Dan HicklingMost teams returned to conference play over the weekend, signaling a race to the playoff finish line. As always, there were some developments that were, shall we say, very interesting. SUNYAC No. 5 Oswego held onto the top spot after notching a solid 5-2 win at Cortland, while Geneseo eased ahead of No. 9 Plattsburgh … Read more
Life and death? Well, perhaps matters aren’t quite that critical. However, with five SUNYAC playoff hopefuls stacked within two points of each other, the coming weekend may put a big crimp in the postseason hopes of at least a couple of these conference rivals. There should be few, if any, dull moments to be seen … Read more
Life and death? Well, perhaps matters aren’t quite that critical. However, with five SUNYAC playoff hopefuls stacked within two points of each other, the coming weekend may put a big crimp in the postseason hopes of at least a couple of these conference rivals. There should be few, if any, dull moments to be seen … Read more
Take a slow cruise through any of hockey-mad Buffalo’s many ‘burbs and you are bound to come upon a random neighborhood street hockey clash. Wannabe Perreaults, LaFontaines, and Haseks have battled it out for generations for mythical Stanley Cup glory, be it on ice or asphalt. The vast majority of those dreams ended at the … Read more
The SUNYAC weekend slate features another full offering of nonconference games, a handful of which ( Plattsburgh’s tilts against Middlebury and Williams) could have some interesting implications in the national polls. The rest could produce some interesting hockey, which, after all, is why we flock to the rinks. (Last week’s picks: 1-2) Friday, Jan. 11 … Read more
The SUNYAC weekend slate features another full offering of nonconference games, a handful of which ( Plattsburgh’s tilts against Middlebury and Williams) could have some interesting implications in the national polls. The rest could produce some interesting hockey, which, after all, is why we flock to the rinks. (Last week’s picks: 1-2) Friday, Jan. 11 … Read more
“Is there a doctor in the house?” That old catchphrase of vaudevillian vintage could have ricocheted throughout the Buffalo State Ice Arena after Bengals captain Mike Zannella suffered a gashed leg while taking the twirl before Friday’s clash with New England College. It wasn’t, and there wasn’t, and Zannella, doing what comes naturally to a … Read more
Back on the ice doesn’t mean back at each other’s throats. SUNYAC schools will finally return to action this weekend after the long holiday break (excepting Oswego and Plattsburgh, which both hosted holiday tourneys last weekend), but for this week and next, the battling will be strictly of the nonconference variety. Even so, all nine … Read more
Back on the ice doesn’t mean back at each other’s throats. SUNYAC schools will finally return to action this weekend after the long holiday break (excepting Oswego and Plattsburgh, which both hosted holiday tourneys last weekend), but for this week and next, the battling will be strictly of the nonconference variety. Even so, all nine … Read more
Jon Whitelaw spent the greater chunk of November and December in street clothes, which is scarcely a fitting place for the SUNYAC’s reigning scoring champ. More to his liking would have been on ice, wearing the “C” for Oswego State, and leading the Lakers’ charge into the national championship fray. What Whitelaw, an education major … Read more
Naughty or nice? That’s for Santa to decide. Still, if you were to ask each of the SUNYAC’s nine head coaches, they would swear that none of them are deserving of any stockings chucked full of coal. Indeed, they’d convince you that they’ve all been good lads who deserve something special under the tree. We … Read more
For PIer-Olivier Cotnoir of Norwich, goals just seem to come naturally, and he is a big reason the Cadets are rated No. 1. Dan Hickling reports.
SUNYAC teams will all be going on holiday hiatus after this weekend, and each of them would love to hit the break feeling jolly. There will be just one conference tilt on tap — Geneseo at Brockport on Friday — but with that plus a few nonconference tilts carrying big-time implications, visions of sugar plums … Read more
SUNYAC teams will all be going on holiday hiatus after this weekend, and each of them would love to hit the break feeling jolly. There will be just one conference tilt on tap — Geneseo at Brockport on Friday — but with that plus a few nonconference tilts carrying big-time implications, visions of sugar plums … Read more
The headline would have read something like this: “Plattsburgh hands Lakers first loss of the season”. The sub-head? “With one hand tied behind its back”. Well, sort of. The No. 7 Cardinals, who had been struggling just a bit in recent weeks (2-2-1 in their last five outings) were a little short-handed on the blue … Read more
The first six weeks of the SUNYAC season have been the appetizer, and Oswego, USCHO’s top-ranked team, has been gobbling up all comers. Now comes the main course, or at least the first bite of it on Saturday, as the Lakers will finally meet their prime contender, No. 7 Plattsburgh, for the first time this … Read more
The first six weeks of the SUNYAC season have been the appetizer, and Oswego, USCHO’s top-ranked team, has been gobbling up all comers. Now comes the main course, or at least the first bite of it on Saturday, as the Lakers will finally meet their prime contender, No. 7 Plattsburgh, for the first time this … Read more
Mike Dolman is back to playing competitive hockey, which is something that scads of those locked-out NHLers — Sidney Crosby for starters — wish they could be doing. Yet it wasn’t always thus for the Morrisville junior and the team’s leading scorer. In fact Dolman can feel some empathy for Sir Sidney et al, having … Read more
The Thanksgiving holiday comes a tough time, both for turkeys and fans of SUNYAC rivalries. Only four of the league’s nine teams will see any action at all during the long weekend, and none of those will face each other. Still, anytime teams take to the ice, there is always the possibility of something interesting … Read more
The Thanksgiving holiday comes a tough time, both for turkeys and fans of SUNYAC rivalries. Only four of the league’s nine teams will see any action at all during the long weekend, and none of those will face each other. Still, anytime teams take to the ice, there is always the possibility of something interesting … Read more