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‘If you can’t jump on the women’s sports bandwagon, that’s a marketing fail’: how all hockey teams can coexist

The Pep Band (in stripes) plays a song during a media timeout at Quinnipiac vs. Cornell. Zach Reagan/HQNN

If you’re an American and had any dial on these past Winter Olympic Games, then you saw what was going on with our hockey teams. According to the Seton Hall Sports Poll, twice as many people were geared up to watch the Olympics in Milan than in Beijing. Ice hockey was the sport with the…

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An assist from COVID put Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey in the NCAAs and the team is not taking any risks

Quinnipiac's mens hockey team at practice at the NCAA tournament regionals. Photo from the Quinnipiac Athletics homepage.

The Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team has COVID-19 to thank for their NCAA playoff berth. The Bobcats (17-7-4) scored a spot in the NCAA hockey championship this weekend taking the place of the St. Lawrence Saints (6-8-3), the team who beat them. Despite the disappointing overtime time loss in the ECAC championship a day prior,…