December 15, 2009

Team Notes: Bulldogs Headed to Badger Showdown

The following article appeared December 15 on the Yale Web site.

 

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The No. 8/9 Yale men's hockey team (7-3-2, 4-1-2 ECAC), winners of two straight and five of the last six, faces a Bulldog of another color in the opening game of the 2010 Badger Hockey Showdown at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., on Jan. 2. The Bulldogs take on the No. 11 Ferris State Bulldogs (13-3-2, 8-2-2 CCHA) at 5 p.m. E.S.T. No video coverage is available but the game can be heard live on wwbr.com.

3 RANKED TEAMS AT SHOWDOWN
The battle of Bulldogs, ECAC vs CCHA, precedes a Hockey East/WCHA battle of Merrimack-Wisconsin at 8 p.m. E.S.T. The Jan. 2 winners meet in the championship game the next day. The losers play for the consolation on Jan. 3. The host No. 7 Badgers will play the 8 p.m. E.S.T. game on Jan. 3 no matter what it's for.

SERIES VS. TOURNEY TEAMS
Yale and Ferris State skate for the first time. The team from Big Rapids, Mich., is one of two (Lake Superior State) teams from the CCHA that has never skated against the Elis. The Blue is 2-7-1 (1-1-1 in Showdowns) against Wisconsin in a series dating to 1973-74. Yale is 5-3 against Merrimack since the first meeting in 1972-73.

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