Last Week: 1-2 On the Season: 143-83-29 (.610) This Week’s Picks: NCAA East Regional March 30-31 No. 4 Canisius vs. No. 1 Quinnipiac A Canisius upset is a trendy pick. The Golden Griffins have been the hottest team in Division I over the last four weeks, while the Bobcats lost in the semifinals of … Read more
Three things from the championship weekend in Atlantic Hockey: And then there were two In an historical Atlantic Hockey championship weekend, Canisius captured its first ever conference championship, defeating top-seeded Niagara 5-3 in the semifinals and dominating Mercyhurst 7-2 in the title game. The Golden Griffins will play their first ever NCAA tournament game on … Read more
Notre Dame’s win over Michigan in the CCHA championship game gives Yale an at-large bid and keeps the Wolverines out of the tournament for the first time in 23 years. Let’s put down our bracket prediction first, and then we’ll explain how we got there. My predicted NCAA tournament bracket is as follows: West Regional … Read more
There’s one more game left to be played and it will decide which team will be the last to make it into the NCAA tournament. Let’s put the bracket prediction down first, and then we’ll explain how we got there after that. Since we have two different scenarios, let’s lay out two different brackets depending … Read more
Here are photos from Canisius’ 7-2 victory over Mercyhurst in the Atlantic Hockey championship game: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000cSSRhVVj8XQ” g_name=”20130323-Canisius-Mercyhurst-Phillips” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”f” f_up=”f” target=”_self” wmds=”llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y5OvD6cmzgmu4Us1V_DKigidHCNREDE7bYpQKUPUdLpHNfSwRcA–” ]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Here are videos of the postgame news conferences after Canisius’ 7-2 win over Mercyhurst in the Atlantic Hockey championship: [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/5ssrkPH9Hto width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/9niv42H2K8w width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/Jk-8LDi79SA width=500]
Canisius has the longest winning streak in the nation at eight games, a stretch in which they’ve averaged 4.5 goals per game. Ed Trefzer reports from the Atlantic Hockey Championship.
Officials were allowed to review two plays under a new system put in place this season. Scott Biggar reports from the Atlantic Hockey Championship.
Here are photos from Friday’s semifinal games at the Atlantic Hockey Championship, Canisius’ 5-3 win over Niagara and Mercyhurst’s 4-1 win over Connecticut: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000BSiuBWy9jdk” g_name=”20130322-AHA-FridayGallery” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”f” … Read more
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A number of firsts happened at the Atlantic Hockey semifinals today. A few: • The game between Mercyhurst and Connecticut marked, surprisingly, the first use of video replay in Atlantic Hockey history. Trevor Gerling’s wrist shot in the first period trickled through goalie Jordan Tibbett’s legs and across the goal line before getting … Read more
The goaltender held down the fort while the Lakers found their legs after a wobbly first period. Ben Kirst reports from the Atlantic Hockey Championship.
The Huskies were 14-5-1 after Dave Berard took over as interim coach. Chris Lerch reports from the Atlantic Hockey Championship.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Here are videos of the postgame news conferences after Mercyhurst’s 4-1 win over Connecticut in the Atlantic Hockey semifinals: [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/EBKGMQ6RvdI width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/fR56rpgVynw width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/bnLDV7oFKfQ width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/4xU83IMZuRY width=500]
The Griffs had good reason to be cheery after knocking off the top seed. Ben Kirst reports from the Atlantic Hockey Championship.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Here are videos of the postgame news conferences after Canisius’ 5-3 victory over Niagara in the Atlantic Hockey semifinals: [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/8cRl2nkbxi4 width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/9vJ6t61TNfI width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/EFQg9NmRt3E width=500]
Top-seeded Niagara has a good chance at an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, but that wasn’t much consolation. Ed Trefzger reports from the Atlantic Hockey Championship.
Last Week: 2-6 On the Season: 142-81-29 (.621) This Week’s Picks: Atlantic Hockey Semifinals and Finals March 22-23 Read more about each team in my weekly AHA column. Semifinals: No. 7 Canisius vs. No. 1 Niagara All that stuff about throwing out the records when these teams play each other is true. Never have the stakes … Read more
At this point of the Atlantic Hockey season, I’d normally report that four teams are going to the championship in Rochester, N.Y., and that only one would move on. But this year may be different. [scg_html_aha2013]Niagara is tied for ninth in the PairWise Rankings entering the conference championship weekend. The Purple Eagles would just assume … Read more
It’s time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style. It’s our weekly look at how I believe the NCAA tournament will wind up come selection time. It’s a look into what are the possible thought processes behind selecting and seeding the NCAA tournament teams. This will be the last … Read more
Three things from the penultimate weekend in Atlantic Hockey for the 2012-2013 season: Things change For the first time since 2007, Atlantic Hockey will have a new champion. Air Force, which won titles in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012 will not be in Rochester for championship weekend for first time since entering the league … Read more