ECAC East picks: Nov. 2

The season gets underway Friday night, and there are already some key games early in the schedule to focus on. Everyone wants to get off to a good start and earn those all-important points in the standings that always seem to matter at the end of February when playoff seeding is finally determined. Here are … Read more

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Playoff preview: ECAC East/NESCAC

Amherst Lord Jeffs League: NESCAC Conference record: 17-1 (first) Overall record: 23-3-1 NCAA history: Fourth appearance, quarterfinals in 2009 Scoring offense: 3.89 g/gm Scoring defense: 1.67 g/gm Scoring margin: plus-60 (2.22 g/gm) Power play: 27.6 percent Penalty kill: 86.7 percent Penalties: 10.33 pim/gm Team Leaders Goals: Mike Moher (13) Assists: Aaron Deutsch (17) Points: Mike … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC wrap: March 5

Hail to the champions — Amherst and Norwich! And when you can’t get to the rinks to see the conference finals, thank God for the webcasts that were truly outstanding from both Norwich and Amherst, despite some early audio difficulties. Unlike being there, the replays were great, and the camera work was outstanding. Kudos to … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC wrap: March 5

Hail to the champions — Amherst and Norwich! And when you can’t get to the rinks to see the conference finals, thank God for the webcasts that were truly outstanding from both Norwich and Amherst, despite some early audio difficulties. Unlike being there, the replays were great, and the camera work was outstanding. Kudos to … Read more

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ECAC East/NESCAC picks: March 2

It’s for hardware this weekend, it’s for pride, but most of all it is for history. It is the chance for staking a claim as the best team in the conference and winning that all important auto-bid to the NCAA tournament. No coach is going to be saying anything about the national tournament just yet. … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC picks: March 2

It’s for hardware this weekend, it’s for pride, but most of all it is for history. It is the chance for staking a claim as the best team in the conference and winning that all important auto-bid to the NCAA tournament. No coach is going to be saying anything about the national tournament just yet. … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC wrap: Feb. 27

Well, the quarterfinals are in the books for both the ECAC East and NESCAC conferences and “Super Saturday” was not without its exciting and dramatic moments in the eight games played. There were the expected blowouts by the top seeds in each conference, and a couple of upsets, at least according to the seeding. So … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC wrap: Feb. 27

Well, the quarterfinals are in the books for both the ECAC East and NESCAC conferences and “Super Saturday” was not without its exciting and dramatic moments in the eight games played. There were the expected blowouts by the top seeds in each conference, and a couple of upsets, at least according to the seeding. So … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC picks: Feb. 24

It is serious now. The playoffs are here, and the season comes down to winning and moving on, or losing and going home. Both conferences have some interesting matchups in the quarterfinal round, and all of the hard-fought games in the regular season to gain home ice will now, hopefully, come to bear on the … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC picks: Feb. 24

It is serious now. The playoffs are here, and the season comes down to winning and moving on, or losing and going home. Both conferences have some interesting matchups in the quarterfinal round, and all of the hard-fought games in the regular season to gain home ice will now, hopefully, come to bear on the … Read more

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Amherst fine-tunes the machine

Now let’s see: What’s that old expression? “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” For NESCAC’s number one seed Amherst Lord Jeffs, it really doesn’t seem like anything is “broke” on their 20-3-1 record heading into this weekend’s quarterfinal matchup with Hamilton at home. The fact is they really haven’t changed much all season with … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC wrap: Feb. 20

Wow! That is really about all I can say after Sunday evening’s regular season finales in the NESCAC conference put a nice bow on a sensational regular season and definition on the quarterfinal round of the conference playoffs beginning next weekend.  Surprisingly, there wasn’t a whole lot of movement among those teams that were so … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC wrap: Feb. 20

Wow! That is really about all I can say after Sunday evening’s regular season finales in the NESCAC conference put a nice bow on a sensational regular season and definition on the quarterfinal round of the conference playoffs beginning next weekend.  Surprisingly, there wasn’t a whole lot of movement among those teams that were so … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC picks: Feb. 17

It’s the last week of the regular season, and it’s all about the middle of the pack. This weekend isn’t changing anything at the top of the standings in either conference, but the closest competition among teams can be found in those crucial three-through-seven spots. All the games have serious playoff implications, either outright or … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC picks: Feb. 17

It’s the last week of the regular season, and it’s all about the middle of the pack. This weekend isn’t changing anything at the top of the standings in either conference, but the closest competition among teams can be found in those crucial three-through-seven spots. All the games have serious playoff implications, either outright or … Read more

Skidmore fights for final playoff positioning

You might wonder why this week’s column is looking at the Skidmore Thoroughbreds, who enter the final weekend of the regular season with a 10-11-2 record overall, 9-7-0 in the conference. The fact is that coach Neil Sinclair’s team may be the best example of getting it done right at the right time of the … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC wrap: Feb. 13

So it’s now down to just one weekend remaining in the regular season. Two games will decide the final playoff fate for teams in both conferences, and while the picture is still murky, here is what we know is clear in the playoff picture, as well as the many questions that still remain in both … Read more