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Cadet’s On The Rise With R.I.T.’s departure two seasons ago from the ECAC East, many people, myself included, figured penciling Manhattanville in as the conference champion was going to be a forgone conclusion for the next few years. Somebody forgot to tell Norwich that. The second year Norwich Cadets have quickly scaled up the ECAC … Read more
Playoff bound though it is, as it heads into the final weekend of the WCHA regular season, St. Cloud State isn’t going anywhere. They ain’t movin’ up and they ain’t movin’ down. They are staying right there in fourth place behind that trio of juggernauts, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Duluth. “I keep telling our kids,†said … Read more
Another week of games, another set of NCAA projections. Jayson Moy steps up with the latest edition of Bracketology.
Upsets ruled the weekend out East last weekend, while the West saw a little less of the unexpected. Jim Connelly and Scott Brown look over the results and take a crack at the Hobey Baker race as well.
If two years constitutes a tradition, then the ECACHL has inured itself in a fine one with it’s Pink at the Rink program. The annual initiative, held in consort with the American Cancer Society, will visit ECAC venues at Cornell and Yale during games this weekend. It’s purpose is to raise funds for cancer research, … Read more
With just two weeks remaining in the regular season, the race for the NCAA Tournament is as wild as ever. After all the game games are over, the NCAA committee will convene in their yearly conference call and announce the seven teams that will make it to the 2009 Division III women’s ice hockey NCAA … Read more
Jayson Moy rolls out the latest edition of Bracketology, including games to watch and an interesting observation about the current autobid projections.
Beanpot shakeout, the Princeton-Cornell stunner, late-season offense, and games of note this weekend — Jim Connelly and Scott Brown hash it all out.
Did you ever want a coach’s-eye view of the action in college hockey? Dave Starman spent a Saturday evening with Bowling Green and head coach Scott Paluch to bring us just that.
The venerable Houston Field House is undergoing an extensive facelift designed to make it one of the most attractive venues in the ECACHL. Meanwhile, it seems that one of the old rink’s prime tenants, the RPI women, have been testing the new elevators prematurely. How else could one explain the Engineers’ up and down fortunes … Read more
Laura Hurd Award Outlook Now that the calendar has turned to February it’s time to start the discussion about who deserves the prestigious Laura Hurd Award. The Laura Hurd Award has been awarded to the top Division III women’s hockey player as voted on by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) since 2000. Last year, … Read more
With another full weekend of games — plus the first Monday of the Beanpot — in the rear-view mirror, Jayson Moy presents the latest edition of Bracketology.
The consequences of Monday’s Beanpot semifinals headline this week’s discussion between Jim Connelly and Scott Brown, though there’s plenty more: Atlantic Hockey expansion and its naysayers, the rise of Yale, and this weekend’s red-circled games.
Just one month remains in the regular season. Yup, just four weeks of games left to decide playoff dreams and seeding for conference glory. Now is the time that all of the coaches are worried about the one thing they hope to control: the outcome of the game their team is playing (and, very likely, … Read more
A famous man named James Angleton once said something along the lines of, “Reality is not handed to us on a silver platter. Rather, we have to tease it with excruciating attention to minutiae. It takes the patience of a saint.†Though he was talking about counterintelligence operations, he might as well have been describing … Read more
Sometimes in hockey, final scores are not indicative of how the game was played, nor do win-loss records always accurately sum up a team’s season. The latter is definitely the case with the Stonehill Skyhawks, who currently have a record of 3-7. In speaking with coach Garry Hebert, he is very quick to point out … Read more
When you think of M.I.T., the first thought that comes into your mind is probably not women’s hockey. However, the world renowned university based in Cambridge, Mass., has had a women’s hockey program for eight years. You might not have heard of their program because coming into the 2008-2009 season the Engineers have compiled an … Read more
While the men’s side of College Hockey America may be gasping its last breath, the women’s half of the league has never been healthier. A sign of this will be on display this weekend at the Mercyhurst Ice Center, where the No. 5 Lakers will host No. 10 Wayne State in a two-game showdown. Mercyhurst … Read more
Is Morrisville Out Of The SUNYAC? Yes and no. When Morrisville started their move from a two year school to a four year institution three years ago, they had to go through an NCAA provisional period that lasts three to four years depending on how well they are able to follow the rules. During that … Read more
Spirited Contests Utica traveled downstate to Manhattanville’s Playland Ice Casino last Saturday to take on the Valiants. As was expected, it was a very physical battle as these two teams began the second half of their league schedules. “It was a spirited contest,†said Utica head coach Gary Heenan. “It was a great hockey game … Read more