Ed TrefzgerIt 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
The SUNYAC is off and running with a new season, and big games right out of the gate. New SUNYAC correspondent Ed Trefzger gives the scoop, plus chronicles the SUNYAC Challenge, and a primer on the neutral-zone trap.
In just two games, Cortland may have caused SUNYAC observers to reverse their field. Tom Cranfield’s reign opened with upset wins over Potsdam and Fredonia, giving the first-year head coach an enviable start. Also: the Rochester Cup rolls around, and Oswego has a problem — sort of. Ed Trefzger makes his debut as USCHO.com’s SUNYAC columnist.
Oswego outshot Wilfred Laurier 48-24 in a 5-3 exhibition win. In the Lakers’ only test before the SUNYAC season opener, coach George Roll gave all three goalies a period to vie for the starting job in Oswego’s next game at home against Plattsburgh Nov. 2.
Niagara’s Blaise MacDonald visited UMass-Lowell on Monday to interview for the head coaching position opened by the departure last month of Tim Whitehead. MacDonald Speaking to reporters Monday evening at Buffalo Niagara International Airport upon his return, MacDonald said his interest in the Lowell job is heightened by Niagara’s status as a member of College … Read more
Tim Ceglarski has been named to replace Glenn Thomaris as head coach at Elmira. Ceglarski is a 1987 graduate of Boston College, where he played for his father, Len, on three Hockey East championship teams and in three NCAA tournaments.
Four of the top five teams in the season-ending USCHO.com poll meet this weekend in the NCAA Division III Frozen Four at Rochester Institute of Technology. The top Eastern seed, RIT, hosts second West seed Wisconsin-River Falls in one semifinal, while the top seed from the West, Wisconsin-Superior, takes on third Eastern seed Plattsburgh. The … Read more
Going to Rochester, N.Y., for the D-III Frozen Four this weekend? USCHO.com’s Ed Trefzger provides the lowdown on the Flower City’s food, shopping, nightlife and more.
Momentum is on the side of both teams as stepped down to become commissioner of the America West Hockey League, a junior league based in Montana. Dan Stauber, an assistant under Nelson and a player on Nelson’s first Yellowjackets squad, was named interim head coach for the season. The change happened so close to the … Read more
The four host schools for the 2001 NCAA Division III quarterfinal round have announced ticket pricing and availability. Tickets are available now for the St. John’s at Wis.-Superior series. Tickets for each game are $5 for general admission and $6 for reserved seating, with reserved sections set aside for both Superior and St. John’s. Tickets … Read more