Men’s D-I: ECAC

Hobey Finalist Danis is ECAC POTY

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Brown and Colgate representatives were featured prominently among the individual honorees at the annual ECAC Awards Banquet Thursday night and, for the second year in a row, a goaltender was named Player of the Year. Cornell’s David LeNeveu was co-POTY in 2003. Yann Danis is the ECAC Player of the Year. (photo: Chris Gerlt) The … Read more

This Week in the ECAC: March 11, 2004

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With the first round in the books, four survivors meet up with the ECAC’s top four finishers. Juan Martinez previews the quarterfinals. Also, the Todd Bertuzzi incident; a certain ECAC goaltender and the New York Rangers; and food for thought on Princeton’s vacancy behind the bench.

Crimson Anchor

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Harvard has a disappointing regular season, but thanks to its recent stingy defense, still has time to turn things around.

ECAC Tournaments to Air on CN8

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The ECAC has reached agreement with regional cable channel CN8 to broadcast its men’s and women’s hockey championships live. For the men’s tournament, CN8 will carry one quarterfinal game on Friday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m. (ET) at a selected campus site and both semifinal games at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, N.Y. on March … Read more

Quinnipiac Goes Forward With New Arena Plans

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Quinnipiac University is going ahead with a $25 million basketball and hockey facility, according to the Hamden (Ct.) Chronicle. The zoning for the project was approved this month by the planning and zoning commission of Hamden. Among the conditions for approval, the school must ensure it will enhance the proposal for the road system around … Read more

This Week in the ECAC: Feb. 26, 2004

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With the final weekend of the regular season up next, the ECAC is as turbulent as ever. Four teams could win the title, and 11th-place Union could still earn home ice in the first round of the playoffs. Also: goaltending, long the league’s signature, is strong once again, notes Juan Martinez.

This Week in Division III: Feb. 19, 2004

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Here We Go As I’ve said at this time of the year for as long as I’ve been covering D-III hockey for USCHO, the NCAA tournament really starts this weekend. The NCHA and SUNYAC begin playing down to a single team that will claim that conference’s automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament, which starts in … Read more

This Week in the ECAC: Feb. 19, 2004

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Vermont, with a sweep in the North Country, rallies around injured netminder Matt Hanson; Cornell and Rensselaer chart a collision course; and Albany gets ready for the fans in postseason action. Juan Martinez reports.

Hanson Stable After Fracturing Neck

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Vermont backup goaltender Matt Hanson is recovering in a Vermont hospital after a scary injury during last Thursday’s practice. Hanson, according to Vermont school doctor Jon Porter, broke the fourth cervical vertebrae in his neck and had surgery Friday night to stabilize it. Hanson appears to have escaped any lasting paralysis. “He is currently in … Read more

This Week in the ECAC: Feb. 12, 2004

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With six games to go in the regular season, the ECAC is as much a jumble as usual — and Union, after a brutal midseason stretch, is doing its best to make the final standings a puzzle. Also: Juan Martinez rounds up the news of the week, and offers a salute to a certain St. Lawrence fixture.

2003 Winner Ayers, Eaves Lead 14 Walter Brown Semifinalists

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New Hampshire goaltender Mike Ayers, winner of last year’s award, and three-time nominee Ben Eaves of Boston College were among 14 semifinalists named Monday for the 52nd Walter [nl]Brown Award, presented annually by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston to the top American-born player in [nl]New England. Eleven Hockey East players and three from the … Read more

Notebook: Boston College-Harvard

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Winds Of Change If Harvard’s schedule looks a little different from previous years, there’s a reason. Two items had changed from Beanpots in the Crimson’s past. First, Harvard was playing in the late game in the Beanpot. In the last several years, Harvard has played in the early semifinal on the first Monday in February, … Read more