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
It was an up and down weekend for the ECAC West. Elmira suffered through the worst of the weekend, dropping an overtime game at Brockport and losing to Geneseo. Rumored illness might have caused some of the trouble for the Soaring Eagles’ stumble before the holidays. Elmira is now 2-5 outside of the league, which … Read more
Although the NCHA was the only conference in action, there was plenty of other hockey this weekend in the MCHA/MIAC/NCHA conferences. In the NCHA, St. Scholastica did something apparently only it can do at St. Norbert, while Wis.-Eau Claire did something everyone else had been trying to do against Wis.-River Falls. NCHA St. Scholastica did … Read more
Wow! What a great last weekend of the first half for the teams that had meaningful hockey games to play this past weekend. Norwich and Plattsburgh played a seesaw game that ended in a 4-4 tie, and the round robin among the top three teams in NESCAC ended up going the home team’s way, as … Read more
Maybe they were thinking more about Christmas vacation and less about the scoreboard. None of the ECAC Northeast’s teams had much luck against nonconference opponents in a stretch of four days, from last Wednesday to Saturday, as the ECAC Northeast finished a combined 2-7 in that span. The only two wins? Nichols, which defeated Franklin … Read more
Brockport Stuns Elmira Brockport upset the number six team in the nation, Elmira, in thrilling fashion, 4-3, in overtime. “We did a really good job taking away their rushes up the ice,” Brockport coach Brian Dickinson said. “Watching film of their game against Fredonia, we noticed they really like to get up the ice and … Read more
Another week goes by where I blow the picks in league games, but do well in the nonconference play. Maybe Santa will help me sort out the teams within the ECAC West standings, because it is a big jumble right now. Lucky for me, all teams are in the throes of nonconference play for the … Read more
Two consecutive weeks of nailing the picks has this writer excited about the final weekend of play prior to the semester break. Last week’s 5-1-0 record builds to a season record of 13-6-1 (.650) with again a challenging group of conference and non-league games to choose from this week. It’s awesome this week to see … Read more
So far this season, I am picking half (6-6) the games correctly, which is not bad, I guess, but there are teams that surprise me every weekend. Bethel delivered the biggest surprise by sweeping Hamline in the MIAC, and Wisconsin-River Falls proved it is the most improved team in the NCHA with a pair of … Read more
The homestretch before the holiday break is upon us, and we’ve seen a team or two go on a tear, and a few teams that have staggered to this point, including Framingham State, which earned its first win since February with its win over Worcester State on December 1. Here’s the ECAC Northeast and MASCAC … Read more
Game of the Week With the SUNYAC schedule half over, it’s wall-to-wall nonconference games for the last weekend of the fall semester. Highlighting the dozen games is a rematch of the first round of the Primelink Tournament — Plattsburgh at Norwich. In that meeting, Norwich won, 3-0. And therein lays a serious problem for Plattsburgh … Read more
The first part of the ECAC West league play finished up this past Friday, and Elmira has taken firm control at the top of the standings. The Soaring Eagles withstood a comeback by Neumann to beat the Knights, 3-2, in overtime to post a perfect 5-0 record. They are now six points clear of the … Read more
The first weekend in December saw clutch goaltending, as Concordia (Minn.) moved to within a point of St. Thomas in the MIAC. In other Midwest action, Wisconsin-River Falls sits atop the NCHA standings alone after sweeping Wisconsin-Superior, and Adrian comes back in the MCHA after a disappointing Thanksgiving tournament. MIAC Concordia (Minn.) remained unbeaten in … Read more