March 11, 2011

Saints Come Marching into Ingalls

The men’s hockey team’s upcoming ECAC quarterfinal series bears an eerie resemblance to last season’s. But last year is the one thing that the Elis do not want to worry about as they begin their hunt for the conference postseason title.

Twelve months after a surprise quarterfinal elimination at the hands of Brown, which had finished the regular season with the ECAC’s second-worst record, Yale (23–5–1, 17–4–1) will once again follow a bye week with a series against a cellar-dwelling opponent. This time, the foes will be the St. Lawrence Saints (12–20–5, 6–15 –1), who finished the regular season 11th out of 12 teams in the ECAC.

“We’ve learned that you can’t take anyone lightly, especially a team like St. Lawrence that just knocked off one of the top teams in the conference,” said right winger Broc Little ’11.

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