February 25, 2011

Bulldogs Chasing Cleary Cup Three-Peat

NEW HAVEN — The ultimate goal is a national championship. Still, the Yale men’s hockey team would like nothing more than to win a third straight Cleary Cup as the ECAC Hockey regular-season champion.

The last time a three-peat was pulled off in the ECAC was the early 1990s, when Trumbull’s Ted Drury led Harvard to two of the Crimson’s three straight regular season crowns from 1992-94.

“You want to win every title you can,” Yale senior captain Jimmy Martin said prior to a Thursday afternoon practice at Ingalls Rink. “We’re not going to be happy with a second-place finish.”

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