ECAC Hockey picks: Week 3

Still a few weeks off from intra-conference conflicts, but an encouraging nine-game docket awaits ECAC Hockey this weekend, including a couple of intriguing road deuces with St. Lawrence at Maine, and RPI at Minnesota State. Friday, Oct. 19 Bowling Green at Colgate 7:00 pm ET Brian: The Falcons and Raiders already have an opponent in … Read more

ECAC Hockey Picks: Week 2

I picked up right where I left off last year in terms of my picking (in)ability. Regardless, here’s a look at this weekend as everyone except for the Ivy schools are in action. Last week: 1-2 Overall: 1-2 No. 11 Ferris State at RPI The Engineers paid a visit to head coach Seth Appert’s alma … Read more

ECAC Hockey Week 1 picks: Game on!

Here we go.. So we’re back for another year of picks. I lost track of my record from last year, but let’s say it was 2012 Red Sox-esque. (Brian: Ditto. Awful.) Saturday, October 6 Quinnipiac at Maine 7:00 Nate: It’s been a while since these teams last met. How long? Well, current Quinnipiac and Union … Read more

Bye bye, Boardwalk; hello, Lake Placid

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ECAC Hockey formally announced what Ken Schott broke last Friday: The league is returning to Lake Placid and Herb Brooks Arena for its men’s championship weekend. The contract reunites ECAC Hockey and the venerable venue for a three-year term, commencing in Spring 2014 and concluding in 2016, whereupon the league will reassess its options. This … Read more

Atlantic City wrapup

It took seven tries, but the crowd at Boardwalk Hall finally saw an interesting game. Last year’s games were decided fairly early- and Friday’s opening games lacked any drama, for the most part. But Saturday’s championship was a different story, as Union and Harvard stood scoreless entering the final frame. The Crimson’s top-ranked power play whiffed on … Read more

Round One complete

The opening weekend of the ECAC playoffs is in the books.  Here’s  a look at the matchups in the best-of-three quarterfinals next weekend: No. 10 Rensselaer at No. 1 Union No. 9 Dartmouth at No. 2 Cornell No. 6 Yale at No. 3 Harvard No.5 Quinnipiac at No. 4 Colgate Extra time needed Three of … Read more

ECAC’s regular-season wrapup

Well that’s it, folks: Another ECAC Hockey regular season in the books. I’m not breaking any news tonight – all the important stuff was available for your eager digestion last night – but here are a few things that caught my eye about the weekend, and the weeks ahead. Big Red buckling? Cornell topped Union … Read more

ECAC Picks: Feb. 24-25

The final weekend of the ECAC regular season is here and there’ still a lot to be decided. Brian did a good job breaking it down in this week’s column,  and Ken Sweeten, Quinnipiac’s SID, had the chart below  in this weekend’s game notes to help narrow the possibilities. Last week: 4-8 Overall: 60-59 TEAM POSSIBLE SEEDING … Read more

Here we go

There’s one weekend left in the ECAC regular season but still plenty of unanswered questions.   Like Brian, I’ll skip the number crunching here and link  to burgie12’s post on the fan forum. 1. Cornell and Union clinch top spots:  The Big Red broke one streak to keep another alive. Sean Collins’ overtime goal at St. … Read more

ECAC Hockey picks: Feb. 17-18

Nate last week: 8-3 Nate overall:56-51 Brian: ? (I stopped keeping track a while ago. It was too depressing.) Friday, February 17 Colgate at St. Lawrence Nate: Raiders head coach Don Vaughan said earlier this week he couldn’t remember the last time Colgate won at Appleton (it was 2007). Both teams have been playing well … Read more