Columns, excluding “This Week” columns
The 2007-2008 women’s D-III hockey season is upon us as four teams officially began play last weekend. First-year program Adrian College headlined as the biggest news of the weekend, splitting a two-game series with Neumann College. The Knights are a formidable opponent that received honorable-mention status in the USCHO.com pre-season poll and have been knocking … Read more
Lester Patrick wears a ponytail She was the Wayne Gretzky of women’s hockey during her playing days at Providence College. Now, come next Wednesday, Cammi Granato will be it’s Lester Patrick. Granato, the first marquee name the sport ever had, will now be the first individual female honored by the NHL with a major award. … Read more
With another week of hockey in the books, Jim Connelly and Scott Brown return to their keyboards. This week, topics include New Hampshire, Miami, RIT, Wayne State and more.
The Manhattanville Valiants rode Player of the Year goaltender Andrew Gallant all the way to the NCAA semifinal last year, only to drop a 3-2 decision to Middlebury. But even making it as one of the final four teams in the country was a great accomplishment and has set the expectations high for this year’s … Read more
The Neumann Knights were an overtime loss away from winning the ECAC West Championship last season, amassing an impressive 17-5-5 record. Compare that to just three short seasons ago, when the Knights went 4-17-2 and only won two games in the league. This year Neumann is picked to finish first in the ECAC West coaches … Read more
A True Believer I think I can remember my response when I first stumbled upon the news that hockey is played by women. It was something like this. “What?” Now, I am no hockey novice, and in fact I can trace my the roots of my hockey fanaticism back to the late 1960’s. But I … Read more
There is a youth movement afoot at Hobart this season. Take 10 freshmen who join the roster this season, add in two sophomore Division-I transfers, mix with seven returning sophomores, and you have a very young Statesmen team. With such a youthful squad, head coach Mark Taylor isn’t quite sure what to expect at the … Read more
The Elmira Soaring Eagles have been stuck in a rut the last two seasons. They start slow, look like they are about to fold their proverbial tents, and then get on a roll in January to save the season. For months now, head coach Tim Ceglarski has been wracking his brain to put in place … Read more
By almost all standards, last season was an unmitigated disaster for the Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen. The team only won two games and tied another all season. Al MacCormack, the only coach they had ever known, was forced out in December. And the team itself was almost wiped out by an administration review in late … Read more
If you live in Utica, NY, the place to be on a Friday or Saturday night is at the Aud for a Utica College hockey game. The Pioneers led the D-III nation last year in attendance, packing 25,291 fans into their venerable rink over the course of twelve games. That average per game (2,107) exceeded … Read more
In a weekend that went mostly to form, Air Force stood out. Jim Connelly and Scott Brown discuss the Falcons, early departures, the problems at Conte Forum last Friday, and more.
In the new season’s first edition of TMQ, Jim Connelly and Scott Brown bring back their continuing debate, discussing the future of the CHA and a weekend of on-ice statements at rinks around the nation.
Massachusetts-Lowell hockey can look to the future, after a Lowell city council vote all but ended the controversy that has bedeviled the program.
With their top line of Josh Soares, Michel Levielle, and Keith Johnson clicking, the Black Bears led by two goals before this contest was five minutes old, making their first score just 23 seconds in. Right after the opening faceoff and just 23 seconds in, Johnson gave Maine the 1-0 lead with a one-timer from … Read more
With the Frozen Four in sight, Jim Connelly and Scott Brown discuss the merits of the contending teams, as well as the Hobey Baker “Hat Trick.”
Manhattanville senior goaltender Andrew Gallant has been selected the USCHO.com National Player of the Year. The Summerville, PEI native led his team to the national semifinals this season, and had a goals against average of 1.91 and a save percentage of .928. USCHO.com has also named Oswego coach Ed Gosek National Coach of the year. … Read more
East and West — we have them both this week as Scott Brown and Jim Connelly debate the NCAA tournament in a special edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Right now, it’s hard to imagine women’s college hockey without Wisconsin’s Sara Bauer and Harvard’s Julie Chu.
Well, the NCAA tournament brackets are out and there was only one surprise, that being the placement of Maine in the third-seeded band and Massachusetts in the fourth-seeded band. Otherwise, I was right on the money. Here are the brackets I projected after last night’s games: West Regional: Air Force vs. Minnesota North Dakota vs. … Read more
The games are done, which means it’s time for Jayson Moy’s final Bracketology of the season, projecting the field and the matchups as they will be announced Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET.