ECAC East/NESCAC wrap: Feb. 14

Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you hopeless romantics out there! If your social calendar is a little light and your Facebook page isn’t popping with friend requests, status updates or notifications on the trendiest party, then maybe your fondness and affinity for your favorite hockey team will help their cause this week entering the … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC Game Predictions – 2/11 – 2/15/2011

It might as well be the playoffs now as every game remaining is of critical importance for teams making a push to either get in the playoff picture or improve their lot come seeding time in two weekends.  Lots of intriguing match-ups this week with a battle for the top spot in the ECAC East on Friday … Read more

Military maneuvers

The battle is upon us. It’s Spartans vs. Cadets, and no, this not a reenactment of the legend of the 300, nor The Charge of the Light Brigade. With just four games remaining in the regular season, this is to get a leg up on the other team for first place in the ECAC East … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC wrap: Feb. 7

It really is time to watch the scoreboard and see just who has helped themselves and maybe some other team in the process. With just two weeks remaining, there is still quite a lot to play for and a lot of potential playoff scenarios that will be played out right up until the final whistle … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC wrap: Feb. 7

It really is time to watch the scoreboard and see just who has helped themselves and maybe some other team in the process. With just two weeks remaining, there is still quite a lot to play for and a lot of potential playoff scenarios that will be played out right up until the final whistle … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC Game Predictions – 2/4 – 2/8/2011

The official countdown has begun with just three weeks remaining in the regular season. While everyone makes the playoffs in the ECAC East the competition on the ice isn’t going to be any less fierce as teams fight for seeding positions and potentially home ice in the opening round. Over on the NESCAC side of … Read more

Hardy enough for a Bowdoin winter

This year’s edition of the Bowdoin Polar Bears has really not shocked anyone with their level of play and current position at the top of the NESCAC standings. At 13-4-0 overall and 9-4-0 in the league, Bowdoin has really shown off its offensive prowess this season behind big numbers from sophomore forward Daniel Weiniger (16-17-33) … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC weekend wrap: Jan. 31

It’s official — scoreboard watching season has opened and now will be in full swing entering the final three weekends of the regular season. As if things weren’t hotly contested enough in the conference standings, this past weekend’s action clearly tightened the races and has teams wondering about how to get as many of the … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC weekend wrap: Jan. 31

It’s official — scoreboard watching season has opened and now will be in full swing entering the final three weekends of the regular season. As if things weren’t hotly contested enough in the conference standings, this past weekend’s action clearly tightened the races and has teams wondering about how to get as many of the … Read more

Cardinals on the fly

A close look at the Wesleyan University Cardinals results to date shows a lot of close games, overtime games that somehow didn’t quite go the right way for coach Chris Potter’s squad. Ties are nice, especially when you are not scoring a lot of goals, as was the case for the Cardinals, especially in the … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC weekend wrap: Jan. 24

The topsy-turvy world of the two interlocking conferences continued this weekend, with yet again more surprises in the games’ outcomes. There were only a handful of 2-0-0 teams on the weekend, including Castleton, which at 15-2-0 isn’t surprising anyone with its  play at home or on the road. Even Middlebury’s first four-point weekend of the … Read more

ECAC East/NESCAC weekend wrap: Jan. 24

The topsy-turvy world of the two interlocking conferences continued this weekend, with yet again more surprises in the games’ outcomes. There were only a handful of 2-0-0 teams on the weekend, including Castleton, which at 15-2-0 isn’t surprising anyone with its  play at home or on the road. Even Middlebury’s first four-point weekend of the … Read more

In search of consistency

In the 80s, Leonard Nimoy, Spock of “Star Trek” fame, hosted a TV show that featured searches for proof of legends, myths and other creatures of questionable reality, such as the Loch Ness Monster and Sasquatch. While the show was interesting, it often led to inconclusive endings or lack of discovery, so the legends lived … Read more