Today’s game between Wentworth and Curry has been postponed, according to the Colonels’ athletic website. The game was the final regular season contest for both teams and was set to take place at 4:35 in Milton, Mass. No makeup date has been announced. The postponement comes after 28 Curry players were hospitalized for nitrous dioxide … Read more
Here’s a look at the final weekend of ECAC Northeast play and what’s on deck for the MASCAC as well. ECAC Northeast Saturday, Feb. 19 Suffolk at Western New England: A fight for the last playoff spot, as Western New England’s 3-1 win over Nichols Wednesday moved them into a tie with the Rams, who … Read more
I was a less-than-superlative 2-3 in last week’s picks, which I blame on Valentine’s Day. I had love in my eye instead of the requisite analytical lens that enables me to critically size up teams in their respective encounters. The end result included missteps in picking a surging Wisconsin-Stevens Point beating Wisconsin-Stout at home Feb. … Read more
And then there was one… It may be hard to believe but this is the final week of the regular season and a lot is riding on the final two games for many teams in both conferences. Everyone at the D-III level (no St. Anselm or St. Michael’s) is in the ECAC East conference tournament … Read more
What Does It All Mean? First, let’s talk about what we do know after the penultimate weekend of the regular season. Oswego will finish first, but we knew that last week. Fredonia will finish sixth — yes, Cortland can tie them, but Fredonia won both match ups this year, and thus would win the tiebreaker. … Read more
Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you hopeless romantics out there! If your social calendar is a little light and your Facebook page isn’t popping with friend requests, status updates or notifications on the trendiest party, then maybe your fondness and affinity for your favorite hockey team will help their cause this week entering the … Read more
The playoff races are going down to the wire, spring training kicks off today, and of course it’s Beanpot Monday. Here’s a look back at the past weekend on this busy Monday. The MASCAC standings straightened out a bit, while Johnson and Wales and Curry remain tied atop the ECAC Northeast entering the final week … Read more
The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference faces the prospect of a four-way tie for first place as the regular season concludes this weekend. St. Thomas’ two-game sweep over Bethel pulled the Tommies into a first-place tie with Hamline (13-5-5, 8-2-4) on 20 points. However, St. Thomas (14-9-2, 9-5-2) is idle this weekend, which means the Pipers … Read more
It’s not even the weekend yet and already the standings have flipped in both conferences thanks to some pre-weekend games Thursday. In the ECAC Northeast, Curry topped Nichols 6-1 to move into a tie with Johnson and Wales for first. The lose marks the third in a row for the Bisons, who slip into fifth. … Read more
After a 5-0 week, I’m feeling sassy. However, in reality, the superlative channeling performance was probably due more to a case of even a blind squirrel finding a nut once in awhile. The overall pick’s record is 30-19-4 with only a weekend or two – depending on the league – left to predict. The clairvoyance … Read more
It might as well be the playoffs now as every game remaining is of critical importance for teams making a push to either get in the playoff picture or improve their lot come seeding time in two weekends. Lots of intriguing match-ups this week with a battle for the top spot in the ECAC East on Friday … Read more
Plattsburgh leapfrogs into third After Friday’s action, the scene was set for the Plattsburgh at Morrisville showdown. The Mustangs had 13 points while Plattsburgh had 12 points, as did Buffalo State. Morrisville started the game with Nick Kulas scoring 2:24 after the opening faceoff. Then Plattsburgh scored three unanswered goals in a 6:03 span — … Read more
It really is time to watch the scoreboard and see just who has helped themselves and maybe some other team in the process. With just two weeks remaining, there is still quite a lot to play for and a lot of potential playoff scenarios that will be played out right up until the final whistle … Read more
The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference race continues to resemble Chicago’s O’Hare on Thanksgiving Eve as Concordia (Minn) and St. Thomas are locked in a second place tie while there is a four-team log jam for the fifth and final playoff spot heading into the final two weeks. No. 8 Hamline maintains a two-point edge in … Read more
Another weekend down as the season creeps closer and closer to the end. Hardly seems possible, does it? Here’s a look at the action, which saw yet another team grab the top spot in the MASCAC, while the ECAC Northeast boasts two teams tied for first. ECAC Northeast Becker 5, Western New England 4: A … Read more
Ask any one around me, and they’ll tell you of my organization and attention to detail. So then, there’s no reason I’d lose track of my picks record? Right? Wrong. I’ve hopelessly lost track of where I stand, which was getting better down the stretch run. Anyway, here’s a Saturday morning preview of the weekend. … Read more
The official countdown has begun with just three weeks remaining in the regular season. While everyone makes the playoffs in the ECAC East the competition on the ice isn’t going to be any less fierce as teams fight for seeding positions and potentially home ice in the opening round. Over on the NESCAC side of … Read more
After another weekend of ties, the season prediction record of 25-19-4 remains on the sunny side of .500. Hamline and Augsburg’s 4-4 deadlock coupled with St. Norbert’s 3-3 draw against Wisconsin-Eau Clare put the kibosh on what would have been a perfect prognostication weekend as No. 10 Milwaukee School of Engineering swept Lawrence and the … Read more
A First For Cortland “It’s like the WCHA of Division III, where everyone can beat anyone.” Fredonia coach Jeff Meredith said that last week before his game against Buffalo State. How prophetic he turned out to be, but not for his team. Cortland had never beaten Plattsburgh in Plattsburgh. These two schools have been playing … Read more
It’s official — scoreboard watching season has opened and now will be in full swing entering the final three weekends of the regular season. As if things weren’t hotly contested enough in the conference standings, this past weekend’s action clearly tightened the races and has teams wondering about how to get as many of the … Read more