The opening week of SUNYAC play featured some middle-of-the-season-like individual performances. For instance, Cortland forwards A.J. Moyer (two goals, one assist) and Michael Lysyj (one goal, two assists) each enjoyed three-point nights in the season-opening 7-4 loss at Oswego. It was the most goals ever put up by the Red Dragons at Oswego. “To … Read more
Competion. That’s the SUNYAC calling card. Or at least that is the feeling held throughout the league at dawning of the new season. While it’s true that Oswego and Plattsburgh — who between them have won every SUNYAC regular season title since 1998 — remain the teams to be in the nine-team loop, there are … Read more
Due to the inclement weather expected due to Hurricane Sandy, the Penn State men’s game against Fredonia scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 30, has been postponed. The game has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m.
Morrisville has named Kevin Krogol its interim head coach for the 2012-2013 season. Krogol has spent the last four seasons as the top assistant for the Mustangs after playing four seasons with Utica from 2003-07. Krogol replaces Brian Grady, who stepped down on Oct. 12 after five seasons behind the bench.
Morrisville head coach Brian Grady has announced his resignation after five seasons at the helm of the Mustangs’ men’s team. Over his tenure, Grady posted an overall record of 35-88-3 and went to the SUNYAC playoffs twice. Morrisville went a season-best 11-13-1 record in 2010-11 and 8-7-1 in SUNYAC play that same season, reaching the … Read more
Western New England has announced that Greg Haney has joined the program as head coach Greg Heffernan’s top assistant. Haney comes to Western New England after serving as a volunteer assistant coach last season at the National Sports Academy in Lake Placid. Before last year, Haney was a volunteer assistant at Cortland for two years, … Read more
Robert Morris has named former Fredonia goaltender Kody Van Rentergem as the Colonials’ hockey operations coordinator.
Curry has named former Fredonia assistant T.J. Manastersky its new head coach. “I am grateful for this opportunity to coach the Curry College hockey team and to serve as a mentor for the outstanding young men in the program,” said Manastersky in a statement. “I am excited to join the Curry College family and to … Read more
Potsdam has begun major renovations to Maxcy Hall Ice Arena, with the year-long, $8.7 million project forcing the men’s and women’s teams to play elsewhere for the upcoming 2012-13 season before the facility reopens in the fall of 2013. The men will play their home games at Massena Arena in neighboring Massena, N.Y., while the … Read more
Azure Davey has been appointed as the second commissioner of the SUNYAC and will begin her new position on July 9. “I look forward to working with an outstanding group of Division III institutions and a storied conference,” said Davey in a statement. “The SUNYAC represents the best of Division III and I’m honored to … Read more
Oswego Lakers League: SUNYAC Conference record: 14-0-2 (first) Overall record: 22-3-2 NCAA history: 13th appearance, one national championship (2007) Scoring offense: 4.67 g/gm Scoring defense: 1.81 g/gm Scoring margin: plus-77 (2.85 g/gm) Power play: 26.8 percent Penalty kill: 86.0 percent Penalties: 16.7 pim/gm Team Leaders Goals: Jon Whitelaw (19) Assists: Paul Rodrigues (23) Points: Jon … Read more
This is the seventh year I’ve been helping out with these awards. I’ll repeat what I always do — I only coordinate this effort. I do not select these awards, nor does USCHO. It is the coaches who choose, in the same way they select the other SUNYAC year-end awards. I just count the votes, … Read more
The SUNYAC announced Wednesday that commissioner Dr. Patrick Damore will retire from his post on June 30, 2012. Damore has served as the first and only commissioner in the history of the conference and has held the position since 1979, acting in the full-time capacity since 1985. “It has been a great honor to serve … Read more
A look at the two play-in games Wednesday in the SUNYAC.
This is it. The last weekend of the regular season. No more, “We’ll get ’em next week.” No more, “We need some points next weekend.” No more, “We’ll learn from these lessons and apply them next week.” For next week is the playoffs. This is your last chance to either get in them, host a … Read more
Goaltenders are a fickle bunch. This leads to coaches pulling their hair out making decisions concerning their goaltenders. No one should know this better from both sides than Potsdam coach Chris Bernard, a goalie himself at Clarkson. Last season, the Bears starting goaltender was Trevor O’Neill for the third year in a row. Kevin McFarland … Read more
You know the mantra — defense wins championships. In the case of Plattsburgh, it’s more like the double D’s — defense and discipline wins championships. “Our philosophy always starts with discipline, hard work, and defense, not one over the other,” Plattsburgh coach Bob Emery said. A philosophy which is working better than ever this season. … Read more
Morrisville, along with Neumann, has joined the unwanted club previously occupied by Geneseo, Buffalo State, and Potsdam: It has been cited by the NCAA for improper aid to student-athletes. To quickly review the situation — the NCAA has closely scrutinized the ratio of aid that goes to international and/or Canadian students versus student-athletes. If the … Read more
UPDATE, Jan. 25: Neumann said because it is no longer offering the grant in question, it is eligible for this postseason. An NCAA spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday that, after hearing from school officials, the national organization indeed considers Neumann to be eligible for the 2012 tournament. The original story follows. Morrisville and Neumann committed major … Read more
Last week, I wrote about some of the seniors leading the way in the SUNYAC. This week, I’ll talk about some of the newcomers making their mark in their rookie seasons. Three teams dominate the top five of the freshmen scoring chart — Potsdam, Fredonia, and Morrisville. The Bears not only have the top freshman … Read more