ECAC Hockey Notebook

ANNOUNCEMENT:Starting the week after Thanksgiving the schedule on my blog will change and ECAC Hockey Notes will run Wednesdays with a Clarkson Notes Preview running on Thursday. (That way you don't have to wait 2 days after a teaser to see a story). Also, due to the holiday next week the schedule will change slightly. Monday will be Pro Hockey Notes and Tuesday will be a combo of Clarkson/ECAC Notes. Also, late Tuesday, a Boston College game preview will be posted. There will be no postings on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday until after the BC game ends.

Now, onto this weeks notes:

A Glance Around the League

Colgate has been a bit of a surprise team so far this season with a 3-0-1 mark in conference play. The Raiders won a road game at Brown 5-3 last Friday then tied pre-season favorite Yale on the road 3-3 on Saturday.

Colgate was 6-11-5 in conference play a year ago.

“Everyone has stepped up and decided to hold themselves to a higher stand point and strive for perfection during practice which has really translated for us in games,” Colgate freshman Robbie Bourdon told the Colgate Maroon-News. “Experience-wise all of us now have games under our belt and have been able to contribute to the team’s success. Ever since our last exhibition game, the lines have clicked. Also, our power play units have finally found a way to the hit the back of the net.”

Princeton, one of the pre-season league favorites, has staggered a bit this season with a 2-1-1 mark in conference games. All of the Tigers games have been at home.

One highlight for Princeton last weekend was a 2-1 overtime win against Dartmouth on a goal from Cam MacIntyre:

"Cam adds confidence, and he’s obviously a great player. He gives confidence to a team. He’s just a physical presence with great hands,” Tigers coach Guy Gadowsky told the Daily Princetonian. “The overtime goal he scored Friday night was just a tremendous individual effort. He was able to make a great move without putting himself at risk or turning the puck over.”

Princeton tied Harvard 3-3 on Saturday night. Here are some highlights of that game:

Weekly Award Winners

Player of the Week: Brian O'Neill, Yale.

Goalie of the Week: Dan Clarke, Quinnipiac.

Rookie of the Week: Keith Kincaid, Union.

Home/Road Index

These standings look a bit different than the conference standings because some teams have only played home games so far and others only road games. You get two points for a road win, one point for a road tie. You lose one point for a home tie and two points for a home loss:

Colgate 3

Harvard 3

Cornell 2

Rensselaer 2

Union 2

Quinnipiac 0

St. Lawrence 0

Yale 0

Dartmouth -2

Princeton -3

Brown -3

Clarkson -4

Recent Scores

Friday

Union 4, St. Lawrence 3

RPI 5, Clarkson 2

Princeton 2, Dartmouth 1 (OT)

Colgate 5, Brown 3

Yale 4, Cornell 2

Quinnipiac 5, Harvard 1

Saturday

Princeton 3, Harvard 3 (OT)

St. Lawrence 2, RPI 1

Union 5, Clarkson 1

Quinnipiac 4, Dartmouth 2

Cornell 6, Brown 0

Yale 3, Colgate 3 (OT)

Tuesday

Providence 4, Brown 3

Wednesday

Niagara 4, RPI 1

Upcoming Games

Tonight

Massachusetts at Yale, 7 p.m.

Friday

St. Lawrence at Harvard, 7 p.m.

Clarkson at Dartmouth, 7 p.m.

Quinnipiac at Colgate, 7 p.m.

Princeton at Cornell, 7 p.m.

Saturday

St. Lawrence at Dartmouth, 7 p.m.

Clarkson at Harvard, 7 p.m.

Quinnipiac at Cornell, 7 p.m.

Princeton at Colgate, 7 p.m.

Yale at Brown, 7:30 p.m.