2012–13 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season

The 2012–13 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey team represented Yale University in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The Bulldogs were coached by Keith Allain who was in his seventh season as head coach. His assistant coaches were Red Gendron and Dan Muse. The Bulldogs played their home games in Ingalls Rink and competed in the ECAC Hockey conference.

2012–13 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season
NCAA Division I champion 2013 NCAA Tournament, champion
Conference	3rd ECAC Hockey
Home ice	Ingalls Rink
Rankings
USCHO	1
USA Today	1
Record
Overall	22–12–3
Conference	12–9–1
Home	10–3–1
Road	7–7–1
Neutral	5–2–1
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Keith Allain
Assistant coaches	Red Gendron Dan Muse
Captain(s)	Andrew Miller
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The Bulldogs posted a regular season record of 16 wins, 10 losses, and 3 ties. They were seeded third for the 2013 ECAC Hockey men's ice hockey tournament, winning their quarterfinal series, but losing in the semifinals to eventual champion Union. Yale was invited to the 2013 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament as the tournament's 15th overall seed out of 16 teams, and the 4th seed in the west regional. In their first game in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the Bulldogs defeated Minnesota, 3–2, on a Jesse Root goal 9 seconds into overtime.^[1] In the second round against North Dakota, Yale trailed most of the game, before netting 4 goals in the final 8 minutes to win 4–1 and advance to the school's first Frozen Four since 1952.^[2]

In the Frozen Four at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, the Bulldogs scored 2 goals in the first period against UMass Lowell, before the River Hawks answered with 2 goals in the second. After a scoreless third period, captain Andrew Miller scored 6:59 into overtime to send the Bulldogs to the national championship against Quinnipiac, setting up an all-ECAC and all-Connecticut matchup.^[3] In the final, goaltender Jeff Malcolm stopped all 36 Quinnipiac shots, and the Bulldogs scored 4 to win their first national championship.^[4]

2012–13 Roster

As of March 31, 2013.^[5][6]

Goaltenders
#	State	Player	Catches	Year	Hometown	Previous Team
29		Connor Wilson	L	Sophomore	Cary, North Carolina	Chicago (USHL)
31		Nick Maricic	L	Senior	Alta Loma, California	Tri-City (USHL)
33		Jeff Malcolm	L	Senior	Lethbridge, Alberta	Quesnel (BCHL)

Defensemen
#	State	Player	Shoots	Year	Hometown	Previous Team
2		Gus Young		Junior	Dedham, Massachusetts	Noble and Greenough School (USHS-MA)
4		Rob O'Gara		Freshman	Nesconset, New York	Milton Academy (USHS-MA)
7		Matt Killian		Sophomore	Basking Ridge, New Jersey	Delbarton (USHS-NJ)
10		Mitch Witek		Freshman	Downers Grove, Illinois	Waterloo (USHL)
14		Ryan Obuchowski		Freshman	West Bloomfield, Michigan	Indiana (USHL)
21		Colin Dueck		Senior	Calgary, Alberta	Nanaimo (BCHL)
22		Tommy Fallen		Sophomore	Plymouth, Minnesota	Cedar Rapids (USHL)

Forwards
#	State	Player	Shoots	Year	Hometown	Previous Team
6		Stu Wilson		Freshman	Pittsford, New York	Cedar Rapids (USHL)
8		Josh Balch		Senior	Wilmette, Illinois	Des Moines (USHL) Chicago (USHL)
9		Carson Cooper		Freshman	Bow Island, Alberta	Ft. McMurray (AJHL)
11		Trent Ruffolo		Sophomore	Coral Springs, Florida	New Hampshire (EJHL)
12		Cody Learned		Freshman	Amherst, New Hampshire	Boston (EJHL)
13		Matthew Beattie		Freshman	Whitehouse Station, New Jersey	Phillips Exeter (USHS-NH)
15		Clinton Bourbonais		Junior	Dexter, Michigan	St. Mary's Preparatory (USHS-MI)
16		Alex Ward		Sophomore	Burlington, Vermont	Deerfield (USHS-MA)
17		Andrew Miller		Senior	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan	Chicago (USHL)
18		Kenny Agostino		Junior	Flanders, New Jersey	Delbarton School (USHS-NJ)
19		Anthony Day		Sophomore	Buffalo, New York	Waterloo (EJHL)
20		Jesse Root		Junior	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Taft School (USHS-CT)
26		Nicholas Weberg		Sophomore	Oslo, Norway	Shattuck-Saint Mary's School (USHS-MN)
27		Charles Orzetti		Freshman	Wyckoff, New Jersey	Surrey (BCHL)
28		Antoine Laganière		Senior	L'Île-Cadieux, Quebec	Deerfield (USHS-MA)

Standings

2012–13 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 Quinnipiac †	22	17	2	3	37	73	32		43	30	8	5	130	72
Rensselaer	22	12	7	3	27	61	49		37	18	14	5	106	88
#1 Yale	22	12	9	1	25	60	62		37	22	12	3	107	96
#10 Union *	22	10	8	4	24	64	52		40	22	13	5	123	85
Dartmouth	22	9	9	4	22	56	57		34	15	14	5	94	88
St. Lawrence	22	9	9	4	22	60	68		38	18	16	4	107	109
Brown	22	7	9	6	20	54	51		36	16	14	6	90	85
Princeton	22	8	10	4	20	52	60		31	10	16	5	72	89
Cornell	22	8	11	3	19	49	55		34	15	16	3	83	91
Clarkson	22	8	11	3	19	58	67		36	9	20	7	89	113
Colgate	22	6	13	3	15	52	66		36	14	18	4	109	102
Harvard	22	6	14	2	14	45	65		32	10	19	3	73	101
Championship: March 23, 2013 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Decision	Result	Attendance	Record
Exhibition
December 28	7:00 pm	Russian Red Stars*		Ingalls Rink • New Haven, CT		Malcolm	W 10–2	3,500	7–3–2 (3–3–1)

Regular Season^[7]^[8]
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Decision	Conference	Overall
1*	October 26	vs. Dartmouth	T, 2–2 (OT)	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island (Ivy Shootout)	1,219	Maricic	—	0–0–1
2*	October 27	vs. Princeton	W, 3–2	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island (Ivy Shootout)	1,046	Malcolm	—	1–0–1
3	November 2	at Dartmouth	L, 4–7	Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire	3,021	Maricic	0–1–0	1–1–1
4	November 3	at Harvard	W, 5–1	Bright Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts	2,726	Malcolm	1–1–0	2–1–1
5	November 9	Clarkson	L, 0–1	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	3,274	Malcolm	1–2–0	2–2–1
6	November 10	St. Lawrence	W, 4–2	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	3,500	Malcolm	2–2–0	3–2–1
7*	November 23	at Denver	W, 2–1 (OT)	Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado	4,766	Malcolm	2–2–0	4–2–1
8*	November 24	at Colorado College	W, 6–5 (OT)	Colorado Springs World Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado	6,654	Maricic	2–2–0	5–2–1
9	December 1	Brown	W, 4–3	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	3,500	Malcolm	3–2–0	6–2–1
10	December 7	RPI	L, 1–6	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	3,137	Malcolm	3–3–0	6–3–1
11	December 8	Union	T, 2–2 (OT)	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	3,500	Malcolm	3–3–1	6–3–2
12*	December 11	Massachusetts	W, 4–2	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	2,865	Malcolm	3–3–1	7–3–2
13*	December 30	at Holy Cross	L, 4–5	New England Sports Center • Worcester, Massachusetts	1,406	Malcolm	3–3–1	7–4–2
14*	January 4	at Boston College	T, 3–3 (OT)	Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	7,213	Malcolm	3–3–1	7–4–3
15	January 11	at St. Lawrence	W, 5–3	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	1,120	Malcolm	4–3–1	8–4–3
16	January 12	at Clarkson	W, 3–1	Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York	2,297	Malcolm	5–3–1	9–4–3
17	January 18	Harvard	W, 4–0	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	3,500	Malcolm	6–3–1	10–4–3
18	January 19	Dartmouth	W, 4–2	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	3,500	Malcolm	7–3–1	11–4–3
19	January 25	at Cornell	W, 3–2 (OT)	Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York	4,267	Malcolm	8–3–1	12–4–3
20	January 26	at Colgate	L, 1–4	Starr Rink • Hamilton, New York	1,962	Malcolm	8–4–1	12–5–3
21	February 1	Princeton	W, 4–2	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	3,500	Maricic	9–4–1	13–5–3
22	February 2	Quinnipiac	L, 2–6	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	3,500	Maricic	9–5–1	13–6–3
23	February 12	at Brown	L, 0–1	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	1,205	Maricic	9–6–1	13–7–3
24	February 15	at Union	L, 2–4	Achilles Center • Schenectady, New York	2,085	Wilson	9–7–1	13–8–3
25	February 16	at RPI	L, 1–4	Houston Field House • Troy, New York	4,113	Wilson	9–8–1	13–9–3
26	February 22	at Quinnipiac	L, 1–4	TD Bank Sports Center • Hamden, Connecticut	4,074	Wilson	9–9–1	13–10–3
27	February 23	at Princeton	W, 4–3	Hobey Baker Rink • Princeton, New Jersey	2,374	Malcolm	10–9–1	14–10–3
28	March 1	Colgate	W, 4–3 (OT)	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	3,500	Malcolm	11–9–1	15–10–3
29	March 2	Cornell	W, 2–1	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	3,500	Malcolm	12–9–1	16–10–3

*Non-conference game

Postseason

2013 ECAC Tournament^[9]^[10]
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Decision	Overall
1	March 15	St. Lawrence	W, 6–1	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut (Quarterfinals)	2,413	Malcolm	17–10–3
2	March 16	St. Lawrence	W, 3–0	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut (Quarterfinals)	2,833	Malcolm	18–10–3
3	March 22	Union	L, 0–5	Boardwalk Hall • Atlantic City, New Jersey (Semifinals)	3,145	Malcolm	18–11–3
4	March 23	Quinnipiac	L, 0–3	Boardwalk Hall • Atlantic City, New Jersey (Third-place game)	4,017	Malcolm	18–12–3

2013 NCAA Tournament^[11]^[10]
Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location	Attendance	Decision	Overall
1	March 29	Minnesota	W, 3–2 (OT)	Van Andel Arena • Grand Rapids, Michigan (West Regional semifinal)	2,289	Malcolm	19–12–3
2	March 30	North Dakota	W, 4–1	Van Andel Arena • Grand Rapids, Michigan (West Regional Final)	1,918	Malcolm	20–12–3
3	April 11	UMass Lowell	W, 3–2	Consol Energy Center • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (National semifinal)	17,428	Malcolm	21–12–3
4	April 13	Quinnipiac	W, 4–0	Consol Energy Center • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (National Final)	18,184	Malcolm	22–12–3

2013 national championship

April 13, 2013 7:00 pm ESPN

(W4) Yale

4 – 0 (0–0, 1–0, 3–0)

(E1) Quinnipiac

Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh Attendance: 18,184

Game reference
				Referees: Jeff Bunyon Kevin Shea Linesmen: Bob Bernard Tommy George

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	None
2nd	Yale	Clinton Bourbonais (4)	Young	39:56	1–0 Yale
3rd	Yale	Charles Orzetti (2)	Bourbonais and Laganière	43:35	2–0 Yale
	Yale	Andrew Miller (18)	Agostino	49:06	3–0 Yale
	Yale	Jesse Root (12) – EN	Miller and O'Gara	53:02	4–0 Yale
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	Yale	Rob O'Gara	Elbowing	02:41	2:00
	QUI	Cory Hibbeler	Interference	04:51	2:00
	Yale	Colin Dueck	Tripping	07:48	2:00
	QUI	Mike Dalhuisen	Tripping	15:23	2:00
2nd	QUI	Jeremy Langlois	Roughing	27:17	2:00
	Yale	Bench (Served by Anthony Day)	Too Many Players	30:28	2:00
	Yale	Clinton Bourbonais	Charging	31:25	2:00
	QUI	Bench (Served by Russell Goodman)	Too Many Players	32:38	2:00
	QUI	Zach Davies	Interference	33:25	2:00
3rd	Yale	Antoine Laganière	Slashing	51:37	2:00
	QUI	Travis St. Denis	Slashing	51:37	2:00

Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Yale 9 14 8 31 Quinnipiac 11 15 10 36

Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice Yale Jeff Malcolm 36 0 60:00 QUI Eric Hartzell 27 3 59:24

Player stats

^[12][13]

Skaters

Name	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Andrew Miller	37	18	23	41	8
Kenny Agostino	37	17	24	41	32
Antoine Laganière	37	15	14	29	58
Jesse Root	34	12	11	23	24
Tommy Fallen	37	7	16	23	18
Stu Wilson	37	9	8	17	0
Clinton Bourbonais	36	4	13	17	64
Trent Ruffolo	34	7	6	13	4
Ryan Obuchowski	37	3	9	12	16
Nicholas Weberg	24	4	7	11	0
Gus Young	37	2	7	9	58
Josh Balch	37	3	5	8	20
Rob O'Gara	37	0	7	7	32
Carson Cooper	37	1	5	6	29
Colin Dueck	37	1	5	6	30
Matt Killian	22	0	6	6	0
Anthony Day	37	1	4	5	10
Mitch Witek	23	1	3	4	2
Charles Orzetti	19	2	1	3	16
Nick Maricic	9	0	0	0	0
Cody Learned	8	0	0	0	15
Alex Ward	7	0	0	0	6
Matthew Beattie	15	0	0	0	8
Connor Wilson	5	0	0	0	0
Jeff Malcolm	30	0	0	0	0
Team	37	107	174	281	450

Goaltenders

Name	Games	Minutes	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals Against	GAA	Shots	Saves	SV %	Shut Outs
Jeff Malcolm	30	1711	20	6	2	64	2.24	793	729	.919	3
Nick Maricic	9	402	2	3	1	19	2.84	200	181	.905	0
Connor Wilson	5	137	0	3	0	11	4.82	73	62	.849	0

Rankings

Main article: 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

Poll	Week
	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26 (Final)
USCHO.com	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	15	15	15	15	17	14	12	8	8	10	10	13	15	13	13	11	15	-	1 (47)
USA Today	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	13	15	15	14	NR	14	12	7	7	9	9	14	14	13	13	10	15	4	1 (34)

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 25.^[14]

Players drafted into the NHL

2013 NHL Entry Draft

= NHL All-Star team

= NHL All-Star^[15]

= NHL All-Star^[15] and NHL All-Star team

= Did not play in the NHL

Round	Pick	Player	NHL team
3	74	John Hayden^†	Chicago Blackhawks

† incoming freshman

Source:^[16]

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