Yales Tabs Alumnus Hamilton as Head Coach

Yale University has turned to one of its own behind the bench, as former Bulldog forward Jeff Hamilton has been named as the Ivy League school's new men's hockey head coach. He succeeds Joe Howe, who served as interim head coach last year following the retirement of longtime head coach and Yale alumnus Keith Allain.

Hamilton, 48, returns to Yale after coaching with the Connecticut Jr. Rangers and Mid Fairfield Rangers programs from 2017 to 2024. He is also the owner of 203 Sports Group, a youth athletic development group.

A native of Englewood, Ohio, Hamilton was a three-time 20-goal scorer at Yale after prepping at Avon Old Farms. In 127 career collegiate games with the Bulldogs from 1996 to 2001, he tallied 80 goals and 94 assists for 174 points, and earned All-America accolades three times. He also led Yale to an ECAC regular-season title and an NCAA tournament berth in 1998, was a two-time Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalist, and remains the top scorer in school history.

An undrafted free agent, Hamilton went on to play in 157 NHL regular-season games with the New York Islanders, Chicago Blackhawks, Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs from 2003 to 2009, collecting 32-45—77 points. He also recorded 131-139—270 points in 292 American Hockey League regular-season appearances with Bridgeport, Hartford, and Albany, and also played professionally in Finland, Russia and Switzerland while earning a bronze medal with the United States at the 2004 IIHF World Championship. 

Ken Dryden 1947-2025

One of the greatest goaltenders in the history of hockey, Ken Dryden (Cornell), passed away late last week at the age of 78 following a longtime bout with cancer. He was a six-time Stanley Cup champion, a Hockey Hall of Famer, and an author, attorney, executive, and politician following his playing days.

A 1967 graduate of Cornell University, he fashioned a 76-4-1 career record with the Big Red to go with 13 shutouts, a 1.59 goals-against average and a .939 save percentage. A three-time First All-America selection, he still holds the program record for career victories. He also backstopped Cornell to the 1967 NCAA title and three ECAC tournament crowns, and since 1996 the Ken Dryden Award has been awarded to the best goaltender in ECAC Hockey as voted by the league's coaches.

Following his scholastic career, Dryden played eight years in the National Hockey League, all with the Montreal Canadiens. He led them to six Stanley Cup championships in that time, including four straight titles from 1976 to 1979.  

In 397 career regular-season NHL appearances, Dryden complied a 258-57-74 record with a 2.24 GAA, .922 save percentage, and 46 shutouts, winning both the Calder Trophy as Rookie of the Year and the Hart Trophy as Player of the Year in 1972. He also earned five Vezina trophies as the top NHL goaltender in the regular season in his tenure. 

In postseason play, he finished 80-32 in 112 Stanley Cup playoff contests (2.41, .915, 10 ShO), and was the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as NHL playoff MVP in 1971 as rookie. He played briefly for the Montréal Voyageurs (AHL) prior to joining the Canadiens, and also represented Canada at the 1969 World Championship and the 1972 Summit Series, before retiring in 1979. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984, and his No. 1 sweater at Cornell and No. 29 with Montreal have both been retired.

During his playing career, Dryden, who hailed from Hamilton, Ont., earned his law degree from McGill University, before later serving in Canadian government as a parliamentarian. He was also president of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1997 to 2003, and a published author whose best-known work was his best-selling 1983 treatise on hockey, "The Game." He also advocated for the prevention of concussions, and was the color commentator on ABC-TV in 1980 for "The Miracle on Ice" game in Lake Placid.

Dryden was predeceased by his older brother, Dave, who also served as an NHL goaltender with the Buffalo Sabres and Edmonton Oilers.

Fred Willis 1947-2023

Former NFL running back and college hockey player Fred Willis (Boston College) passed away on July 4 at the age of 75.

A native of Natick, Mass., the same hometown as fellow BC football great Doug Flutie, Willis played one year of varsity hockey at BC, tallying nine goals and 19 points in 24 games during the 1968-69 season as the Eagles went 19-7-0 overall and finished second in the ECAC with a 16-5-0 mark.

It was on the gridiron where Willis made his biggest athletic mark, as a halfback, as he became the first player in BC history to rush for over 1,000 yards in a single season when he accumulated 1,107 yards on the ground in 1970. He earned All-America and All-East accolades as a senior, and also played in both the Senior Bowl and Blue-Gray Game that year. He rushed for a then-BC career record of 2,115 yards in only three varsity seasons, earned his bachelor's degree in business administration, and was later inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 1977.

Willis then went to play six years of professional football, two with the Cincinnati Bengals, who drafted him 93rd overall in 1971, and then four with the Houston Oilers. In 77 career NFL regular-season games, he ran the ball 780 times for 2,831 yards and 18 touchdowns. He also caught 203 passes for 1,380 yards and five touchdowns. As a rookie with Cincinnati, he rushed for a career-high 590 yards and seven scores, before catching a career-high and AFC-leading 57 passes for a personal-best 371 yards two years later in his first full season with Houston.

A successful restaurateur with several chains following the completion of his football career, Willis also went on to serve as the founder, president and CEO of NeuroSport, which assisted athletes with evaluation of concussions, risk assessment, and returning to play, and as founder and executive director of NFL Player Brains Matter. where he advocated for former players who suffered from the effects of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

Colton, Ducharme Represent UVM in NHL

The University of Vermont was well-repped in the NHL earlier this week.

First, former Catamounts forward Ross Colton scored his first career NHL goal in the Tampa Bay Lightning's 3-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday. The goal also stood up as the game-winner for the New Jersey native, who skated at UVM from 2016 to 2018 and put up 28 goals and 50 points in two seasons in Hockey East. Colton, 24, was drafted 118th overall by Tampa Bay in 2016 following his second junior campaign with Cedar Rapids (USHL), and has spent the last two years skating with the Lightning's top minor-league affiliate in Syracuse (AHL).

Also on Wednesday, former UVM forward Dominque Ducharme was elevated from assistant to head coach of the Montreal Canadiens. Ducharme, who previously served as head coach with both Halifax and Drummondville in the QMJHL, played at Vermont from 1991 to 1995 when the Catamounts were still a member of the ECAC. In 129 career outings, the Quebec native tallied 54 goals and 148 points in NCAA play. He went to play professionally in both the ECHL and AHL, and also in France before entering the coaching ranks in 2002-03 as an assistant with the University of Québec-Trois-Rivières.

Dartmouth's Lovejoy Retires from NHL

Ben Lovejoy (Dartmouth) has called it a career.

The longtime NHL defenseman from Concord, N.H., retired from pro hockey last week, following 11 years in the league and a Stanley Cup championship ring with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016. In 544 career NHL regular-season appearances with Pittsburgh, Anaheim, New Jersey and Dallas, he scored 20 goals and added 81 assists for 101 points, to go with 287 penalty minutes. In Stanley Cup Playoff action, he recorded 5-11—16 points and 26 PIM in 76 postseason games.

Lovejoy, 35, played one year at Boston College (2002-03), notching six assists in 22 contests before transferring to Dartmouth. He then skated three NCAA seasons with the Big Green, and collected 11-43—54 points in 96 career matches, while helping Dartmouth to the ECAC Hockey tournament semifinals in both 2006 and 2007. He turned pro as a free agent with Norfolk (AHL) following his senior season in 2006-07.

After going scoreless in five outings with Norfolk, Lovejoy joined Pittsburgh's system the following season and subsequently notched 18-62—80 points in 213 regular-season AHL games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. He also recorded a career-best plus-42 plus-minus rating in 2008-09, and added three goals and 11 assists in 37 career Calder Cup playoff contests.

QU's Priskie Suspended Two Games for Kicking Incident

Quinnipiac University senior defenseman and team captain Chase Priskie won't be in the lineup for his team's first two games of the ECAC Hockey tournament this season.

The Pembroke Pines, Fla. native was suspended by ECAC Hockey for kicking an opposing player in a 4-1 win at Yale in Quinnipiac's regular-season finale on March 2. He was charged with a five-minute major penalty for kicking that evening, the first major penalty of his NCAA career, and also earned a game disqualification penalty before the league tacked on another game's suspension.

The six-foot, 192-pound Priskie has tallied a team-high 17 goals to go with 22 assists for 39 points in 34 games so far this season. He also leads the Bobcats with 10 power-play goals this year. A product of Salmon Arm (BCHL), Priskie has registered 39-77—116 points in 152 career games with QU, along with 55 penalty minutes, and was a member of its national runner-up squad as a freshman in 2015-16. He was then selected in the sixth round of the 2016 NHL Draft by the Washington Capitals.

The fifth-ranked Bobcats (25-17-2 overall, 14-6-2 ECACH), who have gone 9-2-1 in their last 12 outings, earned a first-round bye in the ECACs by finishing among the league's top four teams,
and finished first in the standings via tiebreakers over Cornell. They will thus host the lowest-remaining seed in a best-of-three series in Hamden, Conn. on March 15-17. Priskie would be
eligible to return in a deciding third game of that series, if necessary, or in the ECACH semifinals in Lake Placid on March 22 should QU advance that far.

ADDENDUM: Arizona State defenseman Jacob Wilson was also suspended for his team's next two games for a high hit against Minnesota on March 2.

BU's Coyle Traded for Harvard's Donato

Two Boston-based former NCAA centers were exchanged by their respective NHL teams earlier this week. The Minnesota Wild traded Charlie Coyle (Boston University) to the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, in return for Ryan Donato (Harvard) and a fifth-round selection in the 2019 NHL Draft.

Originally drafted 28th overall by the San Jose Sharks in 2010, Coyle had spent his entire NHL career with the Wild. Through 479 career NHL regular-season games with Minnesota, he has posted 91 goals and 151 assists for 246 points. A native of East Weymouth, Mass., the 6-foot-3, 220-pound forward played in 53 games with BU from 2010 to late 2011, and recorded 10-30—40 points in 57 outings with the Terriers. He then joined Saint John (QMJHL) in 2012 and put up 38 points in 23 games, along with 34 points in 23 postseason contests, before turning pro that fall with Houston (AHL). 

Donato, 22, a finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award and a U.S. Olympian in 2017-18, made his NHL debut last spring with the Bruins shortly after finishing his third and final campaign at Harvard. He registered five goals and nine points in his first 12 regular-season appearances with the Bruins, who drafted him 56th overall in 2014, and split this season between his native Boston and Providence (AHL). In 47 career NHL outings, he has tallied 11-9—20 points, after recording 60-44—104 points in 97 career games with Harvard after prepping at the Dexter School, and in junior hockey with both South Shore (USPHL) and Omaha (USHL). As a sophomore in 2016-17, the six-foot, 193-pound Donato also helped the Crimson to both an ECAC Hockey League championship and an NCAA Frozen Four berth.

Princeton's Véronneau, Kuffner Earn 2018 All-America Accolades

Princeton University rising junior forwards and Ottawa natives Max Véronneau and Ryan Kuffner have been named as Second Team CCM/AHCA Hockey All-Americans by the American Hockey Coaches Association, as announced over the weekend at the NCAA Frozen Four in St. Paul, Minn.

Véronneau (No. 15 in photo) finished second in the nation with 55 points, on 17 goals and 38 assists, in 2017-18, five points behind Hobey Baker Award winner Adam Gaudette of Northeastern. Véronneau also established a new Princeton single-season superlative for total points, while Kuffner (No. 21) set a new school standard with 29 goals. Kuffner also registered 23 assists and was tied for fourth in NCAA Division I with 52 points with former University of Denver forward Henrik Borgström.

Véronneau and Kuffner, who played junior hockey together with Gloucester (CCHL) before enrolling at Princeton, are both undrafted and expected to return to the Tigers in the fall for their senior seasons. Each also recorded his 100th career collegiate point in 2017-18.

Véronneau and Kuffner led the Tigers to a 19-13-4 overall mark, including Princeton's first ECAC Hockey championship since 2008 and its first NCAA Tournament bid since 2009. The Tigers won six straight playoff games to earn their league’s title, before ultimately bowing out with a 4-2 loss to Ohio State University in an NCAA Midwest regional semifinal.

Clarkson's Rempal Signs with Kings

Clarkson University sophomore forward Sheldon Rempal won't be returning to the Golden Knights. The undrafted native of Calgary signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the NHL's Los Angeles Kings on Friday, forgoing his last two years of NCAA eligibility.

The 5-foot-10, 165-pound Rempal led Clarkson in scoring this season with 23 goals and 23 assists for 46 points, all personal college career highs. He notched his final career point on an assist in Clarkson's 2-1 overtime loss to Princeton in the ECAC Hockey Championship game on March 17, and then played his final game in the Golden Knights’ 1-0 loss to Providence in an NCAA East Regional semifinal on March 23.

As a freshman in 2016-17, Rempal recorded 11-12—23 points in 39 outings. He finishes his two-year Clarkson career with 34-35—69 points in 78 appearances, including eight power-play goals and six game-winners in all. 

Rempal, 22, who prepped three seasons with Nanaimo (BCHL) before enrolling at Clarkson, tallied 110 goals and 213 points over those three junior campaigns. He did not dress in the Kings' 2-1 overtime loss at Anaheim on Friday night.

2018 Hobey Hat Trick Announced

The 2018 Hobey Hat Trick is set.

The three finalists have been selected for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, named for the former Princeton University hockey and football star, and annually awarded since 1981 to the top player in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey.

University of Denver sophomore forward Henrik Borgström, from Helsinki, Finland, led the Pioneers in scoring this season with 23 goals and 29 assists for 52 points in 40 games. He helped DU to the 2018 NCHC Championship, and played his final game in a 5-1 loss to Ohio State in the NCAA Midwest Regional final on March 25 before signing with the NHL's Florida Panthers.

Harvard University junior forward Ryan Donato led the Crimson with 26-17—43 points despite taking time out to play for the United States in the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, where he led the Americans with five goals and six points. The Boston native signed with the Boston Bruins after Harvard was eliminated in the ECAC semifinals by Clarkson on March 16, and responded with three points in his first NHL game. 

Northeastern University junior forward Adam Gaudette paced the Huskies with 30-30—60 points in 38 outings, including Northeastern's first Beanpot Tournament crown in 30 years. The Braintree, Mass. native signed with the Vancouver Canucks after the Huskies were eliminated by Michigan in an NCAA Northeast Regional semifinal on March 24.

The 2018 Hobey Baker Award will be presented on April 6 in St. Paul, Minn. (NHL Network, 6 p.m. ET). Last year's winner was Denver defenseman Will Butcher, who then led the Pioneers to the 2017 NCAA title and is now a member of the New Jersey Devils.

Princeton's Robinson Joins NHL's Bluejackets

Princeton senior forward Eric Robinson has signed a two-year entry-level contract with the NHL's Columbus Bluejackets, according to the team website.

Robinson, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound native of Bellmawr. N.J., concluded his college career with Princeton's 4-2 loss to Ohio State in an NCAA Midwest Regional semifinal on Saturday in Allentown, Pa. A team co-captain, he finished sixth in team scoring this season with 17 goals and 14 assists for 31 points, all career highs, including the game-winning goal in the Tigers' 4-1 ECAC Championship semifinal win over Cornell in Lake Placid. Princeton completed a seven-game winning streak the next night by besting Clarkson, 2-1 in overtime, to win the league title and also earn the ECAC's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

In 128 career games at Princeton, Robinson tallied 39-28--67 points, including five game-winning goals, to go along with 67 penalty minutes. A high school alumnus of  Gloucester Catholic (N.J.) and a junior "A" product of Dubuque (USHL), Robinson is expected to join Columbus in Edmonton in time for the Bluejackets' Tuesday night game against the Oilers. Columbus currently stands third in the NHL's Metropolitan Division and fifth in the Eastern Conference with a 42-29-5 record.

Harvard's Donato Turns Pro with Boston

Harvard University junior forward Ryan Donato has gone pro.

The son of Harvard head coach and retired NHL player Ted Donato, the younger Donato signed an entry-level contract with the Boston Bruins on Sunday, according to multiple outlets. His signing came after three seasons with the Crimson, plus a memorable two weeks with the U.S. Olympic Team in February.

A product of Boston's Dexter School, and a second-round draft choice of the Bruins in 2014, Ryan Donato led Harvard in scoring this season with both a career-high 26 goals and 43 points. That was one year after he paced the Crimson with 21 goals and 19 assists for 40 points, en route to a pair of ECAC championships and an appearance in the NCAA Frozen Four in Chicago.

In 98 career collegiate games, Donato posted 60-44—104 points, including 13 power-play tallies. At the 2018 Olympic Winter Games last month, he led the U.S. in scoring with five goals and six points as the Americans finished seventh overall in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The 2018 ECAC Hockey Player of the Year, a Hobey Baker Memorial Award Top 10 finalist, and an All-ECAC Hockey First Team and All-Ivy First Team selection this season, Donato played his final game for the Crimson on Friday night. He recorded two assists in a 5-4 overtime loss to Clarkson in an ECAC Tournament semifinal contest in Lake Placid.

Donato made his NHL debut on Monday night, when the Bruins visited Columbus. Wearing No. 17, he led Boston with a goal and two assists for his first three career NHL points to go along with a team-high six shots on goal as the Bruins fell, 5-4, in overtime to the Bluejackets.

Clarkson Wins Women's D-I National Title

For the second straight season, and the third time in five years, Clarkson University is the NCAA Division I women's ice hockey champion.

The Golden Knights got an unassisted goal 7:55 into overtime from freshman forward Elizabeth Giguère to edge ECAC rival Colgate, 2-1, before nearly 3,000 fans at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis on Sunday. Clarkson had earlier defeated Colgate, 3-0, for the ECAC Championship on March 4.

Cassidy Vinkle opened the scoring for Clarkson late in the first period, before Malia Schneider tied it early in the second stanza for the Raiders. The game remained deadlocked until Giguère's sudden-death heroics, when she shook off a Colgate defender, fell to one knee, and then regained her skates before tucking a backhander past Raiders goaltender Julia Vandyk (35 saves). Shea Tiley made 27 stops for Clarkson, which remains the only eastern-based team to win a Division I women's ice hockey national title since the NCAA championship was inaugurated in 2001.

The Golden Knights advanced to this year's national title contest with a 1-0 overtime victory over Ohio State in a semifinal on Friday. First-time NCAA Tournament participant Colgate qualified for its first-ever national title game with a 4-3 double overtime win over Wisconsin.

Princeton Wins 2018 ECAC Men's Hockey Championship

Every year that ends in a number eight is a good one for the Princeton Tigers. At least it’s been that way the last 20 seasons.

Now 2018 has joined 1998 and 2008 as years in which Princeton won the Whitelaw Cup as ECAC Hockey champions. The Tigers outlasted Clarkson, 2-1, in overtime at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid on Saturday evening to win their seventh straight game, and their first league title in a decade.

Max Becker, who wears No. 8 for Princeton, scored just in front of the Clarkson net in the third minute of the extra session to send the Tigers to their fourth NCAA Tournament ever, and their first since 2009. Princeton had held a 1-0 lead since the first period on a goal by Josh Teves, and made it stand up until Josh Dickinson deflected home a screened shot with seven seconds remaining in regulation to tie it for the Golden Knights, who had pulled goaltender Jake Kielly (21 saves) for an extra attacker.

Ryan Ferland, who was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, finished with 31 stops for Princeton, which was outshot, 32-23. The two teams combined to go 0-for-3 on the power play, while Clarkson won 28 of the game's 51 faceoffs.

Princeton need the victory on Saturday to qualify for the NCAA Division I Men’s Hockey Tournament, as its only road to the nationals was with the automatic NCAA bid awarded to the ECAC Tournament champion. Clarkson had already virtually locked up one of the 16 spots in the field due to its higher standing in the Pairwise Rankings (PWR), which mimics the NCAA selection process.

The 2018 NCAA Tournament bracket will be announced at 12 p.m. ET on Sunday on ESPNU.

Conference Championships Decided on Saturday

The conference championship game match-ups in NCAA Division I Men's Hockey are set for Saturday.

Atlantic Hockey
Robert Morris vs. Air Force

Big Ten
Ohio State vs. Notre Dame

ECAC
Princeton vs. Clarkson

Hockey East
Boston University vs. Providence

NCHC
Denver vs. St. Cloud State

WCHA
Michigan Tech vs. Northern Michigan

The 16 bids to the NCAA Tournament will be announced on Sunday (12 p.m. ET, ESPN3). The five Saturday winners will all receive automatic berths. Teams such as Boston College, Minnesota and
North Dakota are on the bubble for at-large bids. North Dakota will face Minnesota-Duluth in Saturday's NCHC consolation game.

2018 NCAA Division I Men's Quarterfinals Complete

A total of eight NCAA Division I men’s hockey quarterfinal series went to deciding third games on Sunday: Air Force/Army and American International/Canisius in Atlantic

Hockey; Dartmouth at Harvard and Colgate/Clarkson in the ECAC; Colorado College/Denver and Miami/St. Cloud in the NCHC, and; Bowling Green/Northern Michigan and Michigan
Tech/Minnesota State in the WCHA. Winners ultimately included Air Force, Canisius, Clarkson, Harvard, Denver, St. Cloud, Northern Michigan, and Michigan Tech.

All other quarterfinal series wrapped up Saturday, in two games each. Robert Morris and Mercyhurst advanced in Atlantic Hockey; Notre Dame and Ohio State were winners in the Big Ten; Cornell and Princeton moved on in the ECAC; Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern and Providence were all victorious in Hockey East; and Minnesota-Duluth and North Dakota emerged from the NCHC.

Semifinal and final games in each of the five conferences will be contested on March 16-17, with the 16 berths in the 2018 NCAA Tournament to be announced on March 18.

Men's Division I Hockey Quarterfinal Playoff Series Begin

Friday night's winners each took a 1-0 lead in their respective best-of-three quartefinal series in five of the six NCAA Division I men's hockey conferences:

Atlantic Hockey
Air Force 5, ARMY 3
MERCYHURST 4, Sacred Heart 2
Robert Morris 4, HOLY CROSS 1
CANISIUS 8, American Intl. 1

ECAC
Princeton 5, UNION 3
CORNELL 9, Quinnipiac 1
Dartmouth 4, HARVARD 1
Colgate 2, CLARKSON 1

Hockey East
PROVIDENCE 4, Maine 3
BOSTON COLLEGE 1, Merrimack 0
NORTHEASTERN 3, UMass 2
BOSTON UNIVERSITY 5, UConn 4 (OT)

NCHC
MINN-DULUTH 5, Western Michigan 0
Colorado College 2, DENVER 0
ST. CLOUD 5, Miami (Ohio) 2
North Dakota 4, OMAHA 0

WCHA
NORTHERN MICHIGAN 6, Bowling Green 1
MINNESOTA STATE 2, Michigan Tech 1

(Home Teams in CAPS)

Each of the above series will resume on Saturday at the same campus sites. The Big Ten Conference will contest single-elimination semifinal games on Saturday, with Penn State visiting Notre Dame and Michigan playing at Ohio State.

Princeton Ousts Brown in ECAC Men's First Round

Princeton University has advanced to the quarterfinals of the ECAC Tournament for the second straight year. The Tigers completed a two-step sweep of visiting Brown University with a 7-1 win on Saturday night at Hobey Baker Rink, one night after an 8-2 victory over the Bears in the opener of the best-of-three series.

The Tigers got goals from seven different players on the evening, and 27 saves from Ryan Ferland, after breaking open a 1-0 game with four goals in the middle period. Ryan Kuffner’s second-period score, his 28^th goal of the season, stood up as the game-winner. It also tied a 20-year-old Princeton single-season record, set by retired NHL player Jeff Halpern in 1998 when the Tigers advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever.

Kuffner finished the night with a goal and two assists, as did linemate Max Veronneau, who recorded his 100^th career point on Kuffner’s goal. Reid Yochim and Eric Robinson also posted two assists apiece for Princeton, which finished 2-for-6 on the power play.

The Tigers ended the game with six seniors on the ice, including relief goaltender Ben Halford, in their final appearance as a class at Baker Rink. Senior defenseman Matt Nelson closed out the scoring with a power-play goal with 34 seconds remaining in regulation, assisted by classmates Robinson and Joe Grabowski. Also on ice were seniors Max Becker and David Hallisey. Princeton outshot Brown, 44-30, over three periods.

Brown (8-19-4), which defeated both Dartmouth and Harvard last week in its regular-season finale, got its lone goal Saturday from Zach Giuttari, on a power play early in the third period. The Bears also received 37 saves overall from Luke Kania in Brown’s final game of the 2017-18 campaign.

Princeton (15-12-2), which now is assured of its first winning record since 2010-11, will play on the road next week in a best-of-three series at an opponent yet to be determined. The winner of that series will advance to the ECAC Tournament semifinals on March 16 in Lake Placid.

Princeton Outlasts No. 3 Clarkson, 4-3

Princeton University won its fourth straight game, all in ECAC play, with a 4-3 come-from-behind win Saturday night at Hobey Baker Rink over third-ranked Clarkson University. Reid Yochim's third-period power-play goal broke a three-all tie and stood up as the game-winner. Full recap can be found here.

Devils Top Flyers, 4-3

In the end, it was Union College outdueling Yale University in a meeting of former ECAC/NCAA netminders.

The New Jersey Devils edged the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-3, on Thursday night in Newark, as Keith Kinkaid (Union) made 25 saves for the home team. Alex Lyon (Yale), making his first-ever NHL start, had 18 stops for the Flyers in the loss.

Ben Lovejoy (Dartmouth) assisted on Nico Hischier's game-winning goal in the third period to break a 3-3 tie. Kyle Palmieri (Notre Dame) scored New Jersey's first goal of the game on a power play, and also added an assist. Drew Stafford (North Dakota) also scored for the Devils, while Travis Zajac (North Dakota) earned nine minutes in penalties, including a first-period fight where he got the better of Philadelphia's Radko Gudas.

Shayne Gostisbehere (Union) tallied a goal and an assist for the Flyers.