Unbeaten Quinnipiac visits in-state rival Connecticut tonight. The Huskies beat the Bobcats 4-1 last season, but Quinnipiac is on an absolutely dominate roll to start the season. Despite beating Boston University earlier in the season, Connecticut has lost six in a row and is 3-8 thus far. That might seem like the perfect conditions for … Read more
It’s been quite a start for Quinnipiac, as Saturday’s 6-2 win over Dartmouth pushed the Bobcat’s record to 10-0-0 this season. The streak ties a program record set in the 1997-98 season, when Quinnipiac was a Division II team. It also means that the Bobcats are the lone team in the country without a tie … Read more
Here’s a look at this weekend’s games.
It was fitting that No. 7 Harvard and No. 12 Yale skated to a 2-2 tie Friday night at Bright-Landry Hockey Center.
Last time: 7-4-1 Overall: 7-4-1 It’s the first full weekend of conference play for the ECAC this season. Here’s a look at the games on the schedule. All are set to begin at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6 Rensselaer at Clarkson The Engineers are coming off an impressive sweep of Union last weekend. Despite that, … Read more
It was a busy weekend in the ECAC, as the six Ivy teams began their respective seasons, while the first league games of the year took place as well. Four teams – Yale, Cornell, Harvard, and Rensselaer – won both of their games. On the other hand, Union, Dartmouth, and Colgate were each swept over … Read more
Here’s a look at this weekend’s games involving ECAC Hockey teams.
Three things gleaned from the last week in ECAC Hockey.
There are a number of notable games this weekend in the ECAC, highlighted by No. 9 St. Cloud State traveling to No. 14 Quinnipiac, and No. 11 Michigan heading to New York’s Capital Region to face No. 18 Union and Rensselaer. And finally, Harvard, Cornell, and Dartmouth begin their season with exhibition games this weekend. … Read more
One non-conference game is set for tonight, with Maine traveling to No. 14 Quinnipiac for the sixth-ever matchup between the teams. The Bobcats beat Arizona State 5-0 Thursday, while Maine is coming off a tie and a loss against Union last weekend. Maine has been strong defensively but hasn’t scored much in the early going, … Read more
Defense was a problem for Union last year, but the Dutchmen have allowed five goals through the season’s first four games, including only one in two games against Maine last weekend. Union is allowing 31 shots per game, but junior Alex Sakellaropoulos and freshman Jake Kupsky have combined for a .955 save percentage thus far. … Read more
Here’s a look at the games involving ECAC Hockey teams on Friday, Oct. 16, and Saturday, Oct. 17.
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Things to think about after the first weekend of ECAC Hockey play.
It’s opening weekend for many ECAC Hockey teams. St. Lawrence, Clarkson, Union, Quinnipiac and Rensselaer all begin their 2015-16 campaigns, some against powerful Hockey East schools like Boston College, UMass-Lowell and Northeastern while NCAA spoiler Rochester Institute of Technology makes its rounds against ECAC opponents. Friday, Oct. 9 Niagara at St. Lawrence St. Lawrence will … Read more
Last season was the first time in two years that the ECAC didn’t have a team playing in the final game of the season. If a league team returns to the national championship game this April for the third time in four years, it will be a fitting bit of symmetry for the 2015-16 season, … Read more
The league wrapped up its second championship weekend back at Lake Placid, with Harvard beating Colgate 4-2 to win its first Whitelaw Cup since 2006. That’s also the last time the Crimson made the NCAA Tournament. Quinnipiac, who lost in the opening game to Harvard, and Yale, who lost in last weekend’s quarterfinal series against … Read more
Let’s get right to it. All three games will be broadcast on Fox College Sports. Friday, March 20 6 Harvard vs. 1 Quinnipiac 4:05 On USCHO Live! this week, hosts Jimmy Connelly and Ed Trefzger did exactly what I knew they would, and asked me to pick the ECAC champion. I hemmed and hawed, like … Read more
Between Jayson Moy’s What I Believe and Jim Dahl’s CollegeHockeyRanked site, we have a pretty good idea about who’s in, who’s out, who can help themselves, and who’s saying a prayer for an NCAA berth. With regards to ECAC Hockey, here is the latest breakdown as best we can figure: • Quinnipiac (tied for 10th … Read more
And so, much like the annually premature appearance of tank-tops and flip-flops on campuses across the Northeast, so too does it feel like hockey season is moving too fast, trimming teams too soon. ECAC Hockey is down to four: Quinnipiac, St. Lawrence, Colgate, and Harvard. Is Harvard back? While it was somewhat shocking to see … Read more