Archive of USCHO’s blog content
Sean McLaughlin had the opportunity to end an eight-year drought. A little more than 10 minutes into overtime, McLaughlin converted. The freshman forward scored the only goal of the game — scoring on a penalty shot after Curry’s Michael Lopez was called for tripping on McLaughlin’s breakaway attempt — to clinch the ECAC Northeast tournament … Read more
A more equal parity Our sport has long been hungry for parity. Every time a team has knocked off an opponent ranked a few spots above them in a mid-January game, someone has been quick to herald its arrival. This past weekend, however, was different. These were games that mattered greatly to both teams. … Read more
The opening weekend of the ECAC playoffs is in the books. Here’s a look at the matchups in the best-of-three quarterfinals next weekend: No. 10 Rensselaer at No. 1 Union No. 9 Dartmouth at No. 2 Cornell No. 6 Yale at No. 3 Harvard No.5 Quinnipiac at No. 4 Colgate Extra time needed Three of … Read more
Three thinks I learned from the first round of the Atlantic Hockey tournament: – The higher seeds held serve. It was a struggle in most cases, but Holy Cross, Bentley (in three games), Robert Morris (in three games) and Connecticut all advanced. Robert Morris and UConn needed overtime to win one of their games. – … Read more
Here’s a sampling of what interested us from this past weekend’s action and results. SCSU’s extra attacker: cell phone It occurred to St. Cloud State coach Bob Motzko before Saturday’s game against Minnesota-Duluth that whatever happened in Omaha directly affected the Huskies, and that the timing between the games would be critical. So, Motzko made … Read more
The guest list has been finalized and the invitations have been delivered. Three automatic bids were awarded and one at-large bid was given in the West Region for the NCAA Division III Men’s Ice Hockey tournament. Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) survived two overtime games to win the Harris Cup, and received the MCHA’s automatic … Read more
Hail to the champions — Amherst and Norwich! And when you can’t get to the rinks to see the conference finals, thank God for the webcasts that were truly outstanding from both Norwich and Amherst, despite some early audio difficulties. Unlike being there, the replays were great, and the camera work was outstanding. Kudos to … Read more
Here are next week’s playoff matches: No. 8 Bowling Green at No. 1 Ferris State No. 7 Notre Dame at No. 2 Michigan No. 6 Lake Superior State at No. 3 Western Michigan No. 5 Michigan State at No. 4 Miami I think we’ve learned quite a bit from the first round of the CCHA … Read more
Eight teams remain as we bid a fond adieu to Vermont and Northeastern. And as we take our first look forward into the Hockey East playoffs, there are some teams that enter on highs, some on lows and some somewhere in between. Here is a look at each. On highs: Heaven isn’t high enough Really, … Read more
This is what the players and coaches have worked for all season. Four teams are left in the MCHA and have gathered in Adrian, Mich. to play for the Harris Cup. Lawrence and Adrian will begin play on Saturday afternoon, while Marian and Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) will play in the nightcap. The two … Read more
It’s for hardware this weekend, it’s for pride, but most of all it is for history. It is the chance for staking a claim as the best team in the conference and winning that all important auto-bid to the NCAA tournament. No coach is going to be saying anything about the national tournament just yet. … Read more
It’s down to four teams that will compete for two spots in the NCAA Tournament, as well as conference bragging rights in both the ECAC Northeast and the MASCAC. Curry faces Wentworth on Saturday in a rematch of the ECAC Northeast championship game — Curry won last year to earn the conference’s automatic bid. Salem … Read more
This is the 12th time Oswego and Plattsburgh have met for the SUNYAC championship. Plattsburgh has won nine of the previous 11 confrontations. The last time they met, two years ago, Oswego won 6-3. Plattsburgh is making its 21st consecutive championship appearance. If you cannot make the game, you can watch it live. If you … Read more
No time for dawdling; it’s playoff hockey. Nate compiled some brief notes on the matchups in his weekly column, and I’ll try not to be redundant. Let’s cut to the chase. Dartmouth at St. Lawrence This series pits a hobbled underachiever against a Johnny-come-lately in what has got to be the toughest pick of the … Read more
Well, aside from incorrectly picking the Clarkson series, and incorrectly picking the St. Lawrence-Dartmouth, OSU-Minnesota-Duluth, and North Dakota-Bemidji series to go three games (though I did get the winners right), I did pretty well in picking the first week of playoff action. I even got the scores right in both Minnesota-St. Cloud games. I went … Read more
After rebounding two weeks ago with a really strong performance, this past week was a bit disappointing. Of course, I’m talking about my picks. Last week: 7-4-1 Season to date: 122-78-25 (.598) Clearly, my math was way off last week. I’m still happy with anything over .500. This week We have three best-of-three, first-round, single-site … Read more
My picks within the league have been pathetic all season, and last week was no exception. I figured the home teams would prevail and couldn’t have been more wrong. I’m almost afraid to make my pick for this week’s championship game, as No. 5 Neumann takes on No. 3 Hobart. Neumann has experience and a … Read more
Just a few weeks left and I have leveraged a perfectly-picked split between UMass and UNH to take a two-game lead in the standings. I’m guessing Dave is about to pull the goalie in desperation, so I hope the lead is five by next weekend. Jim last week: 7-2-1 Dave last week: 5-4-1 Jim’s record-to-date: 109-69-17 … Read more
Over the next three days, we will crown five league champions and start to put the first pieces of the puzzle together on who will be competing for the 2012 NCAA Division III championship. On Monday, we’ll find out who the final three teams are that secured the at-large bids when the NCAA holds its … Read more
Last Week: 6-3-3 On the Season: 155-63-30 (.685) This Week’s Picks: Atlantic Hockey Playoffs: First Round Best of Three Series Friday, March 2 – Sunday, March 4 No. 9 Canisius at No. 8 Connecticut – The Huskies swept the Golden Griffins in Buffalo earlier in the season. Neither team has been playing well with just … Read more