This Week in the WCHA: March 13, 2003
With the WCHA playoffs opening this weekend, Todd D. Milewski dispenses with the niceties and gets right to the details; also, an analysis of this year’s preseason predictions.
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With the WCHA playoffs opening this weekend, Todd D. Milewski dispenses with the niceties and gets right to the details; also, an analysis of this year’s preseason predictions.
Dave Hendrickson previews this weekend’s Hockey East action at the FleetCenter, detours to consider Providence’s NCAA hopes and makes a VCR recommendation for next month — but not before a salute to Joe Exter and the high class of the Merrimack hockey program.
The Road to the Joe begins this weekend as the CCHA rolls out the first round of the playoffs. Paula C. Weston previews the action.
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.
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.
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.
Once again, the season has flown by in a blur and the playoffs are upon us. It has been an interesting season within the ECAC West, with plenty of twists and turns. The first game saw Manhattanville come storming back from a three-goal deficit to earn a 4-4 tie against Geneseo — and the last … Read more
The WCHA Final Five starts Thursday night in Grand Forks; Craig Roberts rounds up the participants, and scopes our their chances.
In the semifinals, Oswego and Plattsburgh turned defense into offense as the penalty kill keyed series wins. Now, the Great Lakers and the Cardinals duke it out for the SUNYAC title. Russell Jaslow reports.
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.
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.
Women’s college hockey’s oldest championship makes its 20th appearance as the ECAC tournament gets underway this weekend. David De Remer ticks off the competitors and their chances.
With the CHA’s inaugural autobid soon to be decided, Geof F. Morris uses the power of mathematics to project the league’s final regular-season standings.
After notching individual — Jennifer Botterill’s record-breaking score — and team accomplishments last weekend, Harvard marches resolutely into the ECAC postseason and onto the NCAAs. David De Remer reports.
With the SUNYAC’s play-in round complete — and mostly lacking in suspense — Russell Jaslow turns his attention to this weekend’s semifinals.
While Providence claims the inaugural Hockey East regular-season title, the Friars probably won’t get a chance to shine on the national stage. Also: playoff berths are still up for grabs. David De Remer weighs in.
With two weeks left in the CCHA season, Paula C. Weston bemoans the possibility of a surprise-free finish — and offers up more lyrical trivia fun.
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.
It’s all over but the shouting — oh, and the last weekend of play. Becky Blaeser and Jayson Moy wrap up the possibilities, including their annual set of what-if scenarios.
With one week to go before the WCHA Final Five, Craig Roberts runs down the weekend’s games. Also: the league’s new transfer rule will be put into play for the first time as a Gopher heads northwest.