This Week In The WCHA: Oct. 11, 2001
Wisconsin eyes the days-old world attendance record; St. Cloud shows its fleetness of foot; and Sioux fans have a literery gift to enjoy. Todd D. Milewski opens the WCHA season.
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This Week in the ECAC: Oct. 11, 2001
With the ECAC now offering its members an expanded nonconference season, Jayson Moy and Becky Blaeser take a look at the fine art of scheduling. Also: Clarkson tries to forget the past, and the Iron Columnists’ picks challenge returns.
This Week in the CCHA: Oct. 11, 2001
In her opening CCHA column of the season, Paula C. Weston previews the loaded Maverick Stampede, salutes lightly-regarded Alaska-Fairbanks, and makes a plea re:September 11, 2001.
This Week In The WCHA: March 14, 2001
The best Final Five ever? With every contender nationally ranked and the possibility of five NCAA bids for one league being bandied about, that is the expectation. Todd D. Milewski shines a spotlight on the WCHA.
This Week In The MAAC: March 14, 2001
Around 2:30 p.m. Eastern time Saturday, the first bid to the 2001 NCAA men’s ice hockey tournament will be handed out — to the MAAC playoff champion. And with the conference’s top four seeds all on hand in Storrs, Conn., expect a dogfight. Jim Connelly reports.
This Week In The CCHA: March 14, 2001
The nation’s number-one team; the squad with the longest current streak of appearances; the upstarts with title-game experience; and the history-making underdogs are the suspects at Joe Louis Arena this weekend. Paula C. Weston previews the action.
This Week In The ECAC: March 14, 2001
The ECAC championship looks like a free-for-all once again, and with only one team likely to reach the NCAAs, there’s equal motivation all around. Becky Blaeser and Jayson Moy run down the contenders.
This Week In Hockey East: March 14, 2001
How BC could go West for the NCAAs — and why the Eagles won’t; UNH rises (partly) from the tournament dead; the latest on a 16-team national championship; previews of Friday’s Hockey East semifinals; and much more. Dave Hendrickson reports.
This Week In Women’s Hockey: March 14, 2001
After a shocking pair of losses by defending national champion Minnesota, it’s anybody’s guess what the NCAA tournament committee will do with its four bids — though one of them is all but guaranteed to go to No. 1 Dartmouth, which goes after the ECAC playoff title this weekend. Zevi Gutfreund reports.
This Week In The MAAC: March 8, 2001
Let’s all say it together, once more: this season, for the first time, the MAAC playoff champion gets an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Now, if that doesn’t motivate the eight contenders, nothing will. Jim Connelly previews Saturday’s quarterfinals.
This Week In The WCHA: March 8, 2001
The road to the Final Five opens this weekend at five rinks, which means it’s time for Todd D. Milewski to preview the WCHA first round. Also: the People’s Choice for annual honors.
This Week In The ECAC: March 8, 2001
The abolition of the autobid for regular-season champions sends Clarkson into the ECAC playoffs on a mission — the same as nine other teams. Also: Jayson Moy and Becky Blaeser reveal their year-end award picks.
This Week In The CCHA: March 8, 2001
With the second season finally underway, Paula C. Weston sees anticipation, unlimited hope, and new opportunity … sort of. Also: full previews of each first-round CCHA matchup.
This Week In Hockey East: March 8, 2001
With the playoffs about to get underway, Dave Hendrickson investigates home-ice advantage. Also: there could be four NCAA bids in Hockey East’s future after all, and previews of all four quarterfinal series.
ECAC West Newsletter: March 7, 2001
For the third consecutive season, RIT proved itself the class of the ECAC West, this time taking the league’s tournament championship by running away from Manhattanville, 8-2. Next up for the NCAA-bound Tigers: surprising ECAC Northeast champion Lebanon Valley. Scott Biggar reports.
SUNYAC Newsletter: March 7, 2001
Potsdam made some waves by taking Plattsburgh to a Sunday game, but in the end the Cardinals earned their fifth straight SUNYAC title and the accompanying NCAA tournament bid. Their reward? A date with former five-time champion Middlebury in the NCAA quarters. Russell Jaslow reports.
This Week In Hockey East: March 1, 2001
Standings chaos reigns as Providence and Maine highlight this weekend’s Hockey East action; a scheduling quirk faces the 2003 conference tournament; NCAA byes redux; and PC’s Drew Omicioli has his vengeance. Dave Hendrickson wraps up the week.
This Week In The MAAC: March 1, 2001
Mercyhurst wrapped up the MAAC regular-season title last weekend, dethroning two-time champ Quinnipiac. But even with that drama out of the way, there’s plenty more — including Jim Connelly‘s year-end awards.
This Week In The CCHA: March 1, 2001
The end of the season can only mean one thing for the CCHA: Paula C. Weston‘s annual Girl Reporter Awards. Also, Notre Dame and Western Michigan headline the weekend card.
This Week In The ECAC: March 1, 2001
What do you call a league in which the standings are so tight that six teams can still finish in third place, in the last week of the regular season? All together, now — E-C-A-C. Becky Blaeser and Jayson Moy report.