This Week in the WCHA Women’s League: March 6, 2003
The WCHA Final Five starts Thursday night in Grand Forks; Craig Roberts rounds up the participants, and scopes our their chances.
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Seniors Lead Tigers To Shutout Of Denver
For Colorado College, it was a fitting way to celebrate Senior Night. Joe Cullen and Noah Clarke, both playing their final regular-season home games, scored second-period goals as the Tigers blanked in-state rival Denver, 2-0, before a sellout crowd of 7,627 at the Colorado Springs World Arena on Thursday. The loss severely hurts Denver’s chances … Read more
Waiting In the Wings
Bill Beaney took a year off from his successful program to watch his son play. He’ll be back, but are bigger things ahead?
BU-PC, MC-BC Postponed
Game one of the Boston University-Providence Hockey East Quarterfinal series has been postponed from Thursday to Friday due to white-out conditions in the area. The series was originally scheduled to run from Thursday to Saturday, but now will be pushed back to run from Friday to Sunday. Fox Sports New England was to have aired … Read more
This Week in the ECAC: March 6, 2003
Cornell may be the ECAC’s regular-season champion for a second straight year, but this weekend the Big Red get a breather as attention turns to the first round of the newly-restructured ECAC playoffs. Jayson Moy and Becky Blaeser round up the action.
Minnesota State Wins Battle Of Mavericks
If there are two sides to every story, there are also two sides to every shutout. After Minnesota State-Mankato (18-8-9) blanked Nebraska-Omaha 3-0 Thursday night, each team faced different realities. For MSU, it was the first shutout of the season. It also came after the team gave up 14 goals last weekend at Colorado College. … Read more
Gaels Take Upper Hand In Playoff Race
Iona’s 3-0 victory over Connecticut sharpened the focus on the race for the eighth and final playoff spot in the MAAC. The Gaels’ victory gives them 21 points and eliminates the Huskies and Fairfield. Iona can clinch a playoff berth with a win or tie against the Stags on Saturday night, or if AIC does … Read more
LeNeveu, Sterling Take Feb. IHCCA Awards
Cornell goaltender David LeNeveu and Colorado College forward Brett Sterling were named winners of the IHCCA Commissioners’ Choice Awards for February. The awards honor the month’s top men’s college player in NCAA Division I and is selected by the Ice Hockey Collegiate Commissioners’ Association (IHCCA). LeNeveu, a 6-1, 170-pound sophomore, won the Player of the … Read more
This Week in the CHA: March 6, 2003
With the CHA’s inaugural autobid soon to be decided, Geof F. Morris uses the power of mathematics to project the league’s final regular-season standings.
Elmira Tops In Women’s DIII Poll
Elmira won a 4-2 decision over No. 5 Plattsburgh to capture the ECAC West postseason title and hold on to the No. 1 ranking in this week’s USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll. Elmira has yet to lose to a Division III opponent. The Soaring Eagles also are atop the USCHO.com East Regional Pairwise Rankings (PWR). … Read more
Bracketology, Hockey-Style
With the expansion of the NCAA tournament to 16 teams this year, even knowledgeable people around college hockey have been thrown into confusion about the new seeding process. And since the NCAA has publicized its new guidelines for seeding, here is a first peek — “bracketology”-style — at what the NCAA tournament would look like … Read more
No. 1 St. Norbert, No. 8 St. John’s Earn First DIII Bids
No. 1 in this week’s USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll, for the sixth consecutive week, is St. Norbert. The Green Knights won the NCHA postseason tournament title with a 5-2 defeat of No. 5 Wis.-Superior, and thus became the first team to earn a pass to the NCAA Division III Tournament. To reach the final, … Read more
Crimson Top Women’s Poll
As the regular season wrapped up, Harvard received a unanimous No. 1 ranking in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Harvard had a three win week, surviving a 4-3 scare at the hands of unranked Brown before road wins over Cornell and Colgate. Harvard is also No. 1 in the Pairwise Rankings (PWR), a … Read more
CC Stays No. 1 Despite Weekend Split
Colorado College received 22 of 40 first-place votes and held on to the top spot in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll following a weekend split with No. 9 Minnesota State, Mankato. The Tigers also continued to be ranked No. 1 in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Pairwise Rankings (PWR), an algorithm for predicting NCAA … Read more
Late Goal Gives Bulldogs Victory Over Sioux
For $100 million, the late Ralph Engelstad bought the University of North Dakota one of the world’s finest hockey arenas. But for more than four periods against Minnesota-Duluth, UND couldn’t buy a goal or a break. When UMD freshman center Tim Stapleton scored with 2:01 left in the third period, it proved to be the … Read more
MacKay Keys Wayne State Past Air Force
Wayne State freshman Derek MacKay scored his first career hat trick to lead the Warriors to a 4-3 win over Air Force Saturday at the Great Lakes Sports City Arena. Air Force made the game interesting in the closing minutes as the Falcons pulled the goaltender with 1:26 remaining and then went on a power … Read more
Stevens Point Takes Third Place in NCHA
Justin Micek scored shorthanded in the third period, providing a two-goal lead and what would be the game-winning goal in Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s 5-2 victory over No. 3 Wisconsin-River Falls on Saturday. Stevens Point took third place in the NCHA Peters Cup Championship at the Cornerstone Community Ice Center, crippling River Falls’ hopes of an at-large … Read more
UMass Locks Up Date With Maine
A makeshift and fatigued Merrimack lineup found it hard to contend with a well-rested and eager-to-please Massachusetts club Saturday night in the regular-season finale at the Volpe Center. Freshman Stephen Werner scored once and assisted on three others, as the Minutemen won the showdown for sixth place in Hockey East, 5-2, earning the right make … Read more
Seniors Lead Notre Dame Past Western Michigan
It was the seniors’ night at the Joyce Center on Saturday as Notre Dame’s class of 2003 played its final regular-season home game. And, in the end, the seniors came through in a big way, guiding the Irish to a crucial 5-2 win over Western Michigan in front of a sellout crowd. Senior goaltender Tony … Read more
Wolverines Hold Off Spartans At JLA
A day later than he would have liked, Red Berenson got his 500th career victory as Michigan’s head coach. The Wolverines held off Michigan State 5-4 at Joe Louis Arena in front of 20,058, after having their Senior Night ruined with a 4-0 loss Friday in Ann Arbor. Even though Michigan State scored four goals … Read more