Scott BiggarAs expected, it came right down to the last game of the season to set the order of finish. Elmira won the regular season title for the fifth season in a row, while Manhattanville and Hobart clinched first-round byes. Utica will host Neumann on Wednesday to open up postseason play. If the regular season is … Read more
Here we are at the final weekend of the regular season and nothing is settled in the standings. That is par for the course in the ECAC West. Everything is on the line Friday, as every team but Neumann is in action. If Elmira can tie or beat Utica, the Soaring Eagles clinch the regular … Read more
Here we are at the final weekend of the regular season and nothing is settled in the standings. That is par for the course in the ECAC West. Everything is on the line Friday, as every team but Neumann is in action. If Elmira can tie or beat Utica, the Soaring Eagles clinch the regular … Read more
It has been a frustrating stretch run for the Utica Pioneers over the last few weeks. The return to league play in late January started off optimistically enough. Utica battled league-leading Elmira to a 2-2 tie on January 20, then swept Hobart the next weekend. It has been a wild roller coaster ride since then. … Read more
For the second weekend in a row, there were no sweeps in the ECAC West. The teams entering the weekend in the last two positions of the standings took three points from the higher seed team that they played. Despite being outshot, 39-21, on Friday, Neumann put a whipping on Utica, 5-0. The Pioneers went … Read more
For the second weekend in a row, there were no sweeps in the ECAC West. The teams entering the weekend in the last two positions of the standings took three points from the higher seed team that they played. Despite being outshot, 39-21, on Friday, Neumann put a whipping on Utica, 5-0. The Pioneers went … Read more
The Elmira Soaring Eagles solidified their position atop the ECAC West standings with a solid 6-4 victory over the Hobart Statesmen. The game kicked off a home-and-home series between the teams who came together for a fundraiser towards the Wounded Warrior Project. Each home team over the weekend is wearing camouflage jerseys that are available … Read more
An unmitigated disaster, that is the best way to describe my picks last week. I got every game wrong. I am sitting in the penalty box feeling shame as I type this blog. Anyone want to guess how many I will get wrong this week? If the last two weeks are any indication, the number … Read more
An unmitigated disaster, that is the best way to describe my picks last week. I got every game wrong. I am sitting in the penalty box feeling shame as I type this blog. Anyone want to guess how many I will get wrong this week? If the last two weeks are any indication, the number … Read more
It was the tale of two games for Manhattanville last weekend, as the Valiants played Utica in a home-and-home series. Friday’s game was very even through two periods before Manhattanville exploded for three goals in a 3:20 span to open the third. “As the game went along we got better and better and better,” said … Read more
Neumann continued its slide last weekend as Hobart came into Aston, Pa., and took three of four points. The Knights climbed back into Friday’s contest twice, the second time when Cory Park scored his 10th goal of the season with less than four minutes remaining to tie the game 2-2. Neumann had a power play … Read more
Neumann continued its slide last weekend as Hobart came into Aston, Pa., and took three of four points. The Knights climbed back into Friday’s contest twice, the second time when Cory Park scored his 10th goal of the season with less than four minutes remaining to tie the game 2-2. Neumann had a power play … Read more
Last week was a disaster for my picks. I called the Manhattanville split with Elmira, but the games were reversed. Oops, failed on those picks. At least I got Utica’s win over Hobart Saturday, but missed Friday’s contest to make the worst week of picks all season long. Let’s see if I can redeem myself … Read more
Last week was a disaster for my picks. I called the Manhattanville split with Elmira, but the games were reversed. Oops, failed on those picks. At least I got Utica’s win over Hobart Saturday, but missed Friday’s contest to make the worst week of picks all season long. Let’s see if I can redeem myself … Read more
Heading in to last weekend, Elmira’s power play wasn’t really lighting up the lamp. The Soaring Eagles man advantage had scored seven times in 47 opportunities since the holidays, but five of those goals came against Morrisville during three games. Then came along Friday’s game against Manhattanville, where special teams dominated the second period and … Read more
This past weekend saw the top two teams play each other and the bottom two teams face off, each in a pair of games. Manhattanville hit the road to Elmira to battle the Soaring Eagles for first place. Ronnie Smith scored first to give the Valiants a 1-0 lead in the opening period Friday, but … Read more
This past weekend saw the top two teams play each other and the bottom two teams face off, each in a pair of games. Manhattanville hit the road to Elmira to battle the Soaring Eagles for first place. Ronnie Smith scored first to give the Valiants a 1-0 lead in the opening period Friday, but … Read more
I managed to go 1-1-1 in league play last week but swept the non-league contests on Saturday. It is a good thing I usually pick the ECAC West over the SUNYAC teams (grin). Neumann is idle this week after a very busy stretch since the holidays but the rest of the teams are in tough … Read more
I managed to go 1-1-1 in league play last week but swept the non-league contests on Saturday. It is a good thing I usually pick the ECAC West over the SUNYAC teams (grin). Neumann is idle this week after a very busy stretch since the holidays but the rest of the teams are in tough … Read more
On Thursday, January 19, the NCAA announced findings of a major violation at both Neumann University and SUNY-Morrisville revolving around financial aid grants to foreign student-athletes. These violations are similar to ones found at SUNY-Geneseo and Buffalo State in January 2010, and Potsdam in 2011. The violations at Neumann involve financial aid awards to student-athletes … Read more