Jayson MoyFrozen Four participant St. Lawrence was chosen as the preseason favorite in both the ECAC coaches and media polls, released Monday. In the annual polling of the 12 head coaches in the ECAC, the Saints garnered nine first-place votes and a total of 117 points after a season in which they captured both the regular-season … Read more
The Big Green of Dartmouth, the ECAC runner-up and AWCHA Women’s Championship participant last season, gathered nine of the 12 first-place votes in the ECAC Division I Women’s Coaches Poll. The Big Green lost four times to ECAC champion Brown last season, including the ECAC championship game, and finished third in the AWCHA National Championship. … Read more
Bids were awarded to Boston (2004), Columbus, Ohio (2005), and Milwaukee (2006). They were chosen after the Division I Ice Hockey Committee — chairman Bill Wilkinson (head coach at Wayne State), Quinnipiac athletic director Jack McDonald, Northeastern athletic director Ian MaCaw and Wisconsin athletic director Pat Richter and NCAA Director of Championships Tom Jacobs — listened to presentations from eight potential cities during their annual meeting last week in Couer d’Alene, Idaho.
This past week, the NCAA Ice Hockey Committee and Championship Coordinator Tom Jacobs let representatives seven cities know that they were invited to come to Couer d’Alene, Idaho. Not just for a little rest and relaxation, but also to let them give a formal presentation for the purpose of debating where the 2004-2006 Frozen Fours … Read more
Ending speculation about his collegiate status, Rensselaer All-American Brad Tapper signed a free agent contract with the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League Monday, thus relinquishing his final year of college eligibility. Tapper will join the club in September for training camp. “I’m very excited for me and my family,” said Tapper. “To try … Read more
There are times in life when people are pleasantly surprised. Rensselaer fans have been pleasantly surprised over the last four years by a quiet young man from Saskatchewan. Joel Laing came to Rensselaer from Maryfield, Saskatchewan, and has played his way into being one of the ten best players in Division I college hockey. Laing … Read more
The annual ECAC awards were handed out this morning at the Lake Placid Hilton, and leading the charge were Colgate and St. Lawrence, each taking home two of the major individual awards, voted on by the league’s 12 head coaches. Colgate’s Andy McDonald (center) accepts his award as ECAC Player of the Year. Leading the … Read more
In the wake of Vermont’s decision to drop the remainder of its hockey season, the ECAC went to a winning-percentage ranking system for this year, keeping the seven completed Vermont games in the league standings and producing an unbalanced schedule. [ii]You’ve heard my opinion on the ECAC’s decision. What you haven’t heard is what coaches … Read more
The NCAA Ice Hockey Championship Committee met Tuesday morning via conference call (seems like a lot of conference calls these days) to talk about additional issues affected by Vermont’s cancellation of the remainder of the 1999-2000 season. The most significant decision reached was that Vermont will continue to count towards the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) … Read more
The 12 ECAC athletic directors got together Monday morning to decide what would happen as a result of the University of Vermont’s decision to cancel the remainder of its 1999-2000 season. With Vermont having played seven league games already, there were questions to be answered. This morning, the athletic directors came to a decision. But … Read more
ECAC Commissioner Phil Buttafuoco and Assistant Commissioner Steve Hagwell held a conference call with all 12 ECAC athletic directors Monday morning to discuss the implications of Vermont’s announcement to cancel the rest of its 1999-2000 season. Some decisions were reached as to how the University’s announcement affects the ECAC, as follows: The 15 canceled games … Read more
On the first evening of games since Vermont’s Friday announcement that it would be canceling the rest of the season, reactions ranged from shock to bewilderment to sorrow. “It certainly is unfortunate,” said ECAC assistant commissioner Steve Hagwell. “It’s a no-win situation for everyone involved, from Vermont all the way through the ECAC. “It was … Read more
Many of the questions now being posed regarding Vermont’s cancellation of the remainder of its regular season will be answered on Monday morning. ECAC Commissioner Phil Buttafuoco has set that as the time for a conference call with the athletic directors of the ECAC to decide what will be in store for the 11 other … Read more
Published and televised reports confirm that a lawsuit has been filed in district court against University of Vermont President Judith Ramaley, head hockey coach Mike Gilligan, team captain Kevin Karlander and assistant captains Matt Sanders and Andreas Moborg. The plaintiff is Corey LaTulippe, a local hockey player who tried out for the Vermont men’s hockey … Read more
Wednesday the ECAC named assistant commissioner of public relations Steve Hagwell as the new head of ECAC ice hockey. Hagwell, hired this past summer from the NCAA to oversee the public-relations arm of the ECAC, takes over for Jeff Fanter, who resigned Oct. 4. In his new position, Hagwell becomes assistant ECAC commissioner, and will … Read more
The ECAC will name a new person to head up the league’s ice hockey operations sometime within the next few days, conference officials say. “With respect to the position, we’ll probably have an announcement on Monday or Tuesday of this week,” confirmed ECAC Commissioner Phil Buttafuoco. “We needed to make a decision quickly and we … Read more
For the second year in a row, the Golden Knights of Clarkson were chosen as preseason favorites in the ECAC by the head coaches of the league. Clarkson, with six of 12 first-place votes, gathered 138 points in the balloting. The Knights were also picked to finish first last season, and went on to prove … Read more
Yale head coach Tim Taylor announced today that he will remain in New Haven and has withdrawn his name from consideration for the head coaching vacancy at Harvard. Taylor, who has led Yale for 21 of the last 23 years, was captain of Harvard’s ECAC Championship team in 1963 as a senior. He spent seven … Read more
California — knows how to partyCalifornia — knows how to partyIn the city of LA— “California Love”/2Pac Saturday, April 3, 1999 “Go west,” they all said. “Go west and find the promised land,” they said. Right now the only promised land is a comfortable bed and some extra sleep, as the idea of getting up … Read more
Come out to the coastWe’ll get togetherHave a few laughs.— Bruce Willis, “Die Hard” Friday, April 2, 1999 It’s a gorgeous day in southern California. The sun is out, but the temperature could be a little higher for my liking. Still, things are going to be busy today. There are no games to be played, … Read more