> I was wondering if anyone had a listing/memory of how Div III has fared >against Div I in the past couple of years. Any scores would be appreciated. >I am most curious because Colgate is playing Plattsburgh St. this season, >and I wonder what the outcome will be... I'd say that over the past 5 years or so, division III teams play about .400 hockey against division I. Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that only the top division III teams do this, and they play a lot of games against the independents who normally aren't the cream of the crop. For example, RIT has played Notre Dame, Air Force, Kent State, and the Alaskas in recent years with an occasional Clarkson or RPI thrown in. However, the division III team is almost always playing on the road, so that helps the division I opponent. I do know that both RIT and Elmira have beaten Clarkson in the past (don't remember the scores), but RIT got pounded by RPI last year 8-0. I remember THAT score very well :( The best showing that I remember for a divsion III school was when RIT beat both Clarkson and Colgate to win the Syracuse Invitational back in 1986. The RIT fans took a lot of grief at that tournament from the divsion I fans ("what are you even doing here?") but we went home happy. Union used to play (and lose to) RPI every year and Potsdam used to do the same with Clarkson due to the locations of the teams. Union of course now plays RPI twice as a divsion I team, and I think that Clarkson stopped the annual slaughter of Potsdam due to scheduling cutbacks. I don't remember Plattsburgh playing any divsion I teams, but Colgate should watch out - the Cardinals are the division III champs, and I understand that they lost only a few players to graduation. Plattsburgh also has a reputation for playing a physical game, so they should match up well. One of the main differences that I have seen between division I and III is the size of the players. Both RIT and Elmira have had success recruiting players considered "too small " for division I. Chris