Pregame from Hobey Baker Rink

If only driving through New York, over the GW Bridge and through New Jersey were always as simple as it is on a Sunday morning. Got from New Haven to Princeton in two hours flat, without a sniff of traffic. Getting home may be another story, but I'll worry about that later this afternoon.

Hobey Baker Rink is one of the cooler rinks in the country, not just because of its aesthetic beauty (from the outside, at least) and throwback feel. It's always freezing in here. But with the 1 p.m. start, the sun through the greenhouse-style windows of the concourse adds a little brightness and warmth.

Barry Melrose is in the house, serving as color man for E.J. Hradek on the live ESPNU broadcast today. He's dressed rather conservatively, just a regular pinstriped suit and royal blue tie. I feel gypped. At least he's wearing a pocket square and scarf.

One lineup change for Yale. Gus Young getting the start at left defense alongside Kevin Peel in place of Colin Dueck. Sounds like Dueck is just a healthy scratch. He's a big physical presence on the blue line for Yale, but all reports are Young will be a mainstay and key contributor for the next four years in New Haven. Injuries have limited him to just three games this season, but he started the season-opener before suffering a shoulder injury, and it's possible he's back in the lineup for good as long as he remains healthy.

Here are the full lines:
YALE
Agostino-Root-Ziegler
Cahill-Miller-O'Neill
Laganiere-Mason-Brockett
Kearney-Limbert-Little

Trentowski-Jaskowiak
Young-Peel
Matczak-Martin

Rondeau

PRINCETON
Kleebaum-Calof-Kramer
Ammon-Zuk-Berger
Arhontas-Meland-Lohry
Carlson-Sabky-Kerr

Fedun-Ritchie
Pallis-Rush
Godlewski-Sdao

Reynolds