Cross-Country Contests for Bulldogs
The following article appeared in the November 12 issue of the Yale Daily News.
By Max de La
Bruyere, Alison Griswold
Staff Reporter and Contributing
Reporter
The No. 3 men’s hockey team is taking flight — in the national polls and on United flight 361 to Denver Friday morning.
The Bulldogs (4–0–0, 2–0–0 ECAC) travel to Colorado this weekend to play Colorado College (4–5–1) and the Air Force Academy (2–5–0). This is the Elis’ first chance to defend their third place ranking in the latest USCHO national men’s hockey poll — the highest slot ever held by a Yale hockey team and a position that makes the Blue a team to beat.
“When you’re ranked as the top team it’s going to be one of the biggest games of the year for every team we play,” said forward Denny Kearney ’11, who is tied for the team lead in goals and in points. “We have to bring our ‘A’-game every night because we know they’ll be playing us hard.”
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