ECAC Champions of Whitney Ave: Women’s Ice Hockey Defeats Yale 5-1 for First Conference Title in a Decade

ECAC Champions of Whitney Ave: Women’s ice hockey defeats Yale 5-1 for first conference title in a decade

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – The Quinnipiac Bobcats are the 2026 ECAC Women’s Ice Hockey Champions.  Let that feeling sink in. For the first time in a decade, the Bobcats finished the job. If you ask the players, victory was never a question.  “I didn’t have a doubt the whole entire game,” graduate student defenseman and captain Mia Lopata said. “I was like oh, we’re gonna win.” From the opening face-off, it looked like Lopata’s confidence wasn’t just be…

Quinnipiac notches program’s second ECAC title, first in 10 years | The IX Hockey | Powered by The Ice Garden

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — For the first time since 2016, and just the second time in program history, the Quinnipiac Bobcats are the champions of ECAC Hockey. A day after downing Princeton in overtime to advance to the conference’s championship game, the Hamden, C.T squad cruised by Yale to earn the conference title.  When the clock hit zero on the 5-1 win over the Bulldogs, Quinnipiac head coach Cassandra Turner had one thought running through her mi…