Season Preview: Inside the ECAC

October 8, 2026 by Joshua Seguin/Staff Writer (@JoshSeguin1) When it comes to the ECAC these days, the question will always turn to which team, or teams, were able to hold on to a majority of its talent. This season that looks like a two horse race. Last season Dartmouth one-upped Quinnipiac and won its first-ever ECAC title, but the Bobcats have become the kings of the league’s Cleary cup. They have won the last six and seven of the last eight. Both teams enter the season with offenses that should score often. Dartmouth returns Hayden Stavroff and literally its whole…