The 2013–14 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season was the 119th season of play for the program and the 53rd season in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Bulldogs represented Yale University and were coached by Keith Allain, in his 8th season.
Season Yale began the defense of their first NCAA Championship with a top-10 preseason ranking. Their regular season kicked off with the Liberty Invitational Tournament and, though they finished third, the Bulldogs found some success early in the season. Initially, the two freshman goaltenders, Alex Lyon and Patrick Spano, traded starts but by mid-November head coach Keith Allain had settled on Lyon as the team's primary netminder.
Through the first half of the season, Yale remained in the hunt to return to the NCAA Tournament. After defeating arch-rival Harvard at Madison Square Gardens they got up to #8 in the national polls, but the team began slipping afterwards. From the third week of January on, Yale wasn't able to sweep a single weekend for the remainder of the regular season. Worse, the team's performance against ranked teams was less than satisfactory. When the ECAC Tournament began, Yale had gone 1–6–2 against ranked teams, which put them on the bubble for an at-large bid. The Bulldogs needed a strong performance in the conference playoff to have any chance at a postseason bid and began their run with two solid wins in the First Round.
Their quarterfinal match against Quinnipiac would decide whether or not Yale could perform against good teams and if it had more hockey yet to play. The answer to both was 'no'; Yale surrendered 11 goals in 2 games and lost to the #6 team, leaving them with just a single win in 11 games against ranked opponents on the year.
Departures Player Position Nationality Cause Josh Balch Forward Graduation (retired) Colin Dueck Defenseman Graduation (retired) Antoine Laganière Forward Graduation (signed with Norfolk Admirals) Jeff Malcolm Goaltender Graduation (signed with Hartford Wolf Pack) Nick Maricic Goaltender Graduation (retired) Andrew Miller Forward Graduation (signed with Edmonton Oilers)
Recruiting Player Position Nationality Age Notes Tim Bonner Forward 21 Plymouth, MN Frank DiChiara Forward 20 Ronkonkoma, NY Mike Doherty Forward 20 Reading, MA John Hayden Forward 18 Chicago, IL; selected 74th overall in 2013 Chris Izmirlian Forward 20 Montreal, QC Alex Lyon Goaltender 20 Baudette, MN Dan O'Keefe Defenseman 19 Wall, NJ Patrick Spano Goaltender 20 Montreal, QC
Roster As of February 2014.
Coaching staff Name Position Seasons Coaching atYale University Alma mater Keith Allain Head Coach 12 Yale University (1980) Dan Muse Associate Head Coach 5 Stonehill College (2006) Jason Guerriero Assistant coach 1 Northeastern University (2005) Josh Siembida Volunteer Assistant Coach 1 Quinnipiac (2006)
Standings
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style="color:white; background:#00356B" | Exhibition
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!colspan=12 style="color:white; background:#00356B" | Regular season
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|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Yale Won Series 2–0
|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Yale Lost Series 0–2
Scoring statistics Name Position Games Goals Assists Points C 30 14 23 37 26 LW 33 14 18 32 46 D 32 6 14 20 12 LW/RW 27 9 9 18 6 D 33 7 11 18 28 D 33 7 9 16 26 C 33 6 10 16 23 C/RW 33 6 10 16 18 RW 23 6 7 13 6 LW 32 4 9 13 21 RW 33 1 12 13 12 F 27 6 5 11 2 D 33 4 7 11 30 C 21 3 7 10 14 F 28 3 5 8 6 LW/RW/D 22 4 2 6 17 W 26 3 2 5 8 D 28 2 3 5 6 D 33 0 5 5 4 LW 22 1 3 4 23 G 30 0 2 2 0 C 1 0 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 0 F 5 0 0 0 0 C 5 0 0 0 2 G 5 0 0 0 0 Bench - 33 - - - 6 Total 106 173 279 342
Goaltending statistics Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals against Saves Shut outs 5 238 3 0 0 9 90 0 .909 2.27 30 1764 14 11 5 71 796 3 .918 2.41 Empty Net - 12 - - - 2 - - - - Total 33 2014 17 11 5 82 886 3 .915 2.44
Rankings
PollWeekPre123456789101112131415161718192021222324 (Final) USCHO.com6771199998111110108101313131415161620NRNR USA Today86661199998111110810131313141415NRNRNRNR
Awards and honors Player Award Ref Jesse Root ECAC Best Defensive Forward Jesse Root ECAC Hockey Second Team Kenny Agostino ECAC Hockey Third Team
References