This Week in the ECAC West: Dec. 13, 2001
As the ECAC West heads into the break, Scott Biggar offers thoughts on the first half, including playoff possibilities for RIT and Elmira.
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As the ECAC West heads into the break, Scott Biggar offers thoughts on the first half, including playoff possibilities for RIT and Elmira.
For the first time ever … again It seems that each week the phrase “for the first time ever” is being written in regards to the Northeast, providing further support for the assertion that the league is advancing its national presence at a healthy rate. Once again, we have a week of firsts in the … Read more
UMass-Lowell netminder Cam McCormick starts to get noticed; Hockey East reasserts itself on the national stage; and sorting out the bottom half is no easy task. Dave Hendrickson weighs in.
Jim Connelly sorts through the week’s news in the MAAC, including the Quinnipiac name change — well, half a change; and letters to Santa are intercepted.
RIT dominated water-cooler talk in the ECAC West last week with its whole-team suspension and subsequent loss to Wentworth, but there’s plenty more cookin’. Scott Biggar rounds up doings in the league.
A prediction comes true for Ed Seero, courtesy of Wentworth’s history-making win. Also: Things Keeping Ed Up At Night.
As the SUNYAC hits the halfway point of the season, Ed Trefzger takes a look around to see Plattsburgh in a familiar position, with Oswego and Cortland — yes, Cortland — not far behind.
Harvard gets a shot at redemption against Brown this weekend. Also: big games in the North Country, and Cornell’s hot streak examined. Becky Blaeser and Jayson Moy report.
The spirit of the season is upon the CCHA, including a little something for Alaska-Fairbanks. Also: good will toward men is the order of the day atop the league scoring charts. Paula C. Weston reports.
How do you match last weekend’s one-versus-two series? How about with two taking on three as Minnesota visits Denver? Also: long memories drive this weekend’s rivalries, and the Clay “Woodrow” Wilson update. Todd D. Milewski reports.
All eyes are on the WCHA as the nation’s top two teams — Minnesota and St. Cloud — battle in a home-and-home series. It promises to be a star-studded series for early bragging rights, but the coaches are downplaying the long-term significance.
In the not to distant past, the ECAC was underappreciated. But now, even its biggest supporters can see its decline. Is it permanent? This week’s column tackles a complicated issue, providing many questions, but few answers.
The Thanksgiving holiday was a joyous one for the ECAC West as far as rankings go. RIT moved up to the No. 1 spot in the USCHO.com poll for the week of Nov. 19, and settled firmly in place this week garnering 14 of the 15 first-place votes.
Old-time radio is alive and well in Plattsburgh, N.Y., and it benefits college hockey fans in more ways than one. … Perhaps that fact will help soothe the Cardinals, who had a tough stretch of games.
New Hampshire makes its case for being the conference’s best team, and Cam McCormick’s numbers reach astronomical — or microscopic — proportions.
The scholarship issue is on the back-burner for now, but everyone is still talking about it. How necessary is a scholarship increase for the MAAC’s long-term survival. Also … Justin Eddy challenged to step up for Quinnipiac.
The impressive non-conference wins continue to pile up in the ECAC Northeast. Ed Seero has all the skinny.
Who Let the Dogs Out? Once again, the CCHA is shaping up to be a two-tier kind of place — in spite protestations of parity — and once again, Michigan State tops the conference followed by yet another team from Michigan. But the second-place team isn’t the Michigan, not the Maize-and-Blue, not the Wolverines. In … Read more
Marty Goulet is racking up points for Bemidji, and he’ll be needed more than ever, as he tries to help his team overcome its Saturday woes against tough Wayne State on the road.
The N’s have it as Northeastern, New Hampshire and Niagara lead the ECAC East’s charge in the early going, while the Ivies are seeing more than their share of tough times. David De Remer reports.