For hockey fans in the Capital Region, truth is stranger than fiction in this year's ECAC Men's Hockey Preseason Coaches Poll. Union and RPI had the unthinkable happen.
Matthew Peca scored a natural hat trick to lead #1 Quinnipiac to a 5-1 victory over #13 Union in the NCAA Division I Hockey East Regional Final Sunday night at the Dunkin Donuts Center. With the victory, the Bobcats (29-7-5) advance to the Frozen Four April 11-13 in Pittsburgh. Union, which had a seven game winning streak snapped, finished the season 22-13-5.
The Union College men’s ice hockey team will have five ECAC Hockey home games broadcast on Time Warner Cable Sports during the 2012-13 season, the cable provider announced today. All games will appear on Time Warner Cable Sports, channel 3 or channel 1803 for those with a high definition cable box.
The Union men's ice hockey team moved back into the latest USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll released Monday. Union was also ranked in the USCHO.com poll for the 52nd consecutive week after earning a 7-1 win over Dartmouth in front of a standing room-only crowd at Messa Rink on Saturday night.
RPI's season came to an end on Saturday as they fell to North Dakota in the NCAA Hockey Tournament Midwest Region in Green Bay, WI. It was the first time RPI had made the "Big Dance" since 1995.
Brian Sinkoff was joined on the show Monday (2/28/11) by Union men's hockey defenseman Brock Matheson to discuss the team's first-ever regular season Conference Title, the upcoming ECAC Tournament and the significance of winning the Cleary Cup.
Brian Sinkoff was joined on the show Wednesday (2/23/11) by Union men's hockey coach Nate Leaman to discuss the team's national Top 5 ranking, as well as the Dutchmen's upcoming weekend series with Quinnipiac & Princeton.
The secret is starting to leak about two top 10 college hockey programs in Upstate New York. I let you know about Union yesterday, and now – I’m letting out the other half of the secret today with RPI.