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Two eight-seed teams in their respective conferences sent top seeds packing. Witness the craziest weekend in college hockey history unfold.
A chaotic weekend in college hockey needs no further explanation to dive right into it, starting with one of the biggest upsets of the entire college hockey season. ECAC Quarterfinals: #8 Clarkson STUNS #1 Quinnipiac This result in a best-of-three series is nothing short of potentially being the greatest upset of the 2025-26 season. The Clarkson Golden Knights went into Hamden, CT, and walked out with a sweep of the ECAC regular season champions, led by the nation’s leading scorer, Ethan Wyttenbach.
The strong Quinnipiac offense ran into the brick wall of Shane Soderwall in game one, who had to make 17 saves in the final frame to hold on for a shutout, a total of 24 stops. Clarkson found one goal and tapped in two empty netters at the end. Game two is even crazier.
Quinnipiac takes a lead into the first intermission, eventually tied up at the 7:32 mark of the second by Justin Cote. Quinnipiac in the third period strikes two goals just 63 seconds apart. Then, a shorthanded goal from Clarkson, followed by another 38 seconds later, evens the game at three, before Erik Bargholtz ends up the hero, potting the eventual game-winning goal with 5:39 to play, as Clarkson brings out the brooms on the road in the first eight seed vs one seed upset we’ve seen this year.
Quinnipiac will have to wait and hope this series loss will not heavily impact their odds of making the NCAA tournament with an at-large bid. Many believe they’ll still be alright. Hockey East Quarterfinals: ANOTHER STUNNER!