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Jubinville Seeking To Pace Princeton Parade Again	With Princeton off to a fast start, it's only a matter of time before returning All-America forward Lee Jubinville throws it into high gear as well, says Roman J. Uschak.
This Week in D-I Women's Hockey: Nov. 28, 2008	It may be a small sign, but a significant one nonetheless, of how far women’s college hockey has come. That two teams who are far behind the sport’s elite, namely Maine and Vermont, can hook up to produce a dandy of a hockey game. Over the ages, we’ve seen some doozies, from the five-overtime Providence College/New Hampshire marathon to just about any clash any two of the three-headed WCHA ...
This Week in D-III Women's Hockey: Nov 27, 2008	Hello Neumann! This past weekend the Neumann Knights notched their name into the ECAC West discussion with an impressive sweep of previously eighth ranked Utica. Just a few weeks after Utica asserted their name among the ECAC West elite after splitting with Plattsburgh, Neumann now must be considered a legitimate threat as well after taking down the Pioneers twice. Neumann head coach Matt Kennedy ...
Rookie Making Big Strides at Canisius	Canisius's Dave Kostuch has turned heads in the opening salvos of his college career, surprising few around the rookie forward. Jennifer Miller reports.
This Week in the CHA: Nov. 27, 2008	Happy Thanksgiving, one and all! As is the theme each year with this column, we'll go over what each team has to be thankful for any why. As is also a recurring theme, the number of teams in the CHA since this writer took over the league beat has been cut almost in half, so the column tends to get shorter as the league gets smaller. That said, here goes the 2008 "What CHA Teams Have To Be ...
This Week in ECAC Hockey: Nov. 27, 2008	One of the underappreciated rules of good writing is, as one professor said, to "avoid clichés like the plague." Common phrases — usually similes or metaphors — are such an easy out, and can instantaneously turn a quality piece of work into hackneyed garbage. But some clichés go beyond a simple snippet or a sentence, and can lure an entire column (for example) into an attractive trap laced with ...
This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Nov. 27, 2008	Thanks...and No Thanks There are plenty of things for the teams in Atlantic Hockey to be thankful for at this point in the season, as well as some things not to appreciate. So in the spirit of the holiday, let's play a game of Thanks...and No Thanks. Air Force Thanks: Wow. The Falcons are off to their best start ever, and are ranked higher (11th) than any AHA/MAAC team in history. Air Force ...
This Week in Hockey East: Nov. 27, 2008	Whistles Galore If anyone has attended a college hockey game this season, you may notice a few things are different. That's particularly true when it comes to officiating. A quick look on the ice identifies the biggest difference. Instead of the regular single referee with two assistant referees, Hockey East, as well as all of the other college conferences, adopted a two-referee, two-linesman ...
This Week in the CCHA: Nov. 27, 2008	The Sky Is Falling! I suppose I should be writing some sort of feel-good Thanksgiving column about what each team should be thankful for, as I have attempted with little success in years past. I'm sure that there are plenty of CCHA-related things for which to be grateful, but I've seen so much mediocre hockey this season that I find myself being grateful for other things during Thanksgiving. Like ...
This Week in the WCHA: Nov. 27, 2008	I was originally thinking of keeping this short so you could quickly read through it and get to your turkey. However, I decided that content was more important and figured you could read it in snippets in between football games or something. Oh, and a lot of you liked the NHL thing from last week. That's not going to become a regular feature, but you can add one more notch for the Mavericks — Jon ...
Thanksgiving Day Quarterback	The preparations have been made, the hype meter is full and Jim Connelly and Scott Brown are ready for the games — it's Air Force against Colorado College and Denver.
Cardinals Rule: Plattsburgh Tops USCHO.com D-III Poll	MINNEAPOLIS — At last! With St. Norbert finally losing a hockey game — before falling to new-No 2. University of Wisconsin-Superior, 4-3, the Green Knights last defeat came on November 3, 2007 — there is a new top team in the country. The Plattsburgh Cardinals, proverbial also-rans for this entire season and much of last, have taken over the No. 1 ranking in the USCHO.com poll, earning ...
Minnesota Remains No. 1 In USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Poll	MINNEAPOLIS — A weekend of ups and downs ended with Minnesota still No. 1 in Monday's USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I men's poll. The Golden Gophers sustained their first loss of the season in a split with Denver, but defeats for other top teams helped them to 41 of 50 first-place votes and kept them atop the heap for a second straight week. One team not victimized by the upset bug ...
This Week in D-I Women's Hockey: Nov. 21, 2008	The overnight temperature in Madison, Wisc. on Thursday was 16 degrees with a wind chill of 5. The outlook for Ft. Myers, Fla., on Friday called for 77 degree temps and breezes. It would seem like a good time for a hockey team, say No. 1 ranked Wisconsin, to take a pre-holiday tournament southward, which in fact they are doing this weekend. The Badgers will face No 3. New Hampshire in a two-game ...
NESCAC Season Preview	Finally! Just a few days before Thanksgiving and the last of the D-III leagues get underway this weekend after three grueling weeks of practice and looking at players wearing the same color shirts. Surviving without sustaining any injuries to players anxious to start the season is only one of the areas of concern for coaches looking to put all of the pieces together with returning and new players ...
ECAC East Season Preview	The interlocking schedule between NESCAC and ECAC East provides hockey fans in the Northeast some of the best match ups anywhere on virtually every weekend between now and the end of February. In this the last season in its current configuration before the commencement of the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference (MASCAC) next year takes Salem State from the East (to be replaced by University ...
This Week in MIAC	Get Out The Brooms Fans of the MIAC were promised a league full of hard-fought games and parity: teams on the bottom improving against teams at the top. And they were promised a gobbled mess of league standings that would be an adventure to decipher every week. What a difference a week makes. The MIAC began league play last weekend not with the flurry of split series that was expected, but ...
NESCAC Season Preview	NESCAC Season Preview Last weekend Middlebury, Trinity, Williams, and Wesleyan half kicked off the start of the 2008-2009 season for the NESCAC schools. Middlebury downed rival Williams 5-1 and Trinity hung seven goals on Wesleyan en route to a 7-1 win over the Cardinals. Finally, this weekend all 45 Division III women’s teams will have played their first games of the season when ...
This Week in SUNYAC	Another Wild One The game lived up to its billing. And instead of a one goal, low scoring affair, Fredonia and Buffalo State did one better — a high scoring deadlock. Just how wild was it? One team jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead and couldn't hold on. The other team scored four unanswered goals to take a three goal lead, but that too proved short-lived. The teams traded goals in the first ...
This Week in the ECAC Northeast	Fast Start Fuels Colonels Off to the hottest start in the ECAC NE are the Curry College Colonels, with a 4-0 mark. All four wins have come against conference opponents. Coach Rob Davies is pleased with his teams’ fast start. “Obviously we happy at being 4-0,” coach Davies said, “especially with as many new guys in the line up as we have. But the upperclassmen are determined to ...
This Week in the CHA: Nov. 20, 2008	Last weekend was a slow one for College Hockey America with just a single game on the schedule, but as famed WWE broadcaster Jim Ross would say about this weekend, business is about to pick up. Niagara hasn't seen any CHA action yet, but will host Bemidji State Friday and Saturday night in a rematch of the CHA title game from last March that the Purple Eagles won. The two other schools, Robert ...
This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Nov. 20, 2008	Making Hay Can it get any better for Air Force? The Falcons are 10-0 for the first time in school history and ranked No. 12 in the latest USCHO.com/CBS College Sports poll, the highest ranking ever for an Atlantic Hockey program. Air Force has the top offense in the nation (4.70 goals per game), two of the top four scorers in the country (Jacques Lamoureux and Brent Olson are tied for second ...
This Week in Hockey East: Nov. 20, 2008	On The Rebound Could Massachusetts-Lowell stay afloat? That was the question two weekends ago after the River Hawks lost top goalie Carter Hutton two periods into their game against Boston University. BU outscored them, 4-1, in the third period, inflicting a very tough loss. One night later the Hawks lost to Vermont. With Hutton projected to be out for about a month, it looked like the next ...
This Week in the WCHA: Nov. 20, 2008	It's been a fairly quiet week and weekend in the league. Other than the surprises we've seen so far, there hasn't really been anything else. Okay, except the early signing period, as a few teams have already inked some of tomorrow's future stars ... or busts, as it may turn out to be. Red Baron Pizza WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Offensive Player of the Week: Blake Geoffrion, UW. Why: ...
This Week in the CCHA: Nov. 20, 2008	As Firsts Go, This Wasn't Bad The Western Michigan Broncos finally earned their first CCHA win of the season in the most improbable of places — Yost Ice Arena. "We were extremely pleased with getting the win at Yost Arena on Friday," said WMU head coach Jim Culhane. You don't say, Coach. Really? True freshman Kevin Connauton — a name you should hear often in his career — earned the game-winner ...
Doctor In The House	A career in medicine may be in the offing for Jordan Pearce, but for now there's an NCAA title to chase. Mike Scandura profiles the Notre Dame netminder.
This Week in D-III: Nov 20, 2008	Elmira defends their No. 1 Ranking The Elmira College Soaring Eagles faced their sternest test to their top ranked position this past weekend as they took three of four points from ECAC West rival R.I.T. at the Murray Athletic Center in Pine Valley, N.Y. On Friday night, Elmira pounded the Tigers 6-1 behind senior forward Jamie Huntley’s hat trick. Melanie Henshaw, Lauryn DePaul, and Lindsay ...
This Week in ECAC Hockey: Nov. 20, 2008	This has been an enjoyably baffling couple of weeks so far, with a number of bipolar teams making solid assessment practically impossible. Harvard is 4-2-1 and atop the standings, but has played more games than anyone else, and lost back-to-back games at RPI and Union two weeks ago. Princeton and Cornell reside in the third and fourth seats from the front, which was to some extent expected, but ...
Tuesday Morning Quarterback: Nov. 18, 2008	In this week's column, Jim Connelly and Scott Brown mull over the continuing role of this year's rule changes, last weekend's topsy-turvy results by the numbers, and of course Air Force.
This Week in the ECAC West	Unfamiliar Territory Manhattanville finds itself in a situation that it hasn’t seen in a while. The Valiants were swept two weekends ago at Neumann, the first time that has happened since January 12 and 13, 2001 when they lost to Oswego and Cortland. As if that wasn’t enough, with a 1-2 record Manhattanville is off to its worst start since the first year of the team. “We’re just ...
Regaining Their Stride	Despite being ranked number one for much of last season, the Harvard Crimson women's hockey team couldn't win when it mattered most, in the NCAA tournament. This year's team is looking to regain their stride amid increased competition from conference rivals, a competition they feel will help them in the long run.
St. Stasis: Green Knights Again Lead D-III Poll	MINNEAPOLIS — Clearly voters in both camps are not easily swayed. For the second consecutive poll, the same number of voters gave perpetual No. 1 St. Norbert and proverbial bridesmaid Plattsburgh the exact same number of points — 295 and 285, respectively — as they did a week ago. The first place vote allocation, 15 and five, also remained unchanged. This stasis arose from the Green ...
Minnesota Takes Over At No. 1 In USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Poll	MINNEAPOLIS — A weekend split by Boston University opened the door, and a three-point series for Minnesota was enough to vault the Golden Gophers to No. 1 in Monday's USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I men's poll. Minnesota tied and then beat Michigan Tech over the weekend to remain unbeaten — though with four ties — and claim 42 of 50 first-place votes and the top spot in the rankings ...
This Week in MIAC	It’s undeniable the MIAC is making strides. Top-to-bottom the conference is improving. This week Hamline will play Concordia. Several years ago, this would have been a matchup between basement dwellers with little significance no matter who emerged victorious. Now, it’s a series between the conference favorite and a young upstart that would love to define itself with a win (or two) against that ...
Decisions, Decisions	Dave Starman returns with goaltender-centric musings about Michigan, Denver and Michigan State as well as quick hits on topics around the nation.
No Scholarship, No Problem	Luke Salazar, a non-scholarship athlete, is quickly proving to be the most valuable addition to the offensive-minded Denver Pioneers. Despite his size, Salazar has a knack for scoring the big goal.
This Week in the NCHA/MCHA	Everyone in the MCHA now has had a week of league play in and the results aren’t too surprising. Adrian, Finlandia and Marian are all 2-0, though something must give this week as the Lions travel to face the Bulldogs. MSOE and Crookston are both 1-1 following a split in Crookston, while Lawrence, Northland and Concordia-WI are all 0-2. The NCHA regular season kicks off this week with a plethora ...
This Week in the ECAC West	Old Neumann Hockey When you think of Neumann hockey, particularly since the team started to become competitive in the ECAC West four seasons ago, a few common traits come to mind. Attributes like hard-nosed skilled forwards and solid goaltending are usually bantered about. The Knights have had so much turnover in the last two seasons, in all aspects of the program, most fans have wondered how ...
This Week in SUNYAC	Jaw Dropping The score updates coming in on Friday most likely caused a lot of jaws to drop. And then drop again. And again. A lot of chins were sore from hitting the ground. Where do we start? How about Brockport who, as the Potsdam radio announcer said, put a beat down on Geneseo, 7-2. "We obviously caught them on a night where they weren't focused on hockey," Brockport coach Brian ...
This Week in the CHA: Nov. 13, 2008	Even with just a single game on the docket this weekend, there is no shortage of news in the CHA. Here are the nuts and bolts of this week's column: last weekend's action down south was competitive, attendance in Huntsville is among the nation's best, Bemidji State may have a shot at the WCHA after all, Niagara made SportsCenter and the aforementioned lone game is in an NHL rink Friday night. Wow. Beavers ...
This Week in the WCHA: Nov. 13, 2008	Colorado College no longer holds the top spot in the country or the WCHA — the latter at least goes to the Gophers. Are they a little bit of a surprise? Maybe to some, but not to others. Same goes for the rest of the league, though. Red Baron Pizza WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Offensive Player of the Week: Eric Walsky, CC. Why: Scored four goals on Saturday against North Dakota ...
This Week in Hockey East: Nov 13, 2008	Best Ever? Hockey East has long prided itself on its top-to-bottom strength. Unlike top-heavy conferences that might boast comparable teams come NCAA tournament time, Hockey East could claim that most years even its teams that fell short of making the league playoffs provided significant challenges. This season, however, we may be seeing that strength at an all-time high. "From a historical ...
This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Nov. 13, 2008	Getting the "W" The last two winless teams in Atlantic Hockey picked up their first victories last Friday. Mercyhurst defeated Holy Cross 4-3 in overtime, and AIC downed Army, 4-3. Both squads lost the following night. “That particular night (Friday) we really played well,” said AIC coach Gary Wright, in his 25th season behind the bench. “We went to the net hard and buried our chances ...
This Week in ECAC Hockey: Nov. 13, 2008	Playing Dumb "We're early in the season, and we have to do a better job of being a smarter road team," began Crimson coach Ted Donato. Harvard dropped both Capital District games for the first time ever last weekend, falling 3-2 at Rensselaer and 3-1 at Union. Donato isn't sweating the scoring, the special teams, or the goaltending; he just wants his players to think hockey the way they think ...
This Week in the CCHA: Nov. 13, 2008	Checking the Planetary Alignments Last weekend, the three ranked CCHA teams playing league games didn't fare as well as they'd hoped. Michigan split with Alaska in Fairbanks, giving the Nanooks just their seventh win in this all-time series. Ferris State took three points from Miami in Oxford, having "lost" the tie following Friday's shootout but won Saturdayss game outright. Ohio State ...
This Week in D-I: Nov. 13, 2008	You may hate it (as some say they do), love it (as many more seem to), or have no opinion (it’s hard to find anyone camped there)... but one thing appears to be certain. The shootout is likely to be with us for a while. Brought in this year by both the WCHA and Hockey East, the device is being used to provide a final outcome to league contests that are still knotted up after overtime. Purists ...
This Week in D-III: Nov. 13, 2008	Splits and Upsets for Everyone This past weekend featured two national powerhouses falling to unranked opponents in what turned out to be the first of what I expect to be many weekends this year with parity being the only word to describe it. The gap between the traditionally top-ranked teams and some of the middle-of-the-pack teams continues to close each year with Division III women’s hockey ...
Offense From Defense	Kevin Shattenkirk has gone from breaking his parents' windows with pucks to breaking away as a dangerous blueliner for Boston University. Mike Scandura reports.
Tuesday Morning Quarterback: Nov. 11, 2008	A new number one, the start of the season in ECAC Hockey, games to watch and more Air Force — Jim Connelly and Scott Brown sound off once again.
MIAC Season Preview	Don’t sleep on the MIAC “The MIAC is the most underrated conference in the country, from top to bottom.” That’s the message heading into this season as the Western league that isn’t considered a powerhouse and doesn’t have Adrian within its ranks laces up the skates for the 2008-09 hockey season. With the national tournament expanding to 11 teams for the first time this season, many ...