Geneseo finally gets a shutout Perhaps the Mayans are correct. Maybe the end of the world is coming this year. After eight years, two months, six days, and 226 games, Geneseo finally got a shutout. It wasn’t a particularly hard one, as Andy Rubeniuk only had to stop 12 Franklin Pierce shots, but the Ice … Read more
Suddenly, the new year seems to be catching up with Curry. After amassing a seven-game winning streak that stretched through the bulk of November and December, the Colonels have lost four straight — all nonconference games, including three on the road — and hope to use the final two games of this week’s road trip … Read more
Welcome to the New Year, and if the hockey we have seen to officially start 2012 is any indication, we are all in for a very good year as fans of the game. Thought I would change up the weekly blog this time around, as there were some interesting games over the past weekend and … Read more
Freshman Tommy Traversa blew Hobart’s game open in the third period on Friday scoring a natural hat trick to break a 2-2 tie. Traversa tallied his first two goals in a 2:27 span early in the period and then threw in an empty netter with 36 seconds remaining to seal the 5-2 victory. Hobart finished … Read more
My picks were respectably mediocre over the holiday break. It is always an interesting challenge to try and figure out how teams will hit the ice after a break. Will they be rust?y Or will they be re-focused? You never know. This week, the ECAC West continues its roll through nonconference games, with most … Read more
Game of the Week The next two weekends consist of all nonconference games for the SUNYAC teams. Thus, there are a lot of games taking place — 14 this weekend, with another four spread out during the week. Brockport plays four games this upcoming week. So, picking just one game of the week is impossible. … Read more
Of last week’s picks, all six games were decided by one goal. Four of those six games went to overtime. If this is any kind of indication of any sort of competitive level, consider that all six of the games picked and predicted were nonconference games for both the ECAC Northeast and the MASCAC. Another … Read more
Last week, with a challenging group of tournament and nonconference games to choose from on New Year’s weekend, Saturday’s picks were 5-0, which led to a strong 7-2-1 for the weekend. Those picks built my season record to 23-9-4 (.694) and have momentum swinging my way in the first full weekend of conference action on … Read more
The MIAC will host NCHA teams this weekend in nonconference action. The games will be the final warm-up before teams head into the second half of the conference schedule. After starting out hot last Friday, going 4-0, I came crashing down in predicting the rest of the games, going 0-3. That makes me 17-11 for … Read more
A handful of nonconference games finished off the calendar year and signaled the beginning of the second half of the 2011-2012 season. Three MCHA teams took to the road, and Hamline represented the MIAC at a tournament in Oswego, N.Y. A much anticipated matchup between No. 7 Adrian and a surprisingly-tough Wisconsin-Stevens Point team lived … Read more
Wow! What I learned this past weekend is that you never know where a truly great and entertaining hockey game is going to spring up. Sure, there were a number of tournaments where league teams played nonconference foes in marquee match-ups. However, the game of the week, and maybe the most exciting 24:01 of hockey … Read more
Plattsburgh wins own tournament Plattsburgh took its Cardinal Classic holiday tournament, giving up just one goal in the two games. First, they disposed of Babson, 5-0, with Mathieu Cadieux and Josh Leis combining for the shutout. Cadieux made 20 saves in the first two periods, and Leis stopped all eight third period shots. After a … Read more
With the close of the year, the end came for the Curry hockey team. Specifically, the end of the Colonels’ seven-game winning streak. In a nonconference game Saturday at Curry’s Max Ulin Arena, Hamilton’s Michael DiMare scored the game-winning goal with 59 seconds left in overtime to hand Curry a 6-5 loss — the Colonels’ … Read more
Utica and Neumann were the only ECAC West teams in action at holiday tournaments as 2011 finished and both faced top ranked teams. The Pioneers were at the Cardinal Classic hosted by Plattsburgh and drew a tough game against No. 3 Castleton, a team that has been climbing the polls all season long. Utica came … Read more
The picks are still coming in my way after going 3-1-2 on the final weekend prior to the semester break. Those picks built my season record to 16-7-3 (.692), with a challenging group of tournament and nonconference games to choose from this New Year’s weekend. There are some intriguing match-ups, but in order to spread … Read more
Some teams will be having a shorter winter break this year, as college hockey games will be played the last weekend of 2011. Hamline will travel to Oswego for a tournament. Lake Forest will spend the New Year’s Eve weekend in New England. Augsburg will host Lawrence, and Adrian travels to Wisconsin-Stevens Point to round … Read more
Don’t look for any conference games this weekend, as ECAC Northeast and MASCAC teams will ring in the new year with a slate of nonconference and tournament games. The holiday break will officially be over Friday for the ECAC Northeast, when Salve Regina and Becker open against nonconference opponents in the St. Michael’s Holiday Classic … Read more
Two teams hosting tournaments Only three SUNYAC teams are in action New Year’s weekend, and two of them are hosting tournaments. Plattsburgh holds its longstanding Cardinal Classic, which this year consists of Castleton, Babson, and Utica. “Our goal is twofold,” Plattsburgh coach Bob Emery said. “We try to get different teams and quality teams. Since … Read more
With a majority of teams already in winter break, there were only four games during the past week to mark the finishing point of the first half of the 2011-2012 hockey season. All four contests featured exciting nonconference action, with three one-goal games and one tie. Concordia (Minn.) scored all its goals on the power … Read more
Last week, St. Scholastica put a stop to St. Norbert’s undefeated streak at home of 27 games and kept me from sweeping my picks, but I will take a five-of-six weekend, as it was my most successful weekend of picks this year. Now, I am 11-7 for the season, nicely above my early season start … Read more