A quarrelsome quartet remains in the hunt for the Whitelaw Cup, and two teams are hoping to hoist their first title in the league’s last twirl (perhaps) on Boardwalk ice. High hopes Brown and Quinnipiac each aim to raise the chalice for the first time, but they’ll have each other to tangle with first: The … Read more
Last week: 4-0 It’s the last weekend of hockey at campus sites across the league, as the ECAC is set to head to Atlantic City next weekend for the semifinals and championship. I picked all four opening round series correctly, although I did pick Cornell and Princeton to go to three games. Here’s a look … Read more
Surprise, surprise? Only one Game 3, and only one upset in four first-round series. I thought this was ECAC Hockey! Going the distance Dartmouth was taken to the end of its rope by Harvard this weekend, as the Big Green were set on their heels by Friday’s 2-1 loss. Coach Bob Gaudet shuffled the goalies … Read more
Last week: 9-2-1 Final regular season record: 100-95-31 Three of the four teams that had a bye last year are in action during this weekend’s first round – all on the road. Cornell, Colgate, and Harvard all have a bit longer trip if they want to make it back to Atlantic City in two weeks. … Read more
Clutch performers Who made it happen in the final weekend of regulation? • Rensselaer’s four-point weekend denied Yale, Union, and Dartmouth any shot at second place, earning RPI its first-ever bye and its first second-place finish in two decades. The Engineers blasted Clarkson (5-0) and St. Lawrence (4-1) to improve to 11-2-0 since mid-January, making … Read more
Last week: 6-5-1 Overall: 91-93-30 I hit a bit of a slump down the stretch, so I’ll need a hot finish to push me over .500 for the year. Regardless, there’s a lot of the line in the ECAC’s final weekend of the regular season. Check Brian Sullivan’s post from earlier this week for … Read more
First things first There are two regular-season games remaining. Here is where your team, your rival, and everyone else may finish. Controlling fate For three teams, a bye is theirs to lose. Ok, so QU has it wrapped up. Quinnipiac… seriously? First. First and first only. Don’t be ridiculous. Rensselaer: Second through sixth. Two points … Read more
Last week: 3-7-1 Overall: 85-88-29 Quinnipiac’s unbeaten streak finally ended last weekend. Now the Bobcats will be looking for their second win this month against local rival Yale. That game, which will be televised nationally on NBC Sports Network, is the highlight of the weekend, along with senior nights for Princeton, Clarkson, St. Lawrence, Cornell, … Read more
Haves and have-nots This weekend’s action saw five teams play without losing, and four more get swept. It’s not exactly how I would have imagined events to occur, given the tightness of the league, but here we are. Rensselaer beat Brown and Yale in Troy, extending their season-long winning streak to six games, and making … Read more
Last week: 3-6-1 Overall: 82-81-28 For all the talk of the balance in the ECAC, its possible the regular season title will be wrapped up Monday with two weekends left in the season. Quinnipiac hosts St. Lawrence and Clarkson needing two points to clinch its first-ever Cleary Cup. But there is still plenty else to … Read more
Our guests on the Feb. 12 edition of USCHO Live! will be North Dakota coach Dave Hakstol, whose No. 7 UND squad has won three straight and is in second place in the WCHA, and USCHO.com ECAC Hockey columnist Brian Sullivan. Join us for the conversation and information, Tuesday, Feb. 12, from 8 to 9 … Read more
With three weeks (plus one game: Tuesday’s rescheduled Yale at Brown contest) to go, let’s take a look at how the annual spring scramble is shaping up. Ten of the league’s dozen teams have played 16 games, and in 48 hours, so too will have Yale and Brown. Right now (and God knows how the … Read more
Last week: 5-3-4 Overall: 79-75-27 Eight teams are bunched within three points of each other, so this weekend could either untangle the mess that currently is the ECAC standings, or bunch together either further. The Northeast is set to be hit with a potentially devastating snow storm this weekend. Two games Saturday (Yale at Brown, … Read more
Two’s company, three’s a crowd… five is a logjam. There is currently a quintet of competitors tied with 13 points in the standings: Clarkson, Colgate, Princeton, and Rensselaer each have eight games remaining to work out their differences; Brown has seven left before the postseason. It’s another “all things are possible” kind of year in … Read more
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Ingalls Rink has been no stranger to sellout crowds, as the Yale Bulldogs have been a feature on the national stage for most of the last four years. The iconic arena and the passionate locals hit the trifecta with Yale’s rise to prominence under Keith Allain, commencing in 2008-09 with a … Read more
Eighth-ranked Yale hosts No. 2 and PairWise-leading Quinnipiac tonight in the first Whitney War of the season. The game is commanding massive attention in the regional media, as there is a fair amount hanging in the balance. The Bulldogs (19 points, eight games remaining) are alone in second place behind the Bobcats (24 points, nine … Read more
Last week: 6-4 Overall: 74-72-23 It’s the weekend before Beanpot Monday, but the biggest game in the ECAC is happening Saturday night in New Haven when Quinnipiac and Yale meet at Ingalls Rink. Brian Sullivan and I will both be there, so follow along on Twitter: @Nate_Owen41 and @SullivanHockey. Once again, all games are 7 … Read more
Raiders rollings; Saints sweep, too Colgate and St. Lawrence recorded the only four-point weekends this week, boosting each team right back into the hunt for home ice, if not a first-round bye. Rookie goaltender Spencer Finney was the star for the Raiders, allowing two goals on 69 shots in wins over Brown (2-1) and Yale … Read more
A mid-morning post positing a pressing predicament: Can anyone deny Quinnipiac the No. 1 vote this week? Down went top-ranked Minnesota, victims of in-state upstart Minnesota State – at Mariucci Arena, no less. Down went No. 3 Boston College, slapped around in Chestnut Hill by what had been – entering the evening – the 5-14-4 … Read more
Last week: 6-4-1 Overall: 68-68-23 First place Quinnipiac is off again this weekend, while travel partner Princeton concludes its exam break Sunday with a non-conference matchup against Sacred Heart. All start times are 7 p.m. unless noted. Friday, Jan. 25 Brown at Colgate He’s not going to approach the numbers the Austin Smith posted last … Read more