3/18 Scoreboard

Here's a look at the scoreboard from Last Night which includes the opening of the Major Junior Playoffs and the WCHA had the Semifinal Play In Game last night as the NCAA Conference Champions will be crowned this weekend.

Professional Scores

National Hockey League

Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Boston Bruins 0 (1-0, 1-0, 1-0)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009021042

St. Louis Blues 4 NY Rangers 3 (1-2, 2-0, 1-1)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009021043

Washington Capitals 3 Carolina Hurricanes 4 (OT) (0-0, 2-1, 1-2, 0-1)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009021044

Ottawa Senators 3 Atlanta Thrashers 6 (0-1, 3-2, 0-3)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009021045

New Jersey Devils 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (SO) (0-1, 1-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-1)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009021046

Buffalo Sabres 6 Tampa Bay Lighting 2 (3-0, 1-0, 2-2)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009021047

Phoenix Coyotes 4 Florida Panthers 3 (SO) (0-1, 0-2, 3-0, 0-0, 1-0)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009021048

Minnesota Wild 0 Nashville Predators 5 (0-3, 0-1, 0-1)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009021049

Philadelphia Flyers 3 Dallas Stars 2 (1-2, 1-0, 1-0)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009021050

Dallas Gamestory: http://stars.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2009021050

San Jose Sharks 2 Vancouver Canucks 3 (0-2, 1-1, 1-0)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009021051

Chicago Blackhawks 3 Los Angeles Kings 0 (0-0, 1-0, 2-0)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009021052


American Hockey League

Milwaukee Admirals 3 Texas Stars 4 (1-2, 0-1, 2-1)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007046

Texas Gamestory: www.texasstarshockey.com/news/news/index.html?article_id=230


Central Hockey League

Tulsa Oilers 1 Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs 2 (SO) (0-0, 1-1, 0-0, 0-0, 0-1)
www.pointstreak.com/stats/pro/boxscore.html?gameid=1067887

With Most Teams having just 2 games left in the Regular Season. Here's the up-to-date playoff matchups.

Northern Conference

Play In Round

#4 Mississippi Riverkings VS. #5 Missouri Mavericks


Conference Semifinals

#1 Rapid City Rush VS. Play In Round Winner

#2 Colorado Eagles VS. #3 Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs


Southern Conference

Play In Round

#4 Texas Brahmas VS. #5 Corpus Christi Icerays


Conference Semifinals

#1 Odessa Jackalopes VS. Play In Round Winner

#2 Allen Americans VS. #3 Laredo Bucks


Major Junior Playoffs

Western Hockey League

Eastern Conference

#8 Moose Jaw Warriors 4 #1 Calgary Hitmen 2 (2-1, 2-0, 0-1)
http://whl.ca/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1006950

Moose Jaw VS. Calgary Game Summary: http://www.whl.ca/thursday-s-whl-playoff-round-up-p141510

Moose Jaw Warriors Lead Series 1-0


Ontario Hockey League

Eastern Conference

#8 Sudbury Wolves 4 #1 Barrie Colts 11 (1-4, 2-4, 1-4)
www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=16666

Barrie Colts Lead Series 1-0


Western Conference

#8 Erie Otters 2 #1 Windsor Spitfires 6 (0-1, 1-3, 1-2)
www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=16667

Windsor Spitfires Lead Series 1-0


OHL Thrusday Playoff Wrap Up: www.ontariohockeyleague.com/ohl-playoff-roundup-thursday-p141514


Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

East Division

Acadie-Bathurst Titans 5 Quebec City Ramparts 6 (OT) (2-3, 2-2, 1-0, 0-1)
www.lhjmq.qc.ca/lang_en/index.php?page=342374&id_partie=20920

Quebec City Ramparts Lead Series 1-0


NCAA Scores

WCHA Quarterfinal (From St. Paul, Minnesota)

Minnesota-Duluth 0 North Dakota 2 (0-0, 0-0, 0-2)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100318&vis=umd&home=und&gender=m

Minnesota-Duluth VS. North Dakota Game Story
www.uscho.com/recaps/20092010/m/03/18/umd-und.php

North Dakota Advances to play the University of Denver in the WCHA Semifinals.


U.S.A. Junior Scores

United States Hockey League

No Games on Thursday Night


North American Hockey League

St. Louis Bandits 5 Texas Tornado 0 (0-0, 1-0, 4-0)
http://nahl.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=1068566

Opening Round of NCAA Playoffs

With the opening Rounds of the CCHA, ECAC & the Atlantic Hockey Conferences now out of the way. Here's a look at how the the 1st Round of the NCAA Playoffs in these Conferences. And how the playoffs for the other Conferences will get going as the CHA, WCHA and Hockey East will be underway this weekend.

Teams like Boston College, Denver and Bemijdi State are expected to be among the favorites to start their jounrey to this year's Frozen Four which in Detroit's Ford Field this season.

As for the Atlantic Hockey, ECAC & CCHA will be playing in the Quarterfinals this weekend. Here's a look at the scores and some quick looks at how the 1st Rounds went this past weekend. I will also show you what the Southwest Players have to look for coming up.

The Big Stories were that it was business as usuall in the CCHA. While in the ECAC, it was nervous times as Rensselaer who just missed out on getting a 1st Round Bye is now gone and Clarkson who was the #12 seed was able to get to OT Twice against heavily favored St. Lawrence.

CCHA 1st Round

3/5

#12 Western Michigan 0 #5 Alaska 4 (0-2, 0-1, 0-1)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100305&vis=wmu&home=uaf&gender=m


#11 Bowling Green 1 #6 Nebraska-Omaha 6 (1-2, 0-4, 0-0)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100305&vis=bgsu&home=uno&gender=m

Bowling Green VS. Nebraska-Omaha Gamestory: www.uscho.com/recaps/20092010/m/03/05/bgsu-uno.php


#10 Lake Superior 2 #7 Michigan 5 (0-1, 0-1, 2-3)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100305&vis=lssu&home=um&gender=m

Lake Superior VS. Michigan Gamestory: www.uscho.com/recaps/20092010/m/03/05/lssu-um.php


#9 Norte Dame 1 #8 Ohio State 3 (0-0, 0-1, 1-2)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100305&vis=nd&home=osu&gender=m

Norte Dame VS. Ohio State Gamestory: www.uscho.com/recaps/20092010/m/03/05/nd-osu.php


3/6

#12 Western Michigan 1 #5 Alaska 4 (1-2, 0-2, 0-0)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100305&vis=wmu&home=uaf&gender=m

University of Alaska Wins Series 2-0, Advances to play #4 Northern Michigan next weekend in the Quarterfinals.


#11 Bowling Green 1 Nebraska-Omaha 6 (0-0, 0-4, 1-2)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100305&vis=bgsu&home=uno&gender=m

Bowling Green VS. Nebraska-Omaha Gamestory: www.uscho.com/recaps/20092010/m/03/06/bgsu-uno.php

Nebraska-Omaha Wins Series 2-0, Advances to play #3 Ferris State next weekend in the Quarterfinals.


#10 Lake Superior 0 #7 Michigan 6 (0-3, 0-3, 0-0)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100306&vis=lssu&home=um&gender=m

Lake Superior VS. Michigan Gamestory: www.uscho.com/recaps/20092010/m/03/06/lssu-um.php

Michigan wins series 2-0, Advances to play #2 Michigan State in the Quarterfinals.


#9 Norte Dame 2 #8 Ohio State 8 (0-4, 1-2, 1-2)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100306&vis=nd&home=osu&gender=m

Norte Dame VS. Ohio State Gamestory: www.uscho.com/recaps/20092010/m/03/06/nd-osu.php

Ohio State wins series 2-0, Advances to play #1 Miami of Ohio in the Quarterfinals.


Here's the CCHA Quarterfinal Matchups

#1 Miami of Ohio VS. #8 Ohio State

#2 Michigan State VS. #7 Michigan

#3 Ferris State VS. #6 Nebraska-Omaha

#4 Northern Michigan VS. #5 Alaska

For the most part, it was pretty much straight forward in the series as all 4 series ended in 2 game sweeps as the higher seeded team won in pretty much run away games. Especially Michigan as they outscored Lake Superior 11-2.

While perhaps the biggest surprise was Western Michigan, who despite finishing last in the CCHA Regular Season made the Alaska Nanooks struggle at times as Alaska was only up 4-0 and 4-1 to win the games. But were able to prevent themselves getting blown out in both games in the 2 game series. Fortunaly for Alaska, they were able to get themselves out of the series unscacved and ready for the Quarterfinals.

Norte Dame couldn't muster much against Ohio State as Mathieu Picard took charge in game 1 of the two game sweep with 2 goals in the game. The Next night, Hunter Bishop had a huge night in game 2 as he had a 5 point night, including a hat trick in the game. Next up is an in state rivals Miami of Ohio as the Redhawks have been either on or near the top of the National Rankings all year and the CCHA Lead was never in doubt during the regular season.

Assuming they can win the Conference Championship, they should be fighting it out with the University of Denver for the #1 overall seed in the National Tournament when it starts up at the end of March.

One of the big surprises this year has been Ferris State as they will play #6 Nebraska-Omaha in the Quarterfinals this week. Can the Small School in the Conference take down the Mavericks and advance to the Semifinals and Championship Rounds next week?

Not much in the way of Southwest Based players, but Flower Mound Native Chris Brown did have an assist in game 1 of the series against Lake Superior. How can he do when Michigan plays their arch rival Michigan State next weekend in the CCHA Quarterfinals.


ECAC 1st Round

#5 Rensselaer VS. #11 Brown

Game 1, 3/5: Brown 3 Rensselaer 1 (0-1, 0-0, 3-0)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100305&vis=bn&home=rpi&gender=m

Game 1 Gamestory: www.uscho.com/recaps/20092010/m/03/05/bn-rpi.php

Game 2, 3/6: Brown 1 Rensselaer 4 (1-1, 0-2, 0-1)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100306&vis=bn&home=rpi&gender=m

Game 2 Gamestory: www.uscho.com/recaps/20092010/m/03/06/bn-rpi.php

Game 3, 3/7: Brown 3 Rensselaer 2 (1-0, 1-0, 1-2)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100307&vis=bn&home=rpi&gender=m

Game 3 Gamestory: www.uscho.com/recaps/20092010/m/03/07/bn-rpi.php

#11 Brown wins Series 2-1, Advances to play #1 Yale in the ECAC Quarterfinals next Weekend.


#6 St. Lawrence VS. #12 Clarkson

Game 1, 3/5: Clarkson 2 St. Lawrence 3 (OT) (1-1, 0-1, 1-0, 0-1)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100305&vis=ckn&home=slu&gender=m

Game 2, 3/6: Clarkson 4 St. Lawrence 3 (OT) (1-0, 0-2, 2-1, 1-0)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100306&vis=ckn&home=slu&gender=m

Game 3, 3/7: Clarkson 2 St. Lawrence 3 (0-1, 2-0, 0-2)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100307&vis=ckn&home=slu&gender=m

#6 St. Lawrence wins Series 2-1, Advances to play #4 Colgate in the ECAC Quarterfinals next week.


#8 Princeton VS. #10 Harvard

Game 1, 3/5: Harvard 4 Princeton 2 (0-1, 0-1, 4-0)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100305&vis=hu&home=pri&gender=m

Game 1 Gamestory: www.uscho.com/recaps/20092010/m/03/05/hu-pri.php

Game 2, 3/6: Harvard 3 Princeton 0 (0-0, 0-0, 3-0)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100305&vis=hu&home=pri&gender=m

Game 2 Gamestory: www.uscho.com/recaps/20092010/m/03/06/hu-pri.php


#10 Harvard wins Series 2-0, Advances to play #2 Cornell next weekend in the ECAC Quarterfinals


#7 Quinnipiac VS. #9 Dartmouth

Game 1, 3/5: Dartmouth 2 Quinnipiac 3 (0-0, 1-1, 1-2)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100305&vis=dc&home=qu&gender=m

Game 1 Gamestory: www.uscho.com/recaps/20092010/m/03/05/dc-qu.php

Game 2, 3/6: Dartmouth 6 Quinnipiac 3 (1-0, 3-1, 2-2)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100306&vis=dc&home=qu&gender=m

Game 2 Gamestory: www.uscho.com/recaps/20092010/m/03/06/dc-qu.php

Game 3, 3/7: Dartmouth 1 Quinnipiac 2 (0-1, 0-1, 1-0)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100307&vis=dc&home=qu&gender=m

Game 3 Gamestory: www.uscho.com/recaps/20092010/m/03/07/dc-qu.php

#7 Quinnipiac wins Series 2-1, Advances to play #3 Union in the ECAC Quarterfinals this weekend.

Next Weekends ECAC Quarterfinal Matchups

#1 Yale VS. #11 Brown

#2 Cornell VS. #10 Harvard

#3 Union VS. #7 Quinnipiac

#4 Colgate VS. #6 St. Lawrence

It was anything but business as usuall in the ECAC 1st Round as 3 of the 4 series ended up with a game 3 as we saw 2 major upsets and another near upset.

#5 Rensselaer who came just short of getting a First Round Bye on the final weekend of the regular season last weekend, is now out. #11 Brown used 3rd period heroics with Jarred Smith & Bobby Farnham had goals in just over a minute to shock Rensselaer to put them up 2-1. Then Aaron Volpatti scored an empty netter to put the game away with just over a minute put the game away at 3-1.

One of the biggest things during the 3 game series was that the Defense was able to keep Rensselaer in check after R.P.I. thought they could overlook this series in getting ready for the Quarterfinals where they were looking to play Colgate next weekend.

Game 2 was very different as the game was tied at 1-1. Just like the third period in game 1, Rensselaer fought back with quick goals by Patrick Cullen and Brandon Pirri late in the 2nd period to put them up 3-1 as the R.P.I. Special Teams was fierce in this game, with 2 PP Goals and a 4-on-4 goal as well.

Brown used an Aaron Volpatti goal in 7 minutes to shock R.P.I. in the 1st period despite getting outshot 11-6 in the 1st period. Midway through the 2nd period as RPI went down two men for 46 seconds as Maclellan was skating in a circle cycling a pass from Jeff Buvinow to make it 2-0 at 12:24 into the 2nd period.

Then it was Jerry D'Amigo who made it 3-0 early in the 3rd period as Mike Clemente was big in all 3 games as he stopped at least 30 shots in each of the 3 games to help Brown move on to the Quarterfinals.

Harvard was the ulitmate in third period heroics this weekend as all 7 goals in their 2 game sweep over Princeton last weekend as that could be very useful against what many favor as the favorite to win the ECAC in Cornell who has one of the best defenses in the whole country who gave up just 60 goals during the regular season.

The Series between Clarkson and St. Lawrence could have gone either way despite being a #6 VS. #12 Matchup. With all 3 of the games being a one goal game and two of them being to OT. In game 1, Aaron Bogosian scored the game winner for St. Lawrence as they outshot Clarkson 50-23.

Then the next night in Game 2, Clarkson was able to help out goaltender Paul Karpowich who was one of the big reasons why Clarkson was able to be so competitive in this series, but in the end, it was Jake Morely 6 MIN in OT that kept Clarkson alive and was able to keep St. Lawrence on their toes for game 3.

After Tim Marks and Brandon Defazio were able to make Clarkson go up 2-1 at the end of the 2nd period. Rick Carden and leading scorer Mike Mckenzie helped St. Lawrence and end the threat of Clarkson as they won game 3 3-2 and win the series 2-1.

Can Austin Smith take advantage of a break that was offered when Rensselaer to advance past the Quarterfinals and to help get Colgate back to have a shot of winning the ECAC and get back NCAA Tournament? Find out next weekend when the Raiders host St. Lawrence on the Colgate Campus next weekend. A strong tournament could make the difference between getting a shot in the pros and coming back to Colgate next season.

Atlantic Hockey Play In Round

#10 American Int. 2 #7 Holy Cross 4 (0-0, 2-3, 0-1)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100305&vis=aic&home=hc&gender=m

American Int. VS. Holy Cross Gamestory
www.uscho.com/recaps/20092010/m/03/05/aic-hc.php


#9 U-Conn 2 #8 Bentley 1 (2-1, 0-0, 0-0)
www.uscho.com/box/?date=20100306&vis=uconn&home=bentley&gender=m


Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals

#1 RIT VS. #9 U-Conn

#2 Sacred Heart VS. #7 Holy Cross

#3 Air Force Academy VS. #6 Army Academy

#4 Mercyhurst VS. #5 Canisius


Here's a look at the CHA, Hockey East and WCHA Conference Playoffs which get underway this weekend.

In the CHA, it's just going to be single elinmation as the #1 VS. #4, #2 VS. #3 then the Semifinal Winners will play each other in the CHA Championship which will be held in Lewiston, New York this season which is the home of Niagara University.

CHA Tournament (From Hamilton, New York)

Semifinals

#1 Bemijdi State VS. #4 Niagara 6:00 PM

#2 Robert Morris VS. #3 Alabama-Huntsville 2:00 PM


3rd Place 3:00 PM

CHA Championship 7:00 PM

Hockey East has the top 8 teams make the playoffs, Northeastern and Providence have been elinmated. One of the big surprises was Boston University coming back to finish 3rd after a luckluster season.

Hockey East Quarterfinals

#1 New Hampshire VS. #8 Vermont

#2 Boston College VS. #6 U-Mass

#3 Boston University VS. #7 Merrimack

#4 Maine VS. #5 UMass-Lowell

While the WCHA will start in the opening round with the University of Denver being near or on top of the National Rankings all season will open up against Michigan Tech. While some other great matchups include Minnesota-Duluth VS. Colorado College and St. Cloud State looks to back up their 3rd seed with an opening round series against Minnesota State.

WCHA 1st Round

#1 Denver VS. #10 Michigan Tech

#2 Wisconsin VS. #8 Alaska-Anchorange

#3 St. Cloud State VS. #9 Minnesota State

#4 Minnesota-Duluth VS. #6 Colorado College

#5 North Dakota VS. #7 Minnesota

3/4 Boxscores and Game Stories

Here's the Scoreboard from Thursday March 4!

Professional Scores

National Hockey League

Toronto Maple Leafs 2 Boston Bruins 3 (SO) (1-1, 0-1, 1-0, 0-0, 0-1)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009020941

Pittsburgh Penguins 5 NY Rangers 4 (OT) (2-2, 1-2, 1-0, 1-0)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009020942

Tampa Bay Lighting 4 Washington Capitals 5 (1-1, 1-2, 2-2)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009020943

Ottawa Senators 1 Carolina Hurricanes 4 (0-2, 0-1, 1-1)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009020944

NY Islanders 3 Atlanta Thrashers 6 (1-4, 0-2, 2-0)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009020945

Los Angeles Kings 2 Nashville Predators 4 (1-1, 0-1, 1-2)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009020946

St. Louis Blues 6 Dallas Stars 1 (3-1, 1-0, 2-0)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009020947

Dallas Gamestory: http://stars.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2009020947

Colorado Avalanche 1 Phoenix Coyotes 3 (0-1, 1-0, 0-2)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009020948

Montreal Canadians 2 San Jose Sharks 3 (1-0, 1-1, 0-2)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009020949


American Hockey League

Grand Rapids Griffins 3 Peoria Rivermen 4 (0-0, 2-3, 1-1)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1006959

Peoria VS. Grand Rapids Gamestory: http://theahl.com/rivermen-get-past-griffins-4-3-p141197


Central Hockey League

Allen Americans 1 Laredo Bucks 6 (0-3, 1-0, 0-3)
www.pointstreak.com/stats/pro/boxscore.html?gameid=1067837

Allen Gamestory: www.allenamericans.com/articles/news.asp?articleid=249

Laredo Gamestory: www.laredobucks.com/home/headlines/bucks_beat_allen.html

Texas Brahmas 2 Corpus Christi Icerayz 5 (0-1, 1-2, 1-2)
www.pointstreak.com/stats/pro/boxscore.html?gameid=1067838

Texas Gamestory: www.brahmas.com/news/articles/index.html?article_id=1302

Corpus Christi Gamestory: www.goicerays.com/news/headlines/index.html?article_id=931


Major Junior Scores

Western Hockey League

Swift Current Broncos 0 Calgary Hitmen 2 (0-1, 0-0, 0-1)
http://whl.ca/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1006872

WHL Thursday Wrap Up: www.whl.ca/thursday-s-whl-round-up-p141199


Ontario Hockey League

Kitchener Rangers 2 London Knights 5 (2-1, 0-3, 0-1)
www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=16604

Ottawa 67s 6 Peterborough Petes 4 (2-1, 0-1, 4-2)
www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=16606

Saginaw Spirit 1 Windsor Spitfires 7 (1-2, 0-4, 0-2)
www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=16608

Belleville Bulls 3 Barrie Colts 4 (0-1, 0-1, 3-2)
www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=16603

Brampton Battalion 1 Niagara Icedogs 2 (SO) (0-0, 1-1, 0-0, 0-0, 0-1)
www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=16605

Sault St. Marie Greyhounds 4 Sarnia Sting 0 (2-0, 1-0, 1-0)
www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=16607


Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Quebec City Ramparts 5 Victoriaville Tigers 4 (SO) (1-3, 1-1, 2-0, 0-0, 1-0)
www.lhjmq.qc.ca/lang_en/index.php?page=342374&id_partie=20791

Gatineau Olympiques 1 Montreal De Junior 2 (1-0, 0-2, 0-0)
www.lhjmq.qc.ca/lang_en/index.php?page=342374&id_partie=20792


NCAA Boxscores

No Games on Thursday Night, The ECAC & CCHA Playoffs start tomorrow.

Here's the First Round Matchups for the ECAC & CCHA (Both Conferences are Best of 3)

CCHA

#5 Alaska VS. #12 Western Michigan

#6 Nebraska-Omaha VS. #11 Bowling Green

#7 Michigan VS. #10 Lake Superior

#8 Ohio State VS. #9 Norte Dame


ECAC

#5 Rensselaer VS. #11 Brown

#6 St. Lawrence VS. #12 Clakrson

#7 Quinnipiac VS. #9 Dartmouth

#8 Princeton VS. #10 Harvard



U.S.A. Junior Scores

United States Hockey League

Chicago Steel 0 Sioux Falls Stampede 2 (0-1, 0-0, 0-1)
www.pointstreak.com/stats/pro/boxscore.html?gameid=1049096


North American Hockey League

Alpena Ice Diggers 3 Marquette Rangers 4 (0-2, 1-1, 2-1)
http://nahl.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=1068525

Info for College Hockey Playoffs

As the NCAA Conference Playoffs get underway this weekend with the ECAC & CCHA 1st Rounds getting underway this week. Both Conferences use the same playoff format as the 1st Round will have the teams ranked 5-12 will play in the 1st Round will play a best of 3 series where the winners will play the top 4 teams at their place in the Quarterfinals.

Then when we reach the Semifinals and Final, it will be a single game format as the CCHA Championship will be awarded in Detroit in Joe Louis Arena this season. While the ECAC Conference Tournament Championship will be played in Albany, New York this season.

The big thing to remember for the 1st 2 Rounds of the Conferences that use this format is that the lower seeded team doesn't have a home game in the series, which makes it even that makes it that much bigger to get at least 1st Round Home Ice.


ECAC

For the ECAC, the Quarterfinals and Semifinals will use the same format as the Conference Semifinal and Conference Championship Games will be in Albany, New York this season.

As with all the NCAA D1 Conferences, the 6 Conference Champions will gain automatic entry to the NCAA Division 1 Tournament. While the rest of the field will be used via the Pairwise Rankings where the top 10 teams that are not the Conference Champions will round out the field.

For Teams that have Southwest Connections, either currently or will be in the near future. A few teams did well in the final weekend of the regular season.

For the Colgate Raider team, wins over Rensselaer and Union put the team in 4th and have earned a 1st Round Bye and will await the highest seeded 1st Round Winner next week when they host the Quarterfinal Round from April 13-15.

CCHA

In the CCHA, Chris Brown's University of Michigan team finished the regular season with a split against Norte Dame and got them in 7th place. It's good enough for a 1st Round matchup against Lake Superior who finished in 10th place during the regular season.

Current Omaha Lancer Teammates and Northern Michigan Wildcats C.J. Ludwig and Ryan Daughety will follow their new teams as Northern Michigan finished the regular season with a weekend sweep over Lake Superior, it got them the 4th and final 1st round bye and could be getting ready for a team like the Alaska Nanooks in the Conference Quarterfinals next weekend.

Finally for Fargo Force forward and Future Nebraska-Omaha Maverick player Johnnie Seafoss will follow his team as they finished the regular season in 6th place after finishing with a split over CHA Power Houst and future WCHA Team Bemijdi State over the weekend. If they beat a pretty weak Bowling Green Team could be the layout like Ferris State in the Quarterfinals next weekend.

That could be an interesting matchup after Alaska was at one point, possibly a big contender for the CCHA Conference Title earlier in the season when they cracked the National Top 10 Rankings.

In addidition to the ECAC & CCHA that start this weekend, the WCHA, Hockey East and CHA Conference Tournaments start next weekend. Look for the matchups as we get them into the Conference Tournaments that start up for them next weekend.



CCHA 1st Round Matchups

#5 Alaska VS. #12 Western Michigan

Game 1, 3/5: @ Alaska 7:05 PM AT
Game 2, 3/6: @ Alaska 7:05 PM AT
Game 3, 3/7: @ Alaska TBD (If Necessary)

#6 Nebraska-Omaha VS. #11 Bowling Green

Game 1, 3/5: @ Nebraska-Omaha 7:35 PM
Game 2, 3/6: @ Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 PM
Game 3, 3/7: @ Nebraska-Omaha TBD (If Necessary)

#7 Michigan VS. #10 Lake Superior

Game 1, 3/5: @ Michigan 6:35 PM
Game 2, 3/6: @ Michigan 6:35 PM
Game 3, 3/7: @ Michigan TBD (If Necessary)

#8 Ohio State VS. #9 Norte Dame

Game 1, 3/5: @ Ohio State 6:05 PM
Game 2, 3/6: @ Ohio State 6:05 PM
Game 3, 3/7: @ Ohio State TBD (If Necessary)


CCHA 1st Round Byes

#1 Miami of Ohio, #2 Michigan State, #3 Ferris State, #4 Northern Michigan


ECAC 1st Round Matchups

#5 Rensselaer VS. #11 Brown

3/5: Game 1, @ Rensselaer 6:00 PM
3/6: Game 2, @ Rensselaer 6:00 PM
3/7: Game 3, @ Rensselaer 6:00 PM (If Necessary)

#6 St. Lawrence VS. #12 Clarkson

3/5: Game 1, @ St. Lawrence 6:00 PM
3/6: Game 2, @ St. Lawrence 6:00 PM
3/7: Game 3, @ St. Lawrence 6:00 PM (If Necessary)

#7 Quinnipiac VS. #9 Dartmouth

3/5: Game 1, @ Quinnipiac 6:00 PM
3/6: Game 2, @ Quinnipiac 6:00 PM
3/7: Game 2, @ Quinnipiac 6:00 PM (If Necessary)

#8 Princeton VS. #10 Harvard

3/5: Game 1, @ Princeton 6:00 PM
3/6: Game 2, @ Princeton 6:00 PM
3/7: Game 3, @ Princeton 6:00 PM (If Necessary)


ECAC 1st Round Byes

#1 Yale, #2 Cornell, #3 Union, #4 Colgate


Here's a look at the Dates of the 2010 NCAA Hockey Tournament


East Regional

March 26-27 @ Times Union Center in Albany, New York

Midwest Regional

March 27-28 @ Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Ft. Wayne, Indiana

Northeast Regional

March 27-28 @ DCU Center in Worcester, Mass.

West Regional

March 26-27 @ Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota

Frozen Four

April 8 & 10 @ Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan