This Week in the CHA Women’s League: Jan. 23, 2003
The CHA has struggled against non conference foes this year, all except Mercyhurst, writes Craig Roberts in this week’s CHA report
The CHA has struggled against non conference foes this year, all except Mercyhurst, writes Craig Roberts in this week’s CHA report
The light has largely gone out for SUNYAC teams challenging non conference opponents. First place Fredonia discovers it can’t remain ranked if it can’t beat someone outside the league, even if it is undefeated in SUNYAC games. And the age old quest for the perfect pretzel. Russell Jaslow analyzes it all in this week’s SUNYAC report.
Hobart is making another shot at the upper echelon, and is doing it with defense.
Injuries have plagued Dartmouth, but the Big Green continue to survive and are positioned quite nicely for the stretch run. USCHO Women’s correspondent Dave De Remer reports in this week’s ECAC column.
Time to go around the horn to see how the CHA stacks up for the stretch run. Alabama-Huntsville is in the drivers seat right now, but there is still much more to come. Correspondent Geof Morris breaks it all down in this week’s CHA report.
The Broncos head to Fairbanks to begin a battle for first-round playoff home ice, UNO’s injury woes continue, and the Buckeyes are very, very scary. Paula C. Weston has these stories, plus wedding bells.
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.
New Hampshire may not have the Olympic stars, but right now the Wildcats have a tenuous hold on the fourth spot in the Pairwise Rankings. Women’s correspondent Dave De Remer writes about what UNH needs to do to stay there and more in this week’s Hockey East report.
For the second straight game, RIT used an outburst of goals in the second period to take control of a game, scoring three times on the way to defeating Cortland, 9-4. With an assist in the third period on RIT’s seventh goal, senior Mike Bournazakis set the RIT all-time career mark with 137. “It is … Read more
In a perfect world, Mike Falk would score the game-winning goal in front of his family, friends and teammates and coach from last season. It would also be fitting if he did it at Joe Louis Arena, where every kid in Michigan dreams of scoring a goal. It wasn’t a perfect game, but in Falk’s … Read more
Former Wisconsin and Colorado College coach Jeff Sauer was named winner of the 2003 John “Snooks” Kelley Founders Award, one of six awards announced today by the American Hockey Coaches Association. Sauer won 655 games (4th all-time) in 31 seasons as head coach at Colorado College (1971-1982) and Wisconsin (1982-2002), before retiring from coaching. He … Read more
The Brown Bears continued their roll with three more power-play goals in a 4-0 shutout of visiting Iona. Linemates Les Haggett and Brent Robinson were the offensive providers for Brown, as they chipped in two in the first and two in the second to cruise to the win. Sophomore Scott Rowan made his first NCAA … Read more
Norwich won two games on the weekend, improving the Cadet’s record to 14-0 and cementing their lead at the top of the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll. In 14 games this season, Norwich has outscored its opponents 95 to 31. Norwich also holds first place in the USCHO.com Division III Men’s East Region PairWise Rankings … Read more
Idle Harvard, with a 14-1 record, tightened its grip on the No. 1 spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll, and moved into the top spot in the PairWise Ranking (PWR) as well, as the next two teams both lost one game on Friday night. No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth split a weekend series with … Read more
With a three point weekend over conference foe Merrimack, Maine retained first place in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll for the second consecutive week. The Black Bears also hold the first place position in the USCHO.com PairWise Ranking (PWR), winning comparisons with all other teams under consideration. The PairWise Ranking is a system which … Read more
Elmira posted two big wins, 11-0 over Cortland and 8-2 over Connecticut College to remain undefeated in Division III play and stay atop the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll. The two losses in Elmira’s 13-2-2 record both came at the hands of a Division I school. Even though Elmira is first in the poll, the … Read more
Thanks to its freshman netminder, Army will have a nice flight back to West Point. Brad Roberts saved 30 shots, including all 11 in the final period, and sophomores Chris Casey and Chris Garceau each scored goals as the Black Knights defeated Air Force, 2-1, in front of 1,796 fans at the Cadet Ice Arena … Read more
The race is on in Hockey East and with a 4-3 win at Massachusetts, New Hampshire has itself in the driver’s seat. “It’s a huge win for us,” UNH coach Dick Umile said. “The guys played a really good game against a great team.” Josh Prudden scored the game winner that gave the Wildcats sole … Read more
After suffering a broken ankle in an exhibition game Oct. 6, St. Cloud State junior captain Kobi Kawamoto missed seven games and, upon her return to the lineup, was not playing at 100 percent. Sunday, she showed she’s regained the form that has made her an All-WCHA defenseman the last two seasons when she scored … Read more
On Friday, it was a show of goaltending. Tonight, it was the Bulldog offense and defense that stole the show. Greg Rallo knotted two goals and an assist en route to a 5-1 victory at Ewigleben Ice Arena. “I thought we played better tonight,” Ferris State coach Bob Daniels said. “Not that we played bad … Read more