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ALBANY, N.Y. -- The first night of the final weekend before postseason action begins answered some of the playoff questions, but not all.  We now know the four teams who have clinched home-ice; Harvard, St. Lawrence, Clarkson, and Dartmouth, but the number five-eight seeds are still a bit blurry and will be settled today. 

No. 1 Harvard 3 at Colgate 2:  Forward Sarah Vaillancourt scored the game-winning goal shorthanded on a breakaway with 2:28 remaining in the game to lead the Crimson to a dramatic victory over Colgate.  Netminder Christina Kessler made 20 saves for the Crimson and Raiders' goaltender Lisa Plenderleith made 24 stops for Colgate.  Colgate outshot Harvard in both the first and second periods, but after a 13-6 advantage in the third, Harvard ended up with a 27-22 edge in shots.  Colgate went 0-for-5 on the power play and the Crimson went 1-for-6 with the man-advantage. 

At No. 6 St. Lawrence 9, Princeton 2:  Junior forward Marianna Locke scored her second hat trick of the season while senior Annie Guay became the 13th player and first defenseman in Saints' history to reach the 100-career point mark as the Saints handled the Tigers in Appleton Arena.  St. Lawrence used a five-goal second period to put the game well out of the Tigers' reach.  The Saints finished 3-of-6 with the extra skater to Princeton's 0-of-4 mark.  They also held a 32-18 advantage in shots on goal in the game.  

At No. 9 Clarkson 7, Quinnipiac 1:  Four different players recorded power-play goals for the Golden Knights as they  clinched home ice in the first round of the postseason with a rout of Quinnipiac.  Freshman Lauren Dahm made 14 saves for Clarkson, while Tia Wishart made 23 saves through 35 minutes and Jaime Miller made 16 saves in 25 minutes for the Bobcats.  Clarkson finished 4-for-7 on the power play, while Quinnipiac went 1-for-5.  Golden Knights' forward Marie-Jo Gaudet netted two goals in the contest.  

No. 10 Dartmouth 5 at Cornell 1:  Dartmouth got goals from five different skaters and took a three-goal lead  in the first period to cruise past Cornell and clinch home ice for the first round of the ECAC Hockey tournament next weekend.  Forwards Sarah Parsons and Maggie Kennedy each had a goal and added an assist for Dartmouth.  Big Green's junior netminder Carli Clemis pushed aside 25 saves and for the 18th time this season she recorded 20 or more stops between the pipes.  Cornell goaltender Jenny Niesluchowski faced 38 shots in net and made 33 stops of her own.   

At Brown 2, Rensselaer  1:  The Bears received first-period goals by freshman Erica Kromm and sophomore Erin Connors on their first two shots of the game that proved to be the difference in the win over the Engineers.  Brown's junior goaltender Nicole Stock made 35 saves to make the lead hold up for the Bears, who picked up their first home win of the season, and Ashley Mayr stopped 14 shots for the Engineers in defeat.  RPI was one-for-nine on the power-play, with the Bears failed to score on six chances.

At Yale 2, Union 1:  The Bulldogs found themselves trailing 1-0 against a Union team they had never lost to.  Yale would rally for two goals in the third period to hold off the upset-minded Dutchwomen 2-1.  After junior defenseman Helen Resor tied the game, sophomore forward Caroline Murphy scored the game winner with 3:20 left giving the Bulldogs the lead.  Senior goaltender Shivon Zilis made 17 saves to outduel Union's Lundy Day, who made 40.