Atlantic Hockey 2010-11: Twelve Teams Enter, One Team Leaves

[mar7967]

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Congrats to Mercyhurst on pulling out the shootout win at Yost tonight!

fixed your post! CONGRATS Mercyhurst!

[21st Century Schizoid Man]

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fixed your post! CONGRATS Mercyhurst!

Huzzah! Job well Done!!

[komey1]

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Good start to the non-conference season for the AHA. Way to go to go Lakers.

[MICZamboni]

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The Michigan thread sounds like an RIT thread after a loss, crickets.

Can't wait to see the reception Mercyhurst gets tonight when they play an exhibition game against Queens. Great job guys!!

[gounhwildcats]

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This is why I detest the shootout. If there had have been a shootout last night and if Mercyhurst loses it, does anyone remember what a great comeback they had? No, it's lost in the fact that Michigan won a skills contest at the end of the game. Sure they still would have got their one point, but it's tarnished by the fact that it goes down in the record books as a loss.

Great stuff by Mercyhurst last night. I love when David falls Goliath like that.

[jflory81]

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This is why I detest the shootout. If there had have been a shootout last night and if Mercyhurst loses it, does anyone remember what a great comeback they had? No, it's lost in the fact that Michigan won a skills contest at the end of the game. Sure they still would have got their one point, but it's tarnished by the fact that it goes down in the record books as a loss.

Great stuff by Mercyhurst last night. I love when David falls Goliath like that.

Actually, I believe it goes down as a tie. The shootout was purely exhibition because the CCHA is using a 3-2-1-0 point system (which at least is preferable to the NHL system) in it's regular season this year.

[komey1]

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Actually, I believe it goes down as a tie. The shootout was purely exhibition because the CCHA is using a 3-2-1-0 point system (which at least is preferable to the NHL system) in it's regular season this year.

The NCAA officially recognizes it as a tie for all tournament implications.

[CornwallAce]

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Report on the Scrimmage AIC@Holy Cross. Free admission, maybe 100 people there.

First two periods, there were penalties called, but not served. AIC rotated goalies. Score would have been 2-0 Holy Cross. offense looked rusty, but elsewise, they looked decent.

In the 3rd period, they played 10 minutes of AIC powerplay first, with the last 2 mins 5-3. AIC sputtered badly in the first 8 minutes. Then Holy Cross went on their 10 minutes, and didn't do much except a late goal on the 5-4. Then they obviously dominated on the 5-3.

Boulevard Diner capped off the evening.

Next week starts the season for AIC with Robert Morris coming to town Sat & Sun.

[TigerFan86-87]

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The Michigan thread sounds like an RIT thread after a loss, crickets.

... or like a Mercyhurst thread after..., well..., after just about anything.

[CARDS_rule_the_Burgh]

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USCHO Poll was released today. Atlantic Hockey is represented by RIT at #18 (up from #20), with Mercyhurst, Air Force, and Robert Morris all receiving at least 1 vote.

[Snively65]

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What makes you say that? They don't even play the three teams they either beat or tied last season. QU, RPI, and NU beat them last year. Lowell is better than Brown. What they do have going for them is two games against (I'm guessing on the road) Clarkson. If the Knights are as bad as they were last year, at least the Falcons will have a shot. Although... as bad as Clarkson was, they did beat the # 1 team in the AHA.

Bentley OOC went from 0-6 in '08, to 2-4 in '09, to 2-3-1 in '10; I think their OOC record will continue to improve, as the opponent is irrelevant, up to a point anyway.

[CornwallAce]

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AIC season preview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt2zmt2o_4g

[komey1]

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Kudos to Canisius for getting the conference's lone win last night (let me wash my mouth out now )

RIT showed they will be tough in their loss to St. Cloud.

Let' see what today brings.

[CornwallAce]

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Report from Robert Morris(4) @ AIC(1)

Pretty good game. AIC still looks rusty on offense on the small, but important things. Let me first say Robert Morris is the better team overall. Hats off to their goalie who played a solid game. AIC had chances, but could only get one past him.
Meisner was solid himself, for AIC and made some fantastic saves.
The first two goals that R.M. scored were passes from down low to a skater coming in from the blue line, uncovered. The first was perfectly placed in the upper corner and the second looked to be on a deflection.
R.M.'s third goal came on a failed clearing, which was quickly followed by a 2-1. Both of these in the 3rd period. AIC was pressuring R.M. in the 3rd until this point. After a timeout, AIC quickly scored on a cross ice pass.
AIC did look improved. Hopefully time will allow the players on the same line to be on the same page(that sixth sense you have with linemates) because with some decent bounces, and being in the right place, they could have easily won this game or made it a tie late. Three times, AIC had a guy right in front of the goalie, alone with the puck. But each time the player was not positioned to get a good shot off, or did not know he had time to make a hockey move.
Robert Morris does not give teams a chance to take it easy, and buzzed around the ice much of the game, so this weekend should give AIC a good learning experience game.

[UNHHurstFan]

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Another solid night for the AHA. UConn, Niagara, and Canisius all get points in OOC games. Hopefully this is an early indicator of the success the league will have all year