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
It’s down to the final four in ECAC Hockey. Colleague Josh Weinreb broke down the weekend here, so I’ll keep this brief. Be sure to check back this weekend, as St. Lawrence arena reporter Jack Lyons and myself will be in Lake Placid. Here are the picks for Friday’s games: No. 7 Dartmouth vs. No. … Read more
A relatively quick quarterfinal weekend in ECAC Hockey ended with three teams returning to Lake Placid for the second season in a row. The lone newcomer is Dartmouth, who swept second-seeded Yale to return to conference semifinals for the first time since 2011. Only one series – Cornell and Quinnipiac – went to three games, … Read more
Here’s a look at the ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series: No. 1 Quinnipiac vs. Cornell A matchup that had a lot of potential in January now seems to have lost a little bit of its luster. Cornell struggled down the stretch, finishing with a 15-9-7 regular season record before defeating Union in two games in the … Read more
Finally. Rensselaer swept Brown at Houston Field House over the weekend, giving the Engineers a home playoff series win for the first time since 2004. RPI trailed the Bears 3-0 in Game 2, but a pair of goals by Milos Bubela made it 3-2 before Riley Bourbonnais and Jared Wilson scored to complete the comeback. … Read more
Overall: 55-27-16 Last time: 9-1-2 If this year’s ECAC Hockey tournament plays out the same as last year’s, then the eventual league champion is one of the eight teams in action this weekend. Sixth-seeded Harvard won last year’s Whitelaw Cup, beating Brown in the first round before winning at Yale in the quarterfinals. However, that … Read more
The ECAC Hockey season came to a close in a relatively non-dramatic fashion, as there wasn’t much at stake on Saturday. Quinnipiac’s 4-1 win over Brown Friday secured the program’s third Cleary Cup in the last four seasons. Now the Bobcats will try to win the program’s first Whitelaw Cup. Yale, Harvard, St. Lawrence round … Read more
Here’s a look at the final regular season weekend in ECAC Hockey.
Here are three things learned from ECAC Hockey play over the weekend.
Last week: 8-3-1 Overall: 46-26-14 It might be the second-to-last regular season weekend in ECAC Hockey, but it’s my final weekend of picks for the 2015-16 regular season, as colleague Josh Weinreb will handle the blog next week. I had a good time last time out; let’s see if that continues this weekend. All games … Read more
With two weeks left in the regular season, there’s still plenty at stake in ECAC Hockey. First-place Quinnipiac has clinched a first-round bye for the conference playoffs, while second-place Yale is in a good position to join the Bobcats in the top four. At the bottom of the standings, Princeton, Brown, Colgate, and Union appear … Read more
A look ahead at this weekend’s matchups in ECAC Hockey: Friday, Feb. 12 Princeton at No. 20 Clarkson A five-game winning streak has put the Golden Knights back into the top 20. It’s been an impressive run and has put No. 20 Clarkson back into the hunt for playoff positioning. With momentum on its side, … Read more
A few things gleaned from the weekend in ECAC Hockey: Cornell stops the bleeding It wasn’t the result they wanted on Friday, but it was a start. Either way, it was the first successful weekend the Big Red has had since Jan. 9 — a 0-5-1 stretch. After a 2-2 tie with Quinnipiac and a … Read more
Last time: 5-3-2 Overall: 38-23-13 It’s the stretch run in ECAC Hockey. Seems hard to believe, doesn’t it? There are just three-season weekends left after this, so look for the standings to start to take shape as teams make a final push. All games are 7 p.m. unless noted. Friday, Feb. 5 Harvard at Brown … Read more
Several lengthy unbeaten streaks for ECAC Hockey teams came to an end over the weekend. Yale owned a six-game unbeaten streak entering play on Friday, but looked flat in a 2-1 loss to Union. However, the Bulldogs rebounded on Saturday, beating a Rensselaer team that entered the night with six-game unbeaten streak, one that was … Read more
Here’s a look at this weekend’s games featuring ECAC Hockey teams: Friday, Jan. 29 No. 16 Rensselaer at Brown RPI is coming off a 5-2 win against Union last weekend and two ties to Quinnipiac and Colgate, giving it a 13-7-6 record heading into the season’s final stretch. While the Engineers have maintained their position … Read more