Battle of Whitney Avenue

Battle of Whitney Avenue
	Yale Bulldogs Quinnipiac Bobcats
Sport	Ice hockey
First meeting	January 8, 2006; Yale 4, Quinnipiac 3
Latest meeting	January 26, 2024; Quninnipiac 1, Yale 0
Trophy	Heroes' Hat
Statistics
Meetings total	42
All-time series	Quninnipiac leads, 30–7–5
Largest victory	Yale, 6–1 (2011); Quinnipiac, 5–0 (2020)
Longest win streak	Quninnipiac, 14 (2018–present)
Longest unbeaten streak	Quninnipiac, 14 (2018–present)
Current win streak	Quninnipiac, 14 (2018–present)

The Battle of Whitney Avenue refers to the college ice hockey series between Quinnipiac Bobcats and Yale Bulldogs, both currently members of ECAC.

History

In 2006, the Quinnipiac Bobcats moved to the ECAC. Since then, Quinnipiac and the Yale Bulldogs have become one of biggest non-Ivy rivalries in the ECAC. The rivalry got its name from the fact that the two campuses are separated by a mere eight miles on Whitney Avenue from Hamden to New Haven.

The two teams met on April 13, 2013 for the fourth time in the 2012–13 season in Pittsburgh to play for the national championship. Although Quinnipiac had won the previous three meetings (all in the 2012–13 season) by a combined score of 13–3, Yale shut them out in the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey National Championship Game, 4–0.

Yale

Quinnipiac

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The 8 Mile Distance between Yale University and Quinnipiac University.

Game Results

Quinnipiac victories	Yale victories	Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	January 8, 2006	New Haven, CT	Yale	4–3
2	February 24, 2006	New Haven, CT	Quinnipiac	6–2
3	January 13, 2007	New Haven, CT	Quinnipiac	6–2
4	February 2, 2007	Hamden, CT	Quinnipiac	6–4
5	January 12, 2008	New Haven, CT	Quinnipiac	3–0
6	February 8, 2008	Hamden, CT	Quinnipiac	5–1
7	January 31, 2009	New Haven, CT	Yale	3–0
8	February 20, 2009	Hamden, CT	Tie	3–3
9	December 4, 2009	New Haven, CT	#10 Yale	7–4
10	February 27, 2010	Hamden, CT	Quinnipiac	4–3
11	November 6, 2010	New Haven, CT	#5 Yale	5–1
12	February 18, 2011	Hamden, CT	#3 Yale	6–1
13	January 6, 2012	New Haven, CT	Quinnipiac	2–1
14	February 25, 2012	Hamden, CT	Tie	2–2
15	February 2, 2013	New Haven, CT	#2 Quinnipiac	6–2
16	February 22, 2013	Hamden, CT	#1 Quinnipiac	4–1
17	March 23, 2013	Atlantic City, NJ	#1 Quinnipiac	3–0
18	April 13, 2013	Pittsburgh, PA	#15 Yale	4–0
19	November 9, 2013	Hamden, CT	Tie	3–3
20	February 14, 2014	New Haven, CT	#4 Quinnipiac	4–0
21	March 14, 2014	Hamden, CT	#6 Quinnipiac	6–2
22	March 15, 2014	Hamden, CT	#6 Quinnipiac	5–3
23	January 31, 2015	New Haven, CT	Tie	2–2

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
24	February 20, 2015	Hamden, CT	Tie	2–2
25	December 4, 2015	New Haven, CT	#2 Quinnipiac	3–0
26	February 27, 2016	Hamden, CT	#1 Quinnipiac	4–1
27	February 4, 2017	New Haven, CT	#19 Quinnipiac	5–2
28	February 24, 2017	Hamden, CT	Quinnipiac	3–2
29	November 18, 2017	Hamden, CT	Quinnipiac	3–0
30	February 9, 2018	New Haven, CT	Yale	3–2
31	March 2, 2018	New Haven, CT	Quinnipiac	5–1
32	March 3, 2018	New Haven, CT	Quinnipiac	4–1
33	February 8, 2019	Hamden, CT	#4 Quinnipiac	4–0
34	March 2, 2019	New Haven, CT	#5 Quinnipiac	4–1
35	February 7, 2020	New Haven, CT	#16 Quinnipiac	3–2
36	February 29, 2020	Hamden, CT	#17 Quinnipiac	5–0
37	November 5, 2021	New Haven, CT	#6 Quinnipiac	3–0
38	February 22, 2022	Hamden, CT	#5 Quinnipiac	4–0
39	November 12, 2022	New Haven, CT	#5 Quinnipiac	4–0
40	February 17, 2023	Hamden, CT	#1 Quinnipiac	5–1
41	March 10, 2023	Hamden, CT	#2 Quinnipiac	3–0
42	March 11, 2023	Hamden, CT	#2 Quinnipiac	6–2
43	November 11, 2023	Hamden, CT	# 10 Quinnipiac	5–2
44	January 26, 2024	Hartford, CT	# 7 Quinnipiac	1–0
Series: Quinnipiac leads 32–7–5

Series facts

Statistic	Quinnipiac	Yale
Games played	44
Wins	32	7
Home wins	15	5
Road wins	14	1
Neutral site wins	2	1
Most goals scored in a game by one team	6 ('06, '07, '13, '14, '23)	7 ('09)
Most goals in a game by both teams	11 (2009 – Yale 7, Quinnipiac 4)
Fewest goals in a game by both teams	3 ('08, '09, '13, '15, '21)
Fewest goals scored in a game by one team in a win	2 ('12)	3 ('09)
Most goals scored in a game by one team in a loss	4 ('09)	4 ('07)
Largest margin of victory	5 ('20)	5 ('09)
Smallest margin of victory	1 ('10, '12, '17)	1 ('06)
Longest winning streak	14 ('18–Present)	2 ('10–'11)
Longest unbeaten streak	14 ('18–Present)	3 ('09–'09)

References

v t e Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey
Formerly the Quinnipiac Braves
Playing venues	East Haven Rink (1975–1999) Northford Ice Pavilion (1999–2007) M&T Bank Arena (2007–present)
Head coaches	Jim Kennedy (1975–1979) Ralph O'Connor (1979–1980) Jim Armstrong (1980–1994) Rand Pecknold (1994–present)
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	ECAC 3 (1976–1985) ECAC North/South (1985–1992) ECAC North/South/Central (1992–1997) MAAC (1998–2003) Atlantic Hockey (2003–2005) ECAC Hockey (2005–present)
Rivalries	Battle of Whitney Avenue (Yale Bulldogs)
Culture & lore	Connecticut Ice
All-time leaders	Chris Cerrella (205 Points) Chris Cerrella (99 Goals) Michael Garteig (78 Wins)
National championships	2023
Frozen Four appearances	2013 2016 2023
NCAA Tournament appearances	2002 2013 2014 2015 2016 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Conference Tournament titles	MAAC: 2002 ECAC: 2016
Quinnipiac University Hamden, Connecticut

v t e ECAC Hockey
Teams	Brown Bears men women Clarkson Golden Knights men women Colgate Raiders men women Cornell Big Red men women Dartmouth Big Green men women Harvard Crimson men women Princeton Tigers men women Quinnipiac Bobcats men women Rensselaer Engineers men women St. Lawrence Saints men women Union Garnet Chargers men women Yale Bulldogs men women
Venues	Meehan Auditorium (Brown) Cheel Arena (Clarkson) Class of 1965 Arena (Colgate) Lynah Rink (Cornell) Thompson Arena (Dartmouth) Bright Hockey Center (Harvard) Hobey Baker Memorial Rink (Princeton) M&T Bank Arena (Quinnipiac) Houston Field House (Rensselaer) Appleton Arena (St. Lawrence) Achilles Rink (Union) Ingalls Rink (Yale) Herb Brooks Arena (Men's tournament)
Men's awards	All-ECAC Hockey Team Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Tim Taylor Award (Coach of the Year) Best Defensive Defenseman Best Defensive Forward Ken Dryden Award (Best Goaltender) Student-Athlete of the Year Wayne Dean Sportsmanship Award Most Outstanding Player in Tournament All-Tournament Team
Women's awards	Women's champions
Men's seasons	1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

History

Game Results

Series facts

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