This Week in the ECAC West: Feb. 27, 2003
Utica suffers through a season of growing pains; the ECAC West makes its final run to the playoffs; and Scott Biggar names his inaugural All-League selections.
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Utica suffers through a season of growing pains; the ECAC West makes its final run to the playoffs; and Scott Biggar names his inaugural All-League selections.
Findlay rebounds after a difficult week; rumors float on CHA expansion; and Geof F. Morris rounds up the weekend’s action — especially the battle for the first-round byes.
Sacred Heart establishes a milestone with a win over a CCHA opponent, while the MAAC brings college hockey back to the Big Apple as Connecticut and Quinnipiac decide the Heroes’ Hat. Jim Connelly reports.
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.
The penalty shot stirs excitement — and controversy; Hockey East officiating comes under the microscope; the PairWise Rankings misbehave; Maine’s Gray Shaneberger puts it all together; and amidst it all, Dave Hendrickson relates some news of a family nature.
With the regular season drawing to a close, Jim Connelly answers the MAAC’s imponderable questions — the 50-50 imponderables, at least. Also: Quinnipiac shows the rest of the league its two sides at an inopportune time.
Oswego completes an incredible run to the title as Fredonia collapses; Brockport misses the playoffs by a single tick of the clock; and Plattsburgh honors one of Division III’s top goaltenders. Russell Jaslow reports.
With just two weekends of play left in the ECAC West regular season, only one team — league-leading RIT — has clinched a playoff berth. Buckle up for a wild finish, highlighted this weekend by Scott Biggar’s Game of the Week: Manhattanville at Utica.
Disciplinary action shakes up the Findlay lineup; UAH makes a statement against Wayne State; and Geof F. Morris takes a shot at the CHA’s final standings.
Providence and New Hampshire have headed up Hockey East in its inaugural season. Now the two teams will look to decide the regular-season title — and fight for NCAA qualification — this weekend.
Yale achieves a program milestone against Princeton, which must attempt to rebound against ECAC-leading and No. 1 Harvard; and Dartmouth battles the CHA’s Mercyhurst in a game with NCAA implications. David De Remer reports.
Jockeying for position at the WCHA Final Five is almost complete, but off the ice, Craig Roberts notes that the league has some disciplinary problems to work out.
With two weeks left in the ever-turbulent ECAC regular season, Becky Blaeser and Jayson Moy brave the waters to provide their year-end awards, as well as a look at the various teams’ stretch runs.
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Minnesota State-Mankato gears up for what might be the biggest series in program history; Minnesota warms up for the stretch run; Alaska-Anchorage looks on the bright side; WCHA fans sound off on jersey colors; and much more. Todd D. Milewski reports.
Family ties run from Bemidji State to the NHL, as Geof F. Morris discovers; meanwhile, it’s a roundup of this weekend’s action in the CHA.
Minnesota and Minnesota-Duluth — archrivals despite a relatively short history together — clash this weekend with the WCHA regular-season title hanging in the balance. Also: an uncertain future for at least one Gopher, and OSU gets key personnel back. Craig Roberts reports.
Dave Hendrickson offers a unique statistical take on the Hockey East playoff race, and presents a candidate for Hockey East Rookie of the Year … Runner-Up; also, Providence heats up as Massachusetts cools down.
Hobart stuns Elmira for an historic win, while other weekend results in the ECAC West fail to clear up the playoff picture. Meanwhile, Scott Biggar wraps up his tour of the league’s rinks at Utica.
Oswego makes its move in the North Country; Fredonia sticks with what works; Brockport earns a streak-shattering win; and, according to Russell Jaslow, they’re all Games of the Week about now.