Re: 2010-11 Schedules
Not a schedule but a peek into the next season of New Haven, CT area teams Yale University and Quinnipiac University as reported by the New Haven Register.
By Chip Malafronte, Register Staff
A trip to Colorado Springs, Colo., a visit from a Northern nemesis and a potential game at the Arena at Harbor Yard highlight Yale’s non-conference schedule next season.
At Quinnipiac, seven of the Bobcats 12 non-conference games are against potential top 20 foes, with two major conference opponents to make their first visits to Hamden.
Here’s a look at what’s in store (all dates and times subject to change).
The Bulldogs open the regular season by playing host to the Ivy League shootout, a four-team tournament with Brown, Dartmouth and Princeton. Yale plays Brown at 7 p.m. on Oct. 29, then either Dartmouth or Princeton the next night, also at 7.
It’s then off to Colorado Springs Nov. 12-13 to play at Air Force and perennial WCHA power Colorado College.
The Bulldogs will play Sacred Heart, led by former Yale associate head coach C.J. Marottolo, for the second straight season on Nov. 23. Officials from both schools are working to arrange to play the game at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport. If unable to secure the building, it will be played at Ingalls Rink.
On Dec. 8, Vermont will come to Ingalls for the first time since leaving ECAC Hockey in 2005. The Catamounts defeated Yale in the NCAA East Regional last season, and eked out a 1-0 victory in Burlington, Vt. on a controversial goal in November. The final non-conference game is against Holy Cross on Jan. 2 at 4 p.m. in New Haven.
Quinnipiac did not make dates available, but will play host to two-game sets against “Big Four” conference opponents Ohio State and Nebraska-Omaha at the TD Bank Sports Center. The Bobcats swept Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio in October. Nebraska-Omaha, coached by Dean Blais, a two-time national championship winner while at the helm of North Dakota, is set to join the Western Collegiate Hockey Association next year.
Other home games are against Bentley and Holy Cross.
Quinnipiac travels to WCHA power St. Cloud State for two games and will play single road games at Massachusetts and Providence. There’s also a two-game series at Canisius.
Also, Yale and Fairfield University have submitted a bid to play host to the NCAA Regionals in 2012 at Harbor Yard, and plan to continue doing so for future NCAA tournament bidding cycles. Official word on approval is expected by September. The two schools teamed up to sellout Harbor Yard last winter, and will complete a two-year contract for the regionals in 2011.