March 5, 2010

Seniors have Come a Long Way from the NIP

The following article appeared in the March 5 issue of the New Haven Register.

 

By Chip Malafronte
Register Staff


HAMDEN — In many ways, they represent the last link to an earlier era; final forebearers to the modest roots of Quinnipiac hockey.

The Bobcats senior class — forwards Jean-Marc Beaudoin, Mike Atkinson, Brandon Wong, Greg Holt and Eric Lampe — are the last group that played home games at the Northford Ice Pavilion. They helped open a new arena and were part of the only Quinnipiac team to reach the ECAC championship game.

It’s ingrained as part of their legacy, woven into the fiber of a program that in under a decade evolved from Division III to a perennial top 20 contender playing in one of the finest college hockey facilities in the nation.

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