Columns, excluding “This Week” columns
Panthers peaking at right time to take on upstart UMass-Dartmouth In looking at this Saturday’s match-up between Middlebury and UMass-Dartmouth, Middlebury coach Bill Beaney is confident that his Panthers are playing their best hockey of the year right now. Following their dominating performances against conference rivals Wesleyan, Hamilton and Bowdoin in the NESCAC tournament, Middlebury … Read more
The Rematch Lack of familiarity with their opponent is not one of the excuses that either Elmira or Manhattanville will be able to use following this Saturday’s NCAA Quarterfinal game at Manhattanville’s Playland Arena. These two ECAC West foes met three times during the regular season with the Valiants holding a slim 2-1 advantage. “It … Read more
The field continues to sort itself out as four leagues open playoff action this weekend. Scott Brown again reviews the entire PairWise field.
Who’s in and who’s out? With just two weekends of play left before Selection Sunday, Jayson Moy brings the current NCAA tournament picture into focus.
First Round, First Times It’s been three years since Wisconsin-Superior has played in the NCAA Tournament. It’s the first time St. Olaf has ever played in the NCAA Tournament. Fittingly, those two teams will square off in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament. The Yellowjackets stunned St. Norbert in the NCHA Playoffs to … Read more
This intriguing matchup features a tale of two coaches-a first-year coach who guided his team to a repeat SUNYAC title, and a long-time mentor whose team captured its seventh title under his guidance, but is making its first NCAA appearance. UMass-Dartmouth is in the postseason for the 22nd time under John Rolli, but this is … Read more
While in past years our post-mortem investigation of the NCAA D-III selections found that the committee followed the process to the letter, this year we’re not so sure. Did USCHO solve the case? Or will it need further investigation?
The Hockey East regular-season championship — and then some — came down to a very brief span of time on Saturday night, Jim Connelly writes.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Jeff Jackson era. For those of you unfamiliar with the first-year Irish head hockey coach and his team, these next few weeks will be a crash course. Jump on the bandwagon now before it’s too late — this Notre Dame hockey team is going places. Jackson brings a pedigree … Read more
Chris Lerch looks at who’s in, who’s out, and who’s on the bubble in his final column of the regular season.
Nebraska-Omaha nosedives, while North Dakota has risen back into contention for the NCAAs. Jayson Moy returns with March’s first look at the field.
As the CCHA and ECACHL playoffs open, Scott Brown reviews every single team in the PairWise to evaluate its NCAA tournament situation.
Last weekend, the tradition of throwing objects on the ice during games claimed a significant casualty: Oswego’s SUNYAC tournament hopes. Russell Jaslow says that practice must stop — now.
With the ECACHL playoffs starting this weekend and the Hockey East and AHA regular seasons nearing their end, Jim Connelly looks over the likely scenarios and their consequences.
It’s a TMQ two-fer this week, as Scott Brown analyzes the three Western conferences’ playoff situations with an eye on national-tournament consequences.
Coming Down to the Wire After one round of the NCHA playoffs, three teams made it through as expected, but one did not. I’ll give you a preview of the semifinals and what you can expect from the four teams vying for the Peters Cup. The MIAC has one weekend of play remaining and while … Read more
Thrilla in Manhattanvilla It may not have been Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali, but those who walked into Playland Ice Casino last Saturday saw more fighting than hockey. Friday’s game actually set the stage for the donnybrook that occurred late in the second period Saturday evening. Manhattanville built a 4-1 lead on Neumann by midway … Read more
The Cat Can’t Catch The Bird The Buffalo State Bengals great turnaround season came to an end as they were not able to keep up with the Plattsburgh Cardinals. The first game was as most expected, a tight, hard fought contest with the teams trading goals all the way till the third period. Ben Kemp … Read more
Chris Lerch looks at two teams on the NCAA bubble, as well as D-III Bracketlology, Part II.
Twenty-eight teams will start this weekend full of playoff aspirations, looking to continue their seasons into March. By Saturday night half of the teams will move on and the rest of them will be done for the season. Win, you advance; lose, you go home. “It’s a really hard thing to identify with,” stated Curry … Read more