Last Saturday featured plenty of action for ECAC West fans, including heartstoppers, brawls and upsets. Scott Biggar rounds up the weekend, then looks ahead to the ECAC West playoffs and the faceoff between RIT and Elmira for a potential Pool B NCAA bid.
Hobart heads into postseason play; Neumann sticks together through adversity; the ECAC West by the numbers; and the Game of the Week is a familiar one. Scott Biggar reports.
Don’t look now, but only three weeks of play dot the ECAC West regular-season schedule — which means that Scott Biggar can start the playoff projections.
The heart of the ECAC West regular season has finally begun. Inter-league play dominates the schedule of most teams over the next four weeks as each jockey for positions. Elmira is currently in the driver’s seat, knocking
off RIT last weekend to remain the only undefeated team in league play.
With the showdown between No. 1 RIT and No. 10 Elmira looming, the Soaring Eagles look to keep the hex on ranked opponents, while RIT may want to repeat its all-Mike, all the time success of last weekend. Also: Scott Biggar reports on Utica and Manhattanville.
Manhattanville gains an admirer; Neumann and Buffalo State battle it out — literally; the week’s action in review; and Scott Biggar rates the ECAC West’s arenas.
Hard to believe the season’s half over already? Ready or not, Scott Biggar starts off the new year with a look back at the first half in the ECAC West.
As the ECAC West heads into the break, Scott Biggar offers thoughts on the first half, including playoff possibilities for RIT and Elmira.
RIT dominated water-cooler talk in the ECAC West last week with its whole-team suspension and subsequent loss to Wentworth, but there’s plenty more cookin’. Scott Biggar rounds up doings in the league.
The Thanksgiving holiday was a joyous one for the ECAC West as far as rankings go. RIT moved up to the No. 1 spot in the USCHO.com poll for the week of Nov. 19, and settled firmly in place this week garnering 14 of the 15 first-place votes.
Hobart puts the ECAC West on notice; Elmira adjusts its style; Neumann sees a lot of rubber fly its way; and Elmira challenges the defending D-III champions. All that’s fit to print, from the pen of Scott Biggar.
The ECAC West schedule will look a little different next weekend, thanks to the league’s adoption of a travel-partner system; and Neumann head coach Nick Russo gets his wish — sort of. Scott Biggar chases down the facts.
The ECAC West kicks things off a bit early this year; RIT turns defense into offense; tournament play abounds; and the Game of the Week. Scott Biggar zooms in.
For the first time in 14 years, Elmira finds itself with a new coach at the start of a season. Long time coach Glenn Thomaris resigned in March, and former assistant coach Tim Ceglarski was promoted to the top job. Ceglarski finds himself with a team that many feel underachieved last year, due in part … Read more
The Neumann Knights are entering their fourth season as a hockey team, all under coach Nick Russo, but this year is different. Neumann is no longer playing an independent schedule, no longer playing games against club teams and weaker D-III teams and no longer on the outside looking in. Neumann has joined the ECAC West … Read more
“How to Rebuild a Team in 15 Easy Steps.” That’s the title of the book that Hobart head coach Mark Taylor is going to write in a couple of years if he is successful at getting the Statesmen to the top of the ECAC West. Hobart lost fifteen players to graduation from last year’s team, … Read more
Manhattanville made a strong run at the end of last season, surprising Elmira in the first round of the ECAC West playoffs, before falling to RIT in the championship game. The Knights earned a lot of respect around college hockey by going so deep in to the league playoffs in only their second year. And … Read more
Fans may not recognize the ECAC West this year, what with the changes in personnel, league membership and even facilities. Even the league’s power structure could be in flux, as Manhattanville positions itself to challenge mighty RIT. Scott Biggar previews 2001-2002.
The first official practice hadn’t even started when the new Utica team got its first surprise. The ECAC West Coaches’ Preseason Poll found the Pioneers tied for fourth place, and the team hadn’t even stepped on the ice yet. “The poll was definitely surprising. We certainly anticipated being sixth,” said head coach Gary Heenan. “It’s … Read more
When you mention RIT, most people think the Tigers are almost a shoe-in to get back to the NCAA Tournament and take another shot at the title — but things may not be quite that easy. The Tigers only lost four players during the off season, but those four players accounted for 154 points of … Read more