SUNYAC Newsletter: Nov. 15, 2000
It was a week to remember in the SUNYAC, with wins, losses and shenanigans around the league. Russell Jaslow covers the highlights — and the lowlights.
It was a week to remember in the SUNYAC, with wins, losses and shenanigans around the league. Russell Jaslow covers the highlights — and the lowlights.
The package features three Michigan-Michigan State contests as part of the 18-game schedule, as well as coverage of the Great Lakes Invitational and four CCHA Tournament games, including the CCHA Championship from Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
At the end of the RIT-Geneseo game, one of the media in attendance leaned over and said, “12 layups and a three-pointer.” That just about sums up the 13-0 drubbing the Tigers put on the Ice Knights Tuesday. Believe it or not, the Tigers actually got out to a slow start in this game. “I … Read more
The NCAA moved a step closer to revamping its amateurism rules during a recent meeting of the Division I Management Council. The amateurism deregulation package, which has been worked on for over a year and was first discussed on USCHO last fall, could see final approval by April, 2001. The deregulation proposal changes the definition … Read more
Freshman Shane Saum tallied his first collegiate hat trick to lead Air Force to a 7-1 win over Division III Augsburg and a sweep of the series. Saum put the Falcons on the board first with a power play goal at 7:23 but Jaro Cesky tied the game for the Auggies just 30 seconds later. … Read more
Surviving one of the craziest offensive periods in recent memory, the Merrimack Warriors snapped a two-game losing streak by beating the UMass-Lowell River Hawks, 5-4, before a loud and raucous crowd at Merrimack’s Volpe Complex. Junior Ryan Kiley, notching his third goal of the season with a hard snapshot over the blocker of Jimi St. … Read more
Iona College scored three times in the third period, twice on the power play, to earn a come-from-behind victory over Bentley College Sunday night at the Ryan Rink in Watertown. After Bentley led 5-3 in the second period and 5-4 after the second intermission, the Gaels tied the game 51 seconds into the third when … Read more
Northeastern got four goals from the unlikeliest of sources to defeat Boston University, 4-1 Sunday. Graig Mischler, who led the team in assists but hadn’t scored all year, netted two for the first time in his collegiate career. Sean MacDonald added another to break a 51-game drought. And Chris Lynch got his first five-on-five goal … Read more
Wisconsin’s losing streak ran to five games Saturday night with a 3-2 loss at the hands of Alaska-Anchorage. The Badgers (7-5-0 overall, 4-4-0 WCHA) had plenty of opportunities throughout the course of the evening, but it was the Seawolves (4-3-1, 2-1-1) who took advantage of the chances presented to them. With the game tied at … Read more
Freshman forward Greg Kealey scored a power play goal at the 15:26 mark of the second period to give the Holy Cross Crusaders a 3-2 victory over the Army Black Knights on saturday evening. The win marked the first time since 1995 that the Crusaders have defeated the Black Knights. The win improves Holy Cross’ … Read more
The Cornell Big Red scored twice in the second period to take a 3-2 lead, then hung on to defeat the Rensselaer Engineers on Saturday night for their first win of the season. The Big Red were playing with only 11 forwards due to injury and two game disqualifications given out the night before at … Read more
There was a time when the Gophers were king, but North Dakota has been the dominant WCHA force in recent years. This classic battle had everything you would expect.
The Broncos continued their early season roll, and are already approaching last year’s win total. Niagara, on the other hand, suffered another in a string of tough defeats.
Ambria Thomas finished with a hat trick and two assists as third-ranked Minnesota skated to an 8-0 win Saturday night over fourth-ranked Minnesota-Duluth at Mariucci Arena. The Gophers jumped to a 3-0 lead after the first period on two goals from Thomas and Ronda Curtin’s seventh tally of the season. La Toya Clarke scored the … Read more
Harvard had new hope for the 2000-01 season because of a spectacular recruiting class centered around Deerfield linemates Tyler Kolarik and Robert Fried. For the first time, Harvard coach Mark Mazzoleni put the pair on the same unit in a Crimson jersey. Good move, coach. Fried scored his first two collegiate goals, including the game-winner, … Read more
Senior J.-F. Caudron’s hat trick led the Vermont Catamounts to a 6-1 defeat of the Brown Bears at Meehan Auditorium Saturday night. Vermont concluded a strong weekend of play, opening up with two straight wins in ECAC action in its return campaign from last year’s cancelled season. “[Caudron] has some real offensive flair,” said Vermont … Read more
St. Cloud’s Mark Hartigan scored at 3:02 of overtime with assists from Derek Eastman and Ryan Malone to chart a 3-2 win at No. 5 Colorado College on Nov. 11. Hartigan finished his trip to Colorado with a total of three goals and three assists. The No. 9 Huskies pushed their record to 6-1-1, 3-1-0 … Read more
Princeton lived and died with penalties in its game against St. Lawrence on Saturday night. Sure, the Tigers scored an impressive three goals on eight attempts, but they also gave up four power play goals en route to a 4-4 final against St. Lawrence, their third straight tie. “The guys gave us a good effort … Read more
Ferris State’s special teams put Michigan into an early hole with two shorthanded goals, and the Bulldog defense kept the Wolverines there to earn a 5-4 victory. “It was good to beat the No. 3 ranked team in the nation, and get our first league win,” Bulldog Chris Kunitz said. Rob Collins got the first … Read more
New Hampshire broke a three-game slide, thanks, in part, to the outstanding goaltending of All-American Ty Conklin.