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Quinnipiac’s TJ Friedmann scored five minutes into the third period to tie the game, but Cornell responded with 16 seconds left in overtime to knock off the Bobcats last Saturday night in Ithaca (photo: Rob Rasmussen).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the exception of Harvard and the Beanpot, it\u2019s not often that ECAC Hockey teams get the chance to compete in a late-season multigame tournament.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s what Quinnipiac and Yale will take part in this weekend, when the two schools join UConn and Sacred Heart in the second annual Connecticut Ice Collegiate Hockey tournament at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs will fact UConn Saturday afternoon at 3:30 in the first semifinal, while the Bobcats will play 2020 tournament champion Sacred Heart in the second semifinal at 7 p.m. Last year\u2019s tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sunday\u2019s consolation game is at 1 p.m., while the championship game is at 4:30. All four games will be televised on SNY.<\/p>\n

Regardless of what happens on Saturday, it\u2019s going to be a shorter than usual break for the Bobcats between games.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhichever time slot we\u2019re going to play on Sunday, it\u2019s a quick turnaround with those earlier games, which I love,\u201d Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold said. \u201cMentally, it\u2019s going to be a nice challenge for my team to get them ready to turnaround, because you might have to do that in the NCAA tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bobcats are in position for an NCAA tournament berth thanks to a 17-game unbeaten streak that ended Saturday with a 2-1 overtime loss to Cornell. Quinnipiac has a deep, veteran team that Pecknold said reminded him of the 2013 and 2016 Frozen Four teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey do everything the right way and they don\u2019t need someone watching them to do that,\u201d Pecknold said of this year\u2019s team, which has only lost twice this season. \u201cThese guys are willing to block shots, willing to backcheck hard when they need to. They do all the little things that we need to be successful when you\u2019re tired and that\u2019s been impressive to me so far.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yale enters the tournament on a three-game unbeaten streak, a nice accomplishment for a young team that struggled for much of the first half. Like Pecknold, Bulldogs coach Keith Allain said the weekend was a good preview of playing in the NCAA tournament, but also is a chance to help grow hockey in Connecticut.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you win in a tournament setting its good for your team,\u201d Allain said. \u201cBecause if you\u2019re fortunate enough to get to an NCAA regional, that\u2019s what it\u2019s like. But I think above and beyond that, it\u2019s the Connecticut teams and it\u2019s in Connecticut. We\u2019re doing these things for the youth hockey players in our state. Hopefully we\u2019re giving Connecticut youth hockey players something to aspire to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pecknold, who currently has two children playing youth hockey in the state, knows firsthand of how important it is for the state\u2019s players to be exposed to the college game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we went way back to talking about getting this tournament off the ground, it was really to grow the sport in the state of Connecticut. I have kids and they have a tough time getting to my games because they\u2019re all over the place with sports and stuff like that. I think it\u2019s a great opportunity to showcase the game of hockey and keep our best athletes in the game of hockey and hopefully not have them switch to other sports.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yale has several Connecticut natives on its roster, including Allain\u2019s son, Niklas. Like Pecknold, the Bulldogs coach knows the youth hockey schedule doesn\u2019t always leave a lot of time to take in the state\u2019s collegiate hockey teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t get to see how exciting it is; they don\u2019t get to see all the pageantry,\u201d Keith Allain said. \u201cWhen they look at all of our rosters and see the Connecticut players on our rosters, I think it\u2019s \u2018Hey if they can do it, maybe I can do it as well.\u2019 I think all those factors go into it and I think it will be a great event.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eventful week for Union<\/h4>\n

It\u2019s been a busy week for the Dutchmen.<\/p>\n

To recap:<\/p>\n

— Union announced last Thursday that head coach Rick Bennett was placed on paid administrative leave after the school said it was investigating an allegation against the coach. Bennett, who led the Dutchmen to a national championship in 2014, missed both of Union\u2019s home games last weekend. The school has not said the nature of the allegations and an athletic department spokesperson had no further comment Monday.<\/p>\n

— On Saturday, the NCAA passed a proposal<\/strong><\/a> that would allow Union to offer athletic scholarships. The Dutchmen, who compete in Division 1 in men\u2019s and women\u2019s hockey and Division III in all other sports, will immediately be allowed to award 18 athletic scholarships to both of the schools\u2019 hockey teams.<\/p>\n

— Daniel Carr, an important member of that 2014 national championship team, was named to Team Canada on Tuesday for next month\u2019s Olympics in Beijing.<\/p>\n

— Current Union captain Josh Kosack was nominated for the Hockey Humanitarian award for the second year in a row. He was a finalist for the award last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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