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Bottom dwellers just a season ago and expected to be again this year, the Union men’s hockey team—which will square off against Harvard tonight at 7 p.m. at the Bright Hockey Center—has risen to the top of the ECAC ranks, sweeping its first six league contests...
...orchestrated by second-year coach and former Crimson assistant Nate Leaman, can primarily be traced back to the Dutchmen’s additional depth. Though still a young team, Union (7-6-1, 6-0-0 ECAC) returned all eight of its top scorers from a season ago, and the playing time afforded rookie skaters then has led to more consistent performances across the board this time around...
While winning all six of its ECAC contests—five of which came against teams in sixth place or lower in the conference standings—Union has struggled mightily out of conference against more challenging opponents, posting a 1-6-1 record...
...teams nationally ranked in September prior to the start of the 2004-2005 slate, 13 retained that distinction entering December. Only then-No. 11 Dartmouth (4-4-1, 3-3-0 ECAC) and then-No. 15 Miami (5-8-1, 3-6-1 CCHA), each a clear underachiever, have been toppled, replaced by Colgate and Northern Michigan...
Donato wouldn’t speculate as to how he’d use the six come Friday night’s ECAC contest with Union, but said that several factors played into the changes at practice this week...