by Chris Lynch | Mar 16, 2019 | Hockey East, NCAA
Amherst, MA — The 2018 playoffs gave the Massachusetts Minutemen confidence in playoff situations. The 2019 season gave UMass an aura of magic and the burden of expectation. They carried all three into their playoff opener with the New Hampshire Wildcats on...
by Jason Scales | Mar 15, 2019 | ECAC Hockey, NCAA
Allston, Ma. — For the second straight year Dartmouth travel to the banks of the River Charles to take on Harvard in the ECAC Quarterfinal round. Just like last year, the Big Green come in as the number five seed to the Crimson’s four seed. Dartmouth and...
by Chris Lynch | Mar 14, 2019 | Atlantic Hockey, NCAA
Bridgeport, CT — Sacred Heart did everything right on Wednesday night to open their Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinal series with the Rochester Institute of Technology. They recorded a playoff record nine goals to step one game away from their first appearance in the...
by Chris Lynch | Mar 14, 2019 | Hockey East, NCAA
The Hockey East playoffs begin a week later than past years thanks to a changed format. Nonetheless, the postseason road to TD Garden begins in haste with eight teams jostling for a chance at the Lou Lamoriello Trophy. Let’s take a look at the matchups for the...
by Jason Scales | Mar 14, 2019 | ECAC Hockey, NCAA
With trips to Lake Placid on the line these elite eight, which represent that top eight in the ECAC, are fighting for not just the Whitelaw Cup but for spots in the NCAA tournament as well. Quinnipiac, Cornell, Harvard, and Clarkson should make the big dance but...
by Chris Lynch | Mar 13, 2019 | Atlantic Hockey, NCAA
Bridgeport, CT — Among Atlantic Hockey schools, Sacred Heart does not command much long-term success. The Pioneers have only reached to Conference Title games in 2004 and 2010 and lost both. They’re also only six years removed from a disastrous two-win...