Battle of Whitney Avenue

The Battle of Whitney Avenue refers to the college ice hockey series between Quinnipiac Bobcats and Yale Bulldogs, both currently members of ECAC.

Battle of Whitney Avenue

Yale Bulldogs Quinnipiac Bobcats
Sport	Ice hockey
First meeting	January 8, 2006 Yale 4, Quinnipiac 3
Latest meeting	January 26, 2024 Quninnipiac 1, Yale 0
Trophy	Heroes' Hat
Statistics
Meetings total	42
All-time series	Quninnipiac leads, 30–7–5
Largest victory	Yale, 6–1 (2011) Quinnipiac, 5–0 (2020)
Longest win streak	Quninnipiac, 14 (2018–present)
Longest unbeaten streak	Quninnipiac, 14 (2018–present)
Current win streak	Quninnipiac, 14 (2018–present)

History

In 2006, the Quinnipiac Bobcats moved to the ECAC. Since then, Quinnipiac and the Yale Bulldogs have become one of biggest non-Ivy rivalries in the ECAC. The rivalry got its name from the fact that the two campuses are separated by a mere eight miles on Whitney Avenue from Hamden to New Haven.

The two teams met on April 13, 2013 for the fourth time in the 2012–13 season in Pittsburgh to play for the national championship. Although Quinnipiac had won the previous three meetings (all in the 2012–13 season) by a combined score of 13–3, Yale shut them out in the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey National Championship Game, 4–0.

Yale

Quinnipiac

The 8 Mile Distance between Yale University and Quinnipiac University.

Game Results

Quinnipiac victories

Yale victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 January 8, 2006 New Haven, CT Yale 4–3 2 February 24, 2006 New Haven, CT Quinnipiac 6–2 3 January 13, 2007 New Haven, CT Quinnipiac 6–2 4 February 2, 2007 Hamden, CT Quinnipiac 6–4 5 January 12, 2008 New Haven, CT Quinnipiac 3–0 6 February 8, 2008 Hamden, CT Quinnipiac 5–1 7 January 31, 2009 New Haven, CT Yale 3–0 8 February 20, 2009 Hamden, CT Tie 3–3 9 December 4, 2009 New Haven, CT #10 Yale 7–4 10 February 27, 2010 Hamden, CT Quinnipiac 4–3 11 November 6, 2010 New Haven, CT #5 Yale 5–1 12 February 18, 2011 Hamden, CT #3 Yale 6–1 13 January 6, 2012 New Haven, CT Quinnipiac 2–1 14 February 25, 2012 Hamden, CT Tie 2–2 15 February 2, 2013 New Haven, CT #2 Quinnipiac 6–2 16 February 22, 2013 Hamden, CT #1 Quinnipiac 4–1 17 March 23, 2013 Atlantic City, NJ #1 Quinnipiac 3–0 18 April 13, 2013 Pittsburgh, PA #15 Yale 4–0 19 November 9, 2013 Hamden, CT Tie 3–3 20 February 14, 2014 New Haven, CT #4 Quinnipiac 4–0 21 March 14, 2014 Hamden, CT #6 Quinnipiac 6–2 22 March 15, 2014 Hamden, CT #6 Quinnipiac 5–3 23 January 31, 2015 New Haven, CT Tie 2–2 24 February 20, 2015 Hamden, CT Tie 2–2 No. Date Location Winner Score 25 December 4, 2015 New Haven, CT #2 Quinnipiac 3–0 26 February 27, 2016 Hamden, CT #1 Quinnipiac 4–1 27 February 4, 2017 New Haven, CT #19 Quinnipiac 5–2 28 February 24, 2017 Hamden, CT Quinnipiac 3–2 29 November 18, 2017 Hamden, CT Quinnipiac 3–0 30 February 9, 2018 New Haven, CT Yale 3–2 31 March 2, 2018 New Haven, CT Quinnipiac 5–1 32 March 3, 2018 New Haven, CT Quinnipiac 4–1 33 February 8, 2019 Hamden, CT #4 Quinnipiac 4–0 34 March 2, 2019 New Haven, CT #5 Quinnipiac 4–1 35 February 7, 2020 New Haven, CT #16 Quinnipiac 3–2 36 February 29, 2020 Hamden, CT #17 Quinnipiac 5–0 37 November 5, 2021 New Haven, CT #6 Quinnipiac 3–0 38 February 22, 2022 Hamden, CT #5 Quinnipiac 4–0 39 November 12, 2022 New Haven, CT #5 Quinnipiac 4–0 40 February 17, 2023 Hamden, CT #1 Quinnipiac 5–1 41 March 10, 2023 Hamden, CT #2 Quinnipiac 3–0 42 March 11, 2023 Hamden, CT #2 Quinnipiac 6–2 43 November 11, 2023 Hamden, CT #10 Quinnipiac 5–2 44 January 26, 2024 Hartford, CT #7 Quinnipiac 1–0 45 November 16, 2024 New Haven, CT #19 Quinnipiac 4–1 46 January 25, 2025 Fairfield, CT #15 Quinnipiac 6–2 47 February 21, 2025 Hamden, CT #14 Quinnipiac 4–1 Series: Quinnipiac leads 35–7–5

Series facts

Statistic	Quinnipiac	Yale
Games played	44
Wins	32	7
Home wins	15	5
Road wins	14	1
Neutral site wins	2	1
Most goals scored in a game by one team	6 ('06, '07, '13, '14, '23)	7 ('09)
Most goals in a game by both teams	11 (2009 – Yale 7, Quinnipiac 4)
Fewest goals in a game by both teams	3 ('08, '09, '13, '15, '21)
Fewest goals scored in a game by one team in a win	2 ('12)	3 ('09)
Most goals scored in a game by one team in a loss	4 ('09)	4 ('07)
Largest margin of victory	5 ('20)	5 ('09)
Smallest margin of victory	1 ('10, '12, '17)	1 ('06)
Longest winning streak	14 ('18–Present)	2 ('10–'11)
Longest unbeaten streak	14 ('18–Present)	3 ('09–'09)

See also

• College rivalry
• Quinnipiac Bobcats
• Yale Bulldogs