MAAC Teams Await Fate

The MAAC Hockey League remains in limbo following a meeting of the members’ athletic directors last weekend. That meeting came amid the annual athletic director convention in Florida. Members of the MAAC Hockey League, which consists of just one all-sport MAAC member — Canisius — were set to vote on whether to leave the jurisdiction … Read more

Youth Served At MAAC Awards

Amid a backdrop of war and with machine gun-armed soldiers protecting the campus, the 2003 MAAC Final Four got underway on Thursday with the league’s award banquet. The story of the night was the youth movement, with Bentley rookie head coach Ryan Soderquist — the youngest headman in the game — capturing the MAAC Coach … Read more

Iona Next to Drop Hockey

Just days before its MAAC quarterfinal with Mercyhurst, Iona announced Tuesday that it will drop its men’s hockey program effective at the end of this season. Iona joins Fairfield as the second MAAC school to drop men’s hockey this season. The announcement came after a meeting on March 6 of the college’s Legal Board of … Read more

This Week in the MAAC: March 6, 2003

Mercyhurst wins the regular-season title in a fashion fitting to this year’s edition of the MAAC; four teams scramble for the last playoff slot; and Jim Connelly hands out his year-end awards.

This Week in the MAAC: Feb. 20, 2003

With the regular season drawing to a close, Jim Connelly answers the MAAC’s imponderable questions — the 50-50 imponderables, at least. Also: Quinnipiac shows the rest of the league its two sides at an inopportune time.

This Week in the MAAC: Feb. 13, 2003

Rank! Over the last year, E! Entertainment Television made popular the show “Rank.” On the geared-towards-pop-culture hour-long show, the network ranks anything from “hottest celebrity” to “richest person.” Taking the route of the spinoff, we present to you “Rank, College Hockey Style.” On this episode, we’ll be ranking the toughest remaining MAAC schedules as the … Read more

Fairfield Reaction

Reaction to Thursday morning’s announcement that Fairfield was ending men’s ice hockey in a cost-cutting measure. Gene Doris, Fairfield athletic director “It’s obviously a tough day for us in terms of needing to cut two programs. It was based on the institution’s priorities on where the money needed to be allocated and where the sports … Read more

MAAC Ponders Future

The issue of the WCHA and CHA automatic NCAA tournament bids being put into jeopardy was all but rectified as quickly as it arose. But the catalyst to the recent crisis remains an interesting issue, with major implications to the future of the MAAC. As reported by USCHO’s Jim Connelly in a recent MAAC column, … Read more

Quinnipiac, UConn Take Game to MSG

The Saturday, March 1, men’s ice hockey game between Quinnipiac and Connecticut will be played at Madison Square Garden in New York City at noon. The contest is the final in the “Heroes Hat” series between Quinnipiac and Connecticut. Quinnipiac established the award last year to honor those who lost their lives on September 11, … Read more

This Week in the MAAC: January 23, 2003

Mercyhurst may have found its man between the pipes and bragging rights abound throughout the MAAC. Columnist Jim Connelly outlines the battles in Buffalo, Connecticut, between American service acadamies and Canadian service acadamies in this week’s MAAC report.