Jayson MoyThirty-one years. Should the city of Denver host a Frozen Four in 2007, it will have been 31 years since Minnesota skated off with the title at the old DU Ice Arena. The folks in Colorado are hoping for a return of the Frozen Four to the Buffalo Plains State. After all, the first 10 … Read more
Detroit has jumped back into the mix for the Frozen Four. It’s been awhile; an NCAA ice hockey champion hasn’t been crowned in Detroit since 1990, but that doesn’t mean that Detroit isn’t ready and able. The city has taken a bad rap in the recent years, but could it be making a comeback? Comerica … Read more
St. Louis is back and they’re not going away. Two years ago, St. Louis was among seven cities to make the last cut for hosting the Frozen Four. They didn’t get it and now they’re back, hoping to get the Frozen Four in 2007 or 2008. St. Louis has hosted once before, in 1975. “You … Read more
The race for hosting the 2007 and 2008 Frozen Fours is under way, with a conference call scheduled for Thursday to narrow down the list. USCHO.com has learned that the following cities have applied to host the 2007 and 2008 Frozen Fours: Albany, N.Y. (Pepsi Arena) Auburn Hills, Mich. (The Palace at Auburn Hills) Boston … Read more
Mike Schafer has come full circle by leading Cornell back to the Frozen Four.
The field is in, and we evaluate our prediction performance.
We take a final Sunday look at the likely NCAA field.
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 peek — “bracketology”-style — at what the NCAA tournament might look like if … Read more
Brown returns to the fray.
The latest bracket breakdown.
The NCAA Division III women’s tournament field was announced Sunday. The field included the four Pool A automatic qualifiers — Manhattanville (ECAC East), Elmira (ECAC West), St. Thomas (MIAC) and Middlebury (NESCAC); the Pool B selection, Wisconsin-River Falls (NCHA); and the two Pool C bids, Bowdoin (NESCAC) and Williams (NESCAC). Elmira earned the number-one seed … Read more
A game can change in an instant. The Rensselaer Engineers and the Union Dutchmen both know that. In game two of their ECAC First Round series, both teams were reminded of that once again. With the Dutchmen leading 2-1 and on the power play with 8:29 left in the third period, things went … well, … Read more
Hockey, like baseball, is a game of inches sometimes. You score a goal by a matter of inches, you make a save by a matter of inches. You get the goalie to move an inch and you score. That’s the way it was on Friday evening in game one of the first-round playoff series between … Read more
Senior night is a funny thing. You play for four years, score one goal in your career — and then break out on the last game of the season at home. Such was the case for Eric Cavosie and the Rensselaer Engineers. Cavosie scored twice, including the game-winner, and added an assist as the Engineers … Read more
There’s just something about the Big Red Freakout. The Brown Bears found out for the sixth time that the Rensselaer Engineers have the edge when it comes to this game. Saturday, it was an overtime goal by Ryan Shields that led the Engineers to a 4-3 victory, breaking their seven-game losing and nine-game winless streaks … Read more
The St. Lawrence Saints scored three times in the third period to take a 4-2 victory over visiting Rensselaer, moving four points ahead of the Engineers in the ECAC standings. Rich Peverley had a goal and three assists, including the empty-netter to seal the win. The Saints (7-14-4, 4-7-2 ECAC) move into an eighth-place tie … Read more
The long road home for the Cornell Big Red took them through the Capital District. On Friday night the Big Red cruised to a 6-0 win over Union, on Saturday, it was a little tougher, but in the end the Big Red — which next week plays its first home games since Thanksgiving weekend — … Read more
Sometimes your goaltender can win a game for you. On Friday night David Cann did just that for the Colgate Raiders, making 28 saves to shut down the Rensselaer Engineers and pick up his third career shutout — second of the year — and give his Raiders a 3-0 win. Cann came up big for … Read more
Everybody knew that T.J. Caig was going to make a difference. In just his second collegiate game, Caig scored on a breakaway to open up a 2-2 tie and lead Minnesota-Duluth to a split of a weekend series with Rensselaer. The Engineers had just tied the game when Justin Williams, playing in only his fourth … Read more
There’s something about the Rensselaer/HSBC Holiday Hockey Tournament that inspires goalies to pitch shutouts. Last year it was Mike Johnson of Massachusetts — this year Matt Kelly of Wayne State. Kelly made 36 saves en route to a 7-0 victory over Princeton, and the Warriors advanced to the championship game against Merrimack. “I was real … Read more