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Forward Casey Dornbach is back for his senior season at Harvard (photo: Harvard Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This weekend is the first time nearly a year and a half that all dozen ECAC Hockey teams will play a conference game on the same night.<\/p>\n

And right away, there\u2019s already a marquee matchup on the schedule.<\/p>\n

Cornell and Harvard play Friday night in Cambridge, Mass., in the league opener for both teams. The Big Red allowed two combined goals in a pair of overtime wins against Alaska last weekend, while the Crimson scored 16 goals en route to steamrolling Dartmouth and Bentley.<\/p>\n

The two wins for Cornell gave the Big Red the nation\u2019s longest winning streak at nine games, although that stretch goes back to February 2020.<\/p>\n

Friday will be a good test for Cornell\u2019s goaltending. None of the Big Red\u2019s three goalies had played in a game prior to last weekend, but freshman Joe Howe made 20 saves for the shutout in his first collegiate game Saturday.<\/p>\n

“A lot of excitement,” Howe told Cornellbigred.com following the win. “I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little nervous before the game \u2013 but then, puck drop, and hockey is hockey. \u2026 It’s more of a team shutout than just me, but it’s a great start.”<\/p>\n

It was a great start for Harvard as well. It didn\u2019t hurt that several of the Crimson underclassmen trained together and took classes remotely in Florida last winter, doing their best to stay in shape despite their season being canceled.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really speaks to the connection and the chemistry of the group that that were able to find a way in difficult circumstances to make the best of them,\u201d Harvard coach Ted Donato said. \u201cLot of guys chose to come to summer school this summer so that they could be around each other and have the opportunity to train with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

While training in Florida was a chance for Harvard\u2019s returning players to stay sharp, a pair of newcomers carried their hot scoring from junior hockey into the opening weekend of the season.<\/p>\n

Forwards Sean Farrell and Matt Coronato were the top scorers for the Chicago Steel in the USHL last season. The pair combined for six goals and seven assists for the Crimson last weekend.<\/p>\n

All in the family<\/h4>\n

Saturday was a big day for Yale coach Keith Allain.<\/p>\n

Not only did the Bulldogs return to action for the first time since March 2020, but Allain got to coach his son, Niklas, in his collegiate debut.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited,\u201d Keith said earlier this season. \u201cI\u2019ve never coached him. I always felt like if he had a passion for hockey it was going to be his thing. I didn\u2019t want to get in the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the Allains aren\u2019t the only family connection in ECAC Hockey. Harvard coach Ted Donato\u2019s son Jack is a senior on the Crimson, while Clarkson coach Casey Jones\u2019 daughter Gabi is a sophomore on the St. Lawrence women\u2019s hockey team.<\/p>\n

Colgate (Alex and Colton Young) and Clarkson (Alex and Charlie Campbell) each have brothers on their roster, while Union goalie Garrett Nieto is the brother of former Brown goaltender Gavin Nieto.<\/p>\n

There are several players throughout the league who have fathers who played in the NHL, including Kyle Aucoin (Harvard), William Dineen and Ryan Stevens (Yale), Jordan Tonelli (Brown), Thomas Richter (Union), Skyler Brind’Amour (Quinnipiac), Travis Mitchell and Matt Stienburg (Cornell), Ethan Manderville (Colgate), and Zach Dubinsky and Mason Klee (Rensselaer).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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