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An upset-free weekend will see the top four seeds in the ECAC Northeast meet in the semifinals on Wednesday night. Fourth-seeded Becker used three unanswered goals following a 2-2 first period to down visiting Nichols, 5-2, Sunday. Branden Parkhouse had two goals and an assist for the Hawks, while Korby Anderson added two assists. Western … Read more
The playoff picture is now set with Air Force and Connecticut securing the remaining byes in the final weekend of the regular season. Here are the playoff matchups: #6W Canisius at #3W Niagara #5W Mercyhurst at #4W Robert Morris #6E American International at #3E Army #5E Sacred Heart at #4E Bentley Byes went to #1W … Read more
Well, I never like to call things before they happen (unless I’m made to predict weekend series, of course), but it turns out Tyler was right – it ended up being a foregone conclusion and North Dakota did clinch (at least a share) of the MacNaughton Cup. As for what else happened this past weekend? … Read more
The quarterfinals are in the books, and as expected, there were some locks, some mild upsets and a couple of shockers. It comes as no surprise with all of the ups and downs of the regular season that the first round of the conference tournaments did anything but hold to form, so my 4-4 (.500) percentage … Read more
With little surprise, two favored teams – Milwaukee School of Engineering and Lawrence — advanced to the Harris Cup Four by sweeping their respective Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association quarterfinal series during the weekend. MSOE (21-5-1) meets Marian (18-7), which received a first-round by finishing on top of the Northern Division, in the second semifinal at … Read more
Usually, my first post of the week quickly recaps last weekend’s action… but if you’re even remotely interested in the league, you’ll know that Saturday’s games concluded the ECAC Hockey regular season, and that every team is again 0-0 and looking ahead to the playoffs. Dutch reign supreme Congratulations are in order to the Union … Read more
Congratulations to the Michigan Wolverines, the 2010-11 CCHA regular-season champions! Hear them sing the fastest version of “Hail to the Victors!” ever. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XejrStE8z0 As UM head coach Red Berenson says, “That’s hockey.” Entering the weekend one point behind first-place Notre Dame, the Wolverines took care of what they needed to by sweeping Northern Michigan on … Read more
Just a few weekends ago, we were writing the eulogy for Maine’s season. The Black Bears had brought an ugly losing streak into a Friday night game against a struggling Vermont team. The only glimmer of hope in that game was the return of Dan Sullivan. In his absence, Maine’s goaltending went under the microscope. … Read more
The Playoff Push Postseason hockey got underway this past weekend and as always there were a couple of upsets; including one top-10 team and perennial powerhouse going down. After making three straight trips to the frozen four, the Elmira College Soaring Eagles had their playoff dreams abruptly halted at home in the ECAC West Play-In … Read more
With a 4-1 win over Fitchburg State Saturday, UMass Dartmouth captured the 2011 MASCAC title. This season was a turnaround year for the Corsairs, who finished 18-6-1 overall after posting their first losing season since 1976-77. Salem State finished second after grabbing the regular season title last season, and will join UMD with a bye … Read more
Here’s the quick, 12:25am rundown (EDIT: now 1:22am, upon completion) on the playoff potentialities facing ECAC Hockey following Friday’s results and entering Saturday’s final regular-season contests. Here are this second’s standings. EDIT: Upon further, well-rested review, the SLU/Harvard/Colgate situation has been amended. Tip of the cap to @WHRBSports for pointing out my error. 1. Union … Read more
“It’s not a seven-game series. It’s one game,” Fredonia coach Jeff Meredith said. “That’s what makes college hockey so exciting. “It’s the end of the season. It’s playoff time. For the most part, most SUNYAC teams have been playing playoff hockey the past month. It’s been great hockey.” Which, of course, makes this time of … Read more
There’s a sense of a beginning and closure across the ECAC Northeast and MASCAC. Playoffs are set to begin in the ECAC, while the MASCAC will wrap up its regular season tomorrow. Here’s a look at what to expect for the weekend, starting with the postseason action in the ECAC Northeast. ECAC Northeast Originally set … Read more
The last weekend of regular-season play – how strange it seems to be writing that, because it feels as though October was just a week ago. There is so much at stake this weekend and so much can change with just a point that the drama quotient for every game is exceptionally high. When it’s … Read more
Last week: 7-3-1 On the season: 96-62-23 (.593) Two first-round byes are still up in the air going into the final weekend of the regular season. All of the series are home-and-home with the obvious exception of Air Force and Robert Morris. Friday, February 25 and Saturday, February 26 Robert Morris at Air Force – … Read more
This is the toughest time of the year to make predictions, because so many teams are playing on emotion rather than simple talent. It’s the time of year where a bottom-dweller could easily upset a top-four team, if they simply want it more… so here come some pretty brutal predictions, because frankly, I have no … Read more
Last week Theresa: 7-2-3 Season Theresa: 120-72-23 Last week Tyler: 6-3-3 Season Tyler: 124-51-19 Bemidji and Tech threw us both for a tiny loop last weekend, but hey, I’ll gladly take the prediction loss for that MTU win. This weekend: MSU gets one last weekend off, UAA plays a late non-conference series and UND/BSU play … Read more
You know it’s getting to be that time of year when the NCAA begins to produce its regional rankings and the conference playoffs kick off. The rankings are a dry run for the final selection of the Division III NCAA tournament participants. As was the case for the past few year, we know the criteria … Read more
Last week was a tough one for me, particularly in the ECAC, where I incorrectly picked three results. I finished 12-5-4 (.666) last week, which isn’t too terrible. That brings my season record to 162-54-24 (.725). The WCHA and ECAC kick off their first round playoff series this week, and Mercyhurst closes its season. Let’s … Read more
There’s hockey played tonight – so it’s a good time for a supplemental blog to write up what I didn’t have time to write for this week’s column in addition to giving you my picks for the Ferris State-Ohio State series. I was lucky enough last week to see the Friday Western Michigan-Michigan game in … Read more