The MAAC's NC schedule started out promisingly this week with UConn's 4-2
win over Army, but it went downhill from there. Friday night saw both HC
get hammered 6-1 by Army and UConn 8-2 by MSU-Mankato. Saturday night UConn
managed to outshoot Mankato by a significant margin, but still dropped a
3-1 decision. That game was broadcast on the net, but not well publicized.
(I listened to the third period of Clarkson v BC instead and was highly
pleased with that outcome.:-)  If anyone has a comment on any of these
games, kindly chime in.
 
        So the NC results so far have been sort of mixed and not greatly
encouraging yet, but that is to be expected. It will be interesting to see
how QC does against Army and Air Force,  how HC does against Niagara, and
how UConn does against AL-Huntsville (if their tournament works out that
way). Of course, an upset by Iona in the first round of the SNET tourney
would not be unthinkable seeing how the Gaels are doing. And let's not
forget AIC against Middlebury, Williams, and Hobart as a gauge to measure
progress.
 
        Next week's MAAC conference schedule promises to be interesting with the
HC/QC showdown (finally) and the AIC/Iona battles. It is also do or die
time for Canisius against Sacred Heart. The Ice Griffs have to do what
Clarkson did this last weekend as a start to reclaiming their season after
a very disappointing initial six weeks.   Lucky for them their opponent is
not third in the nation,  but they would be ill-advised to take Sacred
Heart lightly.
 
        -- Dick Tuthill
 
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