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
No time for dawdling; it’s playoff hockey. Nate compiled some brief notes on the matchups in his weekly column, and I’ll try not to be redundant. Let’s cut to the chase. Dartmouth at St. Lawrence This series pits a hobbled underachiever against a Johnny-come-lately in what has got to be the toughest pick of the … Read more
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
It’s 1am, so this is going to be quick and dirty. Cornell now holds the tiebreaker with Union. If they finish tied atop the standings, Cornell get the No. 1 seed, and the teams will share the Cleary Cup. Each school has secured a first-round bye. Colgate, Harvard, Clarkson and Quinnipiac each have a shot … Read more
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
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
Not going to steal burgie12’s thunder, so here’s his updated Fan Forum post. If you’re too lazy to click through, here’s the gist: Team – potential final point totals – [potential final seeds] Union 28 – 34 [1-3] Cornell 26 – 32 [1-4] — Bye Lock – >26 Colgate 23 – 29 [1-7] — Home … Read more
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
Thanks to an extraordinary effort by USCHO Fan Forum poster (and devoted Rensselaer fan) burgie12, I can fix a few errors in Sunday’s blog post by redirecting you to this post on the Forum, and to the thread at large as we get closer and closer to the regular-season finale. Once again, muchos kudos to … Read more
All square again For the first time since opening day, all dozen squads are even with 18 conference games in the bag. The standings can’t mislead in any way, so we can make some very easy assessments of the clarifying playoff picture. In its infinite wisdom, ECAC Hockey has arranged the schedule to ensure that … Read more
Come Monday morning there will be just two weekends left in the regular season of ECAC play. Seems hard to believe, doesn’t it? Here’s a look at what’s on tap for this weekend. Last week: 4-7 Overall: 48-48 Friday, Feb. 10 Brown at Cornell With Union playing just one game, Cornell has a chance to … Read more
Here’s a look back at the past weekend in the ECAC on Beanpot Monday: 1. Saints in last no more: A four-point weekend is hard enough by itself, but even harder when you haven’t won in almost a month and hit the road for a pair of games. Greg Carey’s overtime goal Friday gave the … Read more
Friday, February 3 Colgate at Union This is the Game of the Night… and the only reason it’s not the Game of the Week is because there is an equally intriguing Union-Cornell game on Saturday. This is the first meeting of the season between these teams, and Union is both ahead in the standings and … Read more
Would you rather have a guy who gets a goal a game, or an assist per game? Because here and now, that’s what the contenders are sporting. And only one of them can boast the former.
Here we go…the last weekend of January is here. There’s ten games on tap for Friday and Saturday, including a pair of televised matchups tonight. Last week: 3-6 Overall: 37-37 Friday, Jan. 27 Brown at Dartmouth These are two teams that are maddeningly frustrating to figure out. Brown gets shut out by last place RPI … Read more
Here’s a look back at another topsy-turvy weekend in the ECAC: 1. Four points for RPI: Brian wondered just a few weeks ago what the rest of the season held for the Engineers. And to be fair, so did I. Neither of us was ready to bury them, but given the results to that point, … Read more
Well, we have some good news for many of you: even though this has already been a painfully long season for some, by the end of this weekend, the race for the league title will still be completely wide open. No one is on the brink of any mathematical eliminations (yet). Nate: I’m a little … Read more
Minors were major There was a lot of scoring this weekend, but there might not have been nearly as much offense were it not for some potent power plays. There were 25 power-play goals scored this weekend on 122 combined opportunities, which equates to a 20.5 percent success rate. That’s great for one team, but … Read more
Here’s a look at the upcoming weekend, highlighted by Union and Harvard’s matchup at Fenway Park tonight. Brian and I will both be there, so be sure to follow along: @SullivanHockey and @Nate_Owen41. Last Week: 7-9 Overall: 28-23 Friday, January 13 Brown at St. Lawrence Another one-point weekend isn’t going to do it for Brown. … Read more
Some quick observations from this weekend: Three points for Cornell: The Big Red made their first trip to the Mountain Time Zone since 1995 count as they took three points from No. 6 Colorado College. Andy Iles turned away 39 shots Friday to help Cornell take a 3-1 win, and the Big Red rallied from … Read more