ECAC WEST NEWSLETTER
Volume 3, Number 6
December 3rd, 1996
 
ELMIRA TAKES COLBY TOURNAMENT; TIGERS FALL TO PLATTSBURGH IN
 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME - Non-conference was the name of the game last week
 as ECAC West teams participated in tournaments and hosted teams from
 the ECAC East and NCHA.
 
STANDINGS
                                W       L       T       Pts     GF      GA
Niagara (8-6)   2       0       0       4       83      52
Elmira (8-1)    1       0       0       2       49      36
RIT (5-1-1)     1       0       0       2       58      28
Mercyhurst (5-4-1)      1       0       0       2       54      33
Canisius (6-3)  1       2       0       2       47      35
Hobart (2-6-1)  0       3       0       0       42      61
Note: Niagara, in their first season in the ECAC West, is ineligible for the
playoffs.
 
 
RECENT RESULTS
11/29:
Holy Cross 4 at Canisius 7
RIT 3 vs. Norwich 1 (Plattsburgh Tournament Semi)
Niagara 2 at Plattsburgh 6 (Plattsburgh Tournament Semi)
Elmira 10 vs. Bentley 4 (Colby Tournament Semi)
St. Norbert 5 at Mercyhurst 5
 
11/30:
Holy Cross 3 at Hobart 6
RIT 3 at Plattsburgh 5 (Plattsburgh Tournament Championship)
Niagara 3 vs. Norwich 7 (Plattsburgh Tournament Consolation)
Elmira 5 at. Colby 4 (ot) (Colby Tournament Championship)
St. Norbert 5 at Mercyhurst 4
 
 
TEAM-BY-TEAM REPORT:
CANISIUS (6-3): The Ice Griffs improved to 6-3 on the season with a 7-4
 victory over Holy Cross. Junior Josh Oort led the way with 2 goals and
 3 assists. Canisius jumped out to a 4-0 lead before Holy Cross tied
 the game at 4-4 after two periods.  The third was all Canisius,
 however, who scored 3 goals to put the game away. The Griffs host
 Brockport on Tuesday before traveling to Elmira for a key conference
 matchup on Saturday.
 
ELMIRA (8-1):  The Soaring Eagles improved to an impressive 8-1 as they
 bested Bently and host Colby to win the Colby Tournament. On Friday,
 Elmira had an easy time defeating Bently 10-4, but Saturday's game
 against Colby was a wild affair.  It was 2-0 Colby going into the
 third period before a spurt of goals by both squads, capped off by an
 Elmira goal with 35 seconds left, left the game at 4-4 at then end of
 regulation. The Soaring Eagles won the game on freshman Adrian Saul's
 goal at 5:12 of overtime. Elmira hosts Canisius on Saturday.
 
HOBART (2-6-1): The Statesmen defeated Holy Cross on home ice for their
 second win of the year. The resurgent Statesman make a mid-week swing
 through New England as they face Babson on Tuesday and Skidmore on Wednesday.
 
MERCYHURST (5-4-1) :  The Lakers played St. Norbert of the NCHA about
 as close as you can, tying the Green Knights on Friday and then losing
 5-4 on Saturday. They meet Niagara for the third time on Saturday -
 this time it will be an all-important ECAC West conference game.
 
NIAGARA (8-6):  The Purple Eagles had a reality check in Plattsburgh,
 losing to the host Cardinals and to Norwich by a combined score of
 13-5. Niagara is hoping to get on track in their barn (where they are
 5-0) against RIT on Friday before traveling to Mercyhurst on Saturday.
 
RIT (5-1-1) : The Tigers suffered their first loss of the season to the
 host Cardinals in the championship game of the Plattsburgh Tournament.
 The day before the Tigers defeated Norwich 3-1 to reach the finals.
 RIT goaltender Jamie Morris made 92 saves on the weekend (6 goals
 allowed) including 56 in the loss to Plattsburgh. Forward Steve Toll
 was named to the all-tournament team. RIT makes their first visit to
 Niagara on Friday.
 
 
UPCOMING GAMES
12/3:
Brockport at Canisius
Hobart at Babson
 
12/4:
Hobart at Skidmore
 
12/6:
RIT at Niagara
 
 
12/7:
Canisius at Elmira
Niagara at Mercyhurst
 
 
GAME OF THE WEEK:  All three conference games will be key this week -
 RIT at Niagara on Friday, followed by Canisius-Elmira and
 Niagara-Mercyhurst on Saturday.
 
ECAC WEST vs.
SUNYAC          11-7-2
ECAC East       4-1-0
ECAC N/C/S            6-0-0
Other                   3-4-1
TOTAL                   24-12-3
 
Chris Lerch
US College Hockey Magazine
 
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