February 25, 2010

Team Notes: Union Regular Season Concludes with Push for First Place

The following article appeared February 25 on the Union Web site.

 

ITHACA, NY -- With a first-round bye already secure, the 15th-ranked Union College men’s ice hockey team will be gunning for the top spot in ECAC Hockey when it travels to ninth-ranked Cornell on Friday, Feb. 26 and to Colgate on Saturday, Feb. 27. Both contests are slated for 7 p.m. Yale currently sits in first place in the league with a 14-4-2 record (30 pts.), but Union is only two points back with a 12-4-4 mark (28 pts.). The Big Red is also in second place with a 13-5-2 record (28 pts.), meaning the winner of the Union-Cornell game will finish no lower than second place. Colgate, which is in war for fourth place and the final first round bye, enters the weekend at 10-8-2 (22 pts.)

Union fans can keep tabs on the Dutchmen this weekend by listening to Matt Dubrey and Brian Unger ’93 on WRUC 89.7 FM or online at Teamline.cc. Live stats and video for the Cornell contest can be found at CornellBigRed.com, while both features for the Colgate outing can be seen at GoColgateRaiders.com. Scoring updates will be provided on Twitter at @UnionHockey.

Union has produced 18 wins this season – the second most in the program’s Division I history. Last season, the Dutchmen finished with a program-best 19 wins. All-time, Union has reached 20 or more wins twice. The team went 22-9-1 in 1984-85 and 22-3-1 in 1976-77.

Complete article can be accessed via the Union Web site by clicking here.