Team Notes: Tigers, Cats Looking for Bulldogs
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The following article appeared January 29 on the Yale Web site.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The 2008-09 Yale men's hockey team (13-5-1,
8-3-1 ECAC Hockey), 6-1-1 over its last eight outings and sitting
second in ECAC Hockey, has an all cat weekend at Ingalls coming up.
The No. 9 Princeton Tigers (13-5-0, 8-4-0, 3rd) and the Bobcats
from Quinnipiac (13-9-2, 6-4-2, 5th) come to town for a pair of 7
p.m. games against a Bulldog squad coming off an improbable weekend
sweep in upstate New York and a new No. 18 ranking. Both games can
be seen live for free on Yale All Access by clicking here: Yale
All*Access. The Yale-Quinnipiac game is on NESN (DirecTV 628).
SERIES
Yale leads the series 121-99-8 though Princeton has taken five of
the last six, including four of the five played last winter.
Quinnipiac has won five straight against Yale since falling (4-3)
in the first-ever meeting in 2005-06 at Ingalls Rink.
LAST MEETINGS
The Tigers took two of three in the 2008 ECAC
Quarterfinals at Princeton last March, outscoring the Blue by a
combined 10-4. Zane Kalemba (83 saves) had the decisions in net for
Princeton in all three and had a pair of shutouts. Yale's Alec
Richards (35) was in net for the 3-0 loss in the opener. Billy
Blase, who made 60 saves over two nights, had the other time in the
Eli goal. Jean-Francois Boucher, Ryan Donald, Broc Little and
Brendan Mason tallied in game No. 2, a 4-3 Yale win. Five different
Bobcats scored goals as No. 16 Quinnipiac defeated Yale 5-1 before
4,213 at TD Banknorth Sports Center last February. Bud Fisher
stopped 25 of 26 shots and did not allow a goal on six Yale
power-play chances to earn the win in net. Yale outshot the Bobcats
26-25 but never put sustained pressure on Fisher. Billy Blase
stopped 13 shots before being replaced with nearly 17 minutes left
in the third.
Complete article can be accessed via the Yale Web site by clicking here.
