March 29, 2010

Expectations Only Growing for Yale

The following article appeared in the March 29 issue of the New Haven Register.

 

By Dave Solomon

WORCESTER, Mass. — As we weigh a second consecutive outstanding season for the Yale hockey program, the bows and applause are a little more subdued this time around ... and the bar of expectation is a little more severe.

That’s a direct result of the culture change that has occurred under the watch of coach Keith Allain, who arrived at Yale four years ago on the platform that he would bring excellence back to Yale hockey ... and then sustain it.

Last year’s ECAC championship — and first trip to the NCAA tournament in 11 years — was a comet, wild and fresh and exciting, a season where expectations were met and surpassed, and Yale skipped into the offseason feeling grand, even after a first-round NCAA exit in Bridgeport.

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