May 12, 2009

Saints Set Schedule

Photo by Tara Freeman
Photo by Tara Freeman

St. Lawrence University’s 2009-10 men’s ice hockey schedule will include two trips to college hockey’s “west” including an appearance in the Ice Breaker Tournament hosted by the University of Nebraska at Omaha to start the official NCAA season.

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The Saints will unveil the 2009-10 team in an exhibition game against the University of Toronto on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 4 p.m. at Appleton Arena. They then open NCAA play, joining Nebraska-Omaha, Army and UMass.-Lowell in Omaha for the Icebreaker Oct. 9-10 and play their first official home games with Niagara and RIT visiting Appleton Arena on Oct. 16-17.

The first of three meetings with arch-rival Clarkson will take place in Potsdam on Oct. 24 in a non-league game and the Saints will complete pre-ECAC play with Sacred Heart at Appleton for two games on Oct. 30-31.

SLU opens league play at Princeton and Quinnipiac Nov. 6-7, hosts Union and RPI on Nov. 13-14 and is at Harvard and Dartmouth Nov. 20-21. The Saints will play Maine in Portland in a non-league game on Nov. 29 and will play a back-to-back league series with Clarkson on Dec. 4 and 5, meeting the Knights in Canton on the fourth at 7:30 and playing at Clarkson on the fifth at 7 p.m. First semester play concludes with a game at Vermont on Dec. 12.

The Saints will return to action on New Year’s Day, playing in the Denver Cup Jan. 1-2 and will conclude the non-league portion of their schedule with two games at Niagara on Jan. 8-9.

SLU will return to ECAC play with a four-game home stand with Colgate and Cornell visiting on Jan. 15-16 and Brown and Yale in Appleton Jan. 22-23. They then hit the road for four, playing at Cornell and Colgate on Jan.29-30 and at RPI and Union on Feb. 5-6 before hosting Quinnipiac and Princeton on Feb. 12-13. The Saints will be at Yale and Brown Feb. 19-20 and conclude the regular season with Dartmouth and Harvard in Appleton on Feb. 26.-27.