February 13, 2009

Union, RPI Await Bulldogs

The following article appeared in the February 13 issue of the Yale Daily News.

 


By Chris Merriman
Staff Reporter

Coming off a pair of impressive conference home sweeps, the men’s hockey team returns to the road this weekend as they travel to New York for a set of conference match-ups against Union and Rensselaer.

Yale’s current six-game conference winning streak has catapulted it to first place in the ECAC standings, and the team will look to retain its momentum against two squads sitting in the bottom half of the conference standings. This is the first time the Elis have been in first place in the conference in February since 1998.

The No. 10 Bulldogs (17-5-1, 12-3-1 ECAC) have been stellar on the road so far this season, winning eight of nine games away from home while posting a 9-4-1 record at Ingalls Rink. Yale’s only road loss came in November against St. Lawrence in Canton, N.Y., in the team’s second away game of the season.

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