Harvard's Mitchell Gibson (44) with the glove save as he being screened in front as part of 47 save the night. It would be the finals of the ECAC Men's Hockey Championship from the Herb Brooks Arena in front of 4400 fans for the first time since the covid-19 pandemic had started and it would feature the #1 Quinnipiac Bobcats and #3 Harvard Crimson. The upset-minded Crimson knew the only way they were headed to the NCAA was with a win go off to a quick start on a goal just 1:07 into the game from Ryan Siedem for the early lead. Although the Bobcats would not let the Crimson have the lead long as they would tie the game up at one on the TJ Friedmann goal at the 5:24 mark of the period. The game would stay there till the 9:24 mark of the second period on the powerplay goal from Ian Moore. The game would remain through the rest of the second period and most of the third period until there was 6:16 left in the game the Bobcats would tie the game up on the powerplay goal from Jayden Lee and eventually send the game to overtime. In the overtime, the Crimson would get the game-winner at the 9:18 mark from Matthew Coronato to secure the 3-2 victory and the automatic qualifier spot for the ECAC Hockey. In the winning effort, Matthew Gibson would make 47 saves as they will now head to the NCAA Tournament against Minnesota State while Quinnipiac's Yaniv Perets would make 14 saves but still get the invite to the NCAA Tournament and will take on St. Cloud State. Gallery

Quinnipiac's Oliver Chau (12) with the open ice hit just inside the blueline on Harvard's Casey Dornbach (47) to break up the play. Gallery

Colgate's Ben Raymond (18) would come down on the breakaway and put the shot on Quinnipiac's Yaniv Perets and Griffin Lunn (12) would come in and put the rebound away for the goal. it would be the return of the ECAC Men's Hockey championships after a 2-year break because of the Covid-19 pandemic to Lake Placid and the Herb Brooks Arena and the fans would welcome them back with 4200 in attendance. The first semi-final of the day would feature the #1 Quinnipiac Bobcats and the #5 Colgate Red Raiders with the winner looking to play for a title on Saturday night. The game would start of good for top seeded bobcats as they would get the opening goal of the game at the 9:23 mark of the first period on the powerplay from Joey Cipollone for the 1-0 lead. The Bobcats would expand their lead to 2-0 with 3:17 left in the first period on the goal by Michael Lombardi as they would end the first period. Although the Red Raiders would come out in the second period and looking to get back in the game and they would on the Griffin Lunn goal just 4:13 into the period. Although that would be the only goal of the period and the Bobcats would hold the 2-1 lead as the second period would come to an end. The teams would go back and forth in the third period and just about halfway through the third period the Bobcats would regain the two-goal lead at 3-1 on the Wyatt Bongiovanni. From there the Bobcats would clamp down on the defense and hold on for the 3-1 win. In the winning effort Quinnipiac's Yaniv Perets would make saves on the night as they head back to the ECAC Championship against the winner of Clarkson and Harvard while Colgate's Mitch Benson would make 30 saves in the loss. Gallery

Quinnipiac's Marcus Chorney (7) with the hard hit behind the net on Colgate's Cole Hanson to break up the play. Gallery

Siena's Manny Camper (3) goes up and the basket for the score as part of a 21 point night. The Siena Saints would host the Quinnipac Bobcats in MAAC action as they battle for second in the conference. The Bobcats would completely dominate the Saints throughout the first as they would 39-24 at the half. In the second half it would be completely different as the Siena would battle all the way back and tie the game up with a 51-36 half to send the game to overtime tied at 75. In the the overtime the Saints would hit one near the end to send it to a second overtime at 86. In that second overtime the Bobcats would hit a three pointer as time expired to send us to a third overtimme tied at 93. In that third overtime the Saints just ran out of as gas they Bobcats win the overtime 14-7 to secure the 107-100 victory. In the lose the Saints fall to 13-14 on the season as Jalen Pickett would lead the way with 46 points. Gallery

Siena's Evan Fisher (32) rattles the rim with the dunk to bring down the house. Gallery

Harvard's Jacob Olsen (26) with the open ice hit on Quinnipiac's Tim Clifton(11) and knocks him to the ice. The #1 Harvard Crimson would meet up with the #5 Quinnipiac Bobcats in the ECAC Tournament Semi-Finals at the Herb Brook Arena in Lake Placid, NY. The game would remain scoreless until the 11-minute mark of the second period when Harvard's Sean Malone would make it 1-0. The Bobcats would keep fighting and tie the game back up at 1 on Thomas Adsworth's goal at 16:16 of the second period on the power play. The Crimson would regain the lead on Sean Malone's second goal at 18:56 of the second period to make it 2-1 Crimson. The Crimson would come out in the third period and keep the pressure on and extend the lead on Sean Malone's third goal at 4:04 of the third period to make it 3-1 crimson. As the game was nearing the end the Crimson would add an empty netter from Luke Esposito to secure the 4-1 victory. In the winning effort, Merrick Madsen would make 25 saves the Harvard Crimson advance to Saturday nights championship game. Gallery

Quinnipiac's Scott Davidson (22) crunches Harvard's Devin Triangles (22) along the boards to free the puck. Gallery