December 2011
31 posts
12.31 Union Line Chart vs. Colorado College
12.30 Union Line Chart vs. Denver
Morning Links From Pregame Skate
As the Dutchmen prepare for their first game in 13 days, here are a few links to take note of…
Ken Schott notes that Union traveled to Colorado a day early to help the team prepare for the altitute change. (click here).
Schott also spoke with Coach Bennett about the status of Mike Ingoldsby, who will most likely return to Union for the winter term (click here)
Mike Cioffi of the Troy...
Union Hockey: A Year to Remember Part V
Union Hockey 2011: A Year to Remember
As the calendar year of 2011 comes to a close, the Official Blog of Union Hockey takes a look back at a landmark year for Union College Hockey. While there were plenty of highlights to choose from, here are the top moments, in pictures, from each of the past 12 months.
NOVEMBER
Nov. 27, 2011, Ann Arbor, MI - A memorable weekend for the team - Union attended a...
Catching Up on Links....Union Arrives in Denver
After a weekend off, the Dutchmen went back to work this week, practicing at Messa Rink on Tuesday before flying out to Denver early Wednesday morning. In the pictures above, a few of the Dutchmen check out the fantastic Rocky Mountain scenery en route to the team hotel.
While Union and the rest of the college hockey world were off on Christmas weekend, there were a few articles of note...
Union Hockey: A Year to Remember Part IV
Union Hockey 2011: A Year to Remember
As the calendar year of 2011 comes to a close, the Official Blog of Union Hockey takes a look back at a landmark year for Union College Hockey. While there were plenty of highlights to choose from, here are the top moments, in pictures, from each of the past 12 months.
SEPTEMBER
September 28, 2011, Albany, NY – Union is picked to finish second in the...
Union Hockey: A Year to Remember Part III
SUMMER MONTHS
May 24, 2011, Schenectady, NY – Head coach Rick Bennett announces his assistant coaches, Joe Dumais and Jason Tapp. Dumais joins Union after three years on the coaching staff at Connecticut, but is recognizable to some Union fans as a former standout at Quinnipiac. Tapp, who helped mold Keith Kinkaid into a First-Team All-American goaltender in two years as a volunteer assistant,...
Union Hockey: A Year to Remember Part II
As the calendar year of 2011 comes to a close, the Official Blog of Union Hockey takes a look back at a landmark year for Union College Hockey. While there were plenty of highlights to choose from, here are the top moments, in pictures, from each of the past 12 months.
MARCH
March 20, 2011, Schenectady, NY – Union fans gather with the men’s hockey team at the Nott Memorial for a historic moment...
Union Hockey: A Year to Remember
Union Hockey 2011: A Year to Remember
As the calendar year of 2011 comes to a close, the Official Blog of Union Hockey takes a look back at a landmark year for Union College Hockey. While there were plenty of highlights to choose from, the blog will feature the top moments from each month this year, starting with January and February…
JANUARY
Jan. 28, 2011, Schenectady, NY - Union...
Union earns big non-conference win at Merrimack
Looking at Union’s schedule before the season, the eight game road gauntlet starting in mid-November to close out 2011 looked like a time we’d find out just how good the Dutchmen would be this season.
Six games into the trip, the Dutchmen are 4-0-2, with two wins against ranked opponents, at Michigan, and a win last night at Merrimack in front of a full house at Lawler Arena. (click...
12.17 Union Line Chart vs. Merrimack
Union-Merrimack Links
The team is on the bus en route to Merrimack, the last game for the Dutchmen before winter break.
Union and Merrimack meet for the first time since 2004, and the first time at Lawler Arena since 2002. This will mark Union’s first meeting against a team ranked in the top 5 since facing No. 1 Yale at Messa Rink last season. It is Union’s first game against a top 5 non-conference...
Two Programs on a Similar Arc
The final three games of Union’s eight game odyssey away from Messa Rink may involve the toughest opponents that the Dutchmen will face all season.
The stretch starts on Saturday at No. 5 Merrimack in a game that will be broadcast nationally on Fox College Sports Atlantic (click here for details)
The Warriors, who were ranked No. 1 in the nation for the first time in program history...
12.10 Union Line Chart vs. RPI
Pregame Links
It’s game day up in Lake Placid and the Dutchmen just finished their morning skate. Happy to report that the team is a lot healthier heading into today’s game than they were last weekend.
A few pregame links of note -
The Times Union notes that RPI is anxious to get back after it against Union after the 5-1 Dutchmen win in Troy three weeks ago (click here)
Ken Schott of the Daily...
Union Looking to Lock Up Capital Skates Trophy
No. 9/10 Union will head up to Lake Placid this weekend to take on RPI in the second of three meetings this year between the Route 7 rivals.
At stake is the Capital Skates Trophy (above), which Union can lock up for the eighth consecutive year with a win. While this game does not count towards the ECAC Hockey standings, both teams could use a ”W” right now, so expect a hard-fought...
12.3 Union Line Chart vs. Princeton
12.2 Union Line Chart vs. Quinnipiac
Union Preparing for Return to League Play
A few links this week as the men’s ice hockey team returns to league play this weekend this weekend with games at Quinnipiac and Princeton this weekend.
Junior forward Jeremy Welsh appeared on Slap Schotts with Rodger Wyland and Ken Schott this morning (click here to listen)
Here are game notes for this weekend for both Union (click here), Quinnipiac (click here)
and Princeton (click...