CSI: NCAA
A forensic investigation into how the teams were chosen.
A Farewell to Aud
Nebraska-Omaha says goodbye to a building that’s treated it well in the program’s fledgling years.
Harvard In Control In Women’s Poll
Harvard advanced to the ECAC Semifinals with a pair of wins over Cornell, and stays first in both the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll and the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Pairwise Rankings (PWR). Harvard will face Brown, which upset No. 8 St. Lawrence in three games this weekend. Minnesota-Duluth finished at No. 2 in both … Read more
The Story Behind The Numbers
Numbers don’t lie, but they may not tell the whole story, either.
With Sweep Of Denver, CC Remains No. 1
With a triumphant sweep over in-state rival Denver, Colorado College captured the majority of the first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The Tigers finished first with 593 points and enters next weekend with the No. 1 seed in the WCHA playoffs and will face Alaska-Anchorage. Colorado College is also first in … Read more
Exter’s Condition Remains ‘Serious’
Merrimack goaltender Joe Exter remains in serious condition with multiple skull fractures at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center today following a collision in last Friday’s opening game of the Hockey East quarterfinal series at Boston College. (Original story) According to hospital spokespersons, Exter’s condition is unchanged in the last 24 hours, and unless there … Read more
Division III Men’s Pairings Announced
The NCAA has released the pairings for the 2003 Division III Men’s Hockey Championships. (Full Bracket) Oswego (23-6-1), which won the SUNYAC title by defeating Plattsburgh two games to one in the SUNYAC finals, will host ECAC East champion Wentworth (21-4-3) on Saturday, March 15. The teams met twice this season, with Oswego winning both … Read more
All Over But the Shouting
Answers to your nagging selection criteria questions.
Patrick Gives Oswego SUNYAC Title
A rush near the end of the game and a blistering shot added up to an Oswego championship, and the end of a Plattsburgh dynasty of six consecutive titles. Oswego’s Don Patrick streaked into the Plattsburgh zone down the left side. At the faceoff circle, he wound and fired. The puck was earmarked for the … Read more
D-III Tournament Projections
With the games done in D-III, it’s time for the NCAA selection committee to do its work, and for us to project the results.
Exter-a Attention
As a tragedy unfolds before your eyes, keeping focused on the game is hard for everyone.
Trinity Claims NESCAC Title
Trinity snapped Middlebury’s 20-game unbeaten streak as the Bantams topped the Panthers 4-2 to capture the 2003 NESCAC Championship. The win is the first conference crown for the Bantams after Middlebury had won the first three tournaments. Trinity receives an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, while Middlebury will hope for an at-large Pool “C” … Read more
NCAA Announces D-III Women’s Field
The NCAA Division III women’s tournament field was announced Sunday. The field included the four Pool A automatic qualifiers — Manhattanville (ECAC East), Elmira (ECAC West), St. Thomas (MIAC) and Middlebury (NESCAC); the Pool B selection, Wisconsin-River Falls (NCHA); and the two Pool C bids, Bowdoin (NESCAC) and Williams (NESCAC). Elmira earned the number-one seed … Read more
Bracketology: D-III Women
With the Division III women’s season over, it’s time to take a look at who will make the NCAA Tournament and who won’t. Let’s call it Bracketology, Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Style. Russell Jaslow went through all the iterations Thursday in his preview article, but now that the games are done with, has anything … Read more
Colgate Rises To Series Win
Colgate and St. Lawrence exited their respective locker rooms following the second intermission with only one thought on their minds: win this one period, and we’ll be moving on. With the crowd at their backs, the Raiders stepped up to the challenge and scored three times to earn a 5-2 victory and take the best-of-three … Read more
Elmira Holds Off RIT For ECAC West Title
Elmira took advantage of two opportune bounces late in the first period, scoring a pair of goals to take the lead, and then held on for the remainder of the contest to win the ECAC West championship, 4-3 over RIT. “It feels great,” said Elmira coach Tim Ceglarski. “Our seniors have been very close over … Read more
MInnesota-Duluth Rolls Into Playoffs
The week couldn’t have been going any better for the Sertich family — five hockey wins in five games through Friday night. Yet, Minnesota-Duluth obliterated that streak with a 6-3 victory over Michigan Tech and coach Mike Sertich on Saturday night before 4,532 at the DECC. UMD (18-13-5) finished the regular season in the Western … Read more
Morgan Leads Beavers To Series Sweep
It doesn’t matter who Bemidji State’s goaltender is: Air Force can’t seem to get one past him. Backup netminder Dannie Morgan stopped all 34 shots as the Beavers recorded consecutive shutouts for the first time in its Division I history with a 2-0 victory before 1,409 fans at the Cadet Ice Arena on Saturday. Bemidji … Read more
Bulldogs Complete Sweep Of Falcons
With both teams’ destinies already decided, one might think Saturday’s game between Ferris State and Bowling Green would have had little meaning. However, Ferris State had the most to lose on the national scene, due to the Bulldogs’ modest standing in the PairWise Rankings. And after surrendering the first two goals, the Bulldogs battled back … Read more
Oswego Forces Game 3 In SUNYAC Final
Note to all pastors in the Oswego area — do not plan on delivering a long sermon Sunday morning. If you do, your churches may empty out around noon, whether the service is done or not. That’s because Oswego made sure that the SUNYAC championship will go to a third and deciding game, to be … Read more