This Week in the ECAC: March 18, 2004
After a bruising weekend of quarterfinal action, Harvard, Dartmouth, Clarkson and Cleary Cup winner Colgate gather in Albany for the ECAC championships. Juan Martinez previews the upcoming games.
After a bruising weekend of quarterfinal action, Harvard, Dartmouth, Clarkson and Cleary Cup winner Colgate gather in Albany for the ECAC championships. Juan Martinez previews the upcoming games.
Albany: Plenty to do away from the rink.
Miami’s surge back toward the top of the CCHA standings was rewarded Wednesday, when forward Derek Edwardson was named CCHA Player of the Year, while Enrico Blasi was named Coach of the Year. The winners were named during a ceremony at the CCHA banquet at Fox Theatre in Detroit. Edwardson Edwardson, who returned from a … Read more
‘… The Hobey Baker Story.’ New Hampshire Public Television has produced a profile of the man whose name adorns college hockey’s prized trophy.
After sixth- and fourth-place finishes, attention turned to the UND nets. Eyes are still focused there, but now in admiration.
The NCAA men’s ice hockey committee clarified a number of outstanding issues Monday as it heads towards next Sunday’s selections for this year’s NCAA tournament. (Selection show: Sunday, ESPN2, 2:30 p.m. ET.) For one, for the purposes of tournament selection, Massachusetts-Lowell’s wins over Massachusetts (2) and Michigan State will stand. Those wins, and two others, … Read more
Northeastern goaltender Chanda Gunn, Minnesota-Duluth forward Jenny Potter, and Harvard defenseman Angela Ruggiero are the finalists for the 2004 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, announced Monday by the USA Hockey Foundation. All three were among the Top 10 candidates last year. Potter and Ruggiero were Top Three finalists. The Kazmaier Award annually recognizes the most outstanding … Read more
Todd Bertuzzi’s hit on Steve Moore was only a symptom of a bigger problem. Juan Martinez explores violent behavior in the sport.
Junior forwards Barret Ehgoetz (Niagara) and Jared Ross (Alabama-Huntsville) have been selected as the CHA’s co-players of the year as well as earning unanimous recognition as first-team all-conference selections. CHA regular-season champion Bemidji State had a pair of individuals honored; freshman Luke Erickson was named the league Rookie of the Year and Tom Serratore the … Read more
Not all the favored teams are headed to the WCHA Final Five this weekend in St. Paul. Not Denver. Not Wisconsin. Minnesota-Duluth made it out of the playoff’s first round by the slimmest of margins Sunday night at the DECC, and the Bulldogs are more than happy to have survived. UMD outlasted Minnesota State 6-5 … Read more
Freshman center Jason Paige came up with the biggest goal of his rookie season when he beat Western Michigan goaltender Eric Marvin at 12:35 of overtime to give Notre Dame a 5-4 win and the Irish the series, two games to one. The win sends Notre Dame to the CCHA Super Six for the third … Read more
In Game 1 between Dartmouth and Rensselaer at Thompson Arena, the story was the Engineers’ Nathan Marsters, who made 33 saves in a 3-1 RPI win. In Game 2, it was the Big Green’s Dan Yacey, who stopped 33 shots in a 6-0 Dartmouth shutout that tied the series at one apiece. So, who was … Read more
Mercyhurst won its second straight College Hockey America Women’s Championship Sunday, March 14, with a 3-1 win over Niagara. Despite losing a dozen seniors to graduation last year, the Lakers now have a team-record 26 wins (26-6-4) while the Purple Eagles ended with a 9-23-3 mark. The Lakers entered the tournament ranked seventh nationally.. The … Read more
In the longest game in league history, No. 2 seed Niagara defeated top seed Bemidji State, 4-3, in overtime to claim the CHA championship. Joe Tallari, a Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalist a year ago, scored the winner for Niagara at 13:27 of the extra session to put the Purple Eagles in the NCAA tournament. … Read more
John Hill had an idea it was going to take three goals for his Alaska-Anchorage players to beat Wisconsin. He was right. Hill had an idea that the Seawolves’ best-of-three first-round WCHA playoff series would go three games, and he wanted goaltender Chris King to be rested for the third game. He was right. Hill … Read more
For the second straight year, Norwich will be the host institution for the NCAA Division III men’s ice hockey championship. The semifinal games will be played Friday, March 19, at Kreitzberg Arena. Top-ranked St. Norbert (26-2-2) will face Plattsburgh (23-4-3) in the 3:30 p.m. game, while defending champions Norwich (24-3) will face arch-rival Middlebury (25-3) … Read more
In the span of just a few minutes, Michigan went from a team on the brink of elimination to the team that everyone expected it to be — crisp, energetic and overpowering. The Wolverines trailed Nebraska-Omaha 2-1 heading into the third period Sunday, but they took total control of the game, scoring three goals in … Read more
In the entire 46-year history of Lynah, Cornell had lost two whole playoff games entering the weekend, including one to Clarkson in 1988 and one to Providence in 1978. And Clarkson hadn’t won in Lynah Rink in over five years. Not only did Clarkson win once, but Sunday, the Golden Knights made it two straight, … Read more
By the end of the night, Colgate had outscored St. Lawrence 4-3 — for the weekend, that is. The Raiders edged out a 2-1 Sunday win over the Saints in Game 3 to advance in the ECAC playoffs. Colgate (21-11-5, 14-6-2 ECAC) and St. Lawrence (14-21-6, 7-12-3) engaged in another hard-checking contest at Starr Rink, … Read more
Connecticut junior forward Tim Olsen has been selected the inaugural Atlantic Hockey Player of the Year. The Atlantic Hockey Awards were voted upon by the league’s nine head coaches. The Vadnais Heights, Minn., native led Atlantic Hockey in scoring, finishing the year with 19 goals, 18 assists for 38 points in conference play. His 19 … Read more