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This Week in the NCHA and MCHA

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After three weeks, it is safe to say the season has officially begun. Nearly all MCHA and NCHA teams will be hitting the ice this weekend as the MCHA begins league play and the NCHA confronts week two of the MIAC Interlock. Speaking of the NCHA-MIAC Interlock, things didn’t go the way the NCHA had … Read more

This Week in SUNYAC

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Road Warriors There’s no doubt that the most intense rivalry in the SUNYAC is Plattsburgh vs. Oswego. What’s surprising is how much the road team dominates this rivalry. One would think that with a rivalry such as this, where sellout crowds are guaranteed, crowds that need no prodding to be whipped into a frenzy, the … Read more

This Week in the ECAC West

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No Hole This Year Excluding exhibitions, Elmira hasn’t had a winning record four games into the season in any of the last five seasons. It has almost become expected that the Soaring Eagles will start a season slow, build momentum mid season, and end on a tare to run for the playoffs. Unfortunately, sometimes the … Read more

Tuesday Morning Quarterback: Nov. 6

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Several big series in the WCHA led to at least one surprising conclusion, while Clarkson and Princeton march along in the ECAC in the early going and Miami continues its run. Scott Brown and Jim Connelly take on the week in college hockey.

SUNYAC Weekly Column

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A Season Nearly Spoiled It takes hundreds of nuts to hold a car together, but it takes only one nut to scatter it all over the highway. That analogy can apply to most anything, including a sports team. It takes so many intricate details and hard work to put a team together, but a few … Read more

MCHA Season Preview

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It has been nearly a decade since Lawrence, Marian, Northland and MSOE formed the fledgling four team league known as the MCHA. Now eight strong and rising in prominence, its evolution is almost complete. This evolution, however, has led to numerous procedural maneuvers over the past year, so before even bothering with the hockey, let’s … Read more

This Week in D-III Women’s Hockey: Nov. 1, 2007

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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

This Week in D-I Women’s Hockey: Nov. 1, 2007

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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

2007-08 Manhattanville Season Preview

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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

2007-08 Neumann Season Preview

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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

2007-08 Hobart Season Preview

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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

2007-08 Elmira Season Preview

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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

2007-08 Lebanon Valley Season Preview

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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

2007-08 Utica Season Preview

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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

Tuesday Morning Quarterback: Oct. 16

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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.

COMMENTARY: A Big-Time Save

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Massachusetts-Lowell hockey can look to the future, after a Lowell city council vote all but ended the controversy that has bedeviled the program.