The Princeton Tigers went up to Bemidji State for a pair of games in which they picked up a 4-1 victory on Friday and a 3-1 victory on Saturday. For a team that hadn’t won a game on the road all season, defeating the No. 10 team in the nation twice in one weekend. Friday … Read more
Last time: 7-4-1Overall: 22-20-5After a steady run of league games, ECAC Hockey teams will take part in numerous holiday tournaments this weekend. All games are at 7 p.m. EDT unless otherwise noted.Friday, Nov. 25St. Lawrence vs. Quinnipiac, 2:30 EDT (Friendship Four, Belfast, Northern Ireland)The Saints have already beaten the Bobcats once this year, and a … Read more
Hockey is a team sport, but there were several outstanding individual performances in ECAC Hockey last weekend. St. Lawrence forward Mike Marnell had four goals in the Saints’ 7-2 win over Brown on Saturday. The junior had three goals on the season entering the game, and appears poised to surpass the career-high 11 goals he … Read more
Well this week we have a busy schedule as we had into Thanksgiving. There’s a healthy dose of conference games with some juicy non conference games mixed in. Last time picking: 7-3-2. All games are at 7 or 7:05 p.m. starts unless otherwise noted. Friday, Nov. 18 Brown at Clarkson Clarkson bounced back this past … Read more
The Quinnipiac Bobcats took four very big points this weekend and on Friday night they shown the ability that they can comeback en route to a victory against Dartmouth. They got down 1-0 and 2-1 in the first period to the Big Green. They took control in the second period and dominated the third period … Read more
Last time: 6-6-2 Overall: 15-16-4 For the second weekend in a row, the ECAC Hockey schedule consists of all conference matchups. Here’s a look at what is set for the weekend. All games start at 7 p.m. unless noted. Friday, Nov. 11 Cornell at Brown It’s been a tough few weeks for both teams – … Read more
Three minutes were all that stood between a lost road weekend for Yale. The Bulldogs trailed 2-0 at Rensselaer Saturday, but scored two twice in the game’s final minutes before John Hayden scored 23 seconds into overtime for the win. It was Hayden’s second goal of the night; his first tied the game with 20 … Read more
ECAC enters its first week of conference play. Here are this weekend’s games. All games this weekend are either 7 or 7:05 p.m. starts. Friday, November 4th Quinnipiac at Clarkson The Golden Knights have had a decent start but have hit a slide last weekend. I don’t see that changing Friday. Quinnipiac takes this one. … Read more
It was a great start for the Harvard Crimson in the first weekend of life without Jimmy Vesey as they swept the weekend series against the Arizona State Sun Devils. While the Sun Devils aren’t national powers by any stretch of the imagination as they are their full season of NCAA Division I Hockey, but … Read more
ECAC Hockey finally gets in full swing this season as the Ivy teams open their seasons. Here’s a look at the games set for the weekend. All start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Friday, Oct. 28 Union at Rensselaer The first conference game of the season in ECAC Hockey is also one of the … Read more
There were seven games between Hockey East and ECAC Hockey teams over the weekend, and the final decision went decisively to Hockey East, as the conference went 5-1-1 against ECAC Hockey teams. To be fair, all the games were on the road, but from a league perspective, it would have been nice to see ECAC … Read more
Here’s a look at the upcoming weekend in ECAC Hockey, with several good matchups with Hockey East on the schedule. All games are at 7 p.m. unless noted. Last week: 7-2-2 Overall: 9-10-2 Friday, Oct. 21 Niagara at Rensselaer It’s been a bumpy go of it so far for RPI, but the Engineers are back … Read more
Quinnipiac and Connecticut faceoff in a midweek, in-state matchup at the TD Bank Sports Center. The Huskies are on the upswing, and may challenge Quinnipiac and Yale for the top team in the state, but UConn isn’t there just yet. Quinnipiac wins
ECAC Hockey teams were involved in ten games this weekend, and four went to overtime. On Friday, Connecticut and Colgate tied 4-4, while Maine beat last year’s national runner-up Quinnipiac 4-3. The Bobcats came back Saturday with a 3-2 overtime win against the Black Bears, while Union relinquished a two-goal third period lead and settled … Read more
Last week: 2-8-2 Here’s a look at the games for the second full weekend of ECAC Hockey’s non-conference schedule. All games start at 7 p.m. unless noted. Merrimack at Clarkson Merrimack lost its season opener 2-1 to Sacred Heart last weekend, while Clarkson split a home-and-home series with Vermont. The Golden Knights were especially tough … Read more
Union coach Rick Bennett isn’t afraid of facing tough opponents on the road, and that paid off for the Dutchmen, who beat No. 6 Michigan 4-3 in the season opener for both teams at Yost Arena Friday. Union rallied from an early two-goal deficit to tie the game, and then scored two unanswered goals after … Read more
Colgate and Army West Point began the ECAC (and college hockey season) last Saturday with a 1-1 tie. The rest of the non-Ivy league teams start play this weekend. All games are at 7 p.m. unless noted. Thursday, Oct. 8 St. Lawrence at Penn State Coach Mark Morris makes his Saints debut against a … Read more
Welcome back for another year of ECAC Hockey. The regular season gets underway today at 7 p.m. when Colgate hosts Army West Point in the grand opening of the Class of 1965 Arena. The Raiders will have plenty of new faces in the lineup, as Colgate has nine freshman this season. That may lead to … Read more
With Quinnipiac winners of the 2016 Whitelaw Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y., last weekend, it’s time to look back at the ECAC Hockey championship that was. Here’s what we learned: Quinnipiac has ‘it’ factor No matter the test, it seems that this season was the Bobcats’ to lose. That turned out to be the case … Read more
I went 1-1 in Friday’s ECAC Hockey semifinals, as I had St. Lawrence beating Harvard. Instead, the Crimson will face Quinnipiac tonight for the chance to win the program’s second straight Whitelaw Cup. The Bobcats are in the championship game for the second time in program history after losing in the semifinals for three straight … Read more