“We’re at a point now where we pretty much are going to have to win the ECAC tournament to get in the NCAA Tournament, or at least get to the [ECAC] championship game,” said head coach Doug Derraugh ’91. However, at least one of the 11 tournament teams will come from the New England Women’s Hockey Alliance — a conference without a team near the top 11 in the NPI — meaning that there will be at a maximum five at-large bids. “Where we are right now, I don't think is going to win the championship,” Derraugh said. While all 12 ECAC teams make the conference’s tournament, the top four receive a first-round bye and home ice for the best-of-three quarterfinals. In fourth place — with 29.5 points — is Quinnipiac, while Princeton sits at the top of the standings with 34.

Source: Daily Sun January 23, 2026 15:32 UTC