Russell Jaslow

In their first ever NCAA Division III men’s ice hockey championship, and in their league’s last ever season, the Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugolds from the NCHA are the 2013 national champions. They completed the task with a come-from-behind victory over the Oswego State Lakers, 5-3. “Obviously, a good game, back and forth,” Eau Claire coach Matt … Read more

The second semifinal for the NCAA Division III championship was dubbed the “rookie” semifinal, because both Utica and Wisconsin-Eau Claire were appearing this far into the playoffs for the first time. Eau Claire took that “rookie” title, defeating Utica, 5-1. Two goals within 22 seconds of the second period, turning a 1-0 deficit into a … Read more

In this century, the only times Oswego and Norwich get together, it’s in the NCAA playoffs. Whoever won that match went on to win the national championship. In 2003, Norwich won in the championship game. In 2007, Oswego won in the quarterfinal round and then won the next two games. For 2013, it was the … Read more

One of the most basic rules in sports is how many players a team is allowed to play. Everybody knows that in hockey, it’s six players, usually five skaters and a goaltender. Apparently, everybody but Plattsburgh. Plattsburgh had trouble with this most basic rule, twice being called for too many men on the ice, the … Read more

A pair of rapid-fire goals in the first and second periods helped Oswego win the SUNYAC semifinal game against Buffalo State 5-2 and move on to the championship game. Chris Muise and David Titanic each scored twice and Andrew Hare made 33 saves. “I thought we started off a little bit tentative,” Oswego coach Ed … Read more

In the waning minutes of the final regular season game, Geneseo starting goaltender Adrian Rubeniuk left with an injury. Geneseo was forced to go with its backup, Bryan Haude, to begin its playoff campaign. All Haude did was stop every shot thrown his way while the offense got rolling in the second period en route … Read more

Before Buffalo State hosted Fredonia in the final regular-season game, the most likely SUNYAC first-round playoff scenario was going to be these two teams meeting each other on Wednesday. The only question was where. Tonight’s game decided that question. The playoff game will take place at Buffalo State thanks to its 4-2 victory, enabling the … Read more

Entering tonight’s action, six teams in the SUNYAC were separated by four points, with only three of those teams able to make the playoffs. Thus, points are a precious commodity. Buffalo State came away with two of those precious points against Potsdam with a 3-2 victory as the win enabled Buffalo State to maintain pace … Read more

It was the Will McLaughlin show at the Steele Hall Ice Arena, as Fredonia defeated Potsdam, 2-0, in a key SUNYAC contest. “Obviously, that’s a real big game for us to be able play the kind of game we did; hats off to our hockey team,” Fredonia coach Jeff Meredith said. “Quite honestly, I asked … Read more

Geneseo came into Oswego for a first place battle in the SUNYAC. The game lived up to its billing in a hard-fought, back-and-forth contest which wasn’t settled until the final buzzer. For the second night in a row, Oswego’s David Titanic scored a key goal. This time it was the game-winner with 4:44 left to … Read more

Six of the last seven contests between Rochester Institute of Technology and Niagara went to overtime, including tonight’s matchup of Western New York foes. For the second time this season, the game ended in a tie, this time, 3-3. “I thought it was a good battle both ways, as close as you can play a … Read more

An undisciplined penalty by Potsdam which carried over into overtime enabled Hamilton to defeat the Bears 3-2 Sunday night. With 42.9 seconds left in regulation and long after a whistle stopped play, Matt Thompson slammed a Hamilton player to the ice in front of the goal. Thompson was called for roughing and Hamilton went on … Read more

Just 0:00.2 seconds remained on the clock in overtime when the puck squirted across the Potsdam goal line in a mad scramble in the crease. Captain Jamie Nelson gave Morrisville the 5-4 victory with the buzzer beater. “I thought we started off a little rocky, but the guys battled hard, and obviously battled down to … Read more

Buffalo State withstood a strong first period by Brockport and then took advantage of a five-minute power play to score twice for a come-from-behind 3-2 victory. “I thought we were very sloppy in the first period,” Buffalo State coach Nick Carriere said. “The second period we got a little better. Lots of power plays and … Read more

Last night, Rochester Institute of Technology was unable to turn the red light on for 60 minutes against Bentley. In the rematch tonight, RIT only needed 34 seconds to put the puck in the net. The Tigers rode that momentum en route to their own shutout, 4-0. “I thought last night’s game was an easier … Read more

Last year, RIT ended Bentley’s season by taking the best of three Atlantic Hockey quarterfinals with a 3-0 shutout in the deciding game. Bentley enacted some revenge on their first return trip to Rochester since then with their own 3-0 shutout over the Tigers. The Falcons withstood a strong first period by RIT to slowly … Read more

St. Anselm overcame a hot, first-time starter in net and a major penalty at the end of the third period to stretch its winning streak to five games in a come-from-behind 4-2 victory at Fredonia. The Hawks scored three times in the third, including an empty-netter, after entering the period behind 2-1. “We haven’t played … Read more

RIT entered the weekend having won just twice in its first 13 games. The Tigers doubled that number, completing a sweep of Sacred Heart, 5-2. Meanwhile, Sacred Heart remains winless on the season. Josh Watson made 25 saves for the win while Sacred Heart’s Eric Delong scored his 100th career point. “It helps mentally the … Read more