News Release 51 South Pearl Street June 24, 2008 Albany, NY 12207 Phone: 518/487-2288 Men Fax: 518/487-2290 www.ecachockey.com

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2008-09 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED ALBANY, N.Y. -- ECAC Hockey today announced its 2008-09 men’s composite schedule, which includes 132 conference contests and a total of 255 games. St. Lawrence officially opens the 2008-09 campaign Friday, October 10 as it visits Yost Arena to take on defending CCHA postseason and NCAA Frozen Four participant Michigan in Ann Arbor. Coach Joe Marsh's Saints battle the Wolverines in a two-game season-opening series. Rensselaer carries the ECAC Hockey banner north of the border Saturday, October 11 as it travels to Quebec City, Quebec to compete against former League member and current Hockey East foe Vermont at the Pavillon de la Jeunesse, which is part of Quebec's 400th anniversary celebration. Each school will also have a legendary hockey alum as an honorary captain — both of whom are Quebec natives. Rensselaer will be represented by Joe Juneau, a two-time All-American who scored 213 career points for the Engineers prior to embarking on a 13-year National Hockey League career. Serving as UVM's honorary captain is Martin St. Louis, Vermont's all-time leading scorer and a three-time All-American and winner of the NHL's Hart, Ross, and Pearson trophies in 2004. Defending regular-season champion Clarkson takes to the road to open its campaign, battling RIT Friday, October 17 and Niagara Saturday, October 18 at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY. The Golden Knights take home ice for the first time one week later (October 24-25) as they welcome Colorado College to Cheel Arena for a two-game set. Princeton, which claimed the 2008 Bank of America ECAC Hockey Championship, opens the 2008-09 season at the Shootout at Brown October 31-November 1 at Meehan Auditorium. League action officially begins Friday, October 31 when Harvard plays host to travel partner Dartmouth at Bright Hockey Center. League plays gets into full swing November 7 as all 12 teams compete in two-game sets versus league opponents. Travel-partner parings include Brown-Yale at Clarkson-St. Lawrence, Dartmouth-Harvard at Rensselaer-Union and Colgate-Cornell at Quinnipiac-Princeton. Ten of the league's 12 teams will be involved in holiday tournaments in late December/early January. Colgate and Cornell will participate in the Florida Classic in Estero, Florida; Dartmouth hosts the Ledyard National Bank Classic; Quinnipiac participates in the UConn Hockey Classic; Brown travels to Minnesota to compete in the Dodge Holiday Classic; Clarkson competes in the Ohio Hockey Classic at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio; Harvard represents ECAC Hockey in the Badger Showdown in Madison, Wisconsin; Rensselaer looks to claim the Denver Cup; Colgate and St. Lawrence participate in the Catamount Cup; and Union travels to the sunshine state to compete in the Lightning College Hockey Classic in Tampa, FL. The Bank of America ECAC Hockey Championship format once again features two rounds of action at campus sites. Championship play commences with first-round action March 6-8 featuring teams seeded Nos. 5-8 hosting teams seeded Nos. 9-12. The top four teams as determined by the final regular-season standings receive a first-round bye. Quarterfinals action will be held March 13-15 with the top four seeds hosting the winners of first-round action. The four quarterfinals winners advance to the 2008 Bank of America ECAC Hockey Championship finals March 20-21 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. The 2009 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship will be held in Washington D.C. from April 9th-11th. The first-ever appear- ance in the Nation’s Capitol, the championships will be held at the Verizon Center, and hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy and the Washington Sports Alliance. Teams will be seeded in four regions: East, Midwest, Northeast, and West. The East Regional competition will be held Friday-Saturday, March 27-28 at the Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard, while the Midwest, Northeast, and West Regionals will be held Saturday-Sunday, March 28-29. They will be held at Van Andel Arena, Verizon Wireless Arena, and Mariucci Arena respectively. The regional winners advance to the Frozen Four at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C, with semifinal action taking place Thursday, April 10, and the national championship Saturday, April 12. Other schedule highlights include: Dartmouth hosts the defending NCAA champion Boston College Eagles Sunday, November 30 at Thompson Arena. The Big Green also battle intra-state rival New Hampshire Saturday, January 17 in an annual clash at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire. St. Lawrence will host New Hampshire in a Sunday matinee (3 p.m.) October 26 at Appleton Arena.

B ROWN • CLARKSON • COLGATE • CORNELL • DARTMOUTH • HARVARD P RINCETON • QUINNIPIAC • RENSSELAER • ST . LAWRENCE • UNION • YALE Tuesday, June 24, 2008 -- Page 2 Men’s Composite Schedule

Colgate will spend the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend in the state of Colorado as its visits Colorado College and Denver November 28- 29. The Big Red of Cornell battle the Fighting Sioux of North Dakota in a two-game series November 28-29 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Harvard welcomes North Dakota to the East Coast, hosting the Fighting Sioux in a two-game series December 5-6. A full composite schedule accompanies this release.

ABOUT ECAC HOCKEY ECAC Hockey boasts elite student-athletes and teams from 12 of the nation's most prestigious institutions - Brown University, Clarkson University, Colgate University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, Quinnipiac University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, St. Lawrence University, Union College, and Yale University.

B ROWN • CLARKSON • COLGATE • CORNELL • DARTMOUTH • HARVARD P RINCETON • QUINNIPIAC • RENSSELAER • ST . LAWRENCE • UNION • YALE 2008-09 ECAC Men’s Hockey Composite Schedule All Times 7 p.m. (Local)

Sunday, October 5 Connecticut at Union Harvard at Cornell Guelph at St. Lawrence (Ex.) @Yale vs. Ont. Int. Tech., 4:30 p.m. Ala.-Huntsville at Yale @Princeton at Brown, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 9 @Shootout at Brown (Providence, RI) Saturday, November 22 Prince Edward Isle at Quinnipiac (Ex.) Princeton at Clarkson, 4 p.m. Saturday, November 1 Quinnipiac at St. Lawrence, 4 p.m. Friday, October 10 Ottawa at Colgate (Ex.) Dartmouth at Cornell St. Lawrence at Michigan Carleton at Clarkson (Ex.) Harvard at Colgate U.S. Under-18 at Harvard (Ex.) Ala.-Huntsville at Yale Saturday, October 11 *Cornell vs. Sacred Heart Mass.-Lowell at Colgate @Yale at Brown, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 25 >Rensselaer vs. Vermont @Princeton vs. Ont. Int. Tech., 4:30 p.m. Yale at Brown USA Under-18 at Union, 7:30 p.m. *Bridgeport, CT Bentley at Quinnipiac @Shootout at Brown (Providence, RI) Wednesday, November 26 St. Lawrence at Michigan Quinnipiac at Princeton > Quebec City, Quebec Sunday, November 2 Vermont at Dartmouth Friday, November 28 Sunday, October 12 Connecticut at Quinnipiac Colgate at Colorado College USA Under-18 at Rensselaer (Ex.) Army at Union Tuesday, November 4 St. Lawrence at Massachusetts Friday, October 17 Rensselaer at Harvard Canisius at Clarkson Bentley at Colgate Dartmouth at Providence Rensselaer at New Hampshire Friday, November 7 Cornell at North Dakota, (TBA) *Clarkson at RIT Brown at Clarkson Harvard at Boston College *St. Lawrence at Niagara Yale at St. Lawrence ^Mercyhurst at Rensselaer #Quinnipiac vs. Union, 4:05 p.m. Dartmouth at Union ^Northeastern vs. Princeton *Blue Cross Arena (Rochester, NY) Harvard at Rensselaer ^RPI Holiday Tournament (Troy, NY) #Maverick Stampede (Omaha, NE) Colgate at Quinnipiac Cornell at Princeton Saturday, November 29 Saturday, October 18 Colgate at Denver Bentley at Rensselaer Saturday, November 8 Providence at Union Clarkson at Niagara Yale at Clarkson Connecticut at Brown, 4 p.m. U.S. Under-18 at Cornell (Ex.) Brown at St. Lawrence, 4 p.m. Canisius at Clarkson St. Lawrence at RIT Dartmouth at Rensselaer St. Lawrence at Boston U. #Quinnipiac vs. American Int’l/Neb.- Harvard at Union Cornell at North Dakota , (TBA) Omaha, 4:05/7:05 p.m. Colgate at Princeton, 4 p.m. ^Princeton vs. Mercyhurst/Rensselaer #Union vs. American Int’l/Neb.-Omaha, Cornell at Quinnipiac ^Rensselaer vs. Northeastern/Princeton 4:05/7:05 p.m. ^RPI Holiday Tournament (Troy, NY) #Maverick Stampede (Omaha, NE) Tuesday, November 11 Princeton at Quinnipiac Sunday, November 30 Tuesday, October 21 Yale at Connecticut Boston College at Dartmouth, 4 p.m. Massachusetts at Rensselaer Thursday, November 13 Wednesday, December 3 Friday, October 24 Cornell at Colgate Quinnipiac at Princeton *Robert Morris vs. Colgate, 4 p.m. *Union vs. Rensselaer, 7 p.m. Friday, November 14 Friday, December 5 Western Ontario at Cornell (Ex.) Clarkson at Harvard Clarkson at Cornell Colorado College at Clarkson St. Lawrence at Dartmouth St. Lawrence at Colgate *Governor’s Cup (Albany, NY) Princeton at Rensselaer Rensselaer at Yale Quinnipiac at Union Union at Brown Saturday, October 25 North Dakota at Harvard TBA at Brown (Ex.) Saturday, November 15 Western Ont. at Princeton (Ex.), 4 p.m. Clarkson at Dartmouth Saturday, December 6 Colorado College at Clarkson St. Lawrence at Harvard Clarkson at Colgate Quebec at Dartmouth (Ex.), 2 p.m. Quinnipiac at Rensselaer St. Lawrence at Cornell *Robert Morris vs. Union/Rensselaer, Princeton at Union, 4 p.m. Rensselaer at Brown 5/8 p.m. Brown at Yale Union at Yale *Colgate vs. Union/Rensselaer, 5/8 p.m. Colgate at Cornell North Dakota at Harvard *Governor’s Cup (Albany, NY) Providence at Quinnipiac Tuesday, November 18 Sunday, October 26 Harvard at Brown Tuesday, December 9 New Hampshire at St. Lawrence, 3 p.m. American Int’l at Union Dartmouth at Yale (Ex.), 5 p.m. Friday, November 21 Providence at Brown Quinnipiac at Clarkson Friday, October 31 Princeton at St. Lawrence Friday, December 12 Dartmouth at Harvard Dartmouth at Colgate Union at Maine 2008-09 ECAC Men’s Hockey Composite Schedule Page No. 2 ______

@St. Lawrence vs. Vermont/Ferris St. Saturday, December 13 !Union vs. TBA Monday, January 26 Rensselaer at Miami (Ohio) #Rensselaer vs. Denver/Holy Cross Robert Morris at Princeton Union at Maine *Dodge Holiday Classic (Minneapolis, Vermont at St. Lawrence Minn.) Friday, January 30 +Ohio Hockey Classic (Columbus, OH) Colgate at Clarkson Sunday, December 14 @Catamount Cup (Burlington, VT) Cornell at St. Lawrence Rensselaer at Miami (Ohio) !Lightning College Hockey Classic Rensselaer at Dartmouth (Tampa, FL) Union at Harvard Friday, December 19 #Denver Cup (Denver, CO) Quinnipiac at Brown Clarkson at Bowling Green Princeton at Yale Sunday, January 4 Saturday, December 20 Dartmouth at Princeton, 4 p.m. Saturday, January 31 Clarkson at Bowling Green Cornell at Massachusetts, (TBA) Cornell at Clarkson Harvard at Quinnipiac Colgate at St. Lawrence Saturday, December 27 Air Force at Yale, 5 p.m. Union at Dartmouth &Colgate vs. Maine, 4:05 p.m. Princeton at Brown, 4 p.m. &Cornell vs. St. Cloud St., 7:35 p.m. Friday, January 9 Quinnipiac at Yale +Harvard vs. Lake Superior St., 5 p.m. Yale at Dartmouth &Florida College Classic (Estero, FL) Brown at Harvard Monday, February 2 +Badger Showdown (Madison, Wis.) Rensselaer at Quinnipiac #Harvard vs. Boston U., (TBA) Union at Princeton #Beanpot (Boston, MA) Sunday, December 28 Lake Superior St. at Colgate &Colgate vs. TBA St. Lawrence at Clarkson Friday, February 6 &Cornell vs. TBA Niagara at Cornell Dartmouth at Brown +Harvard vs. TBA Harvard at Yale #Army at Dartmouth Saturday, January 10 Princeton at Colgate &Florida College Classic (Estero, FL) Brown at Dartmouth Quinnipiac at Cornell +Badger Showdown (Madison, Wis.) Yale at Harvard Clarkson at St. Lawrence, 7:30 p.m. #Ledyard National Bank Classic Rensselaer at Princeton Union at Rensselaer (Hanover, NH) Union at Quinnipiac Lake Superior St. at Colgate Saturday, February 7 Monday, December 29 Clarkson at St. Lawrence Dartmouth at Yale Minnesota St. Mankato at Princeton Niagara at Cornell Quinnipiac at Colgate Neb.-Omaha at Yale Princeton at Cornell %Quinnipiac vs. TBA Friday, January 16 Brown at Merrimack # Bemidji State/Massachusetts at Clarkson at Yale St. Lawrence at Clarkson Dartmouth St. Lawrence at Brown Rensselaer at Union %UConn Hockey Classic (Storrs, CT) Colgate at Rensselaer # Ledyard National Bank Classic Cornell at Union Monday, February 9 (Hanover, NH) Quinnipiac at Niagara #Harvard vs. Boston College/Northeastern, (TBA) Tuesday, December 30 Saturday, January 17 #Beanpot (Boston, MA) Minnesota St. Mankato at Yale Clarkson at Brown, 4 p.m. Mankato State at Princeton St. Lawrence at Yale Friday, February 13 %Quinnipiac vs. TBA Colgate at Union Clarkson at Princeton %UConn Hockey Classic (Storrs, CT) Cornell at Rensselaer St. Lawrence at Quinnipiac +Dartmouth vs. New Hampshire Cornell at Dartmouth Friday, January 2 Quinnipiac at Niagara Colgate at Harvard *Brown vs. TBA +Manchester, NH Brown at Rensselaer +Clarkson vs. TBA Yale at Union @Colgate vs. Vermont @St. Lawrence vs. Ferris St. Wednesday, January 21 Saturday, February 14 !Union vs. Notre Dame Dartmouth at Holy Cross Clarkson at Quinnipiac #Rensselaer vs. Boston U. St. Lawrence at Princeton, 4 p.m. *Dodge Holiday Classic (Minneapolis, Friday, January 23 Colgate at Dartmouth Minn.) Union at Clarkson Cornell at Harvard +Ohio Hockey Classic (Columbus, OH) Rensselaer at St. Lawrence Brown at Union, 4 p.m. @Catamount Cup (Burlington, VT) Brown at Colgate Yale at Rensselaer !Lightning College Hockey Classic Yale at Cornell (Tampa, FL) Robert Morris at Quinnipiac Friday, February 20 #Denver Cup (Denver, CO) Dartmouth at Clarkson Saturday, January 24 Harvard at St. Lawrence Saturday, January 3 Rensselaer at Clarkson Union at Colgate Dartmouth at Quinnipiac Union at St. Lawrence Rensselaer at Cornell Harvard at Princeton Brown at Cornell Brown at Princeton *Brown vs. TBA Yale at Colgate Yale at Quinnipiac +Clarkson vs. TBA Harvard at Dartmouth @Colgate vs. Vermont/Ferris St. Robert Morris at Quinnipiac 2008-09 ECAC Men’s Hockey Composite Schedule Page No. 3 ______

Saturday, February 21 Dartmouth at St. Lawrence Harvard at Clarkson Union at Cornell Rensselaer at Colgate Brown at Quinnipiac Yale at Princeton

Friday, February 27 Clarkson at Rensselaer St. Lawrence at Union Princeton at Dartmouth Quinnipiac at Harvard Colgate at Yale Cornell at Brown

Saturday, February 28 Clarkson at Union St. Lawrence at Rensselaer Princeton at Harvard Quinnipiac at Dartmouth Colgate at Brown Cornell at Yale