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The USCHO Pairwise Rankings (PWR) for the 2006-2007 season are out. East Region West Region Combined National This means, or course, that the first iteration of BRACKETOLOGY will be coming along very shortly.

If you’re old like me, you’re thinking of Gomer Pyle right now…. Let’s look at some of the many surprises in D-III to date: ECAC East: What is traditionally Norwich’s title to lose, upstarts Castleton State and Southern Maine are at the top. New England College, bolstered by the return of Mike Carmody, is in … Read more

The list of nominees for the 2007 Hockey Humanitarian Award have been announced. The award, established in 1996 by John Greenhalgh and Jeff Millman goes each year to “College Hockey’s finest citizen” as a way to recognize the good work being done by hockey-playing student athletes. Men and women playing NCAA hockey from all Divisions … Read more

CSI: D-III If you caught the latest episode of CSI, you know that Gill Grissom is taking a sabbatical to teach at Williams College. Maybe while he’s there he can do some sleuthing and figure out just what the heck happened in various D-III rinks in New England/New York on Friday. Riddle me these: Skidmore … Read more

Here’s the recaps: Mine for the Consolation Russell Jaslow’s for the Championship

Two close games today – the championship was closer than the 4-1 score would indicate. The All-Tournament Team: F – Kevin Rollwagen (St. Thomas), Justin Joy (Elmira), CJ Thompson (Oswego) D – Greg Moore (Elmira), Rich Zalweski (Oswego) G – Ryan Scott (Oswego) MVP – Ryan Scott (Oswego) Those were on my ballot for forwards … Read more

Oswego has taken a 1-0 lead over Elmira at the midway point of the first period. Ryan Woodward, behind the Elmira net, banked the puck off a defenseman. Before that, Elmira had most of the scoring chances. Oswego goalie Ryan Scott was shaken up at about the six minute mark, but looks fine. And the … Read more

I’m back in the pressbox in Oswego for the consolation game of the Pathfinder Classic. Just underway between St. Thomas and New England. As opposed to yesterday, I’ll do the game in one long blog entry. Midway thought the first and there’s no score. St. Thomas has had the better chances so far, but Pilgrim … Read more

Recap for Elmira-St. Thomas Recap for Oswego-NEC 

Oswego takes this one 5-2. The Lakers will take on Elmira in the championship game tomorrow, while it’s New England and St. Thomas in the consolation. Look for recaps later.

New England’s had plenty of chances in the third period, but has been unable to convert. it’s still 5-2 Oswego with eight minutes to play.

While roaming around the rink in between periods, I spotted a nice display on the history of women’s hockey at Oswego. In one picture of a team from the early 80’s, there’s a picture of former goaltender Linda Cohn, a longtime anchor at ESPN. She’s grinning from ear to ear with a frizzy haircut. Awesome … Read more

A power play goal from Brendan McLaughlin with 2:30 to go has staked Oswego to a 5-2 lead after two period. Shots unofficially are 27-15 in favor of the Lakers.

I was remarking to Chris Lerch that this game had the feel of a D-I game, which I’ve seen about 40 of, compared to a handful of D-III games, in the past year and a half.  That lasted until about the midway point of this game when it opened up.  End to end action is … Read more

NEC cut the lead to 3-2 at 12:42, but the Lakers answered just 20 seconds later. Micky Serra scored on a breakaway for the Pilgrims, and Thompson completed the hat-trick off a feed from Tyler Laws. 4-2 Oswego with 4:28 to play in the second.

I remember the days when they had chain link fence at the Golden Romney Field House. Even after they put in glass, the good-old-fashioned Romney still had this close, intense feel. I wondered if I’d miss that atmosphere here in the new Oswego barn.  I don’t. In the Campus Center Arena, everyone has a real … Read more

It’s still 3-1 about six minutes into the second period, with neither team able to generate much offense. A flurry by Oswego comes up empty, with Lyon making some key stops. Mike Carmody, NEC’s top offensive weapon, is still out of the lineup due to injury.

The goals came fast near the end of the period, which ended 3-1 in favor of Oswego. CJ Thompson scored on the power play at 16:33, and Paul Ruta scored just 16 seconds later to put New England on the board. With 56 seconds to go in the period, Thompson got his second of the … Read more

..and it’s 1-0 Oswego 2:12 in. Garren Reisweber on a wraparound. A new face in the linup from NEC – Brian Pouliot, a transfer from New Hampshire. Pouliot played 52 games for the Wildcats his first two seasons but hadn’t played so far in his junior campaign.

That familiar ’80s Talking Heads anthem welcomed fans back into the Campus Center Ice Arena a few moments ago. About 50 minutes before game time, fire alarms went off, sending fans and players outside. Game time is now slated for about 7:30 p.m. Update: a blown fuse in an exhaust fan in the concession stand … Read more