The best College Hockey coverage is at CollegeHockeyNews.com http://www.collegehockeynews.com Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:39:31 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/images/design/chn2006-text-180px.gif http://www.collegehockeynews.com College Hockey News http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/03/28_et_on_underdogs_and_overrated;.php The best part of Air Force making the NCAA Tournament, from the media's perspective, is that the human quote machine -- coach Frank Serratore -- comes with the package. He's -- rightfully -- proud of the program, and makes sure everyone knows it. And he had reason to be proud again, when his team took Yale to overtime in Friday's NCAA East Regional game. In making the tournament four of ... Mon, 28 Mar 2011 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/03/26_et_a_cruel_twist_of_fate.php Eight seconds. In a span of 8 seconds, Yale's Brian O'Neill -- all season the most dynamic offensive player on the Bulldogs -- went from getting his team back in the game, to getting kicked out of the game. It was a cruel twist of fate for a team, and a player, with such monumental aspirations. The goal cut Minnesota-Duluth's lead to 3-1. The subsequent 5-minute major power play increased ... Sat, 26 Mar 2011 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/03/25_et_yale_survives_and_advances.php For the second straight season, Yale will get a shot at the Frozen Four. But despite coming into this tournament as the No. 1 overall seed, it was far from easy. The normally explosive Bulldogs recorded their lowest shot total of the season, 28, and had a tough time, as teams often do, against the rugged Air Force Academy. It was Air Force that defeated Michigan in this same venue two years ago ... Fri, 25 Mar 2011 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/03/24_et_east_regional_preview.php If you listen to the buzz out there, the East Regional is the "easy bracket." After all, this has two ECAC teams and an Atlantic Hockey team. It's like a rite of spring that people will knock the ECAC. It's hard to say why there's glee in such behavior, but it's there -- even though its schools are small and mostly play without scholarships. In fact, it's remarkable the ... Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/03/20_rondeau_doubles_down.php The shirts Yale's players are wearing say "Unfinished Business." It could be meant for the ECAC Tournament, after Yale was knocked out in the ECAC quarterfinals last year. But the eyes are on a bigger prize. Especially after winning this year's ECAC Tournament championship in convincing fashion -- a 6-0 blitzing of Cornell on Saturday. No, the "Unfinished Business" is ... Sun, 20 Mar 2011 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/03/18_steady_as_he_goes.php A year ago, a surprise upset kept Yale out of the ECAC championship weekend. And after an NCAA win, the Bulldogs lost an ugly 9-7 game in the NCAA Regional Final, using three different goalies. But a year later, Yale (26-6-1) is not just in position for its second Whitelaw Cup in three years, it's doing it with goaltending in addition to its offense. And it's because of the progress made by ... Fri, 18 Mar 2011 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/03/16_yale,_rensselaer_lead_all-ecac.php Yale and Rensselaer led the All-ECAC First Team selections with two each, as announced by the league today. Regining ECAC Player of the Year, Chase Polacek, who is also a favorite for this year's honor, is on along with RPI teammate Nick Bailen. Joining Polacek up front are Yale forwards Brian O'Neill and Andrew Miller. Princeton's Taylor Fedun is the other defenseman, while Union sophomore ... Wed, 16 Mar 2011 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/03/14_yale_pours_it_on.php It's a tale of two cities, with opposite results. Last year, [[Yale]] was upset in the quartefinals by the last-place team in the league, while Union got through and made it all the way to the ECAC final. This year, Union edged Yale for the regular-season title, but got bumped off by Colgate in the quarterfinals, while Yale got through with a 4-0 win Sunday in Game 3 of its series with pesky ... Mon, 14 Mar 2011 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/03/09_between_the_lines_coach_talk.php Northeastern officials broke the ice Monday in a session with reporters, a session that CHN was given the transcript of and will report more on later. The session was held after head coach Greg Cronin was reinstated, and included athletic director Peter Roby and Cronin. For more on this, see: Questions Remain and Cronin, Roby Address the Issue We thought that the suspension of Cronin and assistant ... Wed, 09 Mar 2011 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/02/20_yale_keeps_pace_with_relentless.php Yale's ability to score goals is well established, but this season, its ability to win on the road is still somewhat in question. Down 3-0 to Princeton in the first period Sunday afternoon, Yale dug deep, rallied to win, and earned an uplifting road sweep of the weekend. "It was a real gutsy effort by our guys ... to have some of the bounces go against us, and our guys just stuck with it," ... Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/01/30_yale_swept_out_of_new_york.php All season long, Union and RPI have been outstanding at home. That was put to the test this past weekend, however, with Yale and Brown coming to town. Consider the test passed. Both Union and RPI kept pace with each other, each sweeping the respective New England contingent. RPI capped things off with a 5-2 win over Yale in Troy on Saturday. "Well we had to keep up with Union, I think that's ... Sun, 30 Jan 2011 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/01/29_yale_upended_again;_union.php Just a week after putting up a Friday night dud against Dartmouth, [[Union]] gave [[Yale]] its most complete game in a while, and upset the No. 1 Bulldogs 3-2 before a standing-room only crowd of 2,251 at Messa Rink. With two losses in the its last four league games, Yale could relinquish the top spot in the polls, which they have held since they shut out the Dutchmen, 5-0, in New Haven on December ... Sat, 29 Jan 2011 05:00:00 +0100