Where it stops, nobody knows!

Tim Taylor, the coach for the Yale Bulldogs for the last 28 years was removed from his coaching duties and has been offered to be reassigned to another area in Yale Athletics. He has coached the most games in ECACHL history and has more victories than any other coach ever at Yale. His record at Yale was 342-433-55. There's been no announcement on his replacement or the selection process as of yet

Clarkson's Newest Fan

At this time I'd like to welcome the newest Golden Knights fan into the fold. Last night, March 28th, at 5:21 PM Amy Ayers and her husband, and site contributor, Ron Ayers brought in Ronald "I already forgot his middle name" Ayers into the class of 2028. At last check both baby and mom were doing very well and Ron was on his way to grab a burger and beer. The more things change, the more things

Hurley = All-American

Kira Hurley was named to the All-American 2nd Team in Women's Ice Hockey on Friday by the American Hockey Coaches Association. Hurley, a junior is Clarkson's first ever All-American in Division I NCAA Hockey. Hurley was one of the busiest goalies in the country, starting 35 games this season, and coming away with a 21-12-1 record. Her 10 shutouts were tops in the NCAA this year, and she was

Shakeup at the top!

In what could be considered a surprise move, USCHO is reporting the ECACHL head of officials Butch Bellemore and Director of Officiating Development, Brewster Earle will resign when their contracts expire over the summer. For those more interested in speculation, the rumor mill is buzzing over in the USCHO Forum.In on ice news the ECACHL has announced an inter-conference early season tournament

New Recruit

According to Chris Heisenberg's website Clarkson has added another recruit. Matt Beca is a forward for the Oakville Blades of the OPJHL and has put up a very solid line this year of 49 games, 43 goals, 43 assists and 54 PIMs. His 86 points were good enough for 5th in the OPJHL. He was named the division MVP and is currently the team's leading scorer in the playoffs with 16 goals and 17 assists

Wheels in Motion

The first victim of the 2005-2006 offseason was RPI head coach Dan Fridgen. Fridgen resigned on Tuesday after many weeks of speculation that he was either going to step down or be fired by the school. RPI has launched an "international search" for a new coach. In 12 years at the helm of RPI Fridgen put up a 211-193-38 record with a 116-116-31 in ECAC play. RPI won the ECAC tournament title under

Hurley, Dodge, Guthrie Receive Accolades

Clarkson Women's Team netminder Kira Hurley, the ECACHL Goaltender of the Year, netted herself a little more recognition this week when USCHO named her to their All-USCHO 2nd Team. Patty Kazmeier finalist, Riitta Schaublin from Minnesota-Duluth was named the first team goalie.Clarkson Sophomore Nick Dodge was named to the ECAC All-League 3rd Team and Shea Guthrie was named to the All-Rookie team

NCAA Hockey: Bringing in New Fans?

As the NCAA tournament approaches how will ticket prices bring in new fans and how will it keep them there?Let's take a look at the hypothetical family of four. Mom, Dad, and two sons who are very interested in hockey. For convenience let's say Mom and Dad are Michigan State alum, and they live in the Capital District. They decide they want to see their alma mater close to home and take their

NCAA Tournament is Set!

After scoring 24 goals in three games against SLU, Dartmouth and Cornell, Harvard is on its way to the NCAA Tournament with the Whitelaw Trophy in its possession for the third time in five years. Harvard stomped Cornell 6-2 in the final at Albany which featured two of the most lopsided wins in tournament history by the Crimson. Dartmouth took the consolation game 3-2 over Colgate. Cornell and

Doink!

Well, looks like everyone's predictions for the Harvard / Dartmouth game was just a tad bit off last night. Harvard received goals from eight different players en route to a 10-1 victory in Albany last night. In the nightcap, Cornell defeated Colgate in a much closer matchup downing the Raiders 2-0. This one went down to the wire as Colgate had their goalie pulled on the power play in the final

ECAC(HL) Men's Semi-Final Preview - Part 2

Our second preview takes a look at the third match up between travel partners Colgate and Cornell. Cornell swept the regular season home and home series in two games that seemed to loom larger at the time than they did in the end result of the regular season.Why Colgate will win:The Raiders have a difficult task of stopping a Big Red team coming off two very emotional, double overtime victories

ECAC(HL) Men's Semi-Final Preview - Part 1

Our first preview takes a look at the all Ivy match-up between the league co-champion Dartmouth Big Green and the Harvard Crimson. Dartmouth is vying for their first tournament championship ever, while Harvard is looking to take it's 3rd league title in the past 5 years.Why Dartmouth will win:The Big Green come into Albany riding a hot streak that is unmatched by any of the remaining teams.

Clarkson Hockey Fans Chat with Adam Wodon - 3/15/06

CSTV Hockey Analyst and one of the masterminds behind College Hockey News, Adam Wodon, joins us for a little chat as the college hockey season comes down to the wire and we head into a big tournament weekend in Albany. Adam has been covering college hockey since 1988, as a student reporter at Ithaca covering the Big Red. He has been the play-by-play man both Princeton and Cornell hockey. More

And I, for one, temporarily welcome our red overlords!

Two new blogs to our ever expanding list of blogs, both shockingly ECAC related. First, there's Greg Berge's blog Removing All Doubt which follows Cornell Hockey about 50% of the time with some rambling thrown in for variety. It would probably be a much more enjoyable read next week when the headlining entries aren't referring to glorious victory over the Knights. We'd also like to point out Big

Women's Recruit Update

No new news on recruits on the women's front, but Carlee Eusepi, a defenseman committed for the 2006-2007 season is still on the ice this season for the Toronto Junior Aeros of the PWHL. The Junior Aeros went undefeated in league play with a 27-0-3 record, scoring 137 goals and only allowing 28. You know you're good when you allow less than a goal a game. Eusepi has two goals and twelve assists

Recruit Update

Things are slowing down in the college hockey world. This is also true in the Canadian Junior world as they are entering the final rounds of their playoffs. A quick poke around the internet has dug up the following information.Tim Marks has missed all of the playoffs for Nepean with an unspecified injury, and is expected to miss the rest of the post season.Jeremiah Crowe has played 12 post season

I didn't see that one coming.

Sure, I called Brown to upset Princeton in the semis of the Women's ECACHL Final Four at Appleton last weekend. But if you told me that it was going to be Harvard and Brown in the finals, and it was going to be decided by a fifteen minute shootout in the first period, I probably would've said you're crazy. Brown even had the requisite three goals in the finals that I'd been clamoring for all

D III Frozen Four

The Hobart Statesmen have advanced to the Division III Frozen Four in Elmira, New York by defeating the Norwich Cadets 3-1 in Norwich. Hobart will face St. Norbert in the first semi-final with Middlebury facing Elmira in the second semi. The championship will be Sunday at 2. Being a hockey junkie, I will be heading out to Elmira for the games and will try to get a word in with Hobart assistant

Hurley Named ECAC Goaltender of the Year

Congratulations go out to Clarkson's Kira Hurley who was named the ECACHL Goaltender of the Year on Thursday in a league where goaltending talent is abundant from top to bottom. Hurley, a junior had a 1.29 GAA and a .937 save percentage in 37 games for the Golden Knights. She currently leads the nation in minutes played, although that mark could fall after the NCAA tournament. She's currently

Season ends in 2OT

Clarkson 2 - Cornell 3The Knights and Red do it up big time in a second 2OT thriller.Leggio stands on his head stopping 56, 106 for series.Brekelmans scores from near the red line. Kolu and McKinven chip in. Clarkson ends season 18-17-3 They'll be back next year.Stay tuned this week for a season recap, our Albany preview, and an interview with CSTV's Adam Wodon.

The Final Countdown

Clarkson 3 - Cornell 4Golden Knights and Big Red in a 20T classic.Leggio shines stopping 50 in loss. Clarkson storms back from a 3-1 deficit.Two disallowed Big Red goals in OT almost cause riot at LynahGobe's text messages to Ron during game feature many expletives! Game 2 Tonight at 7:00!

ECAC(HL) Men's 2nd Round Playoff Preview - Part 4

When I started seriously paying attention to Golden Knights hockey I was a senior in High School. I knew I would be attending Clarkson in the Fall. I had family connections through the university and I went to my first game at Cheel in the spring of 1998, a 5-2 victory over Princeton. When I attended the university that year, the team was coming off a heartbreaking loss to the Tigers in the 1998

The blogosphere fluctuates!

Man, we just love saying blogosphere. Perusing the USCHO forums today, we happened to notice that the RPI Hockey Blog launched a couple of weeks ago underneath the radar. Apparently firefridgen.blogspot.com was unavailable. As Brett helpfully pointed out to me, it does appear to be very.. pink.We've linked them up on the sidebar along with Colorado College Hockey Blog and Runnin' with the Dogs

ECAC(HL) Men's 2nd Round Playoff Preview - Part 3

Last weekend SLU survived a serious scare from a hot goalie and a lack of offense in a two games to one series victory over Brown, two of which required overtime to be decided. The Saints now travel to Bright Hockey Center in Cambridge to take on the Harvard Crimson in what could be a very close series. However if the team that took the ice last weekend in Canton makes an appearance, the Saints

CHF's Women's ECACHL Semifinals Preview - Part 2

#3 Brown v. #2 PrincetonI've picked on Brown in nearly every preview opportunity, especially after their six shot performance against Clarkson that ended up ending in a 1-0 victory for the Bears. Their sweep of Dartmouth last weekend should silence many critics, and leads to a very intriguing matchup against Princeton in the ECACHL semifinals. Brown had a rough stretch in February, only managing

At the buzzer...

The NHL trade deadline came and went at 3:00pm today. Former Knight, defenseman Willie Mitchell was traded to the Dallas Stars along with a 2nd round pick. The Minnesota Wild received defenseman Shawn Bell and Martin Skoula in return. This does leave open the tantalizing possibility that Mitchell could some day be paired with former Knight Matt Nickerson to form one of the nastiest D combinations

CHF Interview with Josh Bartell - 3/9/2006

Josh Bartell, "Robin", to Bob Ahlfeld's "Batman" on Cool 95.3's broadcasts of Clarkson Hockey, joins us before this weekend's three game series to chat about hockey, steel cage matches, and the possibility of us getting a free beer on him. Josh has been broadcasting since 1998, and was a Golden Knight defenseman himself from 1992-1996, amassing a solid 207 penalty minutes in four seasons. He's

ECAC(HL) Men's 2nd Round Playoff Preview - Part 2

Our second preview takes us to Hamilton, NY and Colgate's Starr Rink where the regular season co-champions take on the upset minded Quinnipiac Bobcats. The Raiders took both games in the regular season, but Quinnipiac is coming off impressive two game sweep at RPI and has been playing some of their best hockey as of late.Why Quinnipiac will win:The Q comes into Starr with upset on their minds.

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

#1 St. Lawrence v. #4 HarvardHarvard comes off what might be the toughest four game stretch of the year, all against a stingy Clarkson team that took game three of last week's quarterfinals into double overtime before Jennifer Sifers rifled in the game winner. The victory advances the Crimson into a semifinal matchup against St. Lawrence who will be hosting this year's ECACHL Final Four. In last

ECAC(HL) Men's 2nd Round Playoff Preview - Part 1

Our first preview of the week takes us to Hanover, NH where Dartmouth hosts fellow Ivy League member Yale. 11th seeded Yale is coming off an impressive upset of 6th seed Union in Schenectady. The Bulldogs swept the Dutchmen in two overtime classics including a 3-2 victory in the longest D-1 men's hockey game of all time, which went to five overtimes on Saturday. Yale was rewarded for their effort

A for Effort

Congratulations go out to juniors Kyle McNulty and Brodie Rutherglen, as well as sophomore Nick Dodge. Along with juniors Emma Madigan and Andrea Maluta on the women's side, they have all been named to the ECACHL All-Academic Team. "Players are eligible for the All-Academic team if they have completed at least one academic year, have a cumulative grade point average of at least a 3.00 on a 4.00

Cooking with Gas!

This week will be just as crazy as the last, as Brett will preview each of the ECAC quarterfinal matchups on the men's side, plus I'll take a look at the ECAC Final Four on the women's side. We'd like to think that we both handled ourselves pretty well last week, except for the Brown women making my Dartmouth upset prediction look foolish, but then again nothing could be worse than Brett's o-fer

D-III Update

Normally D-III hockey wouldn't fall on our radar but the Hobart Statesmen, with assistant coach Phil Roy '00, have qualified for the 10 team NCAA tournament. The Statesmen finished their season ranked #6 in the nation, with a 19-6-0 record. They finished 2nd in the ECAC West division. The Statesman were also the first team to hand division winner, Manhattanville, their first conference loss.

Off to Lynah!

The #12 Brown Bears gave it their all in Canton, coming back from two down in the third, and sending it to overtime with three seconds left, but St. Lawrence scored early in overtime to give the Saints a 5-4 win and the series victory. The Brown bench was apparently incensed as they thought the goal was kicked in by a St. Lawrence player, while the SLU announcers thought it was redirected off of

Cole Fractures Vertabra in Neck

Former Clarkson Golden Knight and member of Team USA, Erik Cole of the Carolina Hurricanes was injured after he was driven headfirst into the boards in a game against Pittsburgh last night. He is expected to be out for six to eight weeks, at least for the duration of the regular season. If he returns on schedule he could be back in time for the playoffs. Cole currently has sixty points, thirty

Women's Season Ends in 2OT, Men Play the Waiting Game

Kira Hurley kept them in it the entire way, making an incredible 51 saves in 4+ periods of hockey, but Jennifer Sifers rifled a Liza Solley pass from the top of the right circle past Hurley in double OT, sending the Crimson into a frenzy and advancing them to the semifinals in Canton next weekend. Marie-Jo Gaudet scored Clarkson's goal halfway through the first assisted by Christine Balikowski.

In case you missed it..

Yale and Union played the longest game in NCAA history last night at Messa Rink, with Yale coming out victorious 3-2 in the fifth overtime. Yale wins the three game series and advances to the quarterfinals, against an opponent to be determined. Actually everyone is still waiting to make their travel plans for next weekend as Brown forced a game three at Appleton against St. Lawrence. A St.

SWEEEEEEEP!

Clarkson 5 - Princeton 0 After David Cayer scored his 12th of the year in the first, Clarkson opened the floodgates and scored 3 times on the Tigers in the 2nd. Chris D'Alvise sandwhiched 2 goals around Mike Sullvian's 3rd goal of the weekend. Mike Willemsen put the icing on the cake in the third with his first career goal. David Leggio stopped 20 shots for his first career shutout. Clarkson

Clarkson Women Force Game 3 in a Nail Biter!

Katie Morrison got the game winner with 38 seconds left in overtime to give Clarkson a 2-1 win at Harvard. Clarkson had another outstanding all-around effort from the women to even up the best-of-three series. After a ho-hum period from both sides in the first, both squads came out flying in the second, with Clarkson playing with the confidence they seemed to be lacking the previous night.

ECAC Playoffs

Here's a breakdown of what happened in the other 3 games in the league last night.#5 SLU 3 - #12 Brown 2 (OT) - Brown took a 2-0 lead on SLU at the midway point of the game. SLU came back and tied it up on a Jared Ross powerplay goal to force overtime. SLU took advantage of an icing call on Brown and the senior leadership stepped up to win it just 25 seconds into the 4th period as Mike Zbriger

It's Mike Sullivan's World

We're all just living in it.Sullivan gets both goals in a 2-1 Clarkson victory.Leggio stands tall in 23 save effort.Princeton grinds things to a halt, but Knights grind through it.John Murphy arrives early in Potsdam.Weller tossed on a questionable hit from behind.Brekelmans out, Guthrie in.Playoff Hockey Underway!

Clarkson women fall to Harvard in Game 1

Despite an outstanding effort by Clarkson goaltender Kira Hurley, the one goal that snuck by was all that Harvard needed to defeat the Golden Knights in the first game of the best-of-three series in Cambridge, MA this weekend. Jennifer Sifers scored the lone goal when Carrie Schroyer took an odd bounce off of the boards and sent it over to Lindsay Weaver. The feed was sent over to Sifers who

For your viewing pleasure..

Here's all of our ECACHL Playoff Coverage!Updated: March 3rd, 2006Men's CoveragePart 1 - #12 Brown at #5 SLUPart 2 - #11 Yale at #9 UnionPart 3 - #10 Quinnipiac at #7 RPIPart 4 - #9 Princeton at #8 ClarksonWomen's CoveragePart 1 - #8 Yale at #1 SLUPart 2 - #7 Colgate at #2 PrincetonPart 3 - #6 Dartmouth at #3 BrownPart 4 - #5 Clarkson at #4 Harvard

ECAC(HL) Men's 1st Round Playoff Preview - Part 4

Finally it's the preview we've been waiting for pitting the #9 seed Princeton Tigers against the #8 seed Clarkson Golden Knights at Cheel Arena. Clarkson gets another shot at its recent ECAC playoff rival who have met up six times since 1995. Clarkson holds a 4-2 edge over the Tigers at the moment. Here's a look at those previous meetings:1995 Semi-FinalsPrinceton 2, Clarkson 11997

ECAC(HL) Men's 1st Round Playoff Preview - Part 3

Breaking down 10th seeded Quinnipiac at 7th seeded RPI is tricky due to the inconsistent nature of both squads. Quinnipiac is a team loaded with young talent who started strong, slumped in the middle of the season then finished strong. RPI is a team loaded with senior talent who started strong, slumped in the middle of the season, was plagued by injuries, and finished strong. This series will be

CHF's ECACHL Women's Quarterfinals Preview - Part 4

#5 Clarkson at #4 HarvardIt feels odd typing #5 Clarkson at #4 Harvard. For most of the season Clarkson was battling for first place with St. Lawrence and Princeton. After going 8-1-0 to open up the New Year, that loss being 1-0 to Brown, Clarkson has gone cold as of late, dropping five of their last seven, many in close games. On top of this Clarkson lost home ice in the first round last weekend

ECAC(HL) Men's 1st Round Playoff Preview - Part 2

As the opening faceoff draws closer CHF will take a look at the 6-10 matchup pairing Yale and Union. This series will be a tough one to call as Yale has looked very good at times this season, while Union is a very strong home team.Why Union will win:Union is 10-3-4 at the Messa Rink at the Achilles Center this year, and their 6th place finish in the league is their best finish since 2003 when

Hold the Cream Cheese

While we don't follow D3 hockey all that closely, this piece by USCHO's Russell Jaslow just blows my mind. Apparently that big series that Coach Roll mentioned down in Oswego against their archrival Plattburgh was done in by an errant bagel thrown by an idiotic fan after previously receiving a warning. After scoring and bringing the game 3-2 with about eleven left in the game, a bagel hits the

CHF's ECACHL Women's Quarterfinals Preview - Part 3

#6 Dartmouth at #3 BrownDartmouth has been there before. A traditional powerhouse in the ECACHL, they've appeared in the NCAA Frozen Four the past three years. The Big Green does not like ending their season in any tournament other than the one that says NCAA in front of it. Dartmouth's season has been average at best, plagued with inconsistency, much like the other teams in the bottom half of

ECAC(HL) Men's 1st Round Playoff Preview - Part 1

Our first preview will look into the matchup between the #5 seed St. Lawrence and the #12 seed Brown. On paper this is a mismatch in the favor of SLU, but that's why they don't play the games on paper, they play them on tabletops with little plastic men.Why SLU will win:SLU is a team that relies highly on its offensive talent. Led by probable All-American forward TJ Trevelyan, they have been

CHF's ECACHL Women's Quarterfinals Preview - Part 2

#7 Colgate v. #2 PrincetonThe Raiders have come out this season and pretty beat on the bottom of the ECAC including a solid sweep of Union last weekend at home to close out the regular season. This combined with a little success against the top of the conference, handing St. Lawrence one of its three losses on the season, along with victories over Brown and Clarkson. earned Colgate a seventh seed

CHF Interview with Women's Head Coach Rick Seeley - 3/1/06

Rick Seeley, the head coach of Clarkson's Women's Hockey Team joins us for a second time as he his squad prepares for the opening round of the ECAC(HL) playoffs at Bright Hockey Center when the Golden Knights face the Harvard Crimson this weekend. Coach Seeley currently holds a 50-41-10 record in his third season at Clarkson. While coach is sporting the serious hockey pose in that pic, he's a