LAKE PLACID, N.Y. --- Seventh ranked Yale (18-5-4, 13-4-3) extended its win streak to seven games to close within four points of top ranked Quinnipiac (23-2-7, 14-1-5) for the ECAC Hockey regular season title heading into the final week of the season. The Bulldogs, who have 29 points, skated to a 4-3 victory over 19^th ranked and fourth seeded St. Lawrence (16-12-4, 10-7-3), Friday, and a 3-1 win over Clarkson (16-13-3, 8-9-3), the following night.

Yale, which already has a first round bye in the tournament, finishes up regular season play on the road at 12^th seeded Princeton (5-20-2, 3-15-2), Friday, before squaring off against the Bobcats.

Just four points separate seeds three through five. Twelfth ranked Harvard (15-8-4, 11-5-4) holds down the third seed with 26 points, just three ahead of the Saints and four points in front of both 17^th ranked RPI (16-12-6, 8-6-6) and Dartmouth (14-12-1, 11-9-0), who are tied for fifth place with 22 points apiece.

Cornell (13-8-6, 8-7-5), ranked 16^th in this week’s USCHO.Com hockey poll, sits in seventh place with 21 points. The Big Red has struggled since January 15, posting a 2-6-4 mark.

Round one of the ECAC Hockey post season tournament, begins March 4. The fifth seeded team hosting the number 12 seed, while the 11^th seed travels to the six seed. The conference’s seventh seed squad hosts the 10^th seeded team, while number eight entertains number nine. The first round is a best two out of three format.

Norbert (21-2-2) remained atop this week’s USCHO.Com’s Division III hockey poll. Adrian (21-3-1) moved one place to second, trading spots with Plattsburgh State (19-3-3), who fell to third.

Next month, Lake Placid, N.Y. plays host to both the ECAC Men’s Hockey Championship Tournament, March 18-19, and the NCAA Division III Men’s Ice Hockey Championship, March 25-26, 2016. The two tournaments will be played in Lake Placid’s famed Herb Brooks Arena 1980 Rink.

2015 ECAC Hockey Championship Photos, https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitefacemountain/albums/72157649136680704, Courtesy of ORDA/ Whiteface Lake Placid

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Established in 1982, the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) was created by the State of New York to manage the facilities used during the 1980 Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid. ORDA operates Whiteface, Belleayre and Gore Mountain ski areas; the Olympic Sports Complex at Mt. Van Hoevenberg; the Olympic speed skating oval, Olympic jumping complex and Olympic arena. As host to international and national championships, the Authority has brought millions of athletes, spectator and participants to the region, resulting in significant economic development.