mayor's cup

We devote of lot of attention to college basketball in the Capital Region and rightfully so, but don't ever underestimate the popularity of college hockey.

Just one month after being re-named the MVP Arena, Albany's downtown sports venue is going to be very busy come the end of January.

The end of Saturday night's Mayor's Cup game between RPI and Union turned ugly when, after the final buzzer solidified a 2-1 RPI win, a brawl broke out including both players and coaches - an enraged Rick Bennett, Union's coach, could be seen aggressively pursuing a restrained Seth Appert of RPI.