Utica vs. Manhattanville - ECAC Men's West Hockey
Game Details	Friday, Feb. 15| Stamford, CT | 6 p.m.   Terry Conners Rink
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Utica, NY (2/15/2013) – The Utica College men's hockey team, ranked No. 1 in the East Region in the first NCAA Regional Rankings, is set to travel to Manhattanville this weekend as the Pioneers close out the regular season.  The Pioneers will take on the Valiants at Terry Conners Rink (Stamford, CT) on Friday night at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 4 p.m.

Follow the Game Live:  Manhattanville will host a full slate of live options for this weekends contests if you are unable to make the road trip to Connecticut to catch the action … Fans can follow LIVE VIDEO or LIVE STATS … Our you can catch updates on Twitter @UCPioneers. 

In the National Spotlight:  The Pioneers are now ranked No. 2 in the D3hockey.com National Poll and No. 7 in the USCHO.com National Poll… The D3hockey.com and USCHO.com polls are independent polls which are voted on by panels of coaches, sports information directors and media members from across the country, and they are published weekly.

All-Time Series: Manhattanville owns a 20-9-4 all-time series advantage over UC dating back to 2002 … The Pioneers have won five of the last seven meetings against M'Ville ... UC is 1-2 against the Valiants in ECAC Men's West playoff games.

Regular Season Title?:  A win and a tie over the course of the final two games at Manhattanville this weekend will secure the Pioneers their second ECAC Mens' West Conference Regular Season Title in program-history ...  The last time UC won the regular season title was back in 2004-05. 

Playoffs:  The Pioneers earned an automatic bye in the first round of the conference tournament and will host either Manhattanville, Elmira or Neumann in the second round on Saturday, February 23rd at 7 p.m.  CLICK HERE FOR PLAYOFF TICKET INFORMATION. 

Last Time These Two Met: The Pioneers downed the Valiants in a battle of nationally-ranked opponents, 4-1, in front of 3,847 fans Friday Jan. 26th at the Utica Memorial Auditorium ... Junior Ridge Garbutt (Toronto, Ontario/Brewster Academy (NH)) led UC with two goals while sophomore Justin Hogan (Val Therese, Ontario/Brooks Bandits (AJHL)) put home the eventual game-winner … Utica outshot Manhattanville 50-23 while each squad converted one man-up advantage on the night.

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