Showers in the morning, then cloudy in the afternoon. Morning high of 47F with temps falling to near 35. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40%..
Tonight
Decreasing cloudiness and windy. Low 27F. Winds WNW at 20 to 30 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.
Union’s Riley Brueck against Colgate’s Simone Dadiè during college hockey game at Messa Rink Union College in Schenectady on Saturday, March 1, 2025.
Union’s Riley Brueck against Colgate’s Simone Dadiè during college hockey game at Messa Rink Union College in Schenectady on Saturday, March 1, 2025.
For the second time, RedLiner36 is the Daily Gazette ECAC Hockey Faceoff Selections champion.
RedLiner36 went 8-3-1 in Week 20 to finish 153-70-20 for 326 points. Congratulations.
Jim Kalohn, defending champion Matthew Ruffini, rookie SageNat and Dutch Crazy round out the top five.
I finished seventh.
Achilles 3-7-5 and Union Bob each went 9-2-1 for the best record in Week 20, followed by Andrew Santillo at 8-1-1.
Here’s a look at standings, with Week 20 records in parentheses:
RedLiner36 153-70-20 326 points (8-3-1)
Jim Kalohn 148-73-22 318 points (8-3-1)
Matthew Ruffini 146-75-22 314 points (6-5-1)
SageNat 146-75-22 314 points (7-4-1)
Dutch Crazy 145-76-22 312 points (8-3-1)
Ryan Fay 143-78-22 308 points (8-3-1)
Me 142-79-22 306 points (6-5-1)
GB-BE-ME 141-80-22 304 points (6-5-1)
Union Bob 138-83-22 298 points (8-3-1)
Rowena Watson 137-84-22 296 points (8-3-1)
Achilles 3-7-5 137-84-22 296 points (9-2-1)
Michael Hutter 136-85-22 294 points (7-4-1)
Andy Weise 136-85-22 294 points (8-3-1)
Rich Large 135-86-22 292 points (9-2-1)
Brian Unger 134-87-22 290 points (4-7-1)
VeloSchNY 132-89-22 286 points (7-4-1)
Andrew Santillo 132-72-20 284 points (8-1-1)
Bryan Wood 131-90-22 284 points (4-7-1)
Christopher and Sarah Chadwick 131-90-22 284 points (8-3-1)
Towell68 120-102-21 261 points (0-12-0)
Kevin Sokolski 118-104-22 258 points (2-9-1)
Richard Derrick 117-107-20 254 points (6-5-1)
Time for my ECAC Hockey tournament first-round games picks. This is just for fun. There are four games to choose from between Friday and Saturday. Rankings for both the USCHO.com and USA Hockey Magazine/The Rink Live hockey polls are listed, with the USCHO.com poll listed first. To play, email your picks to me at schott@dailygazette.com. Picks must be in by 7 p.m. Friday.
FRIDAY
RPI at Harvard — Harvard 3, RPI 2
Princeton at Brown — Brown 4, Princeton 3 (2OT Mr. Overtime special)
SATURDAY
St. Lawrence at Dartmouth — Dartmouth 3, St. Lawrence 1
