprimanded and fined as a result of his conduct during the Colgate at Union contest last Saturday at Messa Rink. Stewart’s comments and actions while interacting with members of the media in the press area prompted the league’s action.
Three weeks left. That’s it. Only three weeks remain in ECAC Hockey’s regular season, so the annual segment snuck up on me a bit, to tell you the truth. But without further ado, let’s take a look at … What we know Most teams have six games remaining, but a few have five or seven. … Read more
It has been 23 years since the Huskies won the tournament, and they’re hungry. Jim Connelly reports.