Team Notes: Yale's Playoff Push Continues with Visits to Dartmouth, No. 6 Harvard
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The following article appeared February 4 on the Yale Web site.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The hottest team in ECAC Hockey right now? By
one measure it's Yale, the only team to have won six of its last
seven conference games. The hard-charging Bulldogs have used their
6-1-0 run to take hold of one of the conference's eight playoff
spots with six regular season games remaining. Their streak faces a
major challenge this weekend with a road trip to Dartmouth (Friday,
7 p.m.) and No. 6 Harvard (Saturday, 4 p.m.), the top two scoring
teams in the conference.
Yale (9-11-3, 7-8-1 ECAC Hockey) has rebounded well from a 1-7-0
start in conference play. The Bulldogs began their climb with a 2-2
overtime tie at Cornell Dec. 4, and since then have won six of
seven ECAC Hockey games. The streak coincides with a lineup shuffle
that placed freshman Alyssa Zupon (Basking Ridge, N.J.) as the
center on a line with sophomore forward Aleca Hughes (Westwood,
Mass.) and junior forward Bray Ketchum (Greenwich, Conn.) -- a move
that has paid dividends for all three players. They had two goals
and no assists combined in the eight ECAC Hockey games where they
were split up; they have 12 goals and 12 assists in the eight ECAC
Hockey games they have played together.
Other contributors have also emerged for the Bulldogs in recent
weeks. Senior forward Caroline Murphy (Woodstock, Conn.) picked up
a pair of power-play goals last weekend and now has a career-high
seven goals this season, third behind Ketchum (11) and Hughes (8).
Sophomore forward Becky Mantell (Princeton, N.J.) has set career
highs in goals (3) and assists (6), and senior forward Berit
Johnson (Wayzata, Minn.) also has a career high in goals (3).
Complete article can be accessed via the Yale Web site by clicking here.
