Hockey Haven

On April 13, 2013, two teamsseparated by less than eightmiles in southern Connecticutplayed before a packed housein Pittsburgh and a national TVaudience for college hockeysnational championship. Quinnipiac and Yale, different inso many ways, had one thing incommon other than geography:Both proved doubters wrong,topping traditional heavyweightson their way to the title game. The games result was perhapsas surprising as the season itself:Yale, a heavy underdog and oneof the last teams to get into theNCAA tournament, routed topseededQuinnipiac 4-0. Hockey Haven, written by NewHaven Register reporters ChipMalafronte and Jim Shelton,tells the inside story of how skill,hard work and smart planningbrought the two teams to thatnight in Pittsburgh.