CHF's ECACHL Women's Quarterfinals Preview - Part 1

The eight team field in this year's ECAC(HL) playoffs on the women's side looks to be the most competitive grouping ever. We'll be going over each of the quarterfinal matchups, which are best-of-three series played at the home-ice of the higher seed.#8 Yale at #1 St. LawrenceYale has continued to show throughout the year that they can be a formidable team on any given day. Yale built their 11-13-

It's going to be a busy week.

This might be the first and only time that we do this, but since it's going to be a busy week, so we're going to take it easy today. Each day this week, Brett and I will be previewing each of the ECACHL playoff series on both the men's and women's sides, so keep checking back for that. In addition, the coach of Clarkson's Women's Hockey Team, Rick Seeley should be joining us this week to chat

Clarkson Signs Two Recruits for 2007

Chris Heisenberg's recruiting list is reporting that forward Scott Freeman, and Brian Rufenach have both committed to Clarkson for the 2007 season.Freeman, a forward from Whitby, Ontario currently has 63 points this season for the Bowmanville Eagles of the OPJHL. He has twenty goals and forty-three assists, good for third on the team. Freeman was named the OPJHL player of the month for October.

Heartbreak!

MEN AND WOMEN SWEPTWomen lose to Harvard with with one second left in OTWill try to get revenge on Harvard next week in Cambridge Men fall in Cambridge 2-1.Clarkson v. Princeton in Opening RoundPlayoffs is when the magic happens!!

Big Green Bigger than Expected...

The Big Green came out firing on Friday night defeating both Clarkson's Men's and Women's squads on Friday by large margins. In Hanover, the Knights fell 5-2. After trading goals in the first two periods, Clarkson gave up three consecutive goals in the third (one an empty netter) to give Dartmouth the victory. Mike Sullivan and Phil Pacquet had the goals for Clarkson, and David Leggio had 31

CHF ECAC(HL) Weekend Preview for 2/24/06

By now we all are aware of the possibilities for the playoffs and whose winning what games will put teams in what position. So instead of focusing on all that let's take a look at the actual match-ups in the last week of regular season play.Colgate / Cornell @ RPI / UnionCornell is in a bit of a rough stretch going 1-2-1 in their last four. Throw this in with the fact that their last lost came

CHF Women's Preview - 2/24/06

Another split last weekend against Yale and Brown eliminated the Clarkson's Women's Hockey Team from the ECACHL title picture, but did inch them closer to a home-ice playoff series in the first round of the ECACHL Tournament, Clarkson's NCAAs this year. With two games remaining, Clarkson sits in 3rd place, a point ahead of Brown, and two points ahead of Harvard. The top four teams in the league

CHF Interview with Head Coach George Roll (2/23/2006)

The head coach of Clarkson's Men's Hockey Team, George Roll was kind enough to join us for a quick chat in advance of the Harvard and Dartmouth weekend as well as the upcoming ECACHL playoffs. As assistant at Clarkson from 1988 to 1996, Roll rejoined Clarkson in 2003 after a seven year stint at Oswego, in which he led the Lakers to the NCAA title game and was named Division III coach of the year.

5 on 3's, ghosts and a guy named Nittymaki

Team USA's run at the Olympics came to an end on Wednesday, as Finland defeated the Americans 4-3 in Quarterfinal Play. Despite storming back from a 2-0 deficit early on, the US gave up not one, but two 5 on 3 penalties in the second, resulting in a 4-2 lead going into the third. The US opened up the 3rd on the power play, but couldn't convert, and then were down for four minutes on a phantom

CHF ECAC End of Year Awards

With the last weekend of the season rapidly approaching, here is how we think the ECAC End of the Year Awards will break down. Keep in mind the ECAC's propensity towards selecting upperclassmen and our unwavering homerism.First Team:F - TJ Treveylan - SLU - The league's leading scorer, and the heart and soul of the St. Lawrence offense. TJ has put up 1.5 points per game in conference play and has

Scoring Drought Ends; USA v. Finland in Quarters

Even though they scored a team high for goals in this Olympic Tournament, Team USA fell to Russia in the final game of the preliminary round of play 5-4 earlier today. The game actually meant nothing in terms of standings, but it didn't seem that way on the ice, as we saw one of the fastest and most physical games of the opening round.Craig Conroy had yet another sweet assist, setting up Brian

Playoff Possibilities

Albert tries to explain how SLU winning is a good thing.After this past weekend Clarkson has locked up at least an 8th place finish, in turn the highest they can finish is 5th. Here's a list of scenarios involving the other three teams, RPI, Union and Harvard, in contention for you to ponder heading into the weekend.Starting with the worst case and working our way up:0 PointsEven with all the

Genovy, D'Alvise take League Honors

Clarkson senior forward Jeff Genovy was named ECACHL Player of the Week and line mate Chris D'Alvise was named ECACHL Rookie of the Week for their efforts in Clarkson's sweep of Brown and Yale.Genovy, who is having a breakout year, scored four goals on the weekend while D'Alvise had his best weekend as a Knight, netting one goal and adding four assists.This marks the first time this season the

Clarkson Takes Two Points, Controls Their Destiny

On Friday, Clarkson's Women's Hockey team skated to a victory over Yale, thanks to another sterling performance by netminder Kira Hurley. In an insane third period where Clarkson's offense fell off of the face of the planet, Clarkson was outshot 16-1, and Hurley stopped them all. Fortunately for the Knights, that one shot was an empty netter to give the Knights a 2-0 victory. Once again the

Conroy and Cole Shine for USA in Losses

Craig Conroy tallied himself another point on a sweet assist to Mike Modano earlier today against Sweden, but Team USA could not gain the point they needed to clinch a berth to the medal round, losing 2-1. Erik Cole made his presence known all over the ice, putting shots on net, chasing down pucks and being a general menace. Despite being nailed a few times, sending him off to the bench slowly,

Clarkson Drops Eight Spot on Brown!

HOME ICE SECURE!RPI Tie, Princeton and Yale losses provide lock.Genovy, Brekelmans shine on Senior Night.Leggio Stops 24 in victory.

SMASHING!

CLARKSON BEATS YALE 3-2Women win too, 2-0!!Genovy gets two markers. Leggio Stops 29.Guthrie injured in victory, early reports say two weeks.Glass shattered in the third.Conga line envelopes Cheel during delay. These recaps without Brett, less witty!

CHF's ECAC(HL) Preview for 2/17/2006

Coming down the stretch in the ECAC(HL) and it's still a tight race between the top six teams. We know Cornell can not miss home ice for the first round of the playoffs, and that Brown can not play at home at all in the playoffs this year, other than that it is just a normal year of parity that the fans have come to love or hate in the ECAC.Harvard / Dartmouth @ Colgate / CornellThese are the

Quick Team USA Update

Team USA defeated Kazakhstan 4-1 last night in Italy. Erik Cole scored his first point of the tournament, a spectacular assist to Mike Modano on this goal to put Team USA up 4-1. If you're wondering where Cole is, he's behind the net and to the right (our left), just after making the goalie chase, and dishing a sick pass over to Modano for the easy empty netter. Craig Conroy was scoreless in the

Women Face Ivies

After a split in Central NY last weekend, Clarkson's Women's Hockey Team heads to New England to face Brown and Yale, in hopes of getting closer to locking up a home playoff series while keeping their eyes on the top of the ECACHL. With four games to go, Clarkson sits in 3rd Place, with 22 points and only six points separates first through fifth, meaning nothing is certain with two weeks to go.

Hang a Banner!

Back to Back Champs! You might not have noticed with all of the modesty, but a dynasty was born last weekend when Yale defeated UConn and secured the ECACHL's second consecutive Commissioner's Cup, which is awarded to College Hockey's most dominate conference. While the WCHA and Hockey East were obviously in a rebuilding phase, the ECACHL held up its end of the bargain, coming away with this

Conroy gets his first!

Craig Conroy got his first two points in international play yesterday in Team USA's preliminary matchup against Latvia. At the 10:38 mark of the 2nd, Craig got his first goal unassisted, with a hard shot from a bad angle that snuck beneath Arturs Irbe's right arm and past his forty year old pads to make the game 2-0. Team USA fell apart after that though, giving up three goals in about a minute

Our Hobey Baker

We were asked to participate in the Western College Hockey Blog's roundtable discussion on the Hobey Baker Memorial Award. To make things a little more interesting we will tie in our picks with the 5 nominees for best animated short film at the 78th Annual Academy Awards ®.1. Badgered - Brian Elliott, G, Wisconsin - This is actually pretty easy, when Elliot plays the Badgers are 18-2-2, when

The Quest for the Expensive Doughnut Begins!

The Men's Olympic Hockey Tournament begins this Wednesday in Group Play, and Team USA features two former Clarkson players who you may have heard of: Craig Conroy and Erik Cole. We'll be keeping track of Craig and Erik's progress as they're two of the top scoring players from the NHL on Team USA. Here's a schedule of the games and their broadcast times:Wednesday, February 15th - Latvia v. USA (

Women Take 2 from Central New York

The Clarkson woman's team split the weekend with Cornell and Colgate, taking 2 points from the Big Red, 2-1, and falling at Starr rink 2-0.Friday in Ithaca the Knights came back from a 1-0 deficit late in the third period when Jessica Cloutier scored her 6th goal of the season at the 15:40 mark of the period. The goal was assisted by Ashley Shaidle and Brooke Beazer. The Knights got the game

3 Point Weekend

GOLDEN KNIGHTS TIE RAIDERSLeggio starts second consecutive night.Weller tallies powerplay marker, on a sweet pass from Nick Dodge.Volleyball friend of Tom Hanks ties it up in the third.Did Leggio win the starter's roll?47 saves on 49 shots for the weekend say, Yes.

HOME COOKIN

CLARKSON UPENDS CORNELLMason scores his first goal as a Knight.Guthrie hits the post, but Genovy hits a rebound for the game winner.Dodge tacks on some insurance.Leggio stands tall in 23 save effort.All the right moves? McKee pulled after 2 goal first period.

Fearless Prognostications - ECAC(HL) Preview

Last week I went 0 for the weekend. Will this stop me from making baseless picks with nonsensical commentary? No.Colgate / Cornell @ SLU / ClarksonClarkson and SLU are facing their biggest test of the year. Clarkson has lost seven of their last eight, SLU has lost five of their last six and has fallen out of the polls for the first time since November. To put things bluntly, the wheels have come

Women @ Colgate / Cornell

The Women's Hockey Team hits the road for an important two game set with two teams that are definitively "Jekyll and Hyde" as they travel to Cornell and Colgate. With five teams separated by four points in the ECACHL heading into this weekend's play. Clarkson sits in a tie with Princeton for third place with 20 points behind league leaders St. Lawrence (22) and Brown (21) with just six more

RPI Charity Campaign

Sure RPI is our rival. In our minds they suck slightly less than SLU. No matter, we'd like to point out that their campaign to raise awareness about testicular cancer is coming to an end this weekend at their annual Big Red Freakout! which will be played against Brown this year.Each player has had their head shaved after a home game this year, and the final three guys are going bald this weekend,

Chat with Josh Bartell - Part 2

Our chat with Clarkson Hockey commentator Josh Bartell '96 continues. If you missed Part 1, click here!CHF: You've been noted with some memorable quotes such as, "Roughing in hockey is like speeding in NASCAR." and "It's almost time to take your shirt off. Yours not mine." Do you find it easier to come up with quotes off the cuff, or do you plan them out in advance? Josh Bartell: Just make them

Hurley for Kaz! Do it. Do it.

Yes, that's right. It's time to get the masses in gear. PattyKaz.com wants your input on who should win this year's Patty Kazmeier award given to the top player in Women's Hockey. Upon further review, they've pre-selected some nominees for us, but seemed to have forgotten someone... Clarkson's own Kira Hurley. Apparently they decided on offering us not one, not two but SIX goalies ranked below

Chat with Josh Bartell - Part 1

This week, Josh Bartell has been kind enough to join us to chat about Golden Knights Hockey, and a bunch of stuff in between. Josh was a Golden Knight defenseman from 1992-1996 where he was a member of the 1995 ECAC Regular Season Champions, and the 1993 ECAC Tournament Champions. The color man for Clarkson Hockey on Cool 95.3, Josh has been on a line with Bob Ahfeld since the Cornell game in

Number Crunchers

Clarkson can finish anywhere from first to last, however...With a win or tie on Friday, Cornell will eliminate the Golden Knights from regular season championship contention.Nick Dodge has 33 points for the season and 51 for his career. The last sophomore to accumulate more than 50 points in two years was Randy Jones.The point breakdown per class looks like this:Seniors - 10 goals, 19 assists, 29

Women Earn Two

The Clarkson Women's Team faced a tough pair of teams from the Tri-State region at Cheel this past weekend, and came away with two points and a heartbreaking loss. On Friday, the Knights broke out to a two goal lead in the first and never looked back as they defeated Quinnipiac 3-0. Ashley Shaidle tallied two goals, and Amanda Dittmer added an insurance marker in the third to seal the deal. Kira

Swept Away

The Clarkson's Men's team lost last night at Princeton 4-2. The final score is not indicative of the teams play which was 10 times better than the effort given Friday night. However the Knights rang the post 4 times and hit the crossbar twice and were stymied several times by Princeton net minder Eric Leroux. Clarkson has now lost 7 of their last 8 and have lost their last 9 games on the road.

And you will know my name is Quinnipiac

When I lay my vengence upon thee.Quinnipiac 6 - Clarkson 1

ECAC(HL) Weekend Preview - 2/3/06

This week in the ECAC(HL) we have two home and home matchups between travel partners, the North Country duo making its longest road trip of the season, and three games that will have a big impact on the standings of the league.Colgate / Cornell @ Cornell / ColgateThe league's top two teams meet for the 125th and 126th time with Cornell holding a 62-53-9 edge over the Raiders. After being swept by

Women Look to Capitalize at Home

The #9 ranked Clarkson women's hockey team wraps up an impressive eight game homestand this weekend against Quinnipiac and #8 ranked Princeton. The Knights are currently 5-1-0 on the stand and have outscored their opponents 20-3. This quality play has propelled Clarkson into a tie for second in the ECAC hockey league standings with SLU and Princeton at 18 points. Brown currently sits in first

Pros head into Olympic, All-Star Breaks

Clarkson is tearing it up in the pros this year, with several players having career seasons for their teams. Here's a quick recap of former Clarkson players currently in the NHL and the AHL as they head into the Olympic and All-Star Break:Chris Clark, RW, Washington Capitals – The right-winger already has a career high in goals (11), and is on pace to set career marks in assists, points, and +/-.

An excuse to put up another kitty picture...

It looks like Robert Morris took their first ever victory against an ECACHL opponent on Tuesday night downing the Princeton "Tigers" 5-2 in Pittsburgh. Princeton was actually coming off of a sweep of Colgate and Cornell and also has a win over Denver, yet they're 7-13-1. This one was another RPI killer for those teams. Lets hope the team that showed up last night shows up this weekend.