March 8, 2010

Dutchmen Welcome Bobcats to Messa Rink for Quarterfinals

SCHENECTADY, NY -- The 18th-ranked and third-seeded Union College men's ice hockey team will host seventh-seeded Quinnipiac in the quarterfinal round of the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals on Friday, Mar. 12, Saturday, Mar. 13 and Sunday, Mar. 14 (if necessary). All games are slated for a 7 p.m. puck drop.

Tickets for the best-of-three series can be purchased at UnionAthleticsTickets.com or by calling the box office at 518-388-6020.

Fans who can't make it to Messa Rink can follow the action by tuning to WRUC 89.7 FM or online at Teamline.cc (CLICK HERE). Live stats will be provided at UnionAthletics.com (CLICK HERE) and live video can be seen at B2TV.com (CLICK HERE).

The Dutchmen, who have been ranked for 11 consecutive weeks, earned a first round bye in the conference tournament thanks to a program best 12-4-4 ECAC Hockey mark and a third place finish. Union, which is 18-8-6 overall, has advanced to the quarterfinals for the third straight year. In 2007-08, the garnet and white earned a bye with a fourth place finish and followed in 2008-09 with a first round sweep of Clarkson -- the first series win in program history.

The other match ups include top-seeded Yale hosting 11th-seeded Brown, second-seeded Cornell welcoming ninth-seeded Harvard and fourth-seeded Colgate playing fifth-seeded St. Lawrence.