Overall: 51-35-8 It’s hard to believe, but we’re down to the last month of regular season play in the ECAC. All games are 7 p.m., with the exception of Monday’s Beanpot opener between Harvard and Northeastern. Friday, Jan. 31 Colgate at Brown Brown can ill-afford a repeat of Saturday’s penalty-filled first period against Yale, where … Read more
Saturday’s game between Colgate and St. Lawrence featured two teams heading in the opposite direction. Both the red-hot Raiders and struggling Saints kept going their respective ways, as sophomore Kyle Baun’s first collegiate hat trick extended Colgate’s unbeaten streak to seven games, and dropped St. Lawrence’s skid to nine games without a win. The win … Read more
Friday, January 24 All games at 7pm Yale at Brown Bruno is 4-1-2 since December, with the sole loss being a very forgivable 3-2 stumble at 15-7-2 Clarkson. Freshman Tyler Steel has started all but one of those last seven games, taking over – at least for the time being – for senior Marco DeFilippo. … Read more
Faceoffs: Still important! What’s that? You missed this week’s stellar feature column about faceoffs? For shame! For if you had perused said piece, you might have enjoyed a modicum of added appreciation for this weekend’s action. Take Yale’s Friday-night game at Clarkson. The host Golden Knights beat Yale to 45 of 63 dropped pucks (I’m … Read more
Overall: 43-32-7 Outside of the Beanpot next month, this weekend marks the final time ECAC teams will face a non-conference opponent in the regular season. All games are 7 p.m. unless noted. Friday, Jan. 17 Yale at Clarkson Yale thrashed the Golden Knights 6-3 at home in November, and are unbeaten over their last five. … Read more
Union’s 6-4 win over Quinnipiac on Dec. 7 helped ensure the Dutchmen would end the first half in sole possession of first place in the ECAC. But on Friday, the Bobcats reclaimed the top spot with a 2-1 win over Union in Hamden. Quinnipiac held the Dutchmen scoreless for the first two periods, the first … Read more
Friday, January 10 all games at 7:00 Rensselaer at Princeton This has the makings of a low-scoring affair: RPI hasn’t scored three goals in four games; Princeton, six. That said, the last time the Engineers mustered more than two scores, it was in a 5-2 home win over the Tigers. Princeton hopes the strong defense … Read more
Colgate claims Mariucci Classic It’s old news by now, but it’s nonetheless the weekend’s top headline: The Raiders tied top-ranked Minnesota – on the Gophers’ home ice – and downed the hosts in the shootout on Friday; the Hamilton upstarts then dispatched of No. 2 Ferris State, 3-0, to take the title on Saturday. The … Read more
Overall: 35-28-4 The end of this weekend could see a third ECAC team take home a tournament title after the league was shutout in last year’s holiday tournaments. Colgate and Rensselaer are each taking part in the Mariucci Classic, and will look to join Cornell and Quinnipiac with tournament wins. All games are 7 p.m., … Read more
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It doesn’t seem like there are as many holiday games this year as in years past, but I’m too lazy to look that up, as it’s essentially immaterial to the issue at hand: Predictions! Wee! As always, exhibition games don’t get picks, because I haven’t the foggiest reckoning about the opposition. Friday, Dec. 27 Russian … Read more
Good news, everyone! (Anyone who read that with Professor Farnsworth’s voice in mind, well done.) Union finished the week 2-0-1, taking two league points from Dartmouth on Wednesday and all but sweeping No. 1 St. Cloud on the road this weekend. A huge pair of results that are sure to knock the Huskies off their … Read more
Overall: 34-23-3 Not a ton of games this weekend, as most teams have concluded their schedules for the first semester. Here’s a look at the final weekend of play prior to the holiday break. All games start at 7 p.m. unless noted. Friday, Dec. 13 Denver at Rensselaer There’s plenty of connections between these teams. Denver head … Read more
Clarkson has piled up the wins over the first half thanks to a stingy defense. But this weekend, the Golden Knights showed they could win shootouts too, sweeping rival St. Lawrence by scores of 5-4 and 4-3. The Saints led in both games, but Clarkson scored three unanswered goals over a six-minute span Friday, while … Read more
Friday, Dec. 6 All games at 7pm Harvard at Brown What do we make of Harvard? The Crimson scored a season-high six goals in a 6-3 win at New Hampshire last Tuesday, then dropped a 2-1 flame-out at Dartmouth on Saturday. Frankly, Harvard looks allergic to offense: Every time the Crimson score a bunch, they … Read more
Dutchmen running hot Now riding a five-game win streak after sweeping Penn State in Happy Valley, the Dutchmen are keeping things tight at the top of the ECAC Hockey standings. Despite playing two fewer games than Quinnipiac, Union is three points behind the Bobcats with two games in hand. Oh hey, look at that: The … Read more
Overall 28-18-3 Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. It’s a short break for much of the ECAC, with several teams resuming play this weekend. All games are 7 p.m. unless noted. Friday, Nov. 29 Princeton at Michigan State, 7:05 p.m. Princeton snapped Quinnipiac’s 13-game unbeaten streak last time out, and heads to Munn Ice Arena … Read more
Think Mitch Gillam is going to remember his first collegiate start? [youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQD8PmqQs_I] Yeah, probably. The Cornell freshman allowed two goals in a win over Niagara on Tuesday but what will be remembered years from now is the empty-net goal he scored. Gillam, a Peterborough, Ontario, native, spent the last two seasons with Chilliwack of … Read more
Talk about a comeback. Quinnipiac had only allowed three goals in a game three times this season entering Saturday’s matchup against Princeton. But the Tiger shocked the Bobcats at TD Bank Sports Center, scoring three times over the final 10:38, including twice in a 1:04 span, to turn a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 win. … Read more
Friday, November 22 Yale at Colgate This is suddenly shaping up as the most compelling game of the weekend. Yale (2-0-2) and QU (5-0-1) are the only remaining unbeatens in league play, but the Raiders (4-2-0) are making an early run up the ladder and can establish some late-autumn street cred with a take-down of … Read more