Ed TrefzgerFor several years, USCHO has published Pairwise Rankings (PWR), a statistical method to approximate the criteria used to select teams for the Division I NCAA men’s tournament. USCHO has also featured a PWR for men’s D-III hockey, based on the D-I methodology. Though it is interesting as a comparision tool, applying the D-I criteria to … Read more
Less than three years ago, surgeons at Strong Memorial Hospital weren’t sure Jerry Galway would ever be able to play hockey again. The All-American defenseman from RIT returned, though, and might be better than ever as he looks toward the Division III playoffs. Ed Trefzger recounts Galway’s triumphs on and off the ice.
Plattsburgh’s coaching tandem celebrates a milestone, going into a weekend which sees three of the top four SUNYAC teams in the North Country. Also: upcoming action around the conference, and a Humanitarian, indeed. Ed Trefzger reports.
Plattsburgh’s struggles have left the teams of the SUNYAC in position to fight for what may be a single NCAA bid. Ed Trefzger returns to analyze the league’s playoff hopes, and preview this weekend’s Elmira-RIT scrum.
Expansion of the D-III men’s tournament was overdue, but fraught with potential dilemmas, says USCHO columnist Ed Trefzger.
As the SUNYAC hits the halfway point of the season, Ed Trefzger takes a look around to see Plattsburgh in a familiar position, with Oswego and Cortland — yes, Cortland — not far behind.
Old-time radio is alive and well in Plattsburgh, N.Y., and it benefits college hockey fans in more ways than one. … Perhaps that fact will help soothe the Cardinals, who had a tough stretch of games.
The defending national champions take a break — sort of — from SUNYAC play, including a visit to the Great Northern Shootout. Also: the NCAA takes a hard look at the art of the dive, and might want to consider more carefully enforcing another rule. Ed Trefzger rounds up the week’s news.
Cortland took advantage of two second period Ice Knight penalties on the way to a 5-2 win at Geneseo, in the first meeting of the SUNYAC’s two rookie head coaches. Trailing 2-1 after one, Cortland tied the game on Jeff Olsen’s power-play goal at 11:49 of the second. Geneseo goalie Scott Blackman made an initial … Read more
It may be early, but it looks like this edition of the Buffalo State Bengals could be the best-ever. How good is that, anyway? Also: some overzealous Oswego fans make a bad call against Plattsburgh. Ed Trefzger hands out bouquets and brickbats.
Brockport had a season last year that Brian Dickinson would just as soon forget. “We were in such disarray with attitude problems. Last year was not what our coaching philosophy is about,” said the sixth-year coach. On top of that, a number of injuries depleted the Brockport roster, and still other players left the team … Read more
In his 14th season at Fredonia, coach Jeff Meredith is still having fun. “I’m really enjoying working with this bunch of guys. So I’m having a lot of fun and they’re having a lot of fun at practice every day,” said Meredith. MEREDITH A roster which includes 13 freshmen is making up for inexperience with … Read more
It has been a gradual process, but the plan put in place during his first season at Buffalo State is now paying off for coach Jim Fowler. FOWLER Fowler started 1996-97 without a recruiting class, and over the next couple of seasons had to concentrate on filling a roster. Those teams were not competitive, and … Read more
The league that boasts the defending NCAA Division III champion is back. Ed Trefzger profiles the SUNYAC, where more than ever before, the playoffs may be anyone’s guess.
A national championship and a No. 1 ranking in the preseason USCHO.com Division III poll put a bulls-eye on the backs of the Plattsburgh Cardinals. EMERY “We’re going to be everyone’s big game, especially in our rink. It seems it’s a tough place to play, but it’s an easy place to get ready to play,” … Read more
Potsdam is in a bit of a rebuilding mode this season, with 11 rookies on the roster. Coach Ed Seney’s Bears, who in game two of the SUNYAC championship were the only team to beat Plattsburgh in its last 15 games, lose five of their top seven scorers from last year. Those five accounted for … Read more
Oswego coach George Roll adds seven rookies to an already-young squad. This year’s Lakers are talented, but like the rest of the SUNYAC, just a notch or two below league-leading Plattsburgh. “We’re pretty much a freshman, sophomore team. I think in a couple years we will have closed that gap [with Plattsburgh] — not to … Read more
Geneseo started this season with an event that had never happened in the program’s history: a coaching change. Brian Hills, a former assistant coach and All-American at Bowling Green, takes over an Ice Knights squad from Paul Duffy, who retired after 26 seasons at the helm. HILLS Although last year’s Ice Knights had three of … Read more
Under new head coach Tom Cranfield, the Cortland Red Dragons are off to a 3-0 start. How did they get there? Hard work. After downing Potsdam and Fredonia in the SUNYAC Challenge, Cranfield said, “I don’t know if we’re as talented as those teams, but we worked very hard.” That work ethic is something Cranfield … Read more
Friday night, Plattsburgh took advantage of Oswego penalties and miscues to down the Lakers, 6-4, in the conference opener for both. Brian Toussaint led scoring for the defending national champs, getting a natural hat trick in the first period. The Cardinals, who scored on fewer than a fourth of their power plays last season, went … Read more