It’s the holiday season and we do apologize for not going heavily into the ECAC this week, but time commitments have done us in. We’ll be back next week with more in-depth coverage as all 12 teams are in action against one another.<\/p>\n
The CCHA-ECAC referee experiment concluded its first half last weekend as CCHA referee Steve Piotrowski came to Troy, N.Y., to referee two games in the Rensselaer\/HSBC Holiday Hockey Tournament. He officiated the Rensselaer-Quinnipiac double-overtime game and then the OT championship between Rensselaer and UMass-Amherst. <\/p>\n
“I thought the officiating experiment worked out real well,” said Engineer head coach Dan Fridgen. “When (ECAC assistant commissioner) Steve Hagwell first called me about having Piotrowski come to our tournament, I was all for it. I think that us getting a different referee and him coming down here getting a different flavor of four teams that represented four different leagues [was] a great idea, and we’ll continue to do that. <\/p>\n
“What you look for in officiating is a consistency factor, no matter what league you’re looking at. It’s different from one to the other and I think [Piotrowski] did a great job.” <\/p>\n
Rensselaer fans are happy with the experiment — after all, Piotrowski refereed two wins for the Engineers. <\/p>\n
The other half of the experiment will conclude this weekend as ECAC referee John Murphy will be in East Lansing, Mich. to referee the series between Quinnipiac and Michigan State.<\/p>\n
We will be back next week with another challenger; until then, hone your skills to take on the Iron Columnists! <\/p>\n
The competition thus far:
\nVic Brzozowski<\/b> t.<\/i> The Iron Columnists — 7-2-1<\/b>
\nThe Iron Columnists d.<\/i> Vic Brzozowski<\/b> — 8-3-1 to 7-4-1<\/b>
\nBen Flickinger<\/b> d.<\/i> The Iron Columnists — 11-4-2 to 10-5-2<\/b>
\nThe Iron Columnists d.<\/i> Ben Flickinger<\/b> — 5-1-4 to 4-2-4<\/b> <\/p>\n
And remember that if you are interested in putting your money where your mouth is, drop us an email<\/a> to be eligible to be chosen. <\/p>\n ECAC Player of the Week<\/b> ECAC Rookie of the Week<\/b> ECAC Goalie of the Week<\/b> Friday, Dec. 28<\/b><\/p>\n Notre Dame 2, Princeton 1<\/a> Saturday, Dec. 29<\/b><\/p>\n Notre Dame 4, Princeton 2<\/a> Union 5, Northeastern 3<\/a><\/p>\n The Dutchmen raced out to the lead, getting three goals from the defense, and never looked back, looking good after the break. <\/p>\n Sunday, Dec. 30<\/b><\/p>\n Canisius<\/a> at Colgate<\/a> — Postponed<\/b> Rensselaer\/HSBC Holiday Hockey Tournament<\/b><\/p>\n Rensselaer 5, Quinnipiac 4, 2ot<\/a> Rensselaer 3, UMass-Amherst 2, ot<\/a> Wells Fargo Denver Cup<\/b><\/p>\n UMass-Lowell 2, Harvard 0<\/a> Harvard 5, Bowling Green 3<\/a> Bank One Badger Showdown<\/b><\/p>\n Brown 2, Wisconsin 1<\/a> New Hampshire 11, Brown 3<\/a> Sheraton\/Howard Bank Classic<\/b><\/p>\n Dartmouth 4, Merrimack 3<\/a> Lake Superior 6, Vermont 3<\/a> Lake Superior 3, Dartmouth 1<\/a> Merrimack 6, Vermont 3<\/a> Silverado Shootout<\/b><\/p>\n Minnesota-Duluth 3, Yale 2<\/a> Miami 4, Yale 3<\/a> Everblades College Classic<\/b><\/p>\n Northern Michigan 4, Cornell 3, 2ot<\/a> Ohio State 2, Cornell 0<\/a> Last Week: 8-9-0<\/b> Thursday, Jan. 3<\/b><\/p>\n Yale<\/a> at New Hampshire<\/a> Friday, Jan. 4<\/b><\/p>\n Harvard<\/a> at Union<\/a> Brown<\/a> at Rensselaer<\/a> Vermont<\/a> at Dartmouth<\/a> Mercyhurst<\/a> at Clarkson<\/a> Princeton<\/a> at Bowling Green<\/a> UMass-Lowell<\/a> at Colgate<\/a> Saturday, Jan. 5<\/b><\/p>\n Harvard<\/a> at Rensselaer<\/a> Brown<\/a> at Union<\/a> Mercyhurst<\/a> at Clarkson<\/a> Princeton<\/a> at Bowling Green<\/a> Sunday, Jan. 6<\/b><\/p>\n Boston College<\/a> at Yale<\/a> Dartmouth<\/a> at Maine<\/a> Colgate<\/a> at Iona<\/a> Friday, Jan. 11<\/b> Saturday, Jan. 12<\/b> Wednesday, Jan. 16<\/b> Tickets for the 41st ECAC championship in Lake Placid are on sale. Tickets are available online at hockey.ecac.org<\/a> or www.orda.org<\/a> or by calling the Olympic Center Box Office at 518-523-3330. <\/p>\n The Dates<\/b> Ticket Prices<\/b> ECAC Interactive Carnival<\/b> Jayson Moy<\/b> and Becky Blaeser<\/b> review the ECAC’s holiday action, and report on the success of a different kind of interconference performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nECAC Extras<\/h4>\n
\nRyan Shields, So., F, Rensselaer<\/I><\/a> <\/p>\n
\nLes Haggett, F, Brown<\/I><\/a> <\/p>\n
\nKevin Kurk, So., Rensselaer<\/I><\/a> <\/p>\nLast Week’s Results<\/h4>\n
\nOnly a late goal broke the shutout as the Tigers couldn’t do much against the Irish. <\/p>\n
\nThe first college hockey game at the Sovereign Bank Arena saw the Irish never give up the lead though they were tested by Princeton.<\/p>\n
\nHeavy snows in Buffalo resulted in Canisius being unable to leave Buffalo with a full roster, so the game was postponed indefinitely.<\/p>\nTournaments<\/h4>\n
\nChris Migliore ended the 12th-longest game in NCAA Division I history (90:50) with a shot over the shoulder of a stickless Justin Eddy to send the Engineers into the championship.<\/p>\n
\nThe Engineers captured the tournament they host for the first time since 1998 when Ryan Shields dribbled a rebound past Mike Johnson four minutes into overtime. <\/p>\n
\nThese two clubs played nose to nose as Will Crothers collected 36 saves, but two late third-period goals gave the River Hawks the win.<\/p>\n
\nAfter spotting Bowling Green a three-goal lead, the Crimson stormed back for the 5-3 victory in the consolation game. Crothers, who shut out the Falcons in 27:50 of relief of freshman Dov Grumet-Morris, walked away with tournament MVP honors, and special teams were once again the main factor against Bowling Green as they posted two shorthanded and one power-play tally in the comeback.<\/p>\n
\nLes Haggett scored with under four minutes to go in the third period to give the Bears a stunning win over the host Badgers.<\/p>\n
\nIn a 2-2 game after two periods, the Wildcats exploded on the Bears in the third with Darren Haydar picking up six points in the romp of a championship game. <\/p>\n
\nPete Summerfelt’s goal midway through the third period gave the Big Green their second decision over the Warriors in two weeks.<\/p>\n
\nThe Lakers raced out to a 3-0 lead and led 5-2 after two periods to set up a championship game against Dartmouth.<\/p>\n
\nAfter the Big Green took the 1-0 lead to start the second period, the Lakers came back to tie after two, then scored twice in the third to take the championship.<\/p>\n
\nAnthony Aquino broke a 2-2 tie with two goals in a span of 2:35 in the third period to give the Warriors second place as the host Catamounts finished last in their tournament.<\/p>\n
\nJunior Lessard scored with 4.9 seconds remaining in the game to break a 2-2 tie. The Bulldogs got a late five-minute power play, but only capitalized once to take a 2-1 lead, but then Minnesota-Duluth tied it up shorthanded before winning it.<\/p>\n
\nThe Bulldogs led 3-2 going into the third period, but the RedHawks got two goals 3:37 apart midway through the third period to win the game and send Yale to last place. <\/p>\n
\nThe 16th-longest game in NCAA Division I history ended when Bryce Cockburn put one past Matt Underhill to give the Wildcats the win over the Big Red.<\/p>\n
\nThe Big Red couldn’t muster a marker as a second-period goal stood up and an empty-net goal sealed it for the Buckeyes.<\/p>\nOur Record<\/h4>\n
\nSeason: 58-31-10<\/b>, .636 <\/p>\nThis Week’s Picks<\/h4>\n
\nThe Wildcats are too much for the Bulldogs.
\nNew Hampshire 5, Yale 2<\/b><\/i> <\/p>\n
\nThe Dutchmen have what it takes to pull off the win at home.
\nUnion 3, Harvard 2<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\nThe Engineers win one at home over the improved Bears.
\nRensselaer 4, Brown 3<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\nThe Cats are glad to get back into league play, but not tonight.
\nDartmouth 6, Vermont 2<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\nThe Knights at home are tough.
\nClarkson 5, Mercyhurst 2<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n
\nTwo struggling teams. Give it to the home team.
\nBowling Green 4, Princeton 2<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\nThe Raiders have been off for a month and the River Hawks are too strong.
\nUMass-Lowell 5, Colgate 1<\/b> <\/p>\n
\nThe Crimson win to give both teams a split on the weekend.
\nHarvard 5, Rensselaer 3<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\nThe Bears do the same at Achilles, giving both teams a split.
\nBrown 4, Union 2<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\nThe Knights make it two in a row at home.
\nClarkson 6, Mercyhurst 1<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\nThe Tigers can’t take one in Ohio.
\nBowling Green 5, Princeton 2<\/i><\/b> <\/p>\n
\nThe Bulldogs pull off the upset at home.
\nYale 4, Boston College 2<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\nThe Black Bears take down the Big Green and get revenge for last season.
\nMaine 4, Dartmouth 2<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
\nThe Raiders make it two wins over the Gaels this season.
\nColgate 4, Iona 2<\/i><\/b> <\/p>\nNext Week<\/h4>\n
\nYale<\/a> at Brown<\/a>
\nPrinceton<\/a> at Harvard<\/a>
\nVermont<\/a> at Cornell<\/a>
\nDartmouth<\/a> at Colgate<\/a>
\nRensselaer<\/a> at Clarkson<\/a>
\nUnion<\/a> at St. Lawrence<\/a> <\/p>\n
\nYale<\/a> at Harvard<\/a>
\nPrinceton<\/a> at Brown<\/a>
\nVermont<\/a> at Colgate<\/a>
\nDartmouth<\/a> at Cornell<\/a>
\nRensselaer<\/a> at St. Lawrence<\/a>
\nUnion<\/a> at Clarkson<\/a> <\/p>\n
\nRensselaer<\/a> at Union<\/a> <\/p>\nECAC championship Information<\/h4>\n
\nThursday, Mar. 14, 7:30 p.m. — Preliminary Game (4 vs. 5)
\nFriday, Mar. 15, 4:00 p.m. — Semifinal (2 vs. 3)
\nFriday, Mar. 15, 7:30 p.m. — Semifinal (1 vs. 4\/5)
\nSaturday, Mar. 16, 4:00 p.m. — Consolation
\nSaturday, Mar. 16, 7:30 p.m. — championship <\/p>\n
\nPreliminary Game Only — $7.00
\nConsolation\/Championship (2 games) — $23.00
\nSemifinals\/Championship (4 games) — $41.00
\nChampionship Package (All five games) — $45.00 <\/p>\n
\nLocation — 1932 Arena, within the Olympic Center
\nThursday — 4:00-6:00 p.m.
\nSaturday — 12:00-3:00 p.m.
\nAdmission — Free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"