Columns, excluding “This Week” columns
OK. I am officially sick of myself and all the talk about Pairwise and KRACH. So let’s move on and talk hockey, with some random thoughts as we approach Regionals. East Obviously, Mercyhurst will have a tough time dealing with Boston College, just as Holy Cross did last season. BC is not explosive these days, … Read more
Why one simple move may have opened Pandora’s box.
Two Dynasties As far as bringing home the hardware, there are no other teams in Division III women’s hockey that can compare to either Middlebury or Elmira. Middlebury won the titles in 2000 and 2001 that were held by the AWHCA. Elmira took the first two championships sponsored by the NCAA in 2002 and 2003. … Read more
Last May, after the ECAC athletic directors announced the league was officially severing ties with the main ECAC office and forming, in essence, an independent hockey league, Steve Hagwell was named the acting commissioner. In an article called “Seize the Momentum,” we applauded the move, but implored the ECAC not to sit still, and take … Read more
The selections are out and they differed from the brackets that we had projected on Saturday evening. We had all 16 teams picked correctly, but had some of them in the wrong spots. So what happened? Here was our bracket projected on Saturday evening with a .003-.002-.001 bonus: West Regional: 13 Maine vs. 4 Minnesota … Read more
Freshman Ross Cherry and Sophomore Scott Gray started the season as backups for Middlebury and New England College, but have been huge in net for both teams down the stretch.
Wisconsin provides us with a perfect case study for why a more pure ranking system is needed right now.
Boyhood friends Joe Ori and Doug Kisielius grew up outside of Chicago, but came east to Trinity College. In their senior year, they find themselves battling for a national championship.
The Division I men’s ice hockey committee can avoid some common sense pitfalls in creating the NCAA tournament bracket if it decides to give itself room to maneuver.
Dave Starman investigates the art of overtime coaching after seeing three straight overtime games in an ECAC playoff series at Union.
Middlebury has more experience than anyone in hosting the D-III tournament, and that pays off as the college extends its hospitality for the fourth time since 1995.
Early on in the season, my CSTV studio partner Adam Wodon and I were asked for our teams to watch in the ECACHL, Hockey East, CCHA, and WCHA. My four were Minnesota-Duluth in the WCHA, Michigan State in the CCHA, Cornell in ECAC, and Maine in Hockey East. Colorado College was my dark horse to … Read more
Phil Kessel’s announcement isn’t the only news in the college hockey recruiting world. It’s just the biggest. Here’s what else is new in recruiting to go along with a few last thoughts on 1980. Recruits…Please…Immediately! On Jan. 14, Albany Times Union writer and frequent USCHO contributor Jon Paul Morosi reported on RPI’s 2005-06 recruiting class … Read more
This weekend, seven D-III leagues choose a champion, and the field is chosen for the NCAA’s. What will happen on Sunday night? Chris Lerch explains.
A look inside the latest Pairwise, and more.
As the playoff picture gets more focused, here’s a look at teams which can host, and an update on D-III Bracketology. Plus, St. John’s coach John Harrington says he never gets tired of looking back on the Miracle.
It has really been 25 years. Despite my young age of 36, I felt old sitting in CSTV’s studio on Friday night watching Alexei Kasatonov and Dave Silk reminisce about the Olympic Hockey tournament of 1980 in Lake Placid, N.Y. Memories of that event — oh yes; Bill Baker’s goal to tie Sweden in the … Read more
A look into our mailbag finds some questions in need of answering. How do you account for Wisconsin’s discrepency between the polls and Pairwise Rankings, and how good are they really? Wodon: Interestingly, there was once a big gap in the polls, where Wisconsin was fourth, and the Pairwise Rankings, which had Wisconsin around 11. … Read more
It’s that time of the year again; playoffs are underway in three leagues, while five other leagues jockey for position. And it’s D-III Bracketology, week 3.
The outgoing Canisius athletic director speaks about the events that led to his resignation and more.