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I will admit that I didn’t have the highest expectations for Minnesota this season, and I will take whatever I have coming to me if the Gophers turn out to be as good as they looked in stretches last weekend. I picked them for seventh in the WCHA after going through a statistical analysis of … Read more
Saturday night could be a milestone night for BC head coach Jerry York. Not only does his team have the chance to advance to the regional final, York is going after career win number 800. That, though, only crosses the coaches mind when his wife reminds him. “My wife kids me about it once in … Read more
When the Minnesota Golden Gophers take to the ice on Saturday evening to face Boston College in the opening round of the NCAA tournament, there will be a couple of logos on the boards that may stir up some bad memories – that of the Holy Cross Crusaders This weekend’s Northeast Regional is hosted by … Read more
It’s not hard in general to notice Miami’s Ryan Jones on the ice. The Hobey Baker finalist is possibly the RedHawks most dominant player having scored 48 points in 40 games this season. If for some reason his play doesn’t identify him on Saturday, just look for his hair. The senior has what most would … Read more
Air Force head coach Frank Serratore has never been what one would call “shy” and, in fact, has no problem keeping a room laughing with commentary and story telling. Serratore kicked off the Northeast Regional in Worcester on Friday with a solid dose of ethnic humor. Of Italian decent, Serratore noted that he’s not the … Read more
I’m told that the T in RIT stands for technology, which is quite apparent if you look at this year’s fan balloting site for the Hobey Baker award. Those enterprising RIT fans were able to figure out an automated way to stuff the ballot box at http://www.hobeybaker.com/voting. As of this morning, RIT’s Simon Lambert has … Read more
The field is now set for the NCAA Tournament and there’s plenty of debate that is taking place about how the committee went about seeding things. Once again, the USCHO.com PairWise Rankings correctly predicted the tournament field. But this year, even the PairWise itself sparked some controvery. Wisconsin’s selection to the tournament, despite being a … Read more
To St. Norbert, which finally broke through after so many close calls. Just a dominating defensive performance by the Green Knights, who never lost their poise. What can you say about Kyle Jones? Never before has a goalie not been scored on in a D-III Frozen Four. St. Norbert allowed just 43 goals this season … Read more
Lots more later. A well-earned victory by Tim Coghlin’s squad. Kyle Jones becomes the first goalie in D-III Frozen Four history to allow zero goals, posting his 24th and 25 career shutouts.
…on Plattsburgh. We’re midway through the third period and the Cards are having trouble getting to the net. St. Norbert is 25-0-3 this season when leading after two periods. Of course, when you only lose one game all season, ya gotta figure…
St. Norbert leads 2-0 after two periods, with Marc Belanger getting the second SNC goal off a power-play rush with a nice wrist shot that beat Bryan Hince cleanly. The Green Knights weathered a five-minute hitting from behind major to Pete Fylling and will have 1:15 of 5×3 to start the third period. Plattsburgh came … Read more
It took 148 minutes and 51 seconds of championship hockey, but the Green Knights finally broke through with a deflection by Ryan Peterson to make it 1-0 SNC. We’re now midway through the contest.
And we’re still scoreless. Plattsburgh will start the period with 44 seconds of power play to work with. Both goaltenders came up big at times, including a big glove save from Bryan Hince on Marc Belanger with about 2:45 to go in the period.
We have one now. No score with 10:25 to play in the first. Plattsburgh had taken the play to the Green Knights early, but St. Norbert got a little momentum back in the last 2-3 minutes. Let’s see how the TV timeout affects that.
So it begins. I’m allowed three posts a period, but the game hasn’t started yet so this one doesn’t count ;) Not as many people here for this one as yesterday. Looks like the Elmira and Norwich fans decided to go home. 95% of the 2,000 or so that are here are cheering for the … Read more
…A little early. We got to the building at about 1:00 pm. Nobody here but the USCHO guys and the CSTV crew setting up for today’s broadcast. There were 5,625 people here yesterday, a great, great crowd. We beat the ECAC’s (4,851) in Albany (as well as Atlantic Hockey’s 3,900 and the CHA’s 1,100), quite … Read more
Plattsburgh in a shootout. I’m writing the recap now, so check the D-III page in a bit for a recount of both games.
I had the opportunity to do color for the NCAA/CSTV broadcast of the St. Norbert – Norwich game, so I apologize for no updates. Tomorrow I will be liveblogging the championship game from start to finish. We’re currently in the second period of the second semifinal, and it’s been a very different game from the … Read more
UMD wins 4-0 over Wisconsin to claim its fourth women’s NCAA title in sports eight-year history. Here is a portion of Shannon Miller’s opening statement from the postgame press conference. You have to feel fortunate when you get into the final game because there are so many great teams across the country. I would like … Read more
I’m in the pressbox at Herb Brooks arena, taking it all in. There’s a youth game going on right now, as Lake Placid is a busy place this weekend, also hosting the big CAN-AM youth tournament. There are three rinks in Olympic Center – the Herb Brooks (1980) arena, the 1932 rink, and a practice … Read more