Todd D. MilewskiIt might not rise to the level of certainty of death and taxes, but the likely addition of hockey to the Big Ten Conference lineup has college hockey commissioners doing some advance planning. WCHA commissioner Bruce McLeod said he has heard from Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany and representatives from Wisconsin and Penn State that … Read more
The teams that will be sweating out the conference tournaments, waiting to see whether they get into the NCAA tournament, have earned that position, Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski write in this week’s edition.
For a moment, it looked like a nightmarish deja vu scenario for Holy Cross on Sunday night, but in the end the third-seeded Crusaders avoided the upset and downed eighth-seeded Canisius 7-3 in the decisive game of their best-of-three Atlantic Hockey quarterfinal series at the Hart Center. Holy Cross allowed the Griffins to erase a … Read more
The Colgate Raiders officially own the Capital Region. Last weekend Colgate shocked Rensselaer in the first round of the ECAC playoffs, rallying from 1-0 deficit to top the Engineers in overtime in a decisive Game 3. This weekend, the resilient Raiders, the 12th seed in the tournament, repeated their performance, shocking top-seeded Union in Game … Read more
Photographer Michelle Bishop captured these images Friday at Qwest Center in Omaha, where Bemidji State won the first game of a best-of-three WCHA first-round series with Nebraska-Omaha 4-2. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000wItk9QUzI1w’ g_name=’20110311-Bemidji-NebraskaOmaha-Bishop’ f_show_caption=’t’ f_show_slidenum=’t’ img_title=’casc’ pho_credit=’iptc’ f_link=’t’ f_bbar=’t’ fsvis=’f’ width=’500′ height=’375′ bgcolor=’#AAAAAA’ bgtrans=’t’ btype=’old’ bcolor=’#CCCCCC’ crop=’f’ trans=’xfade’ tbs=’4000′ f_ap=’t’ linkdest=’c’ f_fullscreen=’f’ f_constrain=’f’ twoup=’f’ f_topbar=’f’ f_bbarbig=” f_htmllinks=’f’ … Read more
Photographer Michelle Bishop captured these images Friday at Qwest Center in Omaha, where Bemidji State won the first game of a best-of-three WCHA first-round series with Nebraska-Omaha 4-2. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000wItk9QUzI1w’ g_name=’20110311-Bemidji-NebraskaOmaha-Bishop’ f_show_caption=’t’ f_show_slidenum=’t’ img_title=’casc’ pho_credit=’iptc’ f_link=’t’ f_bbar=’t’ fsvis=’f’ width=’500′ height=’375′ bgcolor=’#AAAAAA’ bgtrans=’t’ btype=’old’ bcolor=’#CCCCCC’ crop=’f’ trans=’xfade’ tbs=’4000′ f_ap=’t’ linkdest=’c’ f_fullscreen=’f’ f_constrain=’f’ twoup=’f’ f_topbar=’f’ f_bbarbig=” f_htmllinks=’f’ … Read more
THIRD STAR Michael Biega, Harvard: It was a close vote between the Crimson senior and North Dakota’s Matt Frattin, who put up seven points in a series against Michigan Tech. But given that Harvard was playing to keep its season season going and that Biega’s two goals both ended up being winners against Clarkson, he … Read more
Looking over the WCHA standings late Saturday night, I paused at the middle of the top line, right under GF-GA. In 28 league games this season, MacNaughton Cup champion North Dakota scored 112 goals and allowed 62. That’s a plus-50 scoring margin, the largest in the league since the Sioux were plus-60 in a 2003-04 … Read more
Looking over the WCHA standings late Saturday night, I paused at the middle of the top line, right under GF-GA. In 28 league games this season, MacNaughton Cup champion North Dakota scored 112 goals and allowed 62. That’s a plus-50 scoring margin, the largest in the league since the Sioux were plus-60 in a 2003-04 … Read more
Eight of the 11 first-round series (or, in Atlantic Hockey’s case, games) went in favor of the road team last weekend. How will things shake out this weekend? Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski break things down in this week’s edition.
Kicked off the team in 2009, the forward has returned to earn Hobey consideration. Patrick C. Miller reports.
Defending national runner-up Norwich got a bye to the semifinals of the NCAA Division III women’s tournament when the bracket was revealed Monday. Adrian, Rochester Institute of Technology, Manhattanville, Middlebury, Gustavus Adolphus and Wisconsin-River Falls also made the seven-team field and will play quarterfinal games Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Get the full bracket at our … Read more
St. Norbert, Plattsburgh State, Oswego State, Elmira and Adrian earned first-round byes as the 2011 NCAA Division III men’s tournament bracket was revealed Monday. Hamline, Wisconsin-Superior, Curry, Norwich, Neumann and Bowdoin also earned spots in the field of 11. Those schools will play first-round games Wednesday, with the winners advancing to Saturday’s quarterfinals. Get the … Read more
Matt Weninger made 48 saves, backstopping St. Lawrence’s 2-1 upset victory over Princeton on Sunday in the deciding game of a best-of-three ECAC Hockey first-round series. Weninger stopped 23 of the 24 shots he faced in the third period as the Tigers tried to rally from a 2-0 deficit. Greg Carey and Kyle Essery scored … Read more
Kyle Essery’s goal midway through the third period broke a 2-2 tie and helped St. Lawrence force a deciding third game of an ECAC Hockey first-round series with a 3-2 victory over Princeton on Saturday. Greg Carey scored twice for the Saints (11-20-5), who got 28 saves from Matt Weninger. Rob Kleebaum and Andrew Calof … Read more
Andrew Calof had a goal and an assist, and Sean Bonar made 22 saves in Princeton’s 4-1 victory over St. Lawrence in Game 1 of a best-of-three ECAC Hockey first-round playoff series Friday. Matt Arhontas, Michael Sdao and Rob Kleebaum also scored for the Tigers (17-11-2). Kyle Flanagan scored for the Saints (10-20-5). [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000hanXlC7X_7k’ … Read more
We knew it wouldn’t take long for the Penn State program to take shape, and we’re starting to see a little bit of that emerge, on multiple levels. This week, we learned the names of two Nittany Lions recruits thanks to recruiting guru Chris Heisenberg: forward Jake Friedman of the Eastern Junior Hockey League’s South … Read more
We knew it wouldn’t take long for the Penn State program to take shape, and we’re starting to see a little bit of that emerge, on multiple levels. This week, we learned the names of two Nittany Lions recruits thanks to recruiting guru Chris Heisenberg: forward Jake Friedman of the Eastern Junior Hockey League’s South … Read more
THIRD STAR Dan Sullivan, Maine: The freshman goaltender makes an appearance in the three stars for the second straight week after allowing only one goal on 34 shots in a pair of victories over then-No. 4 Merrimack. :: Dan Sullivan’s player page SECOND STAR Paul Zanette, Niagara: The Purple Eagles senior upped his nation-leading season … Read more
Three leagues enter the playoffs this weekend while two wrap up the regular season. Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski look back and look ahead.