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Yale sophomore forward Curtis Hall leads the team with 13 goals and 15 points this season (photo: Nina Lindberg\/Yale Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Curtis Hall scored 10 minutes into Yale\u2019s season opener on Nov. 1, and he\u2019s been piling up goals ever since.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-3 sophomore center has provided a lifeline for the offense-hungry Bulldogs. With 13 goals in 15 games, he\u2019s accounted for 28 percent of their goals.<\/p>\n

Hall, who played for the U.S. at the World Junior Championship this year, was at it again on Sunday, scoring Yale\u2019s first goal in a 3-2 victory over UConn in the consolation game of the Connecticut Ice tournament in Bridgeport.<\/p>\n

After a 2-7 start, Yale was on a 7-2 run before Saturday\u2019s disappointing 6-2 defeat at the hands of eventual tourney champ Sacred Heart on Saturday. Bouncing back with a win over UConn on Sunday gave the Bulldogs a lift heading into this weekend\u2019s games at Clarkson and St. Lawrence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a tough start to the season. As Christmas approached, we were getting better and we were really looking forward to the second half and we\u2019ve done well so far. The Sacred Heart game was upsetting for us, but it was good to get one win out of the weekend,\u2019\u2019 said Hall.<\/p>\n

Drafted in the fourth round by the Boston Bruins in 2018, Hall scored five goals and 11 points in 24 games as a freshman last season. He\u2019s already surpassed those numbers with a team-leading 13 goals and 15 points this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had a good year from a goal standpoint. With Joe Snively leaving last year, he was a big goal-scorer for us, so we needed to fill that spot. Everybody\u2019s doing their best to do that. The goals \u2013 it\u2019s hard to say why \u2013 but they\u2019ve been going in,\u2019\u2019 said Hall.<\/p>\n

The Bruins have certainly noticed the improvement in Hall\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

\u201cGive credit to Curtis for wanting to make himself better and doing everything he needs to do to do that,\u2019\u2019 said John Ferguson Jr., Boston\u2019s executive director of player personnel. \u201cHis attentiveness to details, to off-ice preparation, to a willingness to go hard to the dirty areas in straight lines and do something positive when he gets there, those are all great attributes.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Despite the U.S. team\u2019s disappointing finish in the world juniors, Hall enjoyed his time in the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe players I was with, there\u2019s something to learn from all of them. There\u2019s a lot of skill on that team, so I had to play a different role than I have been here this year at Yale. I learned a lot from the coaches, as well. Overall, it was a great experience,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

Connecticut Ice a hit<\/h4>\n

Quinnipiac and Yale, the two ECAC schools that played in the inaugural Connecticut Ice Festival tournament over the weekend, didn\u2019t get the results they were looking for.<\/p>\n

Yale was smoked by Sacred Heart of Atlantic Hockey on Saturday and Quinnpiac lost to Sacred Heart in the championship game on Sunday after beating Hockey East\u2019s UConn in the tourney opener.<\/p>\n

Wins and losses aside, however, there was nearly universal agreement that the event was a big step forward for hockey in Connecticut and for the state\u2019s four Division I teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish this was around when I was a little guy. You see the kids running around in track suits representing their teams. This would have been awesome to come to as a young kid. I can only see it getting bigger and better from here,\u2019\u2019 said Quinnipiac captain Nick Jermain, who is from nearby Norwalk, Conn., and scored the game-winner against UConn on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The tournament had been talked about for years, with the idea being that a tourney featuring the state\u2019s four Division I programs, modeled on Boston\u2019s longstanding Beanpot, could be a hit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited that we\u2019ve started this tournament,\u2019\u2019 Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold said after the win against UConn. \u201c(Former Yale coach) Tim Taylor and I talked about this, I don\u2019t know, 15-16 years ago. (Former Quinnipiac athletic director) Jack McDonald, we were all talking about it and it just never happened. I\u2019m excited to have it come to fruition. Just looking in the room here, this is like the Frozen Four, with the media attention we have here.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Sponsored by SNY, the New York sports network, the tournament drew 5,724 on Saturday and 4,631 on Sunday at the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, which seats 8,600 for hockey. In addition to the college games, Connecticut Ice featured high school and youth games and clinics run by USA Hockey.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can only see it getting bigger and better from here. It\u2019s great for hockey and great for hockey in Connecticut,\u2019\u2019 said Jermain.<\/p>\n

Pecknold agreed: \u201cWe should run this tournament every year for the next 30, 40, 50 years.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Quinnipiac has just three players from Connecticut on its roster. Connecticut Ice could help Pecknold and his staff land more.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest with you, I would love to get more Connecticut kids. I would have taken Spencer Knight,\u2019\u2019 Pecknold said with a sly smile, referring to the standout Boston College freshman goalie from Darien, Conn.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe try hard. Part of the problem with us is we lost a lot of kids to BU, BC and Harvard, three pretty good programs. I think this (tournament) certainly will help.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Shot in the arm for RPI<\/h4>\n

Live by the shootout, die by the shootout.<\/p>\n

A year ago, Union and Rensselaer battled to a 0-0 tie in their annual Mayor\u2019s Cup game, with Union hanging on to the trophy by winning the shootout.<\/p>\n

Goals were hard to come by in this year\u2019s game, too. Thankfully, the 6,154 fans at the Times Union Center in Albany on Saturday didn\u2019t have to wait until the shootout to see the red light. The two Capital District rivals skated to a 1-1 deadlock after regulation time and a five-minute overtime, then Rensselaer won the shootout and took home the cup for the first time in four years.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year, you lose in the shootout and you don\u2019t win the Mayor\u2019s Cup and so it\u2019s down,\u2019\u2019 Rensselaer coach Dave Smith said after the game. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to win it. So, we win it this year and you see the jubilation and, right now, I am definitely in favor of shootouts. Last year, not so much.”<\/p>\n

Rolling blackout on PP<\/h4>\n

Stop me if you\u2019ve heard this before: Colgate\u2019s power play is struggling. Really, really struggling.<\/p>\n

The Raiders have scored only four power play goals all season. The last one came on a five on three in a win at Dartmouth on Dec. 6. Since then, they are 0 for 25 over seven-plus games.<\/p>\n

Overall, Colgate has a success rate of 4.5 percent, the worst in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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