Team Notes: Yale Travels to Sacred Heart Before Hosting Boston College
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Yale men's
hockey team (5-1-1, 3-1-0 ECAC), coming off a non-league home win
on Saturday, completes a string of three out-of-conference games by
playing at Sacred Heart (0-11-0) Tuesday night and then hosting No.
5 Boston College (9-4-0) Saturday afternoon. The No. 8 Bulldogs
drop the puck against the Pioneers at 7 at Webster Bank Arena in
Bridgeport. The Eagles come to Ingalls Rink Saturday at 4 p.m. Both
games can be seen on the home school's online, pay-per-view
broadcast. There are tickets available for Tuesday night, but the
BC game is completely sold out.
SHU-YALE SERIES
Yale has won both meetings with the Pioneers and has a 13-3
scoring advantage. This is the third straight year they have met
but the first time away from Ingalls Rink.
LAST MEETING
Yale, ranked No. 3 at the time, scored three power play goals on
the way to a 5-1 win over Sacred Heart before 2,913 at Ingalls Rink
a year ago. Chad Ziegler had a career-high
two goals while Broc Little and Denny Kearney each had a goal and
two assists. The Elis outshot SHU 44-23. Ryan Rondeau made 22 saves
while Sacred Heart's Steven Legatto stopped 39 shots.
BC-YALE SERIES
The Eagles have dominated (42-11, last three) this series heading
into the 54th meeting. Recent contests have been close calls; four
goals separated the teams in the last three outings.
LAST MEETING
Boston College, on the way to a 2010 national title, and Yale
played one of the highest scoring NCAA Tournament games ever, a 9-7
Eagles win before 6,054 at the DCU Center in the NCAA Northeast
Regional final. Mark Arcobello had three goals and three assists,
Brian O'Neill had two goals and two assists
and Andrew Miller dished out four helpers.
Three different players spent time in the Yale net, while John Muse
gave up all seven Eli tallies before leading his team to the Frozen
Four title. Cam Atkinson led the BC attack with three tallies.
YALE BEATS UCONN
Kenny Agostino (Flanders, NJ) doubled his
goal and assist total by hitting the net twice and handing out a
pair of primary helpers Yale's 5-3 win over Connecticut before
3,386 at Ingalls Rink last Saturday. The second-year Bulldog
tallied in the first and then hit the net for the winner in the
third to help his squad win a fourth straight game. Brian O'Neill
(Yardley, Pa.) had a goal and two assists and Andrew Miller
(Bloomfield Hills, Mich) had three assists while their team outshot
the Huskies 49-21. The Blue scored twice on six man-advantages and
got 18 saves from Jeff Malcolm (Lethbridge,
AB).
SHU
Sacred Heart, coming off a loss to UConn, seeks its first win of
the year. Rookie forward Brian Sheehan leads the team with five
goals and nine points while a freshman (Andrew Bodnarchuk) and a
junior (Steven Lagatto) have shared the net duties. The Pioneers
are coached by former Yale associate head coach C.J. Marottolo.
BC
Boston College has already enjoyed a six-game win streak this
season that came to an end with a 4-2 loss at UMass on Nov. 5. The
Eagles, losers of three of the last four, were stunned (3-2 Loss)
in OT at Notre Dame on Nov. 18. BC freshman F Johnny Gaudreau
scored with 2:10 left in the third to force OT and then the Irish
found the net with 1.1 seconds left in the extra frame. Junior F
Chris Kreider (9-8-17), one of nine NHL draft picks who have skated
for BC this year, leads the team in scoring. Junior Parker Milner
(.909, 2.36, 9-4) has all of the work in goal this season. Jerry
York, in his 40th season as a college head coach and 18th at BC, is
the active NCAA leader in wins including four national titles.
MALCOLM IN MIDDLE
Junior Jeff Malcolm had his shutout streak stop at three games and
226:39 minutes when UConn got one past him early in the third
period. He was named ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week after stopping
all 72 shots in a pair of Yale shutouts at No. 8 Union and RPI on
Nov. 11-12. Malcolm, who has been in the Yale goal all seven games,
tied (Ryan Rondeau, 2010-11) a Yale record with three straight
shutouts. His scoreless streak fell short of the 240:53 by Rondeau.
Two of the three Malcolm shutouts were on the road, all three were
in league play, including his first career blanking on Nov. 5
against No. 18 Colgate (39 saves). His career record is 11-5-1 with
a 2.56 GAA and three shutouts. Malcolm has a 1.56 GAA with a .950
SP this year.
BULLDOG BITES
The five goals against UConn were a season-high… Yale is
one of four ECAC teams listed in the uscho.com Division I national
rankings. Union, Colgate and Cornell are the others… Eleven
different Bulldogs have found in the first seven games.
MILLER TIME
Junior F Andrew Miller (77 gp, 17-67-84) leads the Blue with five
assists after a triple-helper night against UConn. Miller, a
2010-11 first-team All-ECAC pick, was voted "best passer" by his
teammates last season while he had 12-33-45. He was No. 4 in the
nation with .97 assists per game (tops in ECAC). More impressive is
that 22 of his 33 assists were primary ones. His team-high 33
helpers (2nd best at Yale and five behind Mark Kaufmann '93) were a
sophomore school record while 45 points were second on the team. He
probably had his best offensive weekend as a collegian on Feb.
25-26 when he hit the net three times against Colgate/Cornell
combined. Miller (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), was 12th in the nation
with 1.29 points per contest and registered the most (34 as a
freshman) points by a Yale rookie since Tom Walsh set the bar with
41 in 1984-85. The speedy forward was the 2008-09 USA Junior Player
of the Year and 2007 Michigan High School Mr. Hockey. In 2009-10 he
was second among conference rookies with one point per game, which
also put him fourth in the country for newcomers. He ranked eighth
in Division I that year with .85 assists per outing.
CAPTAIN O'NEILL
Yale's captain, Brian O'Neill (110gp, 51-72-123), leads the team
with three goals and six points. He was a 2010-11 first-team
All-ECAC selection and has led the team in scoring the last two
seasons. His best night was a hat trick at Clarkson on Feb. 12,
2011. He ranked 15th nationally with 1.29 points per game last
year. He began 2010-11 with a 3-2-5 weekend in the two wins
including 2-1-3 and the GWG against Dartmouth on Oct. 30. The year
before, he led the Elis with 29 assists and 45 points while ranking
seventh in the country with 1.32 PPG. O'Neill (Yardley, Pa.) made
the 2008-09 CHN (national) and ECAC Hockey All-Rookie teams after
going 12-14-26.
NET MIX
The Bulldogs also have junior Nick Maricic
(Alta Loma, Calif.) and freshman Connor
Wilson (Cary, NC) competing for playing time. Maricic (2.29,
.890 career) last played in the third period of the 2011 NCAA East
Regional final.
BLUE LINE
There are seven defensemen on the Yale roster: two seniors, a
junior, a sophomore and three freshmen. Three of the seven have a
depth of experience. Seniors Kevin Peel
(Onoway, Alb.) and Nick Jaskowiak
(Bloomington, Minn.) have been regulars since arriving in New
Haven. Junior Colin Dueck (Calgary, Alb.)
became a mainstay last winter and sophomore Gus
Young (Dedham, Mass.) has seen action in every game this
season.
AGOSTINO
Yale sophomore forward Kenny Agostino (Flanders, NJ) had two goals
and four points in the win over UConn but that wasn't his
career-high. Agostino became the first Yale newcomer in 30 years to
record five points in one game on Jan. 2, 2011. He notched three
goals and two assists against Holy Cross and became the school's
first freshman to tally five points since former Olympian and NHL
star Bob Brooke '83 established the school rookie record against
Dartmouth in 1980. Yale's rookie of the year last winter after
scoring 11 goals and 25 points, Agostino was the HCA National
Rookie of the Month for January (8-4-12), the first Bulldog to
receive that award. He was ECAC Hockey MLX Skates Rookie of the
Week on Jan. 23 (3 goals vs. Clarkson/SLU), becoming the only
Bulldog to earn conference rookie honors in 2010-11. The former
Delbarton School star had a goal and three assists before the
holiday break, and 10 goals and 11 assists after. He ranked 11th
nationally among rookies with .86 points per game.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
Senior F Dan Otto (Lake Zurich, Ill.)
notched his first two collegiate goals at Union on Nov. 12 after
battling injuries the last three years that prevented him from
playing a regular season contest. Otto has played in every game
this year.
GEOGRAPHIC BALANCE
The Yale roster includes players from 13 different states and
three provinces. New York and Minnesota are represented by three
players from each state while Alberta brings in four players.
FROM WHENCE THEY CAME
The United States Hockey League contributed 10 players to the
Bulldog roster. There are four from the British Columbia Hockey
League, one from the Atlantic Junior Hockey League and another from
the Eastern Junior Hockey League. Ten Yale student-athletes came
directly from prep schools.
CODE RED
There is one new face on the Yale bench this season, Dennis "Red"
Gendron, who replaced Kyle Wallack as the Bulldogs' associate head
coach. Dennis "Red" Gendron, an assistant at the University of
Massachusetts the last six seasons and a former University of Maine
coach from 1990 to 1993. He helped the Black Bears win a 1993 NCAA
Championship before working in the New Jersey Devils
organization.
BULLDOGS IN THE PROS
There are 22 former Yale hockey players skating professionally,
including eight from the class of 2011. Here are the Bulldog pros,
youngest to oldest. Chris Cahill '11(AHL, Milwaukee Admirals),
Denny Kearney '11(ECHL, Trenton Titans), Broc Little '11
(HockeyAllsvenskan in Sweden, VIK Västerås HK), Jimmy
Martin '11(ECHL, Bakersfield Condors), Brendon Mason'11 (Division
1-series in Sweden, Nybro Vikings), Mike Matczak '11 (ECHL,
Kalamazoo Wings), Ryan Rondeau '11 (CHL, Laredo Buck), Ken
Trentowski '11 (SPHL, Augusta Riverhawks), Sean Backman '10 (AHL,
Bridgeport Sound Tigers), Ryan Donald '10 (Charlotte Checkers,
AHL), Mark Acrobello '10 (Oklahoma City Barons, AHL), Alec Richards
'09 (Rockford Icehogs, AHL), Brennan Turner '09 (Dundee Stars,
EIHL), David Meckler '09 (Manchester Monarchs, AHL), Matt Cohen '07
(Fife Flyers, EIHL), Brad Mills '07 (New Jersey Devils, NHL), Chris
Brooks '06 (Bakersfield Condors, ECHL), Chris Higgins '05
(Vancouver Canucks, NHL), Joe Callahan '05 (Hamilton Bulldogs,
AHL), Stacey Bauman '03 (Tulsa Oilers, CHL), Jeff Hamilton
'01 (HIFK Helsinki, FNL), Ray Giroux '98 (Chelyabinsk Traktor,
KHL).
CURRENT NHL CONNECTIONS
Three players on the current Yale roster have been drafted by NHL
teams: Gus Young (Colorado, 7th, 184, 2009); Kenny Agostino
(Pittsburgh, 5th, 140, 2010); Brad Peltz
(Ottawa, 7th, 190, 2009).
YALE'S LAST 3
The Yale men have left a mark on Division I over the last three
seasons under Keith Allain '80, the Malcolm G. Chace Head Coach of
Hockey. The combined statistics from 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11
make the last three years the best in the history of the sport in
New Haven and among the best in the nation over that span.
The Numbers From 2008-11
Overall Record:
73-25-6 (.729)
ECAC Record:
47-14-5 (.749)
Scoring:
405 goals, 104 games (3.89)
All-Americans:
4
All-ECAC:
8
All-Ivy League:
10
Accomplishments
 Top Winning Percentage in
Division I
 Two-time Division I Scoring
Leader (2009-10, 2010-11)
 Led nation in scoring
defense 2010-11
 2 ECAC Hockey Tournament
Championships (2009, 2011)
 2 ECAC Hockey Regular Season
Titles (2008-09, 2009-10)
 3 Ivy League Titles
 3 NCAA Tournament
Appearances
 2 NCAA Regional Final
Appearances (2010, 2011)
 School-record 28 wins
(2010-11)
 10 All-Ivy League
Selections
 8 All-ECAC Hockey
Selections
 4 All-America Selections
 2 Hockey Commissioners
Association Players of the Month
ON TV
The Nov. 4 Cornell game at Ingalls was on CBS Sports Network, the
first of three TV games including Yale this month. Time Warner
Cable did both the Nov. 11 and 12 games at RPI and Union. Other TV
games planned are Jan. 27 at Harvard (NBC), Feb. 17 Dartmouth (NBC)
and Feb. 25 at Quinnipiac (SNY).
YALE HOCKEY BROADCASTS
Pay-per-view broadcasts of Yale hockey regular season home games
are available on yalebulldogs.com. The Yale Athletic Department
production is almost entirely student run: Sam Dorward '13 is the
producer; Tom Stokes '12 and Patrick Ouziel '13 are the
cameramen; Evan Ellis '12, the Voice of Yale Hockey, and Max
Valenstein '13 are the broadcasters.
WYBCX.COM
The Yale student radio station formerly found on AM-1340 and on
wybc.com, is only available via internet this season. WYBC does
most of the home contests and a pre-game interview with Coach
Allain.
INGALLS
Yale hockey celebrated the re-dedication of Ingalls Rink (3,500
capacity) on Jan. 16, 2010. The rink built in 1958 has been
modernized in many ways while adding 13,000 square feet of varsity
operational space. The additions include locker rooms and space for
strength & conditioning (including skating treadmill),
student-athlete study area, medical & training, officials,
video, coaches, equipment, reception (Schley Room) and more. There
are new historical displays and concession stands and bathrooms for
the building nicknamed the Yale Whale because of its
humpback-shaped roof.
WHALE OF A TIME
The Whale (Ingalls Rink) has been a tough place for visitors in
recent years. Yale, which enjoyed its first undefeated (15-0-1,
only Division I team to do that) regular season at Ingalls last
winter, finished 17-1-1 at home. That is the most wins ever in New
Haven for a Yale team (The Blue went unbeaten at New Haven in
1928-29). The Bulldogs are 42-10-3 over the last three-plus seasons
at the Whale and 12-10-3 in home ECAC playoff games all time.
SOLD OUT
Ingalls Rink was sold out for the last 12 games of the 2010-11
regular season and the first two games this season. The Nov. 26
Boston College game is already sold out, while only G.A. and S.R.O.
tickets remain for contests with Harvard and Dartmouth.
HARBOR YARD
Yale and Fairfield hosted the 2009 and 2011 NCAA East Regional
Tournaments in Bridgeport at Webster Bank's Arena at Harbor Yard,
and the Bulldogs participated in both. The 2012 East Regional is
also slated for the Yard, which has also hosted numerous NCAA
post-season events.
ATTENTION MEDIA
Here are some important things to know if you are covering the
Bulldogs or just working a game at Ingalls.
INTERVIEWS
Yale head coach Keith Allain and select players are available on a
semi-regular basis each week at Ingalls Rink, typically Thursdays
at 2:30 p.m. If you would like to attend these informal media
sessions, please contact Sports Publicity Director Steve Conn.
Post-game interviews with Yale personnel are conducted in one
of the youth locker rooms at ice level on the home side of the
building. Let Steve Conn know who you would like to speak with
immediately after the game.
MEDIA GATE LIST
Attendants stationed at the front and back of the rink have a
media gate list to check off your name. The same list is used for
PARKING in the garage (entrance off Prospect Street) behind the
rink.
