College Hockey

[YaleFootballFan]

Why not?

We have a thread for college basketball and I KNOW we have some college hockey fans here.

I'll start.....

This weekend my team, Quinnipiac University, won at Union (6-3) and at Rensselaer (5-1). QU is now 4-4-1, 2-2-1 in ECAC Hockey.

Up next the Bobcats travel to Clarkson (Friday) and St. Lawrence (Saturday).

[dgreco]

I think Yale shut out the Bears last night, right?

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate had our annual home-and-home with Cornell this weekend. We lost at home 4-1 on Thursday, falling behind 2-0 early in the 1st. Last night, we tied 2-2 at Lynah, leading 2-0 before giving up 2 goals 24 seconds apart

The Raiders are 4-3-1 overall on the season, 1-2-1 with 3 points so far in conference

Next weekend, the Raiders host Dartmouth on Friday, Harvard on Saturday

[YaleFootballFan]

I think Yale shut out the Bears last night, right?

Yale beat Brown 3-0 last night at Ingalls Rink. The Elis outshot the Bears 42-17.

[griz37]

Michigan is 8-4 with a couple of games against Miami (OH) coming up this weekend.

[brownbear]

Brown is off to an excellent 0-4-1 start, 0-2-1 in ECAC play I believe (though the other two losses were to Yale and Princeton).

At least the football team is good.

[darell1976]

The Sioux are off to a very slow start we just split a home series against Alaska-Anchorage and we did split with former #1 Colorado College. We are 4-6-0 so far this season.

[Ivytalk]

Harvard is 4-2, coming off a weekend sweep of Clarkson and St. Lawrence.xnodx

[bulldog10jw]

Why not?

We have a thread for college basketball and I KNOW we have some college hockey fans here.

I'll start.....

This weekend my team, Quinnipiac University, won at Union (6-3) and at Rensselaer (5-1). QU is now 4-4-1, 2-2-1 in ECAC Hockey.

Up next the Bobcats travel to Clarkson (Friday) and St. Lawrence (Saturday).

Nine games already. It's only the 16th of November.

[sikolec]

I wish Cal Poly had college hockey...

Oh well...GO SHARKS! :D

[minuteman65]

#20 UMass follows up a 5-1 trouncing of #1 Boston University with... a loss to UMass Lowell.

[YaleFootballFan]

Tonight in ECAC Hockey, Brown and Harvard skate to a 3-3 tie in Providence.

[brownbear]

Tonight in ECAC Hockey, Brown and Harvard skate to a 3-3 tie in Providence.

First hockey game I've been to this year, I was glad we got out with a tie, considering Harvard must have been on our end for 80-90% of the time over the 3rd period and overtime.

With 13 seconds left in the 3rd, a Brown player and a Harvard player ran into a glass panel and shattered it, looked pretty cool.

Still winless!!

[Gil Dobie]

Minnesota Gophers 7-0-4 to start the season

[89Hen]

I have to find a way to get tix for the Frozen Four in DC this year. xthumbsupx

[Ivytalk]

First hockey game I've been to this year, I was glad we got out with a tie, considering Harvard must have been on our end for 80-90% of the time over the 3rd period and overtime.

With 13 seconds left in the 3rd, a Brown player and a Harvard player ran into a glass panel and shattered it, looked pretty cool.

Still winless!!

Any fights?

In my day, Brown had the dirtiest team in the league. True artists with the sticks -- like a team full of Bobby Clarkes.

[YaleFootballFan]

This week's games in ECAC Hockey:

Friday, November 21st
Quinnipiac at Clarkson, 7:00 PM
Dartmouth at Colgate, 7:00 PM
Princeton at St. Lawrence, 7:00 PM
Harvard at Cornell, 7:00 PM
Alabama-Huntsville at Yale, 7:00 PM

Saturday, November 22nd
Princeton at Clarkson, 4:00 PM
Quinnipiac at St. Lawrence, 4:00 PM
Harvard at Colgate, 7:00 PM
Dartmouth at Cornell, 7:00 PM
Alabama-Huntsville at Yale, 7:00 PM

Go Bobcats! xnodx

[brownbear]

Any fights?

In my day, Brown had the dirtiest team in the league. True artists with the sticks -- like a team full of Bobby Clarkes.

A Harvard guy threw a fist at our goalie, and the three Brown guys by him fought back until the refs broke it up.

Also, a Brown guy threw the Harvard guy into the glass panel when it shattered.

[Ivytalk]

A Harvard guy threw a fist at our goalie, and the three Brown guys by him fought back until the refs broke it up.

Also, a Brown guy threw the Harvard guy into the glass panel when it shattered.

Sounds like things haven't changed much!:p

I remember a Harvard-Brown game when the gang in Section 18 (right behind the opposing goalie for 2 periods out of 3) rode the Brown goalie particularly hard -- especially when he let in a soft goal with one second left in the first period. The kid was so frustrated that he raced back to the glass and started raking his stick over the top, trying to decapitate his tormentors (including me). But he was only about 5-8, so he didn't do much damage!

[DaveK]

college hockey > college basketball xnodx

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate drops a game at home, 1-0 to Dartmouth. The Big Green scored a PP Goal after a weak call, then we got to watch the refs swallow their whistles while missing a few equally close (and some less than close) calls all go Dartmouth's way. Can't say I'm particularly happy with the result xnonono2x

Colgate falls to 4-4-1 on the season, 1-3-1 with 3 points in the ECAC

Next game is tomorrow night, 11/22, at home against Harvard

[YaleFootballFan]

Quinnipiac with a big win at Clarkson tonight, 4-2. Since getting shutout in three straight home games, the Bobcats have won 3 consecutive road games, scoring an average of 5 goals in those three games away from Hamden.

QU is now 5-4-1, 3-2-1 in ECAC Hockey. Up next the Bobcats travel to Canton to face St. Lawrence on Saturday.

[YaleFootballFan]

Quinnipiac completes its first weekend sweep of Clarkson and St. Lawrence up in the North Country. Tonight the Bobcats beat SLU 5-2 as Dan Henningson scored twice and David Marshall assisted on two goals.

QU is now 6-4-1, 4-2-1 in ECAC Hockey. Up next the Bobcats will travel to Princeton on Wednesday.

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate blows a 2-0 lead at home to Harvard, and ends up tying the Crimson 2-2

The Raiders fall to 4-4-2 on the season, 1-3-2 with 4 points in the ECAC

Next game is Friday, when the Raiders head out to Denver

[minuteman65]

UMass beats BC 4-3 in an overtime thriller after losing 2-0 on Friday. Gotta be close to a record for most penalty minutes in a game, with all the 10-minute misconduct penalties given out for fighting. Biggest crowd ever for a UMass hockey game at Mullins, with over 8,300 in attendance.

[YaleFootballFan]

This week's Top 20 Poll is out!

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Hockey Poll (http://www.uscho.com/rankings/)

FCS Schools in the Top 20: #4 Northeastern, #7 Princeton, #12 Cornell, #15 UNH, #17 UMass and #20 Dartmouth

[rickyball]

UNH has been somewhat disappointing this season. after handily beating Wisconsin earlier this season they have been on quite a skid. I cant really believe that NU is #4. When was the last time that happened?

[Cobblestone]

Two years ago we won the National Championship in hockey....


















OK so it was club hockey. We don't have a D-I program but we've always played well at the club level.

Anyway, just to contribute to the thread, I'm going to see Boston College play Harvard this Friday after Thanksgiving; should be good.

[YaleFootballFan]

OK so it was club hockey. We don't have a D-I program but we've always played well at the club level.

URI would be a good fit for the Hockey East, both geographically and academically. Plus you'd have a good local rivalry with both PC and Brown.

[nutterlyattled]

UNH need to get thier act together

[Sturgisjeff]

Man I wish Minnesota State would go back to being called Mankato State. I graduated from Mankato State not Minnesota State. Finally a decent hockey team like the ones I remember watching.

[Cobblestone]

URI would be a good fit for the Hockey East, both geographically and academically. Plus you'd have a good local rivalry with both PC and Brown.


xnodx

No argument here. Between Mt. St. Charles, Hendricken and Toll Gate high schools we could put together a representative team very quickly. We also have a brand new hockey arena. We'd have to add some seats but it could be done.

Hopefully someday.

[brownbear]

xnodx

No argument here. Between Mt. St. Charles, Hendricken and Toll Gate high schools we could put together a representative team very quickly. We also have a brand new hockey arena. We'd have to add some seats but it could be done.

Hopefully someday.

It would be really neat to see URI start a varsity team although I don't see them starting a new team, much less hockey, anytime soon at URI with the current money problems.

[Cobblestone]

It would be really neat to see URI start a varsity team although I don't see them starting a new team, much less hockey, anytime soon at URI with the current money problems.

That's exactly what's holding it back. With the current money problems at URI I'm just hoping football survives.

As for hockey, if we ever can go the varisty route, I have no doubt we could jump right into Hockey East and be competetive in a few short years. I'd love to see us have a hockey rivalry with Brown that matches our rivalry in football. A hockey rivalry with PC that matches our basketball rivalry with them would be even better.

All still a dream right now.

[brownbear]

Brown lost to Yale for the third time this season, 4-3, last night in Providence, drops us to 0-5-2, 0-3-2 in the ECAC. We play UConn at home on Saturday, and play RPI and Union next week in Providence.


Princeton 12 6-1-0 7-1-0
Cornell 10 4-0-2 4-0-2
Dartmouth 10 5-2-0 5-3-0
Harvard 10 4-3-2 4-3-2
Quinnipiac 9 4-2-1 6-4-1
Yale 6 3-1-0 6-2-0
Colgate 4 1-3-2 4-4-2
St. Lawrence 3 1-4-1 4-6-1
Union 2 1-3-0 4-4-1
Rensselaer 2 1-4-0 2-8-1
Brown 2 0-3-2 0-5-2
Clarkson 2 1-5-0 2-6-2

[YaleFootballFan]

Quinnipiac falls at #7 Princeton 2-1 last night at Hobey Baker Rink in Princeton, NJ. The loss snapped QU's four game winning streak. The Bobcats are now 6-5-1, 4-3-1 in ECAC Hockey.

QU returns to Princeton next Wednesday for a "non conference" game against the Tigers. It will be the third and final meeting of the regular season between the two squads.

[YaleFootballFan]

Princeton's dominance continues as the Tigers beat #4 Northeastern 5-3 in the first round of the RPI Tournament. #7 Princeton is 9-1 and they'll face Mercyhurst, who beat host Rensselaer 4-1.

Pretty good night for the ECAC against the Hockey East. ECAC teams won 3 of the 4 games against the Hockey East. Dartmouth beat Providence and St. Lawrence beat UMass. The only blemish is Harvard's loss to Boston College.

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate headed west to face Denver, and got handled by the Pioneers to the tune of 6-1

The Raiders fall to 4-5-2 on the season

Next game is Saturday, when Colgate finishes their Rocky Mountain vacation at Colorado College (likely unhappy at losing to Air Force last night)

[YaleFootballFan]

How's this for a shocker. A night after beating #4 Northeastern, #7 Princeton loses to 4-8-1 Mercyhurst 6-4 in the Championship Game of the RPI Holiday Tournament. I don't think anyone saw that coming!

Cornell beats North Dakota 2-1 tonight. Good win for the Red.

[Cobblestone]

Went to a good college hockey game this past Friday night, BC vs. Harvard.

BC 5 Harvard 1. Harvard kept it close for most of the game but BC broke out for a couple of goals in the third period.

Good sized crowd and a good day out.

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate finishes their Rocky Mountain weekend with a tight 3-2 loss to Colorado College

The Raiders fall to 4-6-2 so far this year

Next time out, Colgate will battle St. Lawrence at home on Friday night, 12/5

[brownbear]

Brown lost to UConn 4-1 in Providence yesterday, moves us to 0-6-2 (0-3-2 in ECAC). We resume league play next weekend with games against Union and RPI at home.

[YaleFootballFan]

Brown lost to UConn 4-1 in Providence yesterday, moves us to 0-6-2 (0-3-2 in ECAC). We resume league play next weekend with games against Union and RPI at home.

I believe that's the first time Brown has ever lost to UConn in men's hockey.

Brown is bound to win a game this season....and I have a feeling it's going happen next weekend.

[dakotadan]

Who ever would have thought that Air Force would be having the season that they are? Quite the upset against Colorado College on Friday. I was waiting for them to do the same to Denver on Saturday.

[YaleFootballFan]

Who ever would have thought that Air Force would be having the season that they are? Quite the upset against Colorado College on Friday. I was waiting for them to do the same to Denver on Saturday.

Denver handed AF its first loss, 4-1 on Saturday night.

Up until beating Colorado College, it was hard to tell if AF was for real or not. 10 of their 13 wins came against very weak Atlantic Hockey teams and two wins were against a mediocre Bemidji State team. AF should roll though its Atlantic Hockey schedule with ease, but it'll be interesting to see how they'll fare against tougher OOC opponents like Yale, Merrimack and Quinnipiac.

[brownbear]

I believe that's the first time Brown has ever lost to UConn in men's hockey.

Brown is bound to win a game this season....and I have a feeling it's going happen next weekend.

Probably. RPI and Union usually are not tremendous in ECAC play (even when Union was good last year, we still beat them), so I think we can pull out a win against one of them. I'd hate to see our team go in to 2009 with no wins.

[bulldog10jw]

http://yalebulldogs.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/recaps/120508aaa.html

Dec. 5, 2008

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Yale men's hockey team erased a two-goal deficit with six straight goals on the way to a 7-3 win over Rensselaer before 2,644 at Ingalls Rink in an ECAC Hockey game.

[minuteman65]

UMass finally beats a bad team. 5-1 over UConn.

[brownbear]

BROWN DID IT!!!! WE FINALLY WON A GAME!!!!!

Brown beat Union tonight in Providence 5-4 to get its first win of the season, though we're still 1-6-2 (1-3-2 in ECAC). The Bears go for two in a row tomorrow night against RPI.

[TheValleyRaider]

Poor 2nd Period ruins the game for Colgate, they fall at home to St. Lawrence

Colgate has gone winless in their last 8 games, falling to 1-4-2 in ECAC play (4 points), 4-7-2 overall

Tomorrow, Colgate tries to stop the slide, facing Clarkson. It's SilverPuck Saturday, so it's a 3:00 faceoff

[YaleFootballFan]

BROWN DID IT!!!! WE FINALLY WON A GAME!!!!!

Brown beat Union tonight in Providence 5-4 to get its first win of the season, though we're still 1-6-2 (1-3-2 in ECAC). The Bears go for two in a row tomorrow night against RPI.

See? I knew the Bears would win at least one this weekend. Congrats!

[YaleFootballFan]

Quinnipiac beat Providence College tonight 5-2 before a sellout crowd of 3,483 at the TD Banknorth Sports Center in Hamden. QU jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period and never really looked back.

Quinnipiac (7-6-1) is off until December 29th. The Bobcats will face Merrimack in the first round of the UConn Holiday Classic.

http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper294/stills/kh1097zd.jpg

[darell1976]

The Fighting Sioux finally showed up this season with a 10-1 crushing of Harvard on their east coast trip. The Sioux are now 6-8-1 this season but hopefully getting better. The last few years they suck in the first part of the season then they turn it up in the 2nd half and the playoffs.

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate disappointingly ties Clarkson 3-3 on Silver Puck Saturday, now winless in their last 9

Colgate falls to 1-4-3 in ECAC play for a grand total of 5 points. The Raiders are 4-7-3 on the season

Next games for the Raiders aren't until the end of December at the Florida College Classic. Colgate gets Maine in one semifinal on 12/27, then either Cornell or St. Cloud State the next day

[YaleFootballFan]

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll (http://www.uscho.com/rankings/)

1. Notre Dame (41)
2. Miami (6)
3. Boston University
4. Minnesota (1)
5. Denver
6. Northeastern
7. Boston College
8. Princeton (2)
9. Colorado College
10. Cornell
11. Air Force
12. Michigan
13. Vermont
14. Wisconsin
15. New Hampshire
16. Nebraska-Omaha
17. Minnesota State
18. Alaska
18. North Dakota
20. Dartmouth

Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota-Duluth 87, Maine 62, Ohio State 61, St. Cloud State 59, Bemidji State 11, Massachusetts 11, Alaska-Anchorage 10, Yale 7, Mass.-Lowell 4, Niagara 2, Quinnipiac 1

[TheValleyRaider]

1. Notre Dame (41)
2. Miami (6)
3. Boston University
4. Minnesota (1)
5. Denver
6. Northeastern
7. Boston College
8. Princeton (2)
9. Colorado College
10. Cornell
11. Air Force
12. Michigan
13. Vermont
14. Wisconsin
15. New Hampshire
16. Nebraska-Omaha
17. Minnesota State
18. Alaska
18. North Dakota
20. Dartmouth

Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota-Duluth 87, Maine 62, Ohio State 61, St. Cloud State 59, Bemidji State 11, Massachusetts 11, Alaska-Anchorage 10, Yale 7, Mass.-Lowell 4, Niagara 2, Quinnipiac 1

Colgate gets to tangle with the bolded teams in two weeks at the Florida College Classic. Maybe we can tie one and steal the win in a shootout, like we did last year at Wisconsin :D

[TheValleyRaider]

Has it really been this long for this thread?

Colgate upsets Maine in OT at the Florida College Classic xhurrayx xhurrayx xhurrayx

After rallying from a 2-0 deficit, David McIntyre scored with 1 second remaining in the overtime to beat the Black Bears and send Colgate to the Classic's Title game

The victory moves Colgate to 5-7-3 on the season

Next game is tomorrow night, against the Big Red of Cornell. 3rd Time's the charm?

[YaleFootballFan]

Colgate upsets Maine in OT at the Florida College Classic xhurrayx xhurrayx xhurrayx

Nice win for the ECAC.

Quinnipiac (7-6-1) ends its long break tomorrow against another Hockey East foe in Merrimack (4-8-3) at the UConn Holiday Classic.

[YaleFootballFan]

Quinnipiac (8-6-1) beat Merrimack 4-3 in OT to advance to the championship game of the UConn Hockey Classic. Brandon Wong netted the game winner in overtime to lift the Bobcats to victory.

QU will face the winner of the Air Force/Connecticut game tomorrow night for the tournament championship.

[TheValleyRaider]

Forgot to mention on Sunday night

Colgate tied Cornell 2-2 in the Florida College Classic Title Game. The Raiders led 2-0 after the 1st before Cornell tied it in the 2nd. The game is officially listed as a tie in the records, but for the tournament's sake, Cornell won the shootout 2-0. Austin Smith and Charles Long were named to the All-Tournament team. Good weekend against some tough competition, but I'd like to know what it's gonna take to beat Cornell...

Raiders are now 5-7-4 on the season

Next up, the Catamount Cup in Vermont. Colgate gets the hosts (and former ECAC foe) Vermont in the opener Friday, then either Ferris State or St. Lawrence on Saturday

[YaleFootballFan]

QU will face the winner of the Air Force/Connecticut game tomorrow night for the tournament championship.

Air Force and UConn skated to a 2-2 tie tonight, but the Falcons won in the shootout 2-1 to advance to the championship game against Quinnipiac.

Tomorrow's UConn Hockey Classic games are as follows:

Consolation Game: Merrimack vs. UConn at 4:00 PM
Championship Game: Quinnipiac vs. #11 Air Force at 7:15 PM

[YaleFootballFan]

Quinnipiac captures the 2008 Toyota UConn Holiday Classic Championship with a 4-2 victory over #11 Air Force. QU's Brian Leitch was named tournament MVP.

Merrimack took the Consolation Game this afternoon with a 4-2 win over host Connecticut.

Quinnipiac (9-6-1, 4-3-1) resumes ECAC play this weekend as Harvard (Friday) and Dartmouth (Saturday) visit the TD Banknorth Sports Center in Hamden.

Other ECAC Hockey scores tonight....

#8 Princeton 5, Neb.-Omaha 1 (non-conference)
Yale 3, Minn. St. Mankato 2 (non-conference)

[bulldog10jw]

Yale defeats 17th-ranked Minn. State


http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2008/12/31/sports/1231-yalehockey.txt

Broc Little had two goals, including his national-best fourth short-handed goal of the season, and Sean Backman delivered the game-winner at 10 minutes, 35 seconds of the third period as Yale knocked off No. 17 Minnesota State 3-2 in a non-conference game before a crowd of 2,632 Tuesday at Ingalls Rink.

It marked the first win over a team from the Western Collegiate Hockey Association in 10 years for the Bulldogs (8-4). Since defeating Wisconsin on Dec. 27, 1998, Yale was 0-10-2 against the WCHA, widely considered the premier conference in the country.

[TheValleyRaider]

Now that's a good win for the ECAC xthumbsupx

Nice job Yalies xsmileyclapx

[YaleFootballFan]

Good article about Harvard coach Ted Donato in today's New York Daily News:

Former Ranger, Islander Ted Donato continues to grow as Harvard coach (http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hockey/2009/01/02/2009-01-02_former_ranger_islander_ted_donato_contin.html?p age=0)

The Crimson face Quinnipiac tonight and Princeton tomorrow. The game at Quinnipiac will be televised live on NESN (7 PM).

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate falters in the opening round of the Catamount Cup, losing 6-4 to host Vermont. The Raiders actually made a game of it, trailing 6-1 early in the 3rd before rallying back to a 2-goal deficit. Not good enough in the early-going, but hopefully it's something to build on for tomorrow and beyond

Record is now 5-8-4

Next up, Colgate takes on Ferris State in the consolation game at 4 tomorrow

[YaleFootballFan]

Quinnipiac topped Harvard tonight 5-2 in front of 3,349 at the TD Banknorth Sports Center. With the win, the Bobcats improve to 10-6-1, 5-3-1 in ECAC Hockey. Quinnipiac hosts #20 Dartmouth tomorrow night at The Bank.

Tonight ECAC Hockey teams faced the Top 4 teams in the nation. Clarkson pulled off the upset of the year by beating #2 Miami (OH). Normally, Clarkson beating the second ranked team isn't a big upset, but with the way they've struggled this year (2-10-4) it was huge tonight.

ECAC vs. Top 4 tonight:

#1 Notre Dame 3, Union 1 - Final
Clarkson 4, #2 Miami OH 2 - Final
#3 Boston University 6, Rensselaer 2 - Final
#4 Minnesota 6, Brown 2 - Final

[Ronbo]

UMD Bulldogs 12-4-6. xnodx

Verses Notre Dame Saturday night.

[YaleFootballFan]

Quinnipiac defeats a ranked team for the second time this week. The Bobcats beat #20 Dartmouth 6-0 tonight in Hamden. Quinnipiac (11-6-1, 6-3-1 ECAC) is now in third place in ECAC Hockey, 1 point behind second place Cornell.

Up next, QU will host Rensselaer and Union next weekend.

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate ties again, this time to Ferris State in the Catamount Cup consolation game. Once again, the tournament rules called for a shootout, and once again, Colgate lost, this time 2-1. 3-3 is the official final score, Colgate rallying from 2-0 and 3-2 deficits

Record for the year is now 5-8-5

Next up, a Thursday/Friday set back home in Hamilton against Lake Superior State to close out the non-conference schedule

[YaleFootballFan]

The latest poll is out and surprisingly, Quinnipiac didn't crack the Top 20.

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll (http://www.uscho.com/rankings/)
January 5, 2009

1. Notre Dame (47)
2. Boston University ( 2)
3. Minnesota
4. Northeastern
5. Denver
6. Miami OH
7. Princeton
8. Cornell ( 1)
9. Boston College
10. Colorado College
10. Michigan
12. Vermont
13. New Hampshire
14. Air Force
15. Dartmouth
16. Ohio State
17. Wisconsin
18. Nebraska-Omaha
19. Alaska
20. Minnesota-Duluth

Others Receiving Votes: Quinnipiac 111, North Dakota 88, Minnesota State 86, Yale 33, Maine 30, Massachusetts 8, St. Cloud State 7, Michigan State 6, Niagara 3

[darell1976]

3 days--- #3Minnesota @ North Dakota!!!!!!

[TheValleyRaider]

The occasional Thursday night tussle. Colgate first rallied from a 3-1 deficit, then faltered with a 4-3 lead, then finally prevailed with a 5-4 win in OT with another goal from freshman Austin Smith to beat Lake Superior State

Colgate is now 6-8-5 on the season, with 1 non-conference game left

Next for the Raiders is the back half of their pair with the Lakers at Starr Rink, tomorrow night

[TheValleyRaider]

One win is apparently enough for the weekend. Colgate gets shellacked tonight, 6-1 defeat at home to the Lakers of LSSU. Really doesn't appear to be any redeeming quality to this one

Colgate finishes the OOC portion of the season at 6-9-5. All ECAC contests from here on in

The final stretch begins with a trip to the Capital District. Colgate opens up in Troy against RPI on Friday night

[YaleFootballFan]

Quinnipiac scores two goals in the third period to tie Rensselaer 2-2 before 2,825 at the TD Banknorth Sports Center in Hamden. The tie moves Quinnipiac (11-7-2, 6-3-2) into a tie with Cornell for second place in the ECAC Hockey standings with 14 points.

The Bobcats resume league play tonight as they host Union College (10-8-1, 3-4-1) at 7 pm.

[YaleFootballFan]

Quinnipiac lost to Union College 4-2 last night snapping the Bobcats seven game unbeaten streak (6-0-1). A win over the Dutchmen would have placed Quinnipiac in a first place tie with Princeton in the ECAC Hockey standings (Princeton was upset by Rensselaer yesterday afternoon). Instead Quinnipiac sits in a second place tie with Cornell and Dartmouth.

Quinnipiac (11-7-2, 6-4-2 ECAC) will step outside of conference play for the next two weeks. Next weekend the Bobcats travel to Niagara for a pair of games against the Purple Eagles of the CHA.

[brownbear]

Brown managed to pick up a point over the weekend, losing to Dartmouth and getting a tie with Harvard on the road, puts us at 1-10-4 overall, 1-5-3 in ECAC play. We St. Lawrence and Clarkson at home this coming weekend.

Standings

Princeton - 16
Cornell - 14
Dartmouth - 14
Quinnipiac - 14
Yale - 12
Harvard - 11
Union - 8
RPI - 7
St. Lawrence - 5
Colgate - 5
Brown - 5
Clarkson - 3

How we are still tied for 9th, I have no idea.

[YaleFootballFan]

What's happened to Harvard? After a 4-3 start, the Crimson are winless in their last 12 games (0-9-3). This is a team that was one win away from an NCAA Tournament berth just last year.

Yale (11-4-0, 6-2-0 ECAC) is off to a fantastic start and should be ranked when the polls come out tomorrow. Yale is coming off a pair of road victories at #15 Dartmouth and at Harvard (which by the way is the just the 4th Eli win at Harvard's Bright Center in 29 years). Yale and Quinnipiac play each other at the end of the month at Ingalls, which should be a fun game to watch.


How we are still tied for 9th, I have no idea.

Ahead of Clarkson too!

[TheValleyRaider]

Harvard's suffering, I think, from a lack of depth and the fact they weren't as ready as they might have wanted to be when Richter didn't come back in goal

As for Clarkson....yikes xeekx

[YaleFootballFan]

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll (http://www.uscho.com/rankings/)

January 12, 2009

1. Notre Dame (46)
2. Boston University ( 2) 14-4-1 943 2
3. Northeastern
4. Denver
5. Cornell ( 2)
6. Michigan
7. Minnesota
8. Vermont
9. Miami OH
10. Princeton
11. Colorado College
12. Boston College
13. New Hampshire
14. Ohio State
15. Air Force
16. Wisconsin
17. North Dakota
18. Dartmouth
19. Yale
20. Nebraska-Omaha

Others Receiving Votes: St. Cloud State 48, Minnesota State 30, Quinnipiac 24, Alaska 22, Maine 15, Minnesota-Duluth 8, Michigan State 7, Union 5, RIT 4, Massachusetts 2, Ferris State 1

[TheValleyRaider]

More importantly, the Pairwise Rankings (http://www.uscho.com/rankings/pwr.php):

1-Boston U
2-Cornell
3-Vermont
T4-Northeastern
T4-Notre Dame
6-Michigan
T7-Denver
T7-Princeton
T9-Miami
T9-Minnesota
T11-Boston College
T11-Ohio State
13-New Hampshire
T14-Air Force
T14-Maine
16-Dartmouth
17-North Dakota
18-Colorado College
19-St. Cloud State
T20-Wisconsin
T20-Yale
22-Nebraska-Omaha
T23-Minnesota Duluth
T23-Quinnipiac
25-St. Lawrence

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

FCS members in bold color:


More importantly, the Pairwise Rankings (http://www.uscho.com/rankings/pwr.php):

1-Boston U
2-Cornell
3-Vermont
T4-Northeastern
T4-Notre Dame
6-Michigan
T7-Denver
T7-Princeton
T9-Miami
T9-Minnesota
T11-Boston College
T11-Ohio State
13-New Hampshire
T14-Air Force
T14-Maine
16-Dartmouth
17-North Dakota
18-Colorado College
19-St. Cloud State
T20-Wisconsin
T20-Yale
22-Nebraska-Omaha
T23-Minnesota Duluth
T23-Quinnipiac
25-St. Lawrence

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate takes a bad loss in Troy, falling 3-2 in OT to RPI. That's 9 OT games so far for Colgate this season (2-2-5 record in them). The Raiders had a 5 minute PP with under 5 to go in the 3rd, and managed 1 shot before taking a Too Many Men on the Ice penalty with 30 seconds left. RPI scored the winner on the PP in OT

Colgate falls to 6-10-5 on the season, and a dismal 1-5-3 in ECAC play (5 points)

Next up, Colgate finishes the Capital District trip with a visit to Union tomorrow night

[minuteman65]

UMass drops one, 5-4, to Providence - the doormat of Hockey East. As usual, we beat the good teams and lose to the bad ones.

[YaleFootballFan]

Quinnipiac beat Niagara 6-4 in a non conference game in upstate New York. The Bobcats scored a couple late goals - including an empty net goal - to break a 4-4 tie.

Quinnipiac (12-7-2) and Niagara play again tonight at 7:00 pm.

[TheValleyRaider]

It keeps getting worse. Colgate loses 6-3 at Union tonight. At least it didn't go to OT

Raiders are now 6-11-5 on the year, 1-6-3 in the ECAC

Next up, home on Friday against Brown

[YaleFootballFan]

Quinnipiac falls to Niagara 5-1 tonight in upstate New York. The Bobcats split the weekend series against the Purple Eagles.

Quinnipiac (12-8-2) returns to action next weekend as Robert Morris visits The TD Banknorth Sports Bank for a pair of non-conference games.

[brownbear]

Brown drops both on their trip to Clarkson & St. Lawrence, goes to (1-7-3 ECAC, 1-12-4 overall).

ECAC Standings

Cornell - 18
Princeton - 16
Dartmouth - 14
Quinnipiac - 14
Yale - 13
Harvard - 11
Union - 10
RPI - 9
St. Lawrence - 8
Clarkson - 7
Colgate - 5
Brown - 5

Brown drops from 9th to 11th over the weekend.

[YaleFootballFan]

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll (http://www.uscho.com/rankings/)

January 19, 2009

1. Notre Dame (38)
2. Boston University ( 7)
3. Cornell ( 5)
4. Denver
5. Northeastern
6. Minnesota
7. Vermont
8. Michigan
9. Princeton
10. Miami OH
11. New Hampshire
12. Ohio State
13. Colorado College
14. Boston College
15. North Dakota
16. Wisconsin
17. Minnesota-Duluth
18. Dartmouth
19. Alaska
20. Air Force

Others Receiving Votes: Nebraska-Omaha 67, Yale 39, Minnesota State 26, Quinnipiac 26, RIT 16, Maine 13, Union 7, Michigan State 6, St. Lawrence 5, St. Cloud State 4, Massachusetts 3, Niagara 1

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate's ECAC nightmare continues. The Raiders lose at home to fellow bottom-dweller Brown 4-1

For the season, Colgate is now 6-12-5, in ECAC play 1-7-3 for 5 points

Next up, tomorrow night against Yale

[YaleFootballFan]

Quinnipiac survives a late rally by Robert Morris and beat the Colonials 5-4 before 2,973 at the TD Banknorth Sports Center. Quinnipiac's Hobey Baker Award candidate Bryan Leitch had 3 assists tonight and he became the first player in NCAA Division I hockey this season to reach 40 points.

Quinnipiac (13-8-2) will face Robert Morris again tomorrow night at home. It'll be the Bobcats final non conference game of the regular season.

Yale pulled off a stunning upset of #3 Cornell up in Ithaca tonight. The Elis beat the Big Red 4-3 to move past Quinnipiac for third place in ECAC Hockey. It was Yale's first victory at Lynah Rink in eight years.

[brownbear]

Colgate's ECAC nightmare continues. The Raiders lose at home to fellow bottom-dweller Brown 4-1

For the season, Colgate is now 6-12-5, in ECAC play 1-7-3 for 5 points

Next up, tomorrow night against Yale

Only our second win of the season, puts us ahead of Colgate in the ECAC!! We play at Lynah tonight, and perhaps they can pull off a huge upset.

[YaleFootballFan]

Quinnipiac suffers an embarrassing loss to Robert Morris, 8-5. The Bobcats and Colonials split the weekend series.

Quinnipiac (13-9-2, 6-4-2 ECAC) resumes league play next weekend as they travel to Brown (Friday) and Yale (Saturday). I'll be in attendance at Yale on Saturday decked out in Bobcat blue and gold! :D

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate led Yale tonight 4-0 with 15 minutes to go in the 3rd. The Bulldogs then proceeded to win the game 5-4 in Overtime. Fill in the blanks

6-13-5, 1-8-3 ECAC

It only gets better from here: the North Country trip. At Clarkson in Potsdam on Friday

[bulldog10jw]

Colgate led Yale tonight 4-0 with 15 minutes to go in the 3rd. The Bulldogs then proceeded to win the game 5-4 in Overtime. Fill in the blanks



Filling in the blanks:

http://yalebulldogs.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/recaps/012409aab.html

Limbert OT Goal Caps Stunning Comeback
Yale Beats Colgate 5-4

Jan. 24, 2009


HAMILTON, NY - The Yale men's hockey team, trailing by four goals with just over 12 minutes left in the game, scored five straight and stunned Colgate 5-4 in overtime before 1,150 at Starr Rink in ECAC Hockey play.

Kevin Limbert's goal one minute into the OT ended the game. Yale junior defenseman Tom Dignard had two goals and one assist while Broc Little and Sean Backman also hit the net.

The Bulldogs (13-5-1, 8-3-1) pulled out a weekend road sweep and one of the most improbable comebacks ever by outshooting the Raiders (6-13-5, 1-7-3) 46-16, including 19-5 in the third period. Blanking Colgate on six power-play attempts, while not allowing one shot on net over the nearly 12 minutes of man-advantages, also contributed to the stunning result.

[Cobblestone]

Saw a good one yesterday. I took the MBTA with my family to Chestnut Hill to see BC vs. Maine.

BC won 4-1 but Maine kept it close; 2-1 after the second period. I don't attend that many college hockey games but I have to say this was one of the most physical contests I've ever seen. All in all, a great Hockey East matchup. xthumbsupx

[YaleFootballFan]

Yale moves up to #18. Four Ivy teams are in the Top 20 Poll.

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll (http://www.uscho.com/rankings/)

January 26, 2009

Team (First Place Votes)
1. Notre Dame (37)
2. Boston University (13)
3. Northeastern
4. Cornell
5. Minnesota
6. Vermont
7. Denver
8. Michigan
9. Princeton
10. Miami OH
11. Boston College
12. North Dakota
13. New Hampshire
14. Ohio State
15. Wisconsin
16. Minnesota-Duluth
17. Colorado College
18. Yale
19. Air Force
20. Dartmouth

Others Receiving Votes: St. Cloud State 42, Nebraska-Omaha 24, RIT 23, Alaska 17, Minnesota State 5, Massachusetts 4, Quinnipiac 4, St. Lawrence 4, Niagara 1

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate beats Clarkson 3-1 in Cheel xeekx

First ECAC win since the conference opener against Q-pac on November 7 xhurrayx

The record is now 2-8-3 with 7 points in ECAC play, 7-13-5 overall

Next up, North Country Trip Part II, at St. Lawrence on Saturday night

[brownbear]

Brown lost 5-1 to Quinnipiac tonight at home.

We suck.

[YaleFootballFan]

Big game tonight at Ingalls Rink!

Yale vs. Quinnipiac.

NESN will carry the game live at 7 PM.

GO QU BOBCATS!

[Ivytalk]

Harvard finally got a win against Union last night after 13 straight losses or ties.:(

WE COULDN'T EVEN BEAT FRICKIN' BROWN THIS YEAR! TWO TIES! AND THEY SUCK WORSE THAN WE DO!xsmhx AND MY DEAD AUNT HELEN COULD SKATE CIRCLES AROUND BROWN!

Excuse the rant...xcoffeex

[brownbear]

Brown lost 5-1 to Princeton tonight.

Again, we suck.

We can't make any shots.

We have no defense.

We have no offense.

Our goalies suck.

Our coach probably needs to go.



Again, WE SUCK.

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate loses the back-half of the North Country trip, 4-2 to St. Lawrence

Now 7-14-5 on the year, 2-9-3 for 7 points in ECAC play

Next up, back home on Friday night against Princeton

[YaleFootballFan]

#18 Yale beats Quinnipiac tonight 3-0 before a sellout crowd of 3,500 at Ingalls Rink. Yale is now in a first place tie with Cornell atop the ECAC standings (the Big Red tied Clarkson 0-0 tonight). Quinnipiac's 5 game winning streak against Yale ends.

Quinnipiac (14-10-2, 7-5-2 ECAC) will next face #4 Cornell on Friday up at Lynah Rink in Ithaca.

[YaleFootballFan]

Five ECAC teams are in the Top 20 in this week's poll.

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll (http://www.uscho.com/rankings/)

February 2, 2009

1. Boston University (33)
2. Notre Dame (17)
3. Northeastern
4. Michigan
5. Cornell
6. Denver
7. Vermont
8. Miami OH
9. Minnesota
10. Princeton
11. New Hampshire
12. Boston College
13. North Dakota
14. Yale
15. Ohio State
16. Wisconsin
17. Minnesota-Duluth
18. Colorado College
19. Dartmouth
20. St. Lawrence

Others Receiving Votes: St. Cloud State 53, Minnesota State 47, RIT 21, Alaska 15, Air Force 11, Nebraska-Omaha 7, Massachusetts 4, Mass.-Lowell 1, Niagara 1

[Ivytalk]

Harvard sucks. IMPEACH DREW FAUST!!xmadx

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

Boston University has defeated Harvard tonight in the Beanpot.

Northeastern is spanking the Chestnut Hill Beagles 6-1 in the 3rd period. xthumbsupx xthumbsupx

[TheValleyRaider]

Sigh. Colgate went to Overtime. Again. And they lost. Again. This time, Princeton scored on a powerplay. Yes, they called a penalty in overtime. Unbelievable, this season. 3-2 Tigers was the final

Colgate is 2-10-3 (7 points) in ECAC play, 7-15-5 overall

Next up, they try to right the ship again against one of those 2, as Quinnipiac visits Starr on Saturday night

[Ivytalk]

Harvard sucks. IMPEACH DREW FAUST!!xmadx

Lost to Yale 5-1.xsmhxxmadxxthumbsdownx

[YaleFootballFan]

Last night Quinnipiac fell to #5 Cornell in OT, 2-1. The Big Red scored on the power play in with under 3 minutes left in overtime.

The Bobcats (14-11-2, 7-6-2 ECAC) will face Colgate tonight at 7 PM. I'll be doing game updates on the USCHO Forum.

[TheValleyRaider]

Woohoo! Colgate wins in OT on a PPG! xhurrayx Peter Bogdanich scores his 2nd to finally given Colgate a home conference win

Colgate is 8-15-5 on the season, 3-10-3 in ECAC play for 9 points

Next up, on the road again, Friday night at Harvard

Great posting with you Puc...I mean YFF ;) :)

[YaleFootballFan]

Great posting with you Puc...I mean YFF ;) :)

Yeah it was fun.... well except for the final outcome. xmadx

Tough weekend for the Quinnipiac Bobcats. We lose both games in OT on power play goals. Stupid penalties late in the game continue to haunt this team.

Now the Bobcats return home for a 4 straight games. It starts next weekend against #20 St. Lawrence (Friday) and Clarkson (Saturday). Both teams sit 1 point behind Quinnipiac in the ECAC standings so both these games are must win games as far as home ice goes for the first round. Getting a first round bye is still a possibility as Dartmouth is only 4 points ahead of Quinnipiac.

[YaleFootballFan]

Cornell suffered a bad loss tonight.

Up 1-0 with less than a minute left in regulation, Princeton ties the game with :36 left and then scores the game winner with :20 left.

Ouch.

Yale now sits atop the ECAC standings all alone.

[TheValleyRaider]

ECAC Standings after tonight

All teams have played 16 games, have 6 remaining. As always, a race to the finish in the ECAC

Yale 25
Cornell 23
Princeton 22
Dartmouth 20
Quinnipiac 16
St. Lawrence 15
Union 15
Clarkson 15
Harvard 14
Rensselaer 11
Colgate 9
Brown 7

Top 4 get byes through the 1st Round and will host Quarterfinal series
Middle 4 host the Bottom 4 in the 1st Round (5v12, 6v11, 7v10, 8v9)

[YaleFootballFan]

ECAC Standings after tonight

All teams have played 16 games, have 6 remaining. As always, a race to the finish in the ECAC

Yale 25
Cornell 23
Princeton 22
Dartmouth 20
Quinnipiac 16
St. Lawrence 15
Union 15
Clarkson 15
Harvard 14
Rensselaer 11
Colgate 9
Brown 7

Top 4 get byes through the 1st Round and will host Quarterfinal series
Middle 4 host the Bottom 4 in the 1st Round (5v12, 6v11, 7v10, 8v9)

If the season ended today, here's how the first round of the playoffs would look like:

#12 Brown at #5 Quinnipiac
#11 Colgate at #6 Clarkson
#10 Rensselaer at #7 St. Lawrence
#9 Harvard at #8 Union

First Round Byes: #1 Yale, #2 Cornell, #3 Princeton and #4 Dartmouth

And IF the higher seeds seeds from Round One advance, here's how the Quarterfinals would look:

#8 Union at #1 Yale
#7 St. Lawrence at #2 Cornell
#6 Clarkson at #3 Princeton
#5 Quinnipiac at #4 Dartmouth

I know I'm looking way ahead, but boy we could be in for some exciting playoff series in the ECAC come March!

[YaleFootballFan]

Three Ivy League teams are in the Top 10....

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll (http://www.uscho.com/rankings/)

February 9, 2009

1. Boston University (49)
2. Notre Dame (1)
3. Northeastern
4. Michigan
5. Vermont
6. Cornell
7. Miami OH
8. Denver
9. Princeton
10. Yale
11. North Dakota
12. New Hampshire
13. Wisconsin
14. Minnesota
15. Boston College
16. Ohio State
17. Minnesota-Duluth
18. Colorado College
19. Dartmouth
20. Air Force

Others Receiving Votes: St. Cloud State 34, Minnesota State 19, St. Lawrence 17, Alaska 8, Niagara 8, RIT 5, Mass.-Lowell 4, Massachusetts 2, Union 2, Clarkson 1

I want to know how Clarkson (8-14-6) is getting a vote and Quinnipiac (14-12-2) isn't. xconfusedx

[Ivytalk]

Harvard loses to BC in final minute of Beanpot consolation.xsmhxxmadx

We're losing to Princeton in every winter sport except overall masculinity. This sucks!xsmhxxmadx

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate loses again, this time at Harvard. The Raiders rallied from a 2-0 deficit before giving up the winner in the 3rd on a questionable penalty call

Colgate is now 3-11-3 with 9 points in conference play, 8-16-5 on the year

Next up, at Dartmouth tomorrow night

[YaleFootballFan]

Last night Quinnipiac lost to St. Lawrence 4-3 in OT. The Bobcats have now lost 4 in a row and the last 3 were overtime losses. The Saints moved past Quinnipiac for fifth place in the ECAC.

Tonight Quinnipiac (14-13-2, 7-8-2 ECAC) will host Clarkson at 7 pm.

[brownbear]

Brown lost to RPI last night 4-3, our sixth loss in a row. We're now 2-18-4, 2-12-3 ECAC, and we play Union, who we beat earlier in the year, tonight.

[Ivytalk]

Colgate loses again, this time at Harvard. The Raiders rallied from a 2-0 deficit before giving up the winner in the 3rd on a questionable penalty call

Colgate is now 3-11-3 with 9 points in conference play, 8-16-5 on the year

Next up, at Dartmouth tomorrow night

We'll take a win any way we can get it. We have to deal with #6 Cornell tonight.

[TheValleyRaider]

Eh, we lost the game when it was 2-0 less than 3 minutes in. The penalty was icing on the cake, but it shouldn't have been necessary. It's been that kind of year....

[minuteman65]

UMass hockey angers me. We went up 2-0 in the first against #3 Northeastern, then proceeded to get outscored 5-1 the rest of the way. Our power play is terrible (I don't know **** about hockey strategy and I can tell that). I don't know how anyone votes for us for the top 20.

Maybe we can earn a split tonight in Boston.

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate tops Dartmouth 1-0! Charles Long was sensational earning the shutout, and Colgate finally breaks double digits in League points

That's 11 points for the Raiders, courtesy of a 4-11-3 mark. Overall record is now 9-16-5

Next up, the final home weekend, Colgate hosts Union on Friday night in the first half of the Capital District pair

[TheValleyRaider]

ECAC Standings after this weekend's action. Only 4 games left

Yale 29
Princeton 24
Cornell 23
Dartmouth 22
St. Lawrence 19
Quinnipiac 18
Harvard 18
Union 17
Clarkson 15
Rensselaer 13
Colgate 11
Brown 7

[YaleFootballFan]

Quinnipiac came up with a huge 5-3 win over Clarkson tonight in Hamden. The Bobcats sweep the season series against the Golden Knights for the first time ever.

Quinnipiac (15-13-2, 8-8-2 ECAC) remain in sixth place, just one point behind fifth place St. Lawrence. The Bobcats will next face crosstown rival Yale on Friday and Brown on Saturday. Both games are at home.

[YaleFootballFan]

ECAC Standings after this weekend's action. Only 4 games left

Yale 29
Princeton 24
Cornell 23
Dartmouth 22
St. Lawrence 19
Quinnipiac 18
Harvard 18
Union 17
Clarkson 15
Rensselaer 13
Colgate 11
Brown 7


Yale can wrap up the ECAC Regular Season title on Friday with a win at Quinnipiac coupled with a Princeton loss at Brown. If Yale doesn't clinch on Friday, they can clinch on Saturday with a win at Princeton.

Yale has already won the Ivy League Men's Ice Hockey Championship outright. It's their second Ivy title in three years.

[Ivytalk]

Yale can wrap up the ECAC Regular Season title on Friday with a win at Quinnipiac coupled with a Princeton loss at Brown. If Yale doesn't clinch on Friday, they can clinch on Saturday with a win at Princeton.

Yale has already won the Ivy League Men's Ice Hockey Championship outright. It's their second Ivy title in three years.

I remember when Harvard and Cornell used to battle for the Ivy title every year, and Yale and Princeton were in the toilet. Now it's Harvard's turn to dodge the dropping turds.:o

P.S. Did I mention that it's Drew Faust's fault?

[YaleFootballFan]

Yale moves up to 7th....

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll (http://www.uscho.com/rankings/)

February 16, 2009

1. Boston University (44)
2. Notre Dame ( 6)
3. Michigan
4. Northeastern
5. Miami OH
6. Vermont
7. Yale
8. Denver
9. North Dakota
10. Princeton
11. Cornell
12. New Hampshire
13. Wisconsin
14. Minnesota
15. Minnesota-Duluth
16. Ohio State
17. Boston College
18. Colorado College
19. St. Cloud State
20. St. Lawrence

Others Receiving Votes: Dartmouth 91, Mass.-Lowell 21, RIT 18, Air Force 16, Nebraska-Omaha 12, Alaska 5, Colgate 5, Massachusetts 4, Alaska-Anchorage 2

[TheValleyRaider]

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll (http://www.uscho.com/rankings/)

February 16, 2009

1. Boston University (44)
2. Notre Dame ( 6)
3. Michigan
4. Northeastern
5. Miami OH
6. Vermont
7. Yale
8. Denver
9. North Dakota
10. Princeton
11. Cornell
12. New Hampshire
13. Wisconsin
14. Minnesota
15. Minnesota-Duluth
16. Ohio State
17. Boston College
18. Colorado College
19. St. Cloud State
20. St. Lawrence

Others Receiving Votes: Dartmouth 91, Mass.-Lowell 21, RIT 18, Air Force 16, Nebraska-Omaha 12, Alaska 5, Colgate 5, Massachusetts 4, Alaska-Anchorage 2

xconfusedx

[YaleFootballFan]

xconfusedx

These polls are a joke. Last week Clarkson got a vote and this week 11th place Colgate get 5. God forbid Quinnipiac and Union (two teams with 15 wins) get any respect.

Now I fully expect BROWN to be in next week's poll!

[Ivytalk]

Harvard actually beat Cornell! I can't believe it!xthumbsupxxbowx

[darell1976]

#9!!!! The hottest team in college hockey and we are now tied for first place in the WCHA!!! xbowx

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate gets a goal in the last minute from Frosh Austin Smith to tie Union 2-2 at home. Decent game, good comeback effort from the Raiders. A 1-0 game got interesting with about 6 minutes to go in the 3rd, but no one could win it in OT. This was a school record 13th OT game for Colgate this year

Colgate is now 4-11-4 with 12 points in the ECAC, 9-16-6 for the whole season

Next up, tomorrow is Senior Night against RPI at Starr Rink

[TheValleyRaider]

ECAC Standings after tonight, with only 3 games remaining

Yale 30
Princeton 26
Cornell 25
Dartmouth 22
St. Lawrence 20
Quinnipiac 19
Harvard 19
Union 18
Clarkson 17
Rensselaer 13
Colgate 12
Brown 7

[bulldog10jw]

ECAC Standings after tonight, with only 3 games remaining

Yale 30
Princeton 26
Cornell 25
Dartmouth 22
St. Lawrence 20
Quinnipiac 19
Harvard 19
Union 18
Clarkson 17
Rensselaer 13
Colgate 12
Brown 7


Yale vs Princeton on Saturday. If Yale wins, they clinch. If Princeton wins, it gets interesting since Yale plays Cornell next Friday.

A tie would put Yale in a position to no worse than tie for the regular season title.

[YaleFootballFan]

Quinnipiac rallied to tie Yale 3-3 last light in front of 4,673 at the TD Banknorth Sports Center, the largest crowd ever at The Bank. The Bobcats (15-13-3, 8-8-3 ECAC) remain in sixth place in the ECAC, one point behind fifth place St. Lawrence.

Quinnipiac is 5-1-1 over the last 7 meetings against Yale.

The Bobcats hosts Brown tonight on Senior Night.

[darell1976]

Both UND and Denver win in OT to remained tied for first place in the WCHA with 5 games left for the Sioux and 4 for Denver in the regular season. Its going to be a shootout for the WCHA title.

WCHA Standings:

UND 31
Denver 31
Wisconsin 28
CC 27
St. Cloud St. 25
UMD 25
Minnesota 24
MSU-Mankato 20
UAA 19
Mich Tech 8

[Ivytalk]

Harvard ties St. Lawrence on the road. Not bad!:)

[TheValleyRaider]

Superman David McIntyre scores twice, including the OT winner, as Colgate beat RPI on Senior Night. A scary situation at the end of the 2nd period. Senior Forward Jason Williams was hit hard into the boards. He was taken off on a stretcher, but apparently told his father that he was going to be okay. Hopefully that is the case

5-11-4 for 14 points in the ECAC now, 10-16-6 overall

Next up, the final weekend of the regular season. Colgate visits Brown on Friday night

[YaleFootballFan]

Quinnipiac lost tonight. I'd say to who, but I'm too embarrassed (no offense brownbear). xmadx

The Bobcats (15-14-3, 8-9-3 ECAC) close out the regular season next weekend at Harvard (Friday) and at Dartmouth (Saturday).

[TheValleyRaider]

ECAC Standings after tonight, just 1 weekend left

Yale 30
Princeton 28
Cornell 27
St. Lawrence 22
Dartmouth 22
Harvard 20
Quinnipiac 19
Union 18
Clarkson 18
Colgate 14
Rensselaer 13
Brown 9

[darell1976]

WCHA Standings:

GP Record Pts
1 North Dakota 24 15-6-3 33
Denver 25 15-7-3 33
3 Colorado College 25 12-8-5 29
4 Wisconsin 24 13-9-2 28
5 Minnesota-Duluth 24 10-8-6 26
6 St. Cloud State 24 12-11-1 25
7 Minnesota 24 10-10-4 24
8 Minnesota State 24 9-13-2 20
9 Alaska-Anchorage 26 7-14-5 19
10 Michigan Tech 26 1-18-7 9

Dever hosts St. Cloud twice and CC once
UND hosts CC twice and plays at Wisconsin twice
CC at UND twice and at Denver once
Wisconsin at Minn St. twice and hosts UND twice
UMD at Minnesota twice and hosts UAA twice
SCSU at Denver twice and hosts Minn St. twice

DU, UND, CC, Wisconsin, UMD, and SCSU are the only teams that can win the WCHA title.

[yorkcountyUNHfan]

Hockey East Standings

1)Northeastern 15-5-3 33pts
2)Boston University 14-5-4 32pts
3)New Hampshire 12-7-4 28pts
Vermont 12-7-4 28pts
5)UMass Lowell 12-9-2 26pts
6)Boston College 8-10-5 21pts
UMass 9-11-3 21 pts
8)Maine 7-13-3 17pts
9)Providence 4-13-5 13pts
10)Merrimack 3-16-3 9pts

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

Hockey East Standings

1)Northeastern 15-5-3 33pts
2)Boston University 14-5-4 32pts
3)New Hampshire 12-7-4 28pts
Vermont 12-7-4 28pts
5)UMass Lowell 12-9-2 26pts
6)Boston College 8-10-5 21pts
UMass 9-11-3 21 pts
8)Maine 7-13-3 17pts
9)Providence 4-13-5 13pts
10)Merrimack 3-16-3 9pts

Surprised you didn't mention the sweet sweep of the Chestnut Hill Beagles this weekend!!!! In Durham Friday night, the Wildcats prevailed 3-2 and then won again 4-2 Saturday at UCH. Now if the women's team can complete the sweep of the CT Sled Dogs, it will be a great weekend on the ice. xnodx xnodx

[YaleFootballFan]

ECAC Standings after tonight, just 1 weekend left

Yale 30
Princeton 28
Cornell 27
St. Lawrence 22
Dartmouth 22
Harvard 20
Quinnipiac 19
Union 18
Clarkson 18
Colgate 14
Rensselaer 13
Brown 9


The ECAC Regular Season title comes down to the final weekend. Yale could've wrapped it up with a win at Princeton last night. Instead the Elis have a two point lead with 2 games left. Cornell (3 points back) plays at Yale on Friday. A Big Red victory, coupled with a Princeton win at Dartmouth, will make things very interesting going into the final Saturday/Sunday of the regular season.

Yale plays Colgate on Sunday, which could end up being a HUGE game. The Red Raiders could play spoiler!

As for Quinnipiac, we just want to be home for the first round!

[TheValleyRaider]

Yale plays Colgate on Sunday, which could end up being a HUGE game. The Red Raiders could play spoiler!

I'll tell you how much I'm pulling to be spoiler when I see who we'd be slotted to get in the first round ;)

Hint: I might prefer schools that rhyme with Quarkson and Clinnipiac xwhistlex

[minuteman65]

UMass nearly blows a 4-0 lead in the third period (thanks in part to some questionable officiating that had us on the PK for probably half the period), but holds on for a 4-3 win and a sweep of Maine.

Thanks to UNH, we are now tied with BC for sixth in HE. Big home-and-home against BU next weekend.

[YaleFootballFan]

I'll tell you how much I'm pulling to be spoiler when I see who we'd be slotted to get in the first round ;)

Hint: I might prefer schools that rhyme with Quarkson and Clinnipiac xwhistlex

If the standings remain the same after next weekend, Colgate travels to Quinnipiac for the first round. Do you think the Red Raiders have what it takes to beat Quinnipiac four times in a single season?

Colgate will finish either in 10th or 11th place, which means they can't host a playoff series. Thanks to that horrible loss to Brown last night, Quinnipiac can finish anywhere between 4th and 9th. Finishing 9th would mean we'd be on the road for the entire playoffs.

[TheValleyRaider]

If the standings remain the same after next weekend, Colgate travels to Quinnipiac for the first round. Do you think the Red Raiders have what it takes to beat Quinnipiac four times in a single season?

Better question, do you think Quinnipiac has what it takes to beat Colgate twice? xsmiley_wix

I'd only want one of those two knowing that we can and have played well both at the Bank and Cheel this season and recently. I'm not sure we could beat Union this year, Dartmouth would be a very iffy, probably my #3 choice, Harvard's Bright is tough for us, and I want no part of going to SLU

Still, as you said plenty can happen. Just another year in the ECAC xthumbsupx

[YaleFootballFan]

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll (http://www.uscho.com/rankings/)

February 23, 2009

1. Boston University (31)
2. Notre Dame (19)
3. Michigan
4. Northeastern
5. Denver
6. Princeton
7. Miami OH
8. North Dakota
9. Vermont
10. Cornell
11. Yale
12. New Hampshire
13. Colorado College
14. Minnesota-Duluth
15. Ohio State
16. Wisconsin
17. St. Lawrence
18. Minnesota
19. St. Cloud State
20. Mass.-Lowell

Others Receiving Votes: Air Force 50, Boston College 41, Alaska 22, RIT 16, Dartmouth 7

[YaleFootballFan]

Some pictures from Friday's Yale/Quinnipiac game....

Yale at Quinnipiac Photos (http://athleticsmedia.quinnipiac.edu/athletics/photos/MensIceHockey/Heroes-Hat-2009/index.html)

Here's a nice picture of Quinnipiac's arena, which was filled beyond capacity....

Quinnipiac University's TD Banknorth Sports Center (http://athleticsmedia.quinnipiac.edu/athletics/photos/MensIceHockey/Heroes-Hat-2009/Pages/5.html)

[brownbear]

Some pictures from Friday's Yale/Quinnipiac game....

Yale at Quinnipiac Photos (http://athleticsmedia.quinnipiac.edu/athletics/photos/MensIceHockey/Heroes-Hat-2009/index.html)

Here's a nice picture of Quinnipiac's arena, which was filled beyond capacity....

Quinnipiac University's TD Banknorth Sports Center (http://athleticsmedia.quinnipiac.edu/athletics/photos/MensIceHockey/Heroes-Hat-2009/Pages/5.html)

Where was the crowd on Saturday night? That place was dead. I know it was against Brown, but I was surprised that there wasn't much more fan support than there was when I went to the playoff game at QU last year (when the students were on spring break).

[YaleFootballFan]

Where was the crowd on Saturday night? That place was dead. I know it was against Brown, but I was surprised that there wasn't much more fan support than there was when I went to the playoff game at QU last year (when the students were on spring break).

That's what we're trying to figure out ourselves. Some people feel the novelty of the new arena has worn off (especially among students) and others feel that because the team isn't winning fans have stopped coming. I think it's a combination of both.

Quinnipiac is not only in danger of not winning 20 games for the first time in 5 years, but we're also in danger of finishing below .500 for the first time in 13 years. The fan base is spoiled. There's also a lot of fairweather fans that all of a sudden jumped on the Yale bandwagon this winter. 2-3 years ago Quinnipiac was the place to be....now it's Yale.

The Bank was rockin' on Friday night against the Elis. Over 4,600 packed the arena for a game that was televised live on WCTX. It was really sad to see the lack of enthusiasm the next night against Brown. I saw more enthusiasm and excitement from the Brown and Quinnipiac pep bands than I did the rest of the 1,700 fans in the stands.

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate blows leads of 2-0 and 3-2, tying Brown 3-3 in Providence. Brown, sitting at 12th in the league, takes 3 of 4 points from the Raiders this year. This came in a school-record-setting 15th OT game for Colgate, and is their 7th tie of the year, another school record

Raiders' record is now 5-11-5 for 15 points in ECAC play, 10-16-7 overall

Next up, the regular season finale, at soon-to-be-crowned ECAC champ Yale on Sunday afternoon

[bulldog10jw]

Yale clinches ECAC regular season title with a 4-2 win over Cornell combined with Dartmouth beating Princeton 2-0.

I assume this meanss an automatic NCAA bid for Yale, no matter what happens in the playoffs.

[TheValleyRaider]

Yale clinches ECAC regular season title with a 4-2 win over Cornell combined with Dartmouth beating Princeton 2-0.

I assume this meanss an automatic NCAA bid for Yale, no matter what happens in the playoffs.

Autobids are only for the winners of conference tournaments. Yale is likely to get an at-large as long as they progress to the Final 4 in Albany

ECAC Standings after tonight, 1 game to go

Yale 32
Princeton 28
Cornell 27
Dartmouth 24
St. Lawrence 24
Harvard 22
Clarkson 20
Quinnipiac 19
Union 18
Colgate 15
Rensselaer 13
Brown 10

Yale has clinched the 2008-09 ECAC Regular Season Championship, their 2nd in school history and first since 1998

Princeton and Cornell have also clinched spots in the Top 4, earning 1st Round byes

St. Lawrence and Dartmouth each have a shot at the 4th bye. Dartmouth currently owns the tiebreaker between the two

If both SLU and DC lose and Harvard wins on Saturday, Harvard would steal the 4th spot. Currently, the Crimson are guaranteed a home series in the 1st Round

Clarkson, Quinnipiac and Union are fighting for a home spot, but only 2 can get it. Union would need to beat Clarkson on Saturday, and then would hold the tiebreaker between the 2. Quinnipiac holds the 3-way tiebreaker, plus a sweep of Clarkson

Colgate, Rensselaer and Brown will finish in the Bottom 4 and go on the road for the 1st Round. Brown is guaranteed to finish in 12th

[bulldog10jw]

Autobids are only for the winners of conference tournaments. Yale is likely to get an at-large as long as they progress to the Final 4 in Albany



I didn't phrase it correctly. I knew they didn't get the "auto" bid. The ECAC regular season champ does, almost always, get an invite to the NCAA's.

[TheValleyRaider]

Usually, though occasionally it's touch-and-go depending on the strength of the league

Yale is in pretty good shape, though getting to Albany should seal the deal regardless of what happens there

[bulldog10jw]

Usually, though occasionally it's touch-and-go depending on the strength of the league

Yale is in pretty good shape, though getting to Albany should seal the deal regardless of what happens there

One of the NCAA regional sites is Bridgeport and Yale is a host school. I'd be shocked if Yale wasn't playing there.

[TheValleyRaider]

One of the NCAA regional sites is Bridgeport and Yale is a host school. I'd be shocked if Yale wasn't playing there.

If Yale gets in, as the host school they would be automatically slotted for Bridgeport xthumbsupx

[bulldog10jw]

If Yale gets in, as the host school they would be automatically slotted for Bridgeport xthumbsupx

Yale-Colgate hockey - Sunday on ESPNU

[TheValleyRaider]

ECAC standings after tonight

Yale 32
Cornell 29
Princeton 28
St. Lawrence 26
Harvard 24
Dartmouth 24
Quinnipiac 21
Union 20
Clarkson 20
Colgate 15
Rensselaer 13
Brown 10


The final placements are official. Colgate and Yale still have yet to play tomorrow afternoon, but that's only for points, both their spots have been secured

Yale, Cornell, Princeton and St. Lawrence each get 1st Round byes

Harvard, Dartmouth, Quinnipiac and Union will host 1st Round series against Brown, Rensselaer, Colgate and Clarkson, respectively

Harvard beat and tied Dartmouth this year, giving Harvard the tiebreaker and the 5th seed

Union beat Clarkson twice this year, giving Union the tiebreaker and the important 8th seed

[Ivytalk]

Harvard finished strong, but they'll be lucky to get beyond the second round. I think they'll take Brown in round 1, even though they just managed to tie them twice in the regular season. Lots of bad blood in that series.

[brownbear]

Brown blew a 2-0 lead over Cornell in the third period and lost 3-2 in overtime. What a disappointing end to the regular season.

Now we get to play at Harvard for the playoffs. Harvard is the only Ivy League team that we haven't lost to.

[darell1976]

The red hot Sioux are 1 win from winning the WCHA title they hold a one point lead over Denver and either a Sioux win vs Wisconsin Friday or Saturday or a Denver loss vs Colorado College on Saturday and the Sioux wrap up the WCHA!!!

Standings (that matter)

1. NORTH DAKOTA 16-6-4 36 pts (2 games left at Wisconsin)
2. Denver 16-8-3 35 pts (1 game left vs Colorado College)

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate rallied to beat Yale 3-2 in OT! Another OT game for Colgate, that's their 4th in a row, 16 total on the season. Just incredible

Raiders finish the regular season at 11-16-7, 6-11-5 in ECAC play for a total of 17 points, good for 10th in the League

Next up, ECAC First Round playoff series at #7-seeded Quinnipiac. Best 2-of-3 starts Friday night, Game 3 if necessary would be on Sunday

[TheValleyRaider]

2009 ECAC Hockey Tournament

1st Round Byes
#1-Yale
#2-Cornell
#3-Princeton
#4-St. Lawrence

1st Round Series-March 6-8 (best 2-of-3 on campus sites)
#12-Brown at #5-Harvard
#11-Rensselaer at #6-Dartmouth
#10-Colgate at #7-Quinnipiac
#9-Clarkson at #8-Union


Quarterfinals on March 13-15
Semifinals on March 20
Consolation and Championship on March 21

[YaleFootballFan]

Quinnipiac split the weekend up at Harvard/Dartmouth. The Bobcats fell to Harvard 2-1 on Friday and beat Dartmouth 4-1 on Saturday. Quinnipiac swept the season season from Dartmouth and out-scored the Big Green 10-1 in those two games.

Quinnipiac concludes the regular season 16-15-3, 9-10-3 in ECAC Hockey. The Bobcats head into the ECAC Tournament as the 7th seed and will host #10 Colgate in Round One starting Friday night at The Bank.

ValleyRaider - your team is going down! xcoolx :p

[YaleFootballFan]

I didn't phrase it correctly. I knew they didn't get the "auto" bid. The ECAC regular season champ does, almost always, get an invite to the NCAA's.

At one time the ECAC Regular Season Champ did get an automatic bid into the NCAAs. That's how Yale got into the Tournament in 1998.

For Yale not to get into the NCAAs they'd have to have a poor showing against one of the low seeds in Quarterfinals. I don't see that happening. If Yale makes Albany, they're as good as in....and they'll be automatically placed in the East Regional at Crackport.

[TheValleyRaider]

ValleyRaider - your team is going down! xcoolx :p

Not if Peter Bogdanich has anything to say about it :D

[TheValleyRaider]

Quinnipiac wins 3-2 in OT. It was the Raiders' 5th straight OT game, and 17th of the season (which is a new NCAA record). Colgate blew a 2-0 lead, but had the game-winning goal in OT before it was taken away because they were calling a penalty instead xnonono2x

Raiders fall behind 1-0 in the series, falling to 11-17-7 on the season

Next up, Game 2 at Quinnipiac tomorrow night. Win and stay alive until Sunday; lose and it's all over

[YaleFootballFan]

What a game tonight in Hamden! To be honest, I think we were lucky to win tonight.

Game 2 tomorrow night at The Bank! Go Bobcats!

ECAC Playoff scores from tonight:
Quinnipiac 3, Colgate 2 OT - Bobcats lead the series 1-0
Union 5, Clarkson 3 - Dutchmen lead the series 1-0
Rensselaer 3, Dartmouth 2 OT - Engineers lead the series 1-0
Brown 1, Harvard 0 - Bears lead the series 1-0 xeekx

[TheValleyRaider]

What a game tonight in Hamden! To be honest, I think we were lucky to win tonight.

In terms of the aforementioned penalty, yeah, a bit lucky

That being said, to rally from 2-0 down is no small feat. Q's PK held us to 1 of 5 on the PP, and they fought back in it, then converted when given the extra life in OT

Always a good game when these two get together. Here's hoping for 2 more xthumbsupx

[darell1976]

We are WCHA Regular Season CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!! The MacNaughton Cup is headed to Grand Forks!!!!!! Congratulations Fighting Sioux!!!:):Dxthumbsupxxbowxxhurrayx

[brownbear]

The Brown-Harvard game last night was awesome!!! Also comes on the same night we beat Harvard in basketball on a buzzer-beater 3-pointer.

First shutout of the season for Brown puts us one win away from pulling off a huge upset.

Only 1079 in attendance, what happened?

[bulldog10jw]

In terms of the aforementioned penalty, yeah, a bit lucky

That being said, to rally from 2-0 down is no small feat. Q's PK held us to 1 of 5 on the PP, and they fought back in it, then converted when given the extra life in OT

Always a good game when these two get together. Here's hoping for 2 more xthumbsupx

So, you guys ever play any OT games? xlolx

[YaleFootballFan]

The Brown-Harvard game last night was awesome!!! Also comes on the same night we beat Harvard in basketball on a buzzer-beater 3-pointer.

First shutout of the season for Brown puts us one win away from pulling off a huge upset.

Only 1079 in attendance, what happened?

Harvard doesn't draw for the playoffs. Last season I went up to Cambridge for the Quinnipiac series in the Quarterfinals and there were just as many QU fans as Harvard fans in attendance.

Maybe if they were playing Cornell or even Yale things might be different.

Congratulations on both wins. It's been a tough winter for Brown sports.

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate lives another day! The Raiders trailed 4-2 with 3 minutes left. Then the magic happened. Senior Captain Nick St. Pierre scored with less than 2:30 to go. With 19 seconds left, freshman Austin Smith knocked in the tying goal, then capped off his first career hattrick early in the OT (our 18th such game of the season!) to win!

Colgate is now 12-17-7 on the year, with their series tied 1-1

Next up, Game 3, winner-take-all at Quinnipiac tomorrow night

[TheValleyRaider]

2009 ECAC Hockey Tournament

1st Round Byes
#1-Yale
#2-Cornell
#3-Princeton
#4-St. Lawrence

1st Round Series-March 6-8 (best 2-of-3 on campus sites)
#12-Brown 2-0 #5-Harvard
#11-Rensselaer 2-0 #6-Dartmouth
#10-Colgate 1-1 #7-Quinnipiac
#9-Clarkson 0-2 #8-Union


-Huge upsets for Brown and RPI xeekx xeekx
-Colgate and Quinnipiac is the only series still going on
-That's Union's first ever playoff series win since joining Division I in the early 1990s xsmileyclapx xsmileyclapx

Some Quarterfinal matchups are all set:
#1-Yale hosts #12-Brown
#2-Cornell hosts #11-Rensselaer

If Quinnipiac wins tomorrow:
#3-Princeton hosts #8-Union
#4-St. Lawrence hosts #7-Quinnipiac

If Colgate wins tomorrow:
#3-Princeton hosts #10-Colgate
#4-St. Lawrence hosts #8-Union

[brownbear]

We picked a good time to have our first two shutouts of the year. Bring on Yale!!

This is the first time that a 12 seed has ever won a playoff series, and the first time Harvard has ever been shutout at home in two consecutive nights.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

We are WCHA Regular Season CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!! The MacNaughton Cup is headed to Grand Forks!!!!!! Congratulations Fighting Sioux!!!:):Dxthumbsupxxbowxxhurrayx



Congrats to the Sioux....they deserved to win the WCHA this year....being in 9th place in Dec.

[TheValleyRaider]

It happened again. Colgate battled back at Quinnipiac to tie the game in the 3rd. For the 19th time this season, 7th straight game, and 3rd game of the series, the teams needed OT. This time, it was Brandon Wong again (came back from injury for the series, 2 OT winners, he was the X-factor), with a 4-3 final, Colgate's season is over :(

The Raiders finish the year 12-18-7

[TheValleyRaider]

2009 ECAC Hockey Tournament

1st Round Byes
#1-Yale
#2-Cornell
#3-Princeton
#4-St. Lawrence

1st Round Series-March 6-8 (best 2-of-3 on campus sites)
#12-Brown 2-0 #5-Harvard
#11-Rensselaer 2-0 #6-Dartmouth
#10-Colgate 1-2 #7-Quinnipiac
#9-Clarkson 0-2 #8-Union

Quarterfinal Series-March 13-15 (best 2-of-3 on campus sites)
#12-Brown at #1-Yale
#11-Rensselaer at #2-Cornell
#8-Union at #3-Princeton
#7-Quinnipiac at #4-St. Lawrence

Semifinals on March 20
Consolation and Championship on March 21

[minuteman65]

Hockey East first round:

(8) Maine at (1) Boston University
(5) Lowell at (4) Vermont
(7) Massachusetts at (2) Northeastern
(6) Boston College at (3) New Hampshire

I like the UMass-Northeastern matchup a lot better than if we had drawn BU. Here's hoping we can steal a couple on the way to the Garden!

[YaleFootballFan]

It happened again. Colgate battled back at Quinnipiac to tie the game in the 3rd. For the 19th time this season, 7th straight game, and 3rd game of the series, the teams needed OT. This time, it was Brandon Wong again (came back from injury for the series, 2 OT winners, he was the X-factor), with a 4-3 final, Colgate's season is over :(

The Raiders finish the year 12-18-7

What a great series this was. It was fitting that the deciding Game 3 was ultimately decided in OT.

Congratulations on a fine, record setting season. Colgate played Quinnipiac tough all season long. Four of the 5 games went to OT and each game was decided by 1 goal.

Very good turnout by Colgate fans tonight at The TD Banknorth Sports Center.

Onto St. Lawrence!

[YaleFootballFan]

Congratulations to the Dartmouth Women's Hockey Team on capturing the 2009 ECAC Tournament Championship. The fourth-seeded Big Green defeated sixth-seeded Rensselaer 6-1 this afternoon in Cambridge, MA.

Dartmouth (20-9-4) will play top seeded Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA Women's Tournament. St. Lawrence (24-10-3) received an at-large bid and will face Mercyhurst in the first round. ECAC Regular Season champion Harvard (19-10-3) did not get an at-large bid.

[YaleFootballFan]

ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals (Best of 3)
Game 1 Results:

Yale 4, Brown 2 - Elis lead series 1-0
Rensselaer 1, Cornell 0 - Engineers lead series 1-0
Princeton 3, Union 2 - Tigers lead series 1-0
St. Lawrence 5, Quinnipiac 3 - Saints lead series 1-0

All the teams play again tomorrow night.

[bulldog10jw]

ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals (Best of 3)
Game 1 Results:

Yale 4, Brown 2 - Elis lead series 1-0
Rensselaer 1, Cornell 0 - Engineers lead series 1-0
Princeton 3, Union 2 - Tigers lead series 1-0
St. Lawrence 5, Quinnipiac 3 - Saints lead series 1-0

All the teams play again tomorrow night.

YFF. What are you doing in San Diego?

[Jackman]

Hockey East first round:

(8) Maine at (1) Boston University
(5) Lowell at (4) Vermont
(7) Massachusetts at (2) Northeastern
(6) Boston College at (3) New Hampshire


Three of the first four go to the underdogs!

BU 2 Maine 1
Lowell 4 Vermont 3 (OT)
UMass 2 Northeastern 1
BC 5 UNH 3

UMass has now beaten Northeastern 3 out of 4 tries. Feeling good about taking 1 out of the next 2.

[minuteman65]

Three of the first four go to the underdogs!

BU 2 Maine 1
Lowell 4 Vermont 3 (OT)
UMass 2 Northeastern 1
BC 5 UNH 3

UMass has now beaten Northeastern 3 out of 4 tries. Feeling good about taking 1 out of the next 2.

I'll have my eyes glued to NESN tonight. Here's hoping they finish 'em off and save me a trip to Boston on Sunday!

[Hammerhead]

Are the Mavs commonly referred to as "Minnesota State" now? That seems strange since they are no more Minnesota State than MSU - St. Cloud or MSU Moorhead. My wife graduated from Moorhead State and we still have a hard time calling it MSUM.


Man I wish Minnesota State would go back to being called Mankato State. I graduated from Mankato State not Minnesota State. Finally a decent hockey team like the ones I remember watching.

[YaleFootballFan]

YFF. What are you doing in San Diego?

Visiting family, but now I'm back in CT. I forgot to change it back to "New Haven"....LOL

One more win for Yale and its off to Albany!

[YaleFootballFan]

ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals (Best of 3)
Game 2 Results:

Yale 2, Brown 0 - Elis win series 2-0; Brown eliminated
Cornell 4, Rensselaer 0 - Series tied 1-1
Union 5, Princeton 2 - Series tied 1-1
St. Lawrence 5, Quinnipiac 3 - Saints wins series 2-0; Quinnipiac eliminated

Two games tomorrow night, winner take all Game 3:
Rensselaer at Cornell
Union at Princeton

#1 Yale and #4 St. Lawrence both advance to the Semifinals in Albany next weekend.

[bulldog10jw]

ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals (Best of 3)
Game 2 Results:

Yale 2, Brown 0 - Elis win series 2-0; Brown eliminated
Cornell 4, Rensselaer 0 - Series tied 1-1
Union 5, Princeton 2 - Series tied 1-1
St. Lawrence 5, Quinnipiac 3 - Saints wins series 2-0; Quinnipiac eliminated

Two games tomorrow night, winner take all Game 3:
Rensselaer at Cornell
Union at Princeton

#1 Yale and #4 St. Lawrence both advance to the Semifinals in Albany next weekend.

Sorry about your Bobcats. xbawlingx

[YaleFootballFan]

Sorry about your Bobcats. xbawlingx

Thanks, guess it wasn't meant to be. xsmhx

Good luck to Yale up in Albany.

[minuteman65]

After two games in Hockey East:

(8) Maine at (1) Boston University - Tied 1-1
(5) UMass-Lowell at (4) Vermont - UMass Lowell wins 2-0
(7) Massachusetts at (2) Northeastern - Tied, 1-1
(6) Boston College at (3) New Hampshire - Boston College wins 2-0 :pumpuke:

[Hambone]

WCHA Final Five is set for St Paul next weekend.

Thursday Play-in game:
(7) Minnesota-Duluth vs (5) Minnesota

Friday:
(2) Denver vs (3) Wisconsin
(1) North Dakota vs winner of play-in

Satruday:
3rd place game - losers of Friday night games
Championship - winners of Friday night games

Should be a good time!

[darell1976]

WCHA Final Five is set for St Paul next weekend.

Thursday Play-in game:
(7) Minnesota-Duluth vs (5) Minnesota

Friday:
(2) Denver vs (3) Wisconsin
(1) North Dakota vs winner of play-in

Satruday:
3rd place game - losers of Friday night games
Championship - winners of Friday night games

Should be a good time!

With NDSU at the Metrodome Friday night its gonna be a North Dakota weekend in the Twin Cities. GO SIOUX!!!

[otto4pres]

ECAC Quarterfinal Game 3's

(2) Cornell 4, (11) Rensselaer 3
(3) Princeton 3, (8) Union 1

[TheValleyRaider]

2009 ECAC Hockey Tournament

1st Round Byes
#1-Yale
#2-Cornell
#3-Princeton
#4-St. Lawrence

1st Round Series-March 6-8 (best 2-of-3 on campus sites)
#12-Brown 2-0 #5-Harvard
#11-Rensselaer 2-0 #6-Dartmouth
#10-Colgate 1-2 #7-Quinnipiac
#9-Clarkson 0-2 #8-Union

Quarterfinal Series-March 13-15 (best 2-of-3 on campus sites)
#12-Brown 0-2 #1-Yale
#11-Rensselaer 1-2 #2-Cornell
#8-Union 1-2 #3-Princeton
#7-Quinnipiac 0-2 #4-St. Lawrence

Semifinals-March 20 (Times-Union Center, Albany, NY)
#1-Yale vs. #4-St. Lawrence
#2-Cornell vs. #3-Princeton

Consolation and Championship on March 21

[YaleFootballFan]

Tonight's ECAC Quarterfinal Scores:

(2) Cornell 4, (11) Rensselaer 3 - Big Red win series 2-1, RPI elminated
(3) Princeton 3, (8) Union 1 - Tigers win series 2-1, Dutchmen eliminated

ECAC Semifinals at The Times Union Center in Albany, NY
Friday's Games:

4:00 pm (4) St. Lawrence 21-11-4 vs. (1) Yale 22-7-2
7:30 pm (3) Princeton 22-10-0 vs. (2) Cornell 20-8-4

Winners advance to the Championship Game on Saturday. Losers play in the Consolation Game, which will be prior to the Championship Game on Saturday.

[minuteman65]

UMass pulls the goalie down 2-1 and, after nearly giving up an easy empty-netter, ties the game on a point shot from Matt Irwin with just over 34 seconds left. Unfortunately, it was all for naught, as Northeastern scored about halfway through OT. What a tough way to lose.

[bulldog10jw]

Yale vs. St Lawrence on NHL network

http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-hockey/yale-m-hockey-body.html

3/18/09
Yale Takes on SLU in Friday Semi

For the fourth time in 42 years of league post-season play, the Bulldogs have made the conference semifinals. The No. 7 ranked Yale men's hockey team (22-7-2), ECAC Hockey's regular season champion, is focused on winning its first conference tournament title and grabbing an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA field. The Elis, who advanced after sweeping Brown at home last week, take on No. 14 St. Lawrence (21-11-4) in Friday's 4 p.m. semifinal at Albany's Times Union Center. The game airs live on the NHL Network (DirecTV 215, Dish Network 403) and can also be seen on B2 Networks, while the WYBC radio broadcast can be heard locally on AM-1340 and online at wybc.com

[TheValleyRaider]

2009 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Finalists

Louis Caporusso, F, Michigan
Matt Gilroy, D, Boston University
Chad Johnson, G, Alaska
Zane Kalemba, G, Princeton
Jacques Lamoureax, F, Air Force
Jamie McBain, D, Wisconsin
David McIntyre, F, Colgate
Viktor Stalberg, F, Vermont
Brad Theissen, G, Northeastern
Colin Wilson, F, Boston University

Way to go Mac! :) xhurrayx :) xhurrayx :) xhurrayx :)

Hobey Hat Trick announced on April 2

[minuteman65]

I vote Thiessen. Then again, I haven't seen 60% of those guys.

[YaleFootballFan]

#1 Yale rallies with two goals in the final 1:34 to beat #4 St. Lawrence 4-3! xeekx

Yale moves onto the ECAC Championship Game tomorrow. They'll face the winner of tonight's Cornell/Princeton game.

Yale's win today basically assures them of at least an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. A win tomorrow in the championship game could garner Yale a top seed in the East Regional next week. St. Lawrence needs to win the consolation game tomorrow for an outside shot at an at-large NCAA bid.

[bulldog10jw]

#1 Yale rallies with two goals in the final 1:34 to beat #4 St. Lawrence 4-3! xeekx

Yale moves onto the ECAC Championship Game tomorrow. They'll face the winner of tonight's Cornell/Princeton game.

Yale's win today basically assures them of at least an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. A win tomorrow in the championship game could garner Yale a top seed in the East Regional next week. St. Lawrence needs to win the consolation game tomorrow for an outside shot at an at-large NCAA bid.

http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-hockey/recaps/032009aaa.html

ALBANY, N.Y. - Yale players have been asked to reflect on the stunning comeback at Colgate almost every time a sports writer inquires about the 2008-09 season. The Jan. 24 game where the Bulldogs scored five straight times over the last 12 minutes to win 5-4 became a distant memory tonight. The No. 7 ranked Elis, trailing by a goal with less than two minutes to play in the first ECAC Hockey semifinal at the Times Union Center in Albany, tallied twice in 22 seconds to beat No. 14 St. Lawrence 4-3.

Matt Nelson's goal with 66 seconds left capped the amazing comeback and sent Yale (23-7-2) to its first-ever conference tournament championship game against the winner of the Princeton-Cornell game. The Bulldogs' first semifinal victory in four tries also tied the school record for wins in a season.

[UNHWildCats]

UMass Lowell knocks off #2 Northeastern in the Hockey East semis.

[YaleFootballFan]

Cornell and Princeton are going to overtime. The Big Red scored a pair of late goals to tie the game 3-3.

The winner faces Yale tomorrow in the ECAC Championship Game at The Times Union Center in Albany.

[bulldog10jw]

Cornell and Princeton are going to overtime. The Big Red scored a pair of late goals to tie the game 3-3.



Cornell/Princeton now in OT #2. I hope they play all night. :D

[TheValleyRaider]

2009 ECAC Hockey Tournament

1st Round Byes
#1-Yale
#2-Cornell
#3-Princeton
#4-St. Lawrence

1st Round Series-March 6-8 (best 2-of-3 on campus sites)
#12-Brown 2-0 #5-Harvard
#11-Rensselaer 2-0 #6-Dartmouth
#10-Colgate 1-2 #7-Quinnipiac
#9-Clarkson 0-2 #8-Union

Quarterfinal Series-March 13-15 (best 2-of-3 on campus sites)
#12-Brown 0-2 #1-Yale
#11-Rensselaer 1-2 #2-Cornell
#8-Union 1-2 #3-Princeton
#7-Quinnipiac 0-2 #4-St. Lawrence

Semifinals-March 20 (Times-Union Center, Albany, NY)
#1-Yale 4-3 #4-St. Lawrence
#2-Cornell 4-3 #3-Princeton

Consolation
#3-Princeton vs. #4-St. Lawrence

Championship
#1-Yale vs. #2-Cornell

[bulldog10jw]

Cornell/Princeton now in OT #2. I hope they play all night. :D


Nevermind. Cornell wins 4-3 about halfway through OT #2

[bulldog10jw]

2009 ECAC Hockey Tournament

1st Round Byes
#1-Yale
#2-Cornell
#3-Princeton
#4-St. Lawrence

1st Round Series-March 6-8 (best 2-of-3 on campus sites)
#12-Brown 2-0 #5-Harvard
#11-Rensselaer 2-0 #6-Dartmouth
#10-Colgate 1-2 #7-Quinnipiac
#9-Clarkson 0-2 #8-Union

Quarterfinal Series-March 13-15 (best 2-of-3 on campus sites)
#12-Brown 0-2 #1-Yale
#11-Rensselaer 1-2 #2-Cornell
#8-Union 1-2 #3-Princeton
#7-Quinnipiac 0-2 #4-St. Lawrence

Semifinals-March 20 (Times-Union Center, Albany, NY)
#1-Yale 4-3 #4-St. Lawrence
#2-Cornell 4-3 #3-Princeton

Consolation
#3-Princeton vs. #4-St. Lawrence

Championship
#1-Yale vs. #2-Cornell


Damn, you're fast Raider

[YaleFootballFan]

Cornell/Princeton now in OT #2. I hope they play all night. :D

Cornell wins 4-3 in 2OT!

The Big Red will face Yale for the ECAC Tournament title tomorrow!

SLU will play Princeton in a very important consolation game (this should decide who will get an at-large bid into the NCAAs).

[YaleFootballFan]

Nevermind. Cornell wins 4-3 about halfway through OT #2

Yale's record for the longest game in NCAA history is still intact. :p

[TheValleyRaider]

Damn, you're fast Raider

Knowing the game was in OT, I had the whole post set up. As luck would have it, I got up the radio feed maybe 30 seconds before Cornell scored

Great night in College Hockey

AHA: RIT scores in the last minute to tie Mercyhurst, then the Lakers win in OT

CCHA: NMU ties Notre Dame late, then seconds later, the Irish punch in a goal to win

ECAC: Yale scored twice in the final minutes to win 4-3

ECAC, Part 2: Cornell scored twice in the final 5 minutes to force OT, then won it in the second extra session

HE: Lowell tied Northeastern in the last minute, then won in OT

5 great finishes! :)

There may even be more. BU leads BC 3-2 with about 3 minutes to go....

[Ivytalk]

I'm rooting hard for Yale. Harvard won it all precisely 20 years ago when the Crimson beat Minnesota in OT on a goal by Eddie Krayer. It was the most exciting college hockey game I ever watched.

[Cobblestone]

UMass Lowell knocks off #2 Northeastern in the Hockey East semis.

xeekx xeekx

Cinderella team.

[YaleFootballFan]

I'm rooting hard for Yale. Harvard won it all precisely 20 years ago when the Crimson beat Minnesota in OT on a goal by Eddie Krayer. It was the most exciting college hockey game I ever watched.

I'm rooting for Yale as well.

I have my tickets for next weekend's NCAA East Regional at Crackport's Harbor Yawn. Yale is the host school for that regional and will automatically be placed there when the pairings are announced tomorrow.

[TheValleyRaider]

2009 ECAC Hockey Tournament

1st Round Byes
#1-Yale
#2-Cornell
#3-Princeton
#4-St. Lawrence

1st Round Series-March 6-8 (best 2-of-3 on campus sites)
#12-Brown 2-0 #5-Harvard
#11-Rensselaer 2-0 #6-Dartmouth
#10-Colgate 1-2 #7-Quinnipiac
#9-Clarkson 0-2 #8-Union

Quarterfinal Series-March 13-15 (best 2-of-3 on campus sites)
#12-Brown 0-2 #1-Yale
#11-Rensselaer 1-2 #2-Cornell
#8-Union 1-2 #3-Princeton
#7-Quinnipiac 0-2 #4-St. Lawrence

Semifinals-March 20 (Times-Union Center, Albany, NY)
#1-Yale 4-3 #4-St. Lawrence
#2-Cornell 4-3 #3-Princeton

Consolation
#3-Princeton 2-2 #4-St. Lawrence

Championship
#1-Yale vs. #2-Cornell

[bulldog10jw]

I'm rooting for Yale as well.

I have my tickets for next weekend's NCAA East Regional at Crackport's Harbor Yawn. Yale is the host school for that regional and will automatically be placed there when the pairings are announced tomorrow.

HEY! I was born in Bridgeport. xlolx

And my parents couldn't get out of there fast enough. They moved to Milford when I was 3 weeks old. ;)

[YaleFootballFan]

2009 ECAC Hockey Tournament

Consolation
#3-Princeton 2-2 #4-St. Lawrence

Championship
#1-Yale vs. #2-Cornell


St. Lawrence won the shootout 3-2 (and captures 3rd place in the Tournament) but the NCAA and the Pairwise Rankings recognizes the game ending in a tie. This will probably cost SLU a bid into the NCAA Tournament. Princeton will likely get an at-large bid.

[bulldog10jw]

2009 ECAC Hockey Tournament

1st Round Byes
#1-Yale
#2-Cornell
#3-Princeton
#4-St. Lawrence

1st Round Series-March 6-8 (best 2-of-3 on campus sites)
#12-Brown 2-0 #5-Harvard
#11-Rensselaer 2-0 #6-Dartmouth
#10-Colgate 1-2 #7-Quinnipiac
#9-Clarkson 0-2 #8-Union

Quarterfinal Series-March 13-15 (best 2-of-3 on campus sites)
#12-Brown 0-2 #1-Yale
#11-Rensselaer 1-2 #2-Cornell
#8-Union 1-2 #3-Princeton
#7-Quinnipiac 0-2 #4-St. Lawrence

Semifinals-March 20 (Times-Union Center, Albany, NY)
#1-Yale 4-3 #4-St. Lawrence
#2-Cornell 4-3 #3-Princeton

Consolation
#3-Princeton 2-2 #4-St. Lawrence

Championship
#1-Yale vs. #2-Cornell


Is that a final.

[YaleFootballFan]

Yale beats Cornell 5-0 to win its first ever ECAC Hockey Tournament Championship!

[TheValleyRaider]

2009 ECAC Hockey Tournament

1st Round Byes
#1-Yale
#2-Cornell
#3-Princeton
#4-St. Lawrence

1st Round Series-March 6-8 (best 2-of-3 on campus sites)
#12-Brown 2-0 #5-Harvard
#11-Rensselaer 2-0 #6-Dartmouth
#10-Colgate 1-2 #7-Quinnipiac
#9-Clarkson 0-2 #8-Union

Quarterfinal Series-March 13-15 (best 2-of-3 on campus sites)
#12-Brown 0-2 #1-Yale
#11-Rensselaer 1-2 #2-Cornell
#8-Union 1-2 #3-Princeton
#7-Quinnipiac 0-2 #4-St. Lawrence

Semifinals-March 20 (Times-Union Center, Albany, NY)
#1-Yale 4-3 #4-St. Lawrence
#2-Cornell 4-3 #3-Princeton

Consolation
#3-Princeton 2-2 #4-St. Lawrence

Championship
#1-Yale 5-0 #2-Cornell

2009 ECAC Champions: Yale Bulldogs

[YaleFootballFan]

The NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament pairings will be announced Sunday at 11:30 am on ESPN2.

Yale is in. Princeton and Cornell will likely get at-large bids.

Air Force beat Mercyhurst 2-0 to win the Atlantic Hockey Tournament Championship. The Falcons receive the AHA's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

[yorkcountyUNHfan]

Yale beats Cornell 5-0 to win its first ever ECAC Hockey Tournament Championship!

Wow, I go back to the days of UNH in the ECAC....hard to beleive that this is the first ever for Yale. How long has Yale been in the ECAC. Thinking back, not games with them stick out in my mind. Although many of the brain cells I was using back in the 70's have been killed by now. Perhaps they were the ones that held the memories of the Yale games.

[YaleFootballFan]

Wow, I go back to the days of UNH in the ECAC....hard to beleive that this is the first ever for Yale. How long has Yale been in the ECAC. Thinking back, not games with them stick out in my mind. Although many of the brain cells I was using back in the 70's have been killed by now. Perhaps they were the ones that held the memories of the Yale games.

Yale has been a member of the ECAC Hockey League since the league was founded in 1962. Not only was this Yale's first ever ECAC Championship, but it was also their first ever appearance in the championship game.

[yorkcountyUNHfan]

Yale has been a member of the ECAC Hockey League since the league was founded in 1962. Not only was this Yale's first ever ECAC Championship, but it was also their first ever appearance in the championship game.

Congrats on the first ever!!!xthumbsupx

[YaleFootballFan]

Congrats on the first ever!!!xthumbsupx

Thanks, but I would've preferred if it was Quinnipiac that won it. :)

[bulldog10jw]

The bracket

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/reports/confinfo.php?d=bracket&c=7

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtOsdLjTbNo&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eyalebulldogs%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded

[YaleFootballFan]

Yale's Allain Named College Hockey News Coach of the Year (http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2009/03/25_allain.php)