Jayson MoyThe Union-Rensselaer series has turned into a rivalry, make no bones about it. The two schools are 15 miles apart, despite which there have always been some who said this was not a rivalry. Don’t tell that to the teams or the fans. In the last two years Union has gone 2-0-2 against Rensselaer, and … Read more
The situation surrounding the termination of Mark Morris at Clarkson has taken another step. In a letter to the editor of the [nl]Potsdam-Massena Daily Courier-Observer on Dec. 3, 2002, American Hockey Coaches Association Executive Director and Hockey East Commissioner Joe Bertagna stated his displeasure at the termination of Morris. “It is clear that forces at … Read more
Ben Barr scored twice, including a shorthanded goal late in the second period, to help the Rensselaer Engineers to a 5-3 victory over the Mercyhurst Lakers. With a 3-2 lead in the second, skating shorthanded, the Engineers saw the Lakers hit the post and then the crossbar before Barr raced down the ice after a … Read more
Rensselaer was without a goal in 87:44 and down 1-0 to the St. Lawrence Saints before freshman Kevin Croxton came to the rescue for the Engineers Saturday night. Croxton scored twice in the third period to give the Engineers a 2-1 win over the Saints and a weekend split in ECAC play. On the first … Read more
If the Clarkson Golden Knights were affected by the controversies surrounding the team and head coach Mark Morris, it certainly didn’t show on Friday night. The Golden Knights took a 2-0 lead and then held the Rensselaer Engineers scoreless for the last 44 minutes of the game to beat the Engineers, 2-1, and earn their … Read more
The Rensselaer Engineers came into the weekend needing a spark. They got it as Kevin Kurk posted 17 saves and earned his second consecutive shutout, while the Engineers scored twice in the third period to put the game away, defeating the Black Knights of Army, 3-0. The Engineers opened the scoring in the first period … Read more
Rensselaer’s last game saw the Engineers garner only 12 shots on goal against Massachusetts in a 4-3 loss. Tonight, the Engineers took 52 shots on goal and only allowed Iona 13 shots. And the Engineers put two on the board giving Kevin Kurk his first collegiate shutout, 2-0. “I thought from the drop of the … Read more
Massachusetts-Lowell found out late Thursday night that Baptiste Amar was indeed eligible to play — something that the Riverhawks contended was correct all along. Amar “It was a very pleasant phone call that I got at 9:08 last night,” said head coach Blaise MacDonald. “I didn’t doubt it, we had enough information, we had due … Read more
Massachusetts-Lowell took a 4-2 lead, scoring twice in the last two minutes of the first period, and then never looked back as it took an 8-4 win over Rensselaer, spoiling the Engineers’ home opener. Anders Strome and Peter Hay scored 1:14 apart at the end of the first period, and Mark Pandolfo and Danny O’Brien … Read more
It was a battle of two teams in transition, one with a new head coach, and one losing two All-Americans. In the end, the team with the new coach took the early lead, but the other team took it going away. The Rensselaer Engineers fell behind 1-0 early to the Wisconsin Badgers, but scored five … Read more
The Northeastern Huskies erased a 3-0 Vermont lead and wound up tying the Catamounts in the opening game of the season for each team. Freshman Brian Swiniarski scored the game-tying goal with just 2:02 left in the third period when he took the puck from Scott Selig and caught Vermont goaltender Shawn Conschafter out of … Read more
After 10 years at Lake Placid, the ECAC has decided to move its postseason tournament to Albany’s Pepsi Arena, a less historic, but more centralized arena. The move comes, however, with Lake Placid officials feeling mistreated.
It was a Frozen ‘4’ indeed for Minnesota, for which numerology just might have played a part in an NCAA title win.
The chair of the NCAA men’s ice hockey committee spoke candidly with USCHO’s Jayson Moy about a number of issues, including this year’s regionalized bracket.
It’s the game that no one wants to play, but it takes place. The ECAC consolation had no implications in terms of advancement for the Clarkson Golden Knights or the Rensselaer Engineers, but it always has one implication. “There aren’t many people that can win their last game as a senior,” said Engineer Matt Murley. … Read more
The ECAC’s year-end awards were handed out Thursday morning at the annual ECAC brunch, with Cleary Cup champion Cornell leading the way. The Big Red captured four of the individual awards and placed four players on the first two ECAC All-Star squads. Mike Schafer receives the COTY Award from ECAC Associate Commissioner Steve Hagwell Mike … Read more
If there ever was a dominating performance in college hockey, it was there for all of the Houston Fieldhouse to see on Saturday evening as the Rensselaer Engineers raced out to a 3-0 lead in the first period and downed the Princeton Tigers, 6-0, to advance to the ECAC Final Five in Lake Placid. The … Read more
As usual, the NCAA’s tournament selection has drawn criticism. But the selection process in hockey is normally a formulaic, easily-explained, step-by-step process. And that is the case here, too, for the first NCAA Women’s Division III tournament.
In the last game of the ECAC regular season, two teams met to play for home ice. If Colgate won, the Raiders would have it. If Rensselaer won, the Engineers would need Yale to defeat Brown as well. With that Yale win and 60 minutes of hockey in which they never trailed, the Rensselaer Engineers … Read more
The Cleary Cup champion Cornell Big Red held off a late Rensselaer flurry to take a 2-1 victory Friday. The Engineers pressed in the last six minutes, but came up short as Cornell killed an Engineer power play, and two plays in which the Engineers could have tied the game were waved off by the … Read more