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This Week in the WCHA: March 6, 2003

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With the top and bottom of the WCHA set, the middle continues to shake itself out; UMD’s Tim Stapleton gets noticed amidst a banner crop of rookies; and Minnesota State’s loss Friday to Colorado College was … a good thing? Todd D. Milewski reports.

This Week in Hockey East: March 6, 2003

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Dave Hendrickson hands out the hardware, looks over the Hockey East quarterfinals, examines The Hit on Merrimack’s Marco Rosa, offers bouquets (to HEA coaches) and brickbats (to the NCAA), and wraps up with the usual dose of trivia and literature.

This Week in the CCHA: March 6, 2003

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The Buckeye State declares Ohio Hockey Week — and just in time for the OSU-Michigan series; Notre Dame faces off with Northern Michigan with home ice on the line; Alaska’s Division I teams battle for the Governor’s Cup; and Paula C. Weston, like March, comes in like a lion.

BU-PC, MC-BC Postponed

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Game one of the Boston University-Providence Hockey East Quarterfinal series has been postponed from Thursday to Friday due to white-out conditions in the area. The series was originally scheduled to run from Thursday to Saturday, but now will be pushed back to run from Friday to Sunday. Fox Sports New England was to have aired … Read more

This Week in the MAAC: March 6, 2003

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Mercyhurst wins the regular-season title in a fashion fitting to this year’s edition of the MAAC; four teams scramble for the last playoff slot; and Jim Connelly hands out his year-end awards.

This Week in the ECAC: March 6, 2003

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Cornell may be the ECAC’s regular-season champion for a second straight year, but this weekend the Big Red get a breather as attention turns to the first round of the newly-restructured ECAC playoffs. Jayson Moy and Becky Blaeser round up the action.

LeNeveu, Sterling Take Feb. IHCCA Awards

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Cornell goaltender David LeNeveu and Colorado College forward Brett Sterling were named winners of the IHCCA Commissioners’ Choice Awards for February. The awards honor the month’s top men’s college player in NCAA Division I and is selected by the Ice Hockey Collegiate Commissioners’ Association (IHCCA). LeNeveu, a 6-1, 170-pound sophomore, won the Player of the … Read more

Bracketology, Hockey-Style

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With the expansion of the NCAA tournament to 16 teams this year, even knowledgeable people around college hockey have been thrown into confusion about the new seeding process. And since the NCAA has publicized its new guidelines for seeding, here is a first peek — “bracketology”-style — at what the NCAA tournament would look like … Read more

CC Stays No. 1 Despite Weekend Split

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Colorado College received 22 of 40 first-place votes and held on to the top spot in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll following a weekend split with No. 9 Minnesota State, Mankato. The Tigers also continued to be ranked No. 1 in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Pairwise Rankings (PWR), an algorithm for predicting NCAA … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Feb. 27, 2003

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Providence and Maine head in opposite directions; Northeastern and Massachusetts-Lowell fight for the playoffs while BC, UNH and Maine hash out the title; Nolan Schaefer makes a final splash; and Dave Hendrickson takes issue with the veil of secrecy around the NCAA’s new “bonus” system.

Badgers’ Winchester Gets 2-Game Suspension

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Wisconsin captain Brad Winchester, who faces a felony charge of battery to a police officer, has been suspended for two games by the team. Winchester, a 21-year-old senior forward, was arrested early Sunday for allegedly punching a police officer outside a campus-area bar. He’ll miss the Badgers’ games against Michigan Tech this weekend. Winchester was … Read more

This Week in the WCHA: Feb. 27, 2003

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Wisconsin tries to put the focus back on the ice; Minnesota State eyes its chances at the MacNaughton Cup; St. Cloud State’s offense suffers by subtraction; and Todd D. Milewski analyzes the NCAA’s new tournament selection wrinkle.