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

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

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

Upcoming Ice Breaker tournament moved from Hart Center Rink and Arena to DCU Center

The 2021 Ice Breaker Tournament, hosted in conjunction with Holy Cross, College Hockey Inc. and the Hockey Commissioners Association, will now be played at the DCU Center in downtown Worcester, Mass. The four-team season-opening tournament featuring Northeastern, Holy Cross, Quinnipiac and Boston College is set to take place on Oct. 8-9 and was originally scheduled … Read more

Holy Cross taps longtime Quinnipiac assistant Riga as Crusaders’ new men’s hockey coach

Holy Cross announced Tuesday that the school has named Bill Riga as the next head men’s hockey coach. Riga, who joins the Crusaders after 13 years at Quinnipiac, the last seven as the Bobcats’ associate head coach, replaces David Berard, who stepped down in April before being named Providence’s associate athletic director for men’s and women’s … Read more

ECAC HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP: Jankowski’s OT winner sends St. Lawrence to NCAA tournament, gives Saints first league title in 20 years

One of the oddest seasons in ECAC Hockey history ended with one of the most unlikely league champions.

Third-seeded St. Lawrence beat No. 1 Quinnipiac 3-2 in overtime Saturday at the Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena to win the ECAC Hockey championship and advance to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2007.

Holy Cross to host 2021 Ice Breaker Tournament; event will also include Boston College, Northeastern, Quinnipiac

Holy Cross announced Saturday that the school will host the 2021 Ice Breaker Tournament.

One of the premier NCAA Division I hockey tournaments, the event will be played at the Hart Center Rink at the Luth Athletic Complex in Worcester, Mass., on Oct. 8-9, and will feature Holy Cross, Quinnipiac, Northeastern, and Boston College.

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

Quinnipiac pauses team activities with two COVID cases on team, schedule undergoes changes

The Quinnipiac men’s hockey has paused team activities due to two confirmed positive cases COVID-19 among the team’s student-athletes. “The health and safety of the Quinnipiac community remains paramount as Quinnipiac Athletics continues to follow university, local, state and national guidelines in response to the global pandemic,” reads a school press release. With that, the … 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