Chris LerchI’ve been covering Division III hockey before any of the guys on your national champion Neumann Knights were born. And I have never seen anything like what transpired this post season. Starting with the ECAC East playoffs, it was a wild an unpredictable ride that saw two unheralded teams playing in the national title game. … Read more
I’ve been covering Division III hockey before any of the guys on your national champion Neumann Knights were born. And I have never seen anything like what transpired this post season. Starting with the ECAC East playoffs, it was a wild an unpredictable ride that saw two unheralded teams playing in the national title game. … Read more
Andrew Volkening recorded his second shutout of the weekend to lead the Air Force Falcons to a 2-0 victory over Mercyhurst in the Atlantic Hockey championship. The junior goaltender stopped all 25 shots for his 27th win and fifth shutout of the season. Air Force captured its third consecutive Atlantic Hockey title. The Falcons have … Read more
Matt Fairchild had two goals and Andrew Volkening stopped all 26 shots he faced as Air Force defeated Bentley 3-0 in the first semifinal of the Atlantic Hockey tournament. Jeff Hajner assisted on all three goals for Air Force, the two time defending AHA champs. The Falcons return to the championship game and move to … Read more
Going the Distance The top four seeds in Atlantic Hockey advanced to Rochester, but it wasn’t easy. Mercyhurst swept Army in convincing fashion (6-2, 5-0), but the other three series were dogfights that went the distance. Expect more of the same this weekend. Here are your semifinal matchups: No. 4 Bentley vs. No. 1 Air … Read more
Air Force sophomore Jacques Lamoureux was named Player of the Year in Atlantic Hockey at the league’s annual awards banquet. The Grand Forks, N.D., native leads the nation with 31 goals, 15 power-play goals and eight game-winning goals. Lamoureux also earned the league’s scoring trophy with 38 points in 28 AHA games and was named … Read more
Eight is Enough Atlantic Hockey moves to the quarterfinal portion of its postseason this weekend, a best-of-three series format. This year just four teams will make it to Rochester, a change from last season’s Final Five. Holy Cross and Sacred Heart moved on after winning first-round single-elimination games over AIC and Connecticut, respectively. The Crusaders … Read more
The picks and pairings have been announced. My thoughts: Looks like they went strictly by seedings: E1. Plattsburgh E2. Amherst E3. Hobart E4. Elmira E5. Neumann E6. Nichols E7. Babson W1. UW-Superior W2. UW-Stout W3. St. Scholastica W4. Gustavus Adolphus It looks like St. Norbert was 4.3 seconds away from being about to defend its … Read more
The picks and pairings have been announced. My thoughts: Looks like they went strictly by seedings: E1. Plattsburgh E2. Amherst E3. Hobart E4. Elmira E5. Neumann E6. Nichols E7. Babson W1. UW-Superior W2. UW-Stout W3. St. Scholastica W4. Gustavus Adolphus It looks like St. Norbert was 4.3 seconds away from being about to defend its … Read more
…and the NCAA selection committee is meeting as I write this final version of Bracketlology. We’ll be doing an analysis of the picks once they are announced, but for now the waiting game is on. If you’re just joining us, we know the criteria used by the NCAA Division III Men’s Committee to select and … Read more
…and the NCAA selection committee is meeting as I write this final version of Bracketlology. We’ll be doing an analysis of the picks once they are announced, but for now the waiting game is on. If you’re just joining us, we know the criteria used by the NCAA Division III Men’s Committee to select and … Read more
Share the Love It was an awkward but fitting end to the Atlantic Hockey season: commissioner Bob DeGregorio flanked by captains from Air Force and RIT last Saturday night, holding the regular-season trophy. The teams finished with identical 20-6-2 records, so they end the season as co-champions. Air Force gets the top playoff seed on … Read more
The Crystal Ball got as little clearer thanks to last week’s results. The ECAC East was, ahem, interesting, with three of the top four seeds going down. That means someone other than Norwich (that would be New England College) will host the semifinals and final for the first time ever. The ECAC West also saw … Read more
The Crystal Ball got as little clearer thanks to last week’s results. The ECAC East was, ahem, interesting, with three of the top four seeds going down. That means someone other than Norwich (that would be New England College) will host the semifinals and final for the first time ever. The ECAC West also saw … Read more
Brent Olson scored two goals to lead the Air Force Falcons to a 3-1 victory over host RIT in the final regular season game for both teams. With the win, Air Forced earned a split of the weekend series, and a share of the Atlantic Hockey regular season championship with the Tigers, who took Friday’s … Read more
Showdown This one’s been circled on the calendar for quite some time — Air Force travels to RIT this weekend to settle the Atlantic Hockey regular-season title. Commissioner Bob DiGregorio will be on hand to present the trophy, but he may need two. The teams are tied for first with identical 19-5-2 records. If they … Read more
It’s that most wonderful time of the year again. The end of the regular season and the conference tournament scramble to qualify for the Big Dance. It’s time to play Bracketology. As was the case last year, we know the criteria used by the NCAA Division III Men’s Committee to select and seed the teams, … Read more
It’s that most wonderful time of the year again. The end of the regular season and the conference tournament scramble to qualify for the Big Dance. It’s time to play Bracketology. As was the case last year, we know the criteria used by the NCAA Division III Men’s Committee to select and seed the teams, … Read more
Back on Top Thanks to a weekend sweep of Holy Cross and a split between Air Force and Bentley, RIT is again on top of the see-saw AHA standings. For the Tigers, the pair of wins were their 13th and 14th in their last 15 contests and their 11th and 12th straight over the Crusaders, … Read more
The NCAA revealed its first public edition of its Regional Rankings today. These will be issued every Tuesday leading up to the announcement of the NCAA field on March 8. The criteria used to rank the teams are: • Win-loss percentage against regional opponents; • Strength-of-schedule (only contests versus regional competition) to include: Opponents’ Average … Read more