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Columns, excluding “This Week” columns

Monday D-III Roundup: Oct. 25, 2004

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As part of USCHO.com’s expanded D-III coverage, Ed Trefzger debuts a Monday D-III column, noting that penalties indeed are up, and fans and coaches are irritated with it.

This Week in Division III: Oct. 21, 2004

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Chris Lerch starts a new season for his weekly national D-III column by looking at the top half of the USCHO preseason poll. He also points out which teams are ranked too high, and which one had the opposite happen.

Chicken vs. Egg

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Are referees still backing off calling penalties in the third period, or are the players just learning by then?

NHL Fan’s Guide to College Hockey

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So Gary Bettman and Bob Goodenow want to fight for the right to be the man who killed the game of hockey? Good for them. What more can you expect out of a Cornell grad and Harvard grad, respectively? They can destroy the NHL all they want, but ice rinks, ice skates, sticks, and Vulcanized … Read more

Canadian Youth Faces Tall Order Against U.S.

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The United States is in an unfamiliar position entering this week’s annual Under-22 series with Canada-defending champion and favorite. As usual, the three-game series offers glimpses of top U.S. college players from both countries, but what’s been different recently is that the glimpses are of younger Canadians. The average age of this year’s Canadian roster … Read more

Decision Benefits All Sides

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If Al Montoya had taken any longer to decide whether or not to return to Michigan, the Maize ‘N Blue Deli would have named a sandwich after him. While it’s not quite the same as New York City’s Carnegie Deli, the place the “Al Cubano” calls home, it’s the best Ann Arbor can do. Fortunately … Read more

Into The Matrix

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Jayson Moy compares the five schools up for a spot in the ECAC, and pulls out a (conditional) winner.

Young and Restless

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I can remember my first exposure to the NHL Entry Draft. It was 1993 in the hockey hotbed of Old France — Quebec City. I was in Quebec with my godparents, whose son was earmarked as a potential first-round pick. He had just come out of high school having attended one of the better-known prep … Read more

Verbal Commitments: A Lot of Talk?

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Luke Beaverson’s intuition told him something was up, and it wasn’t positive. A defenseman for the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States League, Beaverson felt uneasy about his hockey future at North Dakota as last season wore on, and his fears were realized shortly after the season ended. Tom Morrow got tired of waiting, … Read more

Crimson Tide

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Mark Mazzoleni’s departure can be picked apart, but it gives Harvard a chance to begin anew, and there is plenty to build on.

Seize the Momentum

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First, everyone looked at each other and made sure what they thought they heard was true. Steve Hagwell is being made ECAC commissioner? Haven’t we heard this before? Wasn’t he named associate commissioner in 2000 with the intention of giving him the authority to make the necessary decisions that commissioner Phil Buttafuoco, either because of … Read more

Between the Lines: Post-Frozen Four Edition

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• I guess it’s safe to say the replay rule will be under review at the upcoming coaches convention in Naples, Fla. It’s the type of thing that doesn’t become an issue unless it happens in the NCAAs, when every goal is automatically reviewed. If Maine’s goal in the NCAA final wasn’t automatically reviewed, no … Read more

Wrapup: Division III

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Middlebury claims the D-III title; commentary on this year’s All-Americans; and the offseason watch begins in earnest.

This Week in Women’s Hockey: March 18, 2004

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To the four participating teams in this week’s ECAC championship at Union, this weekend consists of just another hockey game or two, another chance to bring home an ECAC championship banner, and for the lucky few, another step along the road to Frozen Four in Providence. To many outside observers, however, the tournament’s primary importance … Read more

A Sport-Wide Problem

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Todd Bertuzzi’s hit on Steve Moore was only a symptom of a bigger problem. Juan Martinez explores violent behavior in the sport.