A Yale highlight video from this past season. Kenny Agostino's one-handed shovel flip while holding off a Clarkson defender (at 30 seconds of the video) might be the best of many impressive goals...

Quinnipiac University Men’s Ice Hockey Head Coach Rand Pecknold has been selected as ECAC Hockey’s representative on the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey committee. Pecknold will serve on the committee for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons.

The committee, which has the primary responsibilities of selecting the teams, sites and seeding of the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament, is comprised of five individuals, with ECAC Hockey, Central Collegiate Hockey Association, Hockey East, Atlantic Hockey and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association represented.

"I am honored to represent ECAC Hockey on the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Selection Committee,” Pecknold said. “With only five committee members it is a huge responsibility and I am excited to serve the sport that has given me so much."

Quinnipiac Director of Athletics and Recreation Jack McDonald previously served as chair of the NCAA Ice Hockey Committee, while on the NCAA Championships and Competition Cabinet from 1998 to 2002, where he championed bracket expansion from 12 to 16 teams.

"Rand's appointment to the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship Committee is another benchmark in his outstanding career as a Division I coach,” McDonald said. “His 17 years of experience will be welcomed by the NCAA Committee. I am sure that he will represent Quinnipiac, ECAC Hockey and all of men's ice hockey very, very well."

As of now, Quinnipiac junior forward Scott Zurevinski is planning to return to school in the fall. But he hasn't closed the door on the NHL, either. Zurevinski will continue to listen to suitors throughout the summer, perhaps right up to Aug. 25, when the fall semester at Quinnipiac begins. Last spring, Zurevinski turned down an offer from the Vancouver Canucks that would have paid him the maximum allowable money under the team's salary cap -- a significant chunk of change.

The Quinnipiac schedule is set for next season. Sort of. The opponents are all lined up, and the dates pretty much etched into place. But the school is still working on some television games and other issues that could change a few dates. Rather than release a tentative schedule, Quinnipiac would rather wait until things are finalized. Here are the non-conference opponents, which we first reported back in February: at Nebraska-Omaha (2); at Ohio State (2); at Robert Morris (2); vs. Canisius (2); vs. Holy Cross; vs. Sacred Heart; vs. Bentley; vs. Massachusetts.

Finally, here's a little news on Quinnipiac's incoming recruiting class. Matt Peca, a forward for Pembroke of the Central Canada Junior Hockey League, helped lead his team to the Royal Bank Cup this weekend. Pembroke upset Vernon in the championship game. The Cup is the the national championship for Junior 'A' teams in Canada, and Vernon, which has won four titles since the tournament began in 1996, is the equivalent of the New York Yankees in Canadian Junior hockey. Peca, who had 72 points during the regular season, was named to the all-tournament team.

Peca is one of six players enrolling at Quinnipiac this fall, though only five will be eligible for the upcoming season. Jack Callahan, a defenseman for Springfield of the Eastern Junior Hockey League, and defenseman Dan Federico of the Boston Junior Bruins (EJHL), Bryce Van Brabant, a center for Spruce Grove of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, and Michael Gartieg, a goalie for Powell River of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League will also skate for the Bobcats. The most intriguing recruit is 6-foot-7, 244-pound goalie John Nauta, who played for the New Jersey Hitmen of the EJHL last winter. Nauta spent some time in the Quebec Major Junior League, which cost him a season of college eligibility. He'll be taking classes this year, but unable to play until the 2012-13 season.