The No. 1-ranked RIT women’s hockey team, along with Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority, raised $10,219 for Finger Lakes Health in conjunction with Geneva General Cardiology Associates to help “Black Out Heart Disease” last Friday and Saturday as part of the Tigers’ two-game series against No. 4 SUNY-Plattsburgh. RIT wore special black jerseys that were auctioned … Read more
In the 10-year history of the NCAA sponsoring a Division III women’s hockey championship, only one team has ever gone a whole season unbeaten. The 2007 Plattsburgh Cardinals went 27-0-2 on their way to their first national championship. This season, Plattsburgh will try to play the role of spoiler as the top-ranked RIT Tigers come … Read more
Nine ECAC West Titles. Four National Championships. 11 Frozen Fours. 33 All-Americans. Those are just some of the numbers that the Elmira and Plattsburgh women’s hockey programs have accumulated over the past nine seasons. The two programs have developed a fierce rivalry since they both began NCAA Division III play during the 2001-2002 season. Elmira … Read more
On Friday night the No. 2 Plattsburgh State Cardinals make their first ever trip to Northfield, Vt. and Kreitzberg Arena to take on the team that ended their season so abruptly last March in the Norwich Cadets. Plattsburgh (5-0-0, 4-0-0 ECAC West) fell victim to the heroics of Norwich senior captain Sophie Leclerc, who scored … Read more
Cammi Granato, three-time ECAC Player of the Year, two-time Olympian and 15-year member of the U.S. Women’s National Team, was today announced as one of the first two female members in the 65-year history of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Granato will be formally inducted into the Hall on Nov. 8 as part of the … Read more
With the proposed change to the icing rule in mind, Dave Starman writes that too much tinkering with college hockey’s rules might alienate people more than it alleviates problems.
The rule proposal was released, the coaches were repulsed and that’s it, right? Wrong. Nothing is finished in the case of the controversial proposed change to the icing rule. Brian Sullivan reports on how we got to this point and what comes next.
The NCAA is getting tough on contact-to-the-head penalties and getting creative in an effort to promote scoring when it comes to other rules changes. Contact to the head will result in a major penalty and either a game misconduct or game disqualification under proposals by the NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Committee unveiled Friday. The proposals … Read more
The NCAA men’s and women’s ice hockey rules committee gets this chance only once every two years, so there’s a little more emphasis to get it right. In the next month, leading up to and through the committee’s meeting June 8-11 in Indianapolis, the dialogue about potential rules changes will lead to debate and then … Read more
NCAA Tournament First Round Preview And then there were seven. Nineteen weeks of hard work and preparation paid off for seven teams this past Monday when they were selected to the 2010 NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Tournament. This year we have one new face in the crowd as Trinity makes its first NCAA … Read more
Making Strides The 2009-2010 Division III women’s hockey season is well underway and we have already had a couple of major surprises to start off the season. Adrian, a team picked to make some major noise in their first season as an official member of the NCHA, is off to a 0-4 start; dropping two … Read more
RIT Tigers Coach: Scott McDonald (62-14-4, 4th season) Last year’s record: 21-3-2 ECAC West Record: 15-2-1 (2nd) Coaches’ Projection: First My Prediction: First Key Losses: Keltie Jones and Sandra Grant Key Returnees: Jr. Sarah Dagg (16-24-40), Jr. Katie Stack (17-17-34), Jr. Traci Galbraith (6-14-20) Newcomers to watch: Kim Schlattman, Kayla Ross, Danielle Read Elmira College … Read more
Madeline Loftus, who played two seasons at both Buffalo State and St. Mary’s (Minn.), was killed on Thursday evening while aboard Continental Airlines flight 3407 en route to Buffalo from Newark (N.J.), which crashed just prior to landing in Clarence Center, N.Y., a residential neighborhood just outside of Buffalo. She was 24. Loftus was one … Read more
The NCAA announced Friday the final rosters for the 2008 Frozen Four Skills Challenge, which will be held April 11 at the Pepsi Center in Denver. For the East team, Will Engasser, Yale, Brad Flaishans, New Hampshire and David Leaderer, Massachusetts were all added to the roster. Meanwhile, Eric Ehn, Air Force, Nino Musitelli, Miami … Read more
ECAC commissioner Rudy Keeling announced Friday that the ECAC Women’s West Hockey administrators voted to accept Potsdam as its tenth member during the annual league administrators meeting on Thurs., Oct. 18. Located in Potsdam, N.Y., and founded in 1816, Potsdam has roughly 4,300 undergraduate and graduate students. With the addition of women’s ice gockey, Potsdam … Read more
The ECAC announced Monday that Jeffrey Fulton of the Rochester suburb of Penfield, N.Y. — an ice hockey official with more than 30 years officiating experience — has been named an ECAC Coordinator of Ice Hockey Officials. “The ECAC is excited to welcome Jeff Fulton as our newest Hockey Coordinator” said ECAC commissioner Rudy Keeling. … Read more
After 10 years of service to the ECAC, Steve Wisnowski has resigned as Ice Hockey Officiating Coordinator to pursue other opportunities, according to conference officials. “Steve has done an admirable job of assigning and supervising our roster of officials during his tenure,” said senior associate commissioner Stephen R. Bamford. “We wish him, and his family, … Read more
The ECAC Ice Hockey Officiating Bureau will be holding its second annual open tryout for candidates who are interest in officiating NCAA Division III Ice Hockey. On Saturday, June 23, tryouts will be held from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at The ESL Sports Centre in Rochester, N.Y. The next day Horgan Arena in Auburn, Mass., will … Read more
Cortland coach Tom Cranfield has accepted the position of Assistant Director of Athletics (Compliance/Scheduling) at SUNY Cortland. Cranfield was appointed to the position on an interim basis by athletic director Joan Sitterly beginning in July 2006 while also continuing his teaching and coaching duties. To fulfill his new responsibilities on a permanent level, Cranfield is … Read more
After a nationwide search, Rudy Keeling has been named ECAC commissioner effective May 1. Keeling’s multi-divisional experience as an administrator and coach within intercollegiate athletics and past leadership positions within the ECAC and NCAA were distinguishing characteristics in the decision, according to the conference. “After an extensive national search with many outstanding candidates, we are … Read more