February 2012
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This Week in Union College Hockey - Feb. 29
Weekly Storyline
Union Earns Second Consecutive Cleary Cup – In a dramatic series of events, Union clinched its second consecutive Cleary Cup on Saturday night after a 5-3 win at No. 20 Colgate, coupled with RPI’s stunning 2-1 overtime win at No. 11 Cornell. Moments after sophomore forward Josh Jooris scored an empty net goal with 28 seconds remaining to seal the win for the Dutchmen, RPI’s...
Cleary Cup Champions
2.24 Union Line Chart vs. Cornell
Links Leading Up To Tonight's Big Tilt
Tonight, No. 8/8 Union and No. 11/9 Cornell will square off at Lynah Rink in a game that needs little hype. Union wins and it earns a second consecutive Cleary Cup. The game has been sold out since the beginning of the week. Both teams are playing solid hockey (Union is 6-0-1 in its last seven games, while Cornell is 3-0-3).
Here are links for a primer for tonight’s game:
Here are game...
This Week in Union College Hockey - Feb. 20-27
Weekly Storyline
Union’s Final Road Trip To Decide Cleary Cup – With just two games remaining in the regular season, No. 8/8 Union (19-6-7, 13-3-4 ECAC Hockey) sits atop the ECAC Hockey standings with a two point lead over No. 11/9 Cornell (14-6-7, 11-3-6 ECAC Hockey). The Dutchmen will finish either first or second in conference play, and will take on the Big Red on Friday night at Lynah Rink....
2.18 Union Line Chart vs. Quinnipiac
2.17 Union Line Chart vs. Princeton
Note: #3 Ryan Forgaard will warm up, as #20 Greg Coburn is a game time decision.
Links Leading Up to Princeton...
Tomorrow night, the Dutchmen will open up their final regular season home stand against Princeton, a team that is winless (0-2-2) in its last four ECAC Hockey contests. Union needs one point gained or one point lost by Clarkson to wrap up a first round bye in the ECAC Hockey Tournament. If all breaks right, Union could have a shot at clinching the Cleary Cup on Saturday night against Quinnipiac....
This Week in Union College Hockey - Feb 13
Weekly Storyline
Clearly Cup Race Tightens With Two Weeks To Go – With four games to play in the regular season Union (17-6-7. 11-3-4 ECAC Hockey) sits alone atop the ECAC Hockey standings with 26 points, one head of Cornell and three ahead of Colgate in the race for the Cleary Cup. The Dutchmen have already clinched home ice in their opening series of the ECAC Hockey playoffs, and need just...
2.10 Union Line Chart vs. Dartmouth
Union prepares for road test at Dartmouth
Tonight, the men’s ice hockey team will take on Dartmouth in search of its first regular season sweep against the Big Green since 1996-97.
Above, Troy Grosenick warms up at the morning skate. The big question will be whether Grosenick, who leads the nation with a 1.58 GAA, returns from a lower body injury that kept him out of both games last weekend. We shall see….
Here are Union...
This Week in Union Hockey
THIS WEEK IN UNION COLLEGE HOCKEY
Weekly Storyline
Two Points For Home Ice – Union travels to Thompson Arena this weekend seeking its first regular season series sweep of Dartmouth since the 1996-97 season. With a win on Friday night, the Dutchmen would also clinch home ice in the first round of the ECAC Hockey playoffs for the third straight season. Union (16-6-7, 10-3-4 ECAC...
2.4 Union Line Chart vs. Cornell
2.3 Union Line Chart vs. Colgate
Pregame Links for Union-Colgate
Tonight, Union begins a weekend series against the first of the two difficult ECAC Hockey travel partners from Western New York, No. 20 Colgate, at Messa Rink. Tomorrow night, the Dutchmen will square off against No. 14 Cornell, marking the first time that Union faces two ranked ECAC Hockey travel partners in the same weekend since Jan. 19-20, 2007, when Union hosted #19 St. Lawrence and #10...
Tough to Practice Without Lights!
A campus-wide power outage forced the cancellation of practice today. With the nice weather, the men’s team was able to workout outside, but tough to skate in the dark!