This Week in ECAC Hockey
Tourney Talk
Nine ECAC Hockey teams played in holiday tournaments this year, but none of them took home any hardware. Yale and St. Lawrence came closest, but each team lost its finale by shootout.
UConn Hockey Classic
Massachusetts went to 3-1 against the ECAC on the season by coming back to beat Union 4-3 in the opener. The Dutchmen lost both a 3-1 lead and a nine-game winning streak in the process, but bounced back nicely in a 7-0 victory over host Connecticut the following afternoon. The win was the 100th in coach Nate Leaman’s career, extending his school record for wins at the D-I level. Following a win over Army, Leaman now sits 22 behind Charles Morrison’s 123, won at the D-III level between 1978 and 1988.
Florida College Classic
Resilient Princeton came back from 4-1 and 6-4 deficits to tie Maine in Game 1, going 4-for-8 on the power play (but also allowing three goals against on six penalty kills). Maine ultimately won the shootout, but it was a big win for the decimated Tigers on the heels of a 3-2 win at Massachusetts-Lowell.
In the other opener, Cornell couldn’t get it going against Joe Howe and Colorado College. The netminder stopped 25 of 27 and only allowed one power-play goal on six Big Red advantages. CC and CU split the second period, 2-2, despite the Colorado Tigers’ 21-3 shot advantage.
In the consolation game, Princeton upended their league-mate 3-2, once again by way of a comeback. The Big Red held a 2-1 lead early in the third period, but goals three and a half minutes apart by team leaders Dan Bartlett (on the power play) and Mike Kramer (shorthanded) put the Tigers on top to stay.
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