Here are the compulsory “few quick thoughts” on this year’s championship weekend, now that Atlantic City is in the rear-view. Three (thousand)’s a crowd? Looking for attendance figures from the weekend? Me too. Cynical speculations aside, the 9,800 seats were perhaps one-third full each night, with announced figures of 3,357 and 4,126 on Friday and … Read more
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Trying to score against Cornell can often be like ramming your head against a brick wall. For Yale, it was more like gently resting on a soft pillow. After frustrating Dartmouth 3-0 in Friday night’s semifinal game, the Big Red succumbed to the blue and white flash otherwise known as Yale in Saturday night’s ECAC … Read more
Well this is it, people: Cornell vs. Yale for the title game. The Big Red wore the crown last year, while the Bulldogs won it two years ago – over Cornell, to boot. Here they meet again, but under quite different circumstances. That is because these teams have quite different motivations tonight. Yale is already … Read more
The Big Red is making a 4-6-1 start to the season less and less relevant.
The goaltender’s shutout of Colgate in the ECAC Hockey semifinals was his fifth of the season.
Here it is, one of the last ECAC Hockey blogs of the season, as the final foursome prepare for battle on the Boardwalk. Here are some of my last thoughts on the matter! Final picks Friday, March 18 Colgate vs. Yale – 4:30 The Raiders have been riding hot, but will it be enough to … Read more
Well, no one ever said it would be easy … or predictable. Another ECAC Hockey end-game is upon us, as four teams converge on Atlantic City for its inaugural league championship weekend. Each of these teams is compelling for its own reasons, with a story worth telling of challenges met and feats yet to achieve. … Read more