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It took just 2:33 for the Terriers to get on the board. Sophomore Chris Higgins worked the with Eric Thomassian give-and-go after a Brian Boyle turnover at the faceoff dot in the BC defensive zone. The massive roar from the BU student section made it difficult to tell whether this is crowd has any more … Read more
The 2007 Beanpot final is underway with Boston College wearing their home white uniforms with maroon and gold trim while the defending champ Terriers are decked out in their scarlet and white. An all Hockey East officiating crew will call the game with Tim Benedetto wearing the orange strip and crewmates Tim Low and Bob … Read more
High above rinkside at the Beanpot, we’re only an hour away from the faceoff between Boston College and Boston University for the 55th Beanpot title game. Northeastern took home the bronze medal in the consolation game, scraping their way to a 3-1 victory over Harvard without forwards Mike Morris and Joe Vitale in the lineup. … Read more
The Beanpot Championship game is still 10 hours away, but I’ll be writing live from the TD Banknorth Garden for tonight’s title tilt between Boston’s two hottest hockey rivals – Boston College and Boston University. The game is being billed as a battle of two top goaltenders in red-hot John Curry manning the BU net and … Read more
This post will contain a run-down of all the conference tiebreakers. For the ECACHL and WCHA, who conclude play next weekend, I’ll run down who would win some of the key tiebreakers for playoff seedings. I’ll wait until next week to discuss Hockey East and the CHA. ECACHL St. Lawrence vs. Harvard (2nd-3rd place) — … Read more
Last year I waited for the NCAA to release its first rankings of the season before attempting to sort out the great cluster-you-know-what that is the selection process. We at USCHO attempt to mimic the process via our Pairwise Rankings. I’m going to use these for the initial attempt and then probably switch to the … Read more
It’s a college hockey tournament that many say only appeals to the four teams that play in it. Just don’t tell that the the thousands of people who were expected to watch last night’s Beanpot semifinals. Even though both of the two games were somewhat yawners – and yes, BC and BU are meeting in … Read more
So here’s the current state of the PWR, with about a month left to go before the NCAA selections: Rk Team               GP W- L- T Win% Rk    RPI Rk PWR 1 Mercyhurst         28 25- 1- 2 0.9286 1 | 0.6208 1 | 16 2 Wisconsin          30 25- 1- 4 0.9000 2 | 0.6105 2 | … Read more
Just wanted to do a brief analysis of the Big Game on Sunday. The way I see it, you have two teams that have had their ups and downs so far this year. Both have shown explosive offenses and stingy defenses at times, but both have struggled as well. It should be a good game … Read more
I’ll make a case for the Cardinals: 9-4-4 record; 8-1-3 in their last 12 games. Beat 11th-ranked Norwich 4-1; first win over the Cadets ever. Beat Williams 3-2; first win over the Ephs since 1982. Tied 12th-ranked Middlebury. Tied 8th-ranked Mass-Dartmouth Is 10th in the Eastern PWR, ahead of Skidmore and Middlebhury, which are both … Read more
Though the USCHO.com poll is still a few hours away from being released, it seems apparent that a new number one is eminent. After Minnesota’s sweep at the hands of North Dakota, New Hampshire, which won its only game of the weekend against Providence on Saturday, is the likely candidate to take over the number … Read more
The USCHO Pairwise Rankings (PWR) for the 2006-2007 season are out. East Region West Region Combined National This means, or course, that the first iteration of BRACKETOLOGY will be coming along very shortly.
If you’re old like me, you’re thinking of Gomer Pyle right now…. Let’s look at some of the many surprises in D-III to date: ECAC East: What is traditionally Norwich’s title to lose, upstarts Castleton State and Southern Maine are at the top. New England College, bolstered by the return of Mike Carmody, is in … Read more
So how does the old expression go, something like “Timing is everything.†That certainly was the case for the top teams in the country this past weekend as each of the top five teams in the USCHO.com poll all faltered, splitting their respective weekend series. Of the five, only Maine saw impacted when this week’s … Read more
So here’s the current state of the PWR Rk Team               GP W- L- T Win% Rk    RPI Rk PWR 1 Mercyhurst         24 21- 1- 2 0.9167 1 | 0.6272 1 | 17 2 Wisconsin          26 22- 1- 3 0.9038 2 | 0.6090 2 | 16 3 Dartmouth          21 15- 4- 2 0.7619 6 | 0.5995 … Read more
The list of nominees for the 2007 Hockey Humanitarian Award have been announced. The award, established in 1996 by John Greenhalgh and Jeff Millman goes each year to “College Hockey’s finest citizen” as a way to recognize the good work being done by hockey-playing student athletes. Men and women playing NCAA hockey from all Divisions … Read more
CSI: D-III If you caught the latest episode of CSI, you know that Gill Grissom is taking a sabbatical to teach at Williams College. Maybe while he’s there he can do some sleuthing and figure out just what the heck happened in various D-III rinks in New England/New York on Friday. Riddle me these: Skidmore … Read more
Hi, my name is Jim and I’m a slacker. That’s right, it’s been way too long since I last wrote, so I’ll bow my head, do a mea culpa, and tell you the good news. The good news of course is that I’m back. The better news is that the college hockey season is officially … Read more
Here’s the recaps: Mine for the Consolation Russell Jaslow’s for the Championship
Two close games today – the championship was closer than the 4-1 score would indicate. The All-Tournament Team: F – Kevin Rollwagen (St. Thomas), Justin Joy (Elmira), CJ Thompson (Oswego) D – Greg Moore (Elmira), Rich Zalweski (Oswego) G – Ryan Scott (Oswego) MVP – Ryan Scott (Oswego) Those were on my ballot for forwards … Read more