February 25, 2011

For Some League Teams, Playoffs Start Now

TROY — Most late-season college hockey games are intense, as teams jockey for position in the standings and try to get themselves as best prepared for the postseason as they possibly can.

With just two points separating the third-through sixth-place teams in the ECAC Hockey standings however, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s two games with Princeton and Quinnipiac will bring a playoff atmosphere to Houston Field House tonight and Saturday night.

Dartmouth and Cornell both have 11-7-2 (24 points) ECACH records and share third place.

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