How conference tournament attendance both rose and fell in 2015
There were fewer ticketing sessions for the events, so total attendance was down but per-session averages were up.
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Colgate falls just short, while Yale gets a second life
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
Gallery: Harvard downs Colgate in the ECAC Hockey final
Here are images from Harvard’s win over Colgate in the ECAC Hockey championship game Saturday in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Hardware gap weighed heavily on Harvard, but it’s been erased
The Crimson won their first ECAC Hockey title since 2006 by beating Colgate.
The field of 16 is set; now we work on the brackets
All the games are in, and here are the 16 teams that the PairWise Rankings show will be in the 2015 NCAA tournament, grouped by seeding: 1. Minnesota State 2. North Dakota 3. Boston University 4. Miami 5. Denver 6. Minnesota-Duluth 7. Michigan Tech 8. Omaha 9. Harvard 10. Minnesota 11. Boston College 12. St. … Read more
Gallery: Friday at the ECAC Hockey championship
Here are images from Harvard’s win over Quinnipiac and Colgate’s overtime win over St. Lawrence in the ECAC Hockey semifinals on Friday in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Colgate’s Borkowski gets the spotlight for overtime goal, but his whole line impresses
Darcy Murphy scored twice and Joe Wilson had a goal and two assists for the Raiders.
Harvard a bit better defined after ousting Quinnipiac
Players returning from injury helped put the Crimson back into the form they exhibited during a successful first half of the season.
Harvard’s Vesey earns ECAC Hockey Player of the Year honors
ECAC Hockey on Friday announced its year-end individual awards, in addition to three All-League teams and an All-Rookie Team. Harvard’s Jimmy Vesey was named Player of the Year, while Yale’s Alex Lyon took home Ken Dryden Goaltender of the Year honors and Greg Carvel from St. Lawrence was named the Tim Taylor Coach of the … Read more
ECAC Hockey picks: The final countdown
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
Quinnipiac leading scorer Anas out for ECAC Hockey championship weekend
Quinnipiac will play for its first ECAC Hockey playoff title without its leading scorer.
Seven forwards among 10 finalists for 2015 Hobey Baker Award
National scoring leader Jack Eichel of Boston University and five other players in the top 10 in scoring are on the list.
Five finalists chosen for 2015 Mike Richter Award
Let’s Play Hockey and the Herb Brooks Foundation announced Wednesday the five finalists for the 2015 Mike Richter Award, which honors the most outstanding goaltender in NCAA men’s hockey. The second annual award will be presented by Mike Richter himself at the 2015 Frozen Four in Boston. The five finalists are: St. Lawrence freshman Kyle … Read more
ECAC Hockey’s final four head to Lake Placid looking for elusive playoff title
Of the teams in the semifinals, Harvard (2006) won most recently. St. Lawrence (2001), Colgate (1990) and Quinnipiac (never) also look to claim the Whitelaw Cup.
Just days out, and we can keep most of the Eastern teams in the East
The final installment of Bracketology before the conference championship weekend starts shows an opportunity to keep five of the six Eastern teams in the bracket in their region for the tournament.
An effort to narrow the Hobey list to 10 ahead of Thursday’s announcement
Candace Horgan and Chris Lerch make their picks for the players they think will be on the list of 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award.
How to feel about the NCAAs: ECAC Hockey by the numbers
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
The Lake Effect
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
ECAC Hockey picks: March 13-15
It’s down to eight teams as ECAC Hockey moves on to the quarterfinals. The only two league teams currently in the top sixteen of the PairWise are Quinnipiac and Yale, meaning everyone else will have to win this weekend if they want to move on. However, the Bobcats and Bulldogs are tied for twelfth in … Read more
After disappointing regular seasons, Union, Rensselaer deliver first-round upsets
They took out Cornell and Clarkson, respectively, in advancing to the quarterfinals.