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Columns, excluding “This Week” columns

Division III Women’s Tournament Explained

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As usual, the NCAA’s tournament selection has drawn criticism. But the selection process in hockey is normally a formulaic, easily-explained, step-by-step process. And that is the case here, too, for the first NCAA Women’s Division III tournament.

Penn State Wins Third Straight Club Title

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The top ranked Nittany Lion Icers (28-4-1) shutout Big Ten rival and seventh ranked Illinois (24-10-1), 4-0 in the American Collegiate Hockey Association National Championship game in front of a standing room only crowd of over 2,500 at the Gardens Ice House in Laurel, Md. on Sunday. The Icers were tested by No. 12 Drexel … Read more

This Rivalry Really Stinks

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It’s a tradition only a Cornell fan could love: the annual tossing of the fish as Harvard is introduced. But it was appropriate on this night, as the Big Red asserted their ECAC dominance.

What Next?

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The upcoming opening at Michigan State does not hurt for candidates. Sorting out who will be the Spartans’ third head coach of the last 50 years will be the current one, Ron Mason. Steve Klein, who knows him well, gives his perspective.

What?

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We at USCHO.com hear and obey. Special correspondent Sam Bohney returns with the second installment of What?, USCHO.com’s feature on historical facts and figures.

This Week in Division III: Nov. 29, 2001

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As if the Thanksgiving feasts weren’t enough, all of last week’s upsets were enough to make some coaches sick. Chris Lerch delves back into the harried Division III scene after a holiday hiatus.

What?

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There are easy questions, hard questions, and questions that just make you say, “What?” USCHO’s resident history buff, Sam Bohney, answers reader queries about the common and the arcane in college hockey lore.

This Week in Women’s Hockey: Nov. 1, 2001

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Just Another Olympic Year Within an hour of winning the Inaugural Women’s Frozen Four last March, Minnesota-Duluth coach Shannon Miller was already brimming with optimism about 2001-02, and with good reason. None of her players from European national teams would be missing for any key stretch of the season. “We’ve been negotiating with the Swedish … Read more

Seven’s Heaven

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Few people at USCHO had a relationship with Shawn Walsh that followed him through his rise, fall, and rise again. Mike Machnik is one of them, and his personal tale is a lasting tribute to a coach we lost much too soon.

Numb

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Soon will be time to talk hockey, but for now, our general manager, Jayson Moy — a lifelong New Yorker — shares his own gut-wrenching feelings about the tragedy of Sept. 11.

Sorrow, Pride and Dangers

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So much sorrow… All the images from the last few days keep racing through my mind. Strangely, the one that I find most haunting is a quiet one: the New Jersey grammar school with over 100 children in its gymnasium last Tuesday evening because no parent had come to pick them up. I reassure myself … Read more

A Time to Heal

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USCHO Columnist Adam Wodon reflects on this week’s tragedy, and the role sports can play in healing.

2001 NHL Draft Preview

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College hockey has had a storied history that most would like to see repeated. Right at the top of that list was the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. That Saturday afternoon in Calgary saw not one, but two college hockey prospects, Rick DiPietro and Dany Heatley, walk to the stage as the top two draft choices, … Read more

Commentary: ECAC Should Approve 12-team Playoffs

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With ECAC athletic directors meeting to ponder the idea of including all 12 teams in its postseason tournament — not to mention the scuttlebut of increasing the games allowance to coincide with the rest of college hockey — ECAC correspondent Jayson Moy tells us why this is a good idea.

A Modest Proposal

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With the Frozen Four and the Hobey Baker Memorial Award in sight, even temperate men and women can lose their composure debating the relative merits of Eastern vs. Western hockey. With tongue firmly in cheek, Paula C. Weston offers a simple solution to a vexing problem.