ALBANY, N.Y. --- The Quinnipiac men’s hockey team skated to two more wins Friday and Saturday, downing ECAC Hockey rivals Harvard (3-4-1, 2-4-1), 3-2 Friday, and Dartmouth (0-8-0, 0-6-0), 3-1 Saturday. The two victories pushed the Bobcats to 5-0-1 in conference play and 11-1-1 overall and a fourth place standing in this week’s USCHO.Com poll.  Quinnipiac started the year off 10^th in the pre-season poll and even fell as far to 14^th in October before beginning their climb into the nation’s top-five.

Quinnipiac is one of six ECAC Hockey teams in this week’s top-25.  Union, who trails the national championship runners-up by one point atop the conference standings, is back in the top-25 for the first time since Oct. 14.  The 17^th ranked Skating Dutchmen (5-3-2, 5-1-0) completed a weekend sweep of 14^th ranked RPI (6-4-2, 2-3-2), 4-3, Friday and 4-1, Saturday. The two losses dropped the Engineers from 10^th to 14^th this week.

Defending national champions Yale (4-1-2, 2-0-2) remained ninth this week after downing Sacred Heart 5-1 Saturday, while Clarkson (10-3-1, 4-2-0) held onto the 11^th place spot with a win over 3-2 win over 18^th ranked Cornell (4-3-1, 2-3-1), Friday, and a 4-3 loss to Colgate (6-6-1, 4-2-0), Saturday.

For a complete listing of this week’s USCHO.Com top-25 log onto http://www.uscho.com/rankings/d-i-mens-poll/2013-2014/poll,1104/november-4,-2013/.

On March 21-22, the conference’s top four teams will face off in Lake Placid when the Olympic Center plays host to the 2014 ECAC Hockey men’s championships.  Lake Placid last played host to the tournament from 1993-2002 and the event marks the 53^rd overall conference championship.

The four top teams coming from the league’s quarterfinal tournament round will battle it out on the ice looking to capture the Whitelaw Cup and an automatic bid to the 67^th annual NCAA Division I men’s hockey tournament. The two semifinal games will take place Friday, March 21, at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and the championship game will be played Saturday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m.

All-session tickets can be purchased by calling the Lake Placid Olympic Center box office at 518-523-3330, or by visiting www.tickets.com. Tickets are priced at $50 for adults (ages 13-64), and $40 for juniors (12 & under) and seniors (65 & older), along with a special student ticket of $20 available, student identification card required, at the campuses of the four participating teams and a special designated ticket window at the 1980 Rink - Herb Brooks Arena box office.

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