As a fan of ECAC hockey, I'm very much looking forward to the final on Saturday.
I think Keith Allain is one of the best coaches in Division I. Maybe one of the best in all of hockey. I was reconsidering that assessment after Yale was completely shut out in two games during ECAC Championship weekend, but this team looks vastly different now with amazing poise and composure (especially in OT). And after beating three of the toughest teams in the tournament (Minnesota, North Dakota, and UMass-Lowell), I don't see them being intimidated by Qunnipiac, even if they have already lost to them three other times this year.
From the
"ECAC Blog" on USCHO:
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• It’s been said before, and I’ll say it again until it stops being amazing and hilarious: The NCAA National Championship game is a rematch of the ECAC Hockey Consolation Game. The freakin’ third-place game!
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