We're at Ingalls Rink, 90 minutes before faceoff for the ECAC quarterfinal series between Yale and St. Lawrence. Not much to report in terms of lineup changes tonight. The Bulldogs have Clinton Bourbonais centering the line with Kenny Agostino and Chad Ziegler, taking the spot from fellow freshman Jesse Root. Bourbonais has only played eight games, but has three goals and scored against Cornell in the final regular season game. Root, whose played in 22 games, has just two goals on the season, both scored during the weekend of Nov. 19-20.

The one other spot that's been open to change, left wing alongside Brendan Mason and Charles Brockett, is taken by Antoine Laganiere. Also, sophomore Colin Dueck makes his third straight start at defenseman over freshman Gus Young.

No major changes for St. Lawrence either. Matt Raley, who has been injured, is in at defenseman. Nic Vangog, all 6-foot-6, 233 pounds of him, is on the line with Greg Carey and Kyle Flanagan.

It's an odd series in that the odds might be better for Yale to earn a No. 1 seed by losing rather than winning and possibly losing to teams under consideration at the semifinals in Atlantic City. Of course, the Bulldogs can wrap up the No. 1 seed overall by winning out, and the potential to play the Atlantic Hockey entry as the No. 16 seed is a much better situation than having to play any other No. 4 seed. Of course, Atlantic Hockey has proven to be a thorn in the side of the big boys in the NCAA tournament.

Here are the lines for tonight.

YALE
Agostino-Bourbonais-Ziegler
Cahill-Miller-O'Neill
Laganiere-Mason-Brockett
Kearney-Limbert-Little

Trentowski-Jaskowiak
Dueck-Peel
Matczak-Martin

Rondeau

ST. LAWRENCE
Carey-K. Flanagan-Vangog
Pitsikoulis-Drewiske-Bogosian
S. Flanagan-Essery-Wick
Armstrong-Dyer-Mobley

Hughes-P. Raley
Child-Baker
Dewey-M. Raley

Weninger