Notre Dame’s win over Michigan in the CCHA championship game gives Yale an at-large bid and keeps the Wolverines out of the tournament for the first time in 23 years. Let’s put down our bracket prediction first, and then we’ll explain how we got there. My predicted NCAA tournament bracket is as follows: West Regional … Read more
Here are photos from Saturday’s games at the ECAC Hockey Championship, Quinnipiac’s 3-0 win over Yale and Union’s 3-1 win over Brown[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G00003J_GAhDK5Cc” g_name=”20130323-ECAC-SaturdayGallery” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”f” f_up=”f” target=”_self” … Read more
There’s one more game left to be played and it will decide which team will be the last to make it into the NCAA tournament. Let’s put the bracket prediction down first, and then we’ll explain how we got there after that. Since we have two different scenarios, let’s lay out two different brackets depending … Read more
“Atlantic City is a great town,” says Troy Grosenick, who has won two straight ECAC Hockey playoff titles there. Nate Owen reports from the ECAC Hockey Championship.
The Bulldogs had a chance to cement an NCAA tournament spot but were shut out for the second straight game. Brian Farrell reports from the ECAC Hockey Championships.
Here are photos from Friday’s semifinal games at the ECAC Hockey Championship in Atlantic City, Brown’s 4-0 win over Quinnipiac and Union’s 5-0 win over Yale: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G00004tFJAF3pkVg” g_name=”20130322-ECAC-FridayGallery” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” … Read more
Union is in the title game thanks to an outstanding penalty-kill unit, timely goals and a shutout from Troy Grosenick — all hallmarks of their Frozen Four run last season. Nate Owen reports from the ECAC Hockey Championship.
Saying his team “stunk in every facet of the game,” Bobcats coach Rand Pecknold takes responsibility. Brian Farrell reports from the ECAC Hockey Championships.
It’s time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style. It’s our weekly look at how I believe the NCAA tournament will wind up come selection time. It’s a look into what are the possible thought processes behind selecting and seeding the NCAA tournament teams. This will be the last … Read more
Another March, another final ECAC Hockey notebook. Let’s save the sentimentalities for Twitter and get right down to brass tacks. Seventh-seeded Brown will take on regular-season champion Quinnipiac at 4 p.m. EDT on Friday, while third-place Yale will get the last change against fourth-seed Union at 7:30. Tons of information can be found here on … Read more
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
Quinnipiac forward Bryce Van Brabant has been suspended for one game by ECAC Hockey and will miss Saturday’s Game 2 of a quarterfinal series against Cornell. Van Brabant was suspended after a league review of a first-period incident in Friday’s Game 1. He was given a minor elbowing penalty. The sophomore has played in all … 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
Each of the five Division I men’s conferences is in playoff mode this week, and national columnist Dave Starman takes a look at a key series in each.
It’s time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style. It’s our weekly look at how I believe the NCAA tournament will wind up come selection time. It’s a look into what are the possible thought processes behind selecting and seeding the NCAA tournament teams. We’ll keep bringing you a … Read more
The schedule says Rensselaer’s hot streak began Feb. 1, when the Engineers blanked Harvard 3-0 to start a 9-1 stretch that helped lock up the program’s first-ever bye in the ECAC Hockey tournament. But that’s not how coach Seth Appert sees it. “These things are never one moment,” Appert said. “Despite what everybody thinks, that’s … Read more
Todd D. Milewski and Brian Sullivan try to put the Terriers coach’s career in perspective and look at what stood out from last weekend’s play in this week’s edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
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
It’s time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style. It’s our weekly look at how I believe the NCAA tournament will wind up come selection time. It’s a look into what are the possible thought processes behind selecting and seeding the NCAA tournament teams. We’ll keep bringing you a … Read more