First Round, First Times It’s been three years since Wisconsin-Superior has played in the NCAA Tournament. It’s the first time St. Olaf has ever played in the NCAA Tournament. Fittingly, those two teams will square off in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament. The Yellowjackets stunned St. Norbert in the NCHA Playoffs to … Read more
The NCAA has announced the participants for the inaugural NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge, which will be held April 7 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The competition will be held in an East versus West format with each team having six male position players, six female position players, two male goaltenders and two … Read more
Bud Fisher saw the bright lights right away against Michigan. Friday, Quinnipiac’s rookie netminder was on the winning end of another high-stakes game, Dave Starman notes.
Colgate, Dartmouth and Harvard all answered the challenge last weekend, recording four points apiece and securing first-round byes for the ECACHL playoffs. Cornell’s stumble on Friday night in a 2-0 loss to Rensselaer enabled Colgate and Dartmouth to capture a share of the Cleary Cup as the co-champions of the ECACHL regular season. Raider assistant … Read more
NCAA Tournament Bids on the Line March Madness is upon us. No, not the men’s basketball NCAA Tournament, but the MIAC and NCHA championship games. If anyone from the MIAC wants to be playing in the NCAA Tournament, they will have to win the conference tournament. It doesn’t look as if any team has played … Read more
Union coach Nate Leaman had been hoping that two of his top freshmen, defenseman Lane Caffaro and forward T.J. Fox, would be reinstated to the team after they appealed their school-imposed season-ending suspensions. But that won’t be happening. Caffaro and Fox recently had their appeals denied by interim school president Dr. James Underwood. No other … Read more
ANNIE GREENWOOD League champion Princeton was the big winner in the Ivy postseason awards, released Wednesday, as junior Kim Pearce won Player of the Year, Annie Greenwood won Rookie of the Year, and Pearce, senior goalie Roxanne Gaudiel and junior defenseman Laura Watt earned First Team honors. The quartet led Princeton to its first Ivy … Read more
Dartmouth senior forward Mike Ouellette, who helped the Big Green to its first-ever ECACHL regular-season championship, was named Ivy League Player of the Year Wednesday. Ouellette accumulated 31 points this season on 11 goals and 20 assists. A second-team All-Ivy selection last season, he finished the season third in the Ivy League in points per … Read more
With the ECACHL playoffs starting this weekend and the Hockey East and AHA regular seasons nearing their end, Jim Connelly looks over the likely scenarios and their consequences.
Boston resident and Wisconsin alum Nicholas Jon Wood took in two of college hockey’s seminal events — the Beanpot and the Frozen Tundra Classic — in a weeklong trek covering thousands of miles. He’s here to tell the tale.
Coming Down to the Wire After one round of the NCHA playoffs, three teams made it through as expected, but one did not. I’ll give you a preview of the semifinals and what you can expect from the four teams vying for the Peters Cup. The MIAC has one weekend of play remaining and while … Read more
Last weekend was an eventful one in the ECACHL, with a number of exciting games and a few surprise outcomes. Clarkson and St. Lawrence both recorded much needed sweeps of Brown and Yale. And among the quartet of league leaders — Colgate, Cornell, Dartmouth, and Harvard — that faced off, each came away with two … Read more
As the Princeton men’s hockey team gears up for the last weekend of the season, very little remains to be determined. Having lost both games last weekend, the Tigers have no chance at getting home ice in any of their playoff games. Since every team goes to the playoffs, however, they are still guaranteed a … Read more
Princeton has been systematic and stifling in driving toward the Ivy League title, top billing in the ECACHL, and its winningest season ever (the record is 20). Brown has been streaky, but a win over No. 8 Clarkson may have righted the ship just in time for the Bears to make their own push for … Read more
With one of the sport’s historic buildings, two teams at the top of their conference and a passionate student section that blew the roof off the building, Cornell-Harvard was a sight worth seeing.
It’s Go Time The postseason is upon us, at least in the NCHA. And how about that nagging question-will MSOE make the NCAA Tournament? I’ll give a quick rundown of the first round matchups in the NCHA tournament and make a case for why the Raiders are for real. NCHA Playoffs No.8 Wisconsin-Eau Claire (2-19-4 … Read more
Breaking Records Hobart is the hottest team in the ECAC West at the moment, riding a four-game winning streak into second place as other teams continue to knock each other off. The Statesmen snuck out two tough one-goal wins against Utica at The Cooler this past weekend, setting several school records in the progress. On … Read more
The hourglass is running out on the 2005-06 ECACHL regular season, but as time flies by the playoff picture in the league does not appear to be growing any clearer. If anything, the number of teams in contention for coveted spots (the bye teams and teams that will host a first round ECACHL playoff series) … Read more
The two previous Beanpots have had at least one overtime game. Last year’s tournament featured two, each involving Northeastern. When BC’s Stephen Gionta scored to tie the game at two goals apiece at 6:24 of the third period, it looked like this year’s tournament might have an overtime game after all. However, Tournament MVP Peter … Read more
Gridiron Club of Greater Boston president George Crotty announced today that fifteen NCAA Division One players are semi-finalists for the 54th Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England. The candidates include 12 players from Hockey East, two from the ECAC Hockey League, and one from Atlantic Hockey. … Read more