The College Hockey Championship Belt Part IV

[AMC]

Stonehill also has three games this season against Long Island University. The remainder of their 25-game schedule is against D3 opponents.

I think the issue is likely to be moot, anyways.

Michigan Tech took the D II Alt belt last night. If they leave Alaska with it, we may see a unification by the end of the calendar year.

[Ralph Baer]

I forgot this morning.

                   Current Holder         Next Defense[b]
The Belt           Denver                 Massachusetts 10/14/2022
AHC Belt           American International Niagara 10/14/2022
B1G Belt           Michigan               Penn State 11/04/2022
CCHA Belt          Minnesota State        Bowling Green 10/28/2022
ECAC Belt          Harvard                Princeton 10/29/2022
HEA Belt           Massachusetts          Merrimack 10/28/2022
NCHC Belt          Denver                 Miami 10/28/2022
Ivy Belt           Dartmouth              Yale 11/04/2022
Eastern Belt       Harvard                Princeton 10/29/2022
Western Belt       Denver                 Miami 10/28/2022
Connecticut Belt   Quinnipiac             Yale 11/12/2022
Massachusetts Belt Northeastern           Massachusetts Lowell 10/22/2022
Michigan Belt      Michigan               Lake Superior State 10/21/2022
Minnesota Belt     Minnesota State        Minnesota Duluth 10/14/2022
New York Belt      Colgate                Clarkson 11/11/2022
D II Play up Belt  Minnesota State        Minnesota Duluth 10/14/2022
D II P u Alt SO    Michigan Tech          Alaska 10/14/2022
D III Play up Belt Clarkson               Union 11/04/2022
Play up Belt       Clarkson               Mercyhurst 10/21/2022

Corrections are always appreciated.

[AMC]

I forgot this morning.

 Current Holder Next Defense[b]
The Belt Denver Massachusetts 10/14/2022
AHC Belt American International Niagara 10/14/2022
B1G Belt Michigan Penn State 11/04/2022
CCHA Belt Minnesota State Bowling Green 10/28/2022
ECAC Belt Harvard Princeton 10/29/2022
HEA Belt Massachusetts Merrimack 10/28/2022
NCHC Belt Denver Miami 10/28/2022
Ivy Belt Dartmouth Yale 11/04/2022
Eastern Belt Harvard Princeton 10/29/2022
Western Belt Denver Miami 10/28/2022
Connecticut Belt Quinnipiac Yale 11/12/2022
Massachusetts Belt Northeastern Massachusetts Lowell 10/22/2022
Michigan Belt Michigan Lake Superior State 10/21/2022
Minnesota Belt Minnesota State Minnesota Duluth 10/14/2022
New York Belt Colgate Clarkson 11/11/2022
D II Play up Belt Minnesota State Minnesota Duluth 10/14/2022
D II P u Alt SO Alaska Michigan Tech 10/14/2022
D III Play up Belt Clarkson Union 11/04/2022
Play up Belt Clarkson Mercyhurst 10/21/2022

Corrections are always appreciated.

Gotta switch Michigan Tech and Alaska on that belt. Tech won 2-0.

[Ralph Baer]

Gotta switch Michigan Tech and Alaska on that belt. Tech won 2-0.

Thanks. I could have sworn I did that after reading your earlier post, but it is correct now.

[Ralph Baer]

Congrats to Massachusetts on winning the Belt.

                   Current Holder         Next Defense[b]
The Belt           Massachusetts          Denver 10/15/2022
AHC Belt           American International Niagara 10/15/2022
B1G Belt           Michigan               Penn State 11/04/2022
CCHA Belt          Minnesota State        Bowling Green 10/28/2022
ECAC Belt          Harvard                Princeton 10/29/2022
HEA Belt           Massachusetts          Merrimack 10/28/2022
NCHC Belt          Denver                 Miami 10/28/2022
Ivy Belt           Dartmouth              Yale 11/04/2022
Eastern Belt       Harvard                Princeton 10/29/2022
Western Belt       Denver                 Miami 10/28/2022
Connecticut Belt   Quinnipiac             Yale 11/12/2022
Massachusetts Belt Northeastern           Massachusetts Lowell 10/22/2022
Michigan Belt      Michigan               Lake Superior State 10/21/2022
Minnesota Belt     Minnesota State        Minnesota Duluth 10/15/2022
New York Belt      Colgate                Clarkson 11/11/2022
D II Play up Belt  Minnesota State        Minnesota Duluth 10/15/2022
D II P u Alt SO    Michigan Tech          Bemidji State 10/21/2022
D III Play up Belt Clarkson               Union 11/04/2022
Play up Belt       Clarkson               Mercyhurst 10/21/2022

Corrections are always appreciated.

[Ralph Baer]

Congrats to Massachusetts on retaining the Belt.

                   Current Holder         Next Defense[b]
The Belt           Massachusetts          Union 10/21/2022
AHC Belt           American International Holy Cross 10/18/2022
B1G Belt           Michigan               Penn State 11/04/2022
CCHA Belt          Minnesota State        Bowling Green 10/28/2022
ECAC Belt          Harvard                Princeton 10/29/2022
HEA Belt           Massachusetts          Merrimack 10/28/2022
NCHC Belt          Denver                 Miami 10/28/2022
Ivy Belt           Dartmouth              Yale 11/04/2022
Eastern Belt       Harvard                Princeton 10/29/2022
Western Belt       Denver                 Miami 10/28/2022
Connecticut Belt   Quinnipiac             Yale 11/12/2022
Massachusetts Belt Northeastern           Massachusetts Lowell 10/22/2022
Michigan Belt      Michigan               Lake Superior State 10/21/2022
Minnesota Belt     Minnesota State        St. Cloud 10/21/2022
New York Belt      Colgate                Clarkson 11/11/2022
D II Play up Belt  Minnesota State        St. Cloud 10/21/2022
D II P u Alt SO    Michigan Tech          Bemidji State 10/21/2022
D III Play up Belt Clarkson               Union 11/04/2022
Play up Belt       Clarkson               Mercyhurst 10/21/2022

Corrections are always appreciated.

[AMC]

My obsession with the D-II belt consolidation continues. Luckily, both versions now reside in the CCHA with Minnesota State and Michigan Tech. If both hang on to it, they play at the end of November. We could actually see it disappear even sooner. Michigan Tech plays Bemidji this weekend. Minnesota State faces St. Cloud. And the following weekend? A two game Bemidji/St. Cloud set.

The "worst case" if you are a fan of the Alt. Belt disappearing? Minnesota State loses the belt to St. Cloud. Michigan Tech retains the Alt. Belt against Bemidji. St. Cloud retains against Bemidji and doesn't have the opportunity to lose it again until playing Duluth in January.

[Ralph Baer]

Tuesday update

                   Current Holder         Next Defense[b]
The Belt           Massachusetts          Union 10/21/2022
AHC Belt           Holy Cross             RIT 10/28/2022
B1G Belt           Michigan               Penn State 11/04/2022
CCHA Belt          Minnesota State        Bowling Green 10/28/2022
ECAC Belt          Harvard                Princeton 10/29/2022
HEA Belt           Massachusetts          Merrimack 10/28/2022
NCHC Belt          Denver                 Miami 10/28/2022
Ivy Belt           Dartmouth              Yale 11/04/2022
Eastern Belt       Harvard                Princeton 10/29/2022
Western Belt       Denver                 Miami 10/28/2022
Connecticut Belt   Quinnipiac             Yale 11/12/2022
Massachusetts Belt Northeastern           Massachusetts Lowell 10/22/2022
Michigan Belt      Michigan               Lake Superior State 10/21/2022
Minnesota Belt     Minnesota State        St. Cloud 10/21/2022
New York Belt      Colgate                Clarkson 11/11/2022
D II Play up Belt  Minnesota State        St. Cloud 10/21/2022
D II P u Alt SO    Michigan Tech          Bemidji State 10/21/2022
D III Play up Belt Clarkson               Union 11/04/2022
Play up Belt       Clarkson               Mercyhurst 10/21/2022

Corrections are always appreciated.

[Ralph Baer]

Congrats to Massachusetts on retaining the Belt.

                   Current Holder         Next Defense[b]
The Belt           Massachusetts          Union 10/22/2022
AHC Belt           Holy Cross             RIT 10/28/2022
B1G Belt           Michigan               Penn State 11/04/2022
CCHA Belt          Minnesota State        Bowling Green 10/28/2022
ECAC Belt          Harvard                Princeton 10/29/2022
HEA Belt           Massachusetts          Merrimack 10/28/2022
NCHC Belt          Denver                 Miami 10/28/2022
Ivy Belt           Dartmouth              Yale 11/04/2022
Eastern Belt       Harvard                Princeton 10/29/2022
Western Belt       Denver                 Miami 10/28/2022
Connecticut Belt   Quinnipiac             Yale 11/12/2022
Massachusetts Belt Northeastern           Massachusetts Lowell 10/22/2022
Michigan Belt      Michigan               Lake Superior State 10/22/2022
Minnesota Belt     St. Cloud              Minnesota State 10/22/2022
New York Belt      Colgate                Clarkson 11/11/2022
D II Play up Belt  St. Cloud              Minnesota State 10/22/2022
D II P u Alt SO    Bemidji State          Michigan Tech 10/22/2022
D III Play up Belt Clarkson               Union 11/04/2022
Play up Belt       Mercyhurst             Clarkson 10/22/2022

Corrections are always appreciated.

[Ralph Baer]

Congrats to Massachusetts on retaining the Belt.

                   Current Holder         Next Defense[b]
The Belt           Massachusetts          Merrimack 10/28/2022
AHC Belt           Holy Cross             RIT 10/28/2022
B1G Belt           Michigan               Penn State 11/04/2022
CCHA Belt          Minnesota State        Bowling Green 10/28/2022
ECAC Belt          Harvard                Princeton 10/29/2022
HEA Belt           Massachusetts          Merrimack 10/28/2022
NCHC Belt          Denver                 Miami 10/28/2022
Ivy Belt           Dartmouth              Yale 11/04/2022
Eastern Belt       Harvard                Princeton 10/29/2022
Western Belt       Denver                 Miami 10/28/2022
Connecticut Belt   Quinnipiac             Yale 11/12/2022
Massachusetts Belt Massachusetts Lowell   Boston University 10/28/2022
Michigan Belt      Michigan               Western Michigan 10/28/2022
Minnesota Belt     St. Cloud              Bemidji State 10/28/2022
New York Belt      Colgate                Clarkson 11/11/2022
D II Play up Belt  St. Cloud              Bemidji State 10/28/2022
D II P u Alt SO    Bemidji State          St. Cloud 10/28/2022
D III Play up Belt Clarkson               Union 11/04/2022
Play up Belt       Clarkson               Lake Superior State 10/28/2022

Corrections are always appreciated.

[Ralph Baer]

Unless BSU wins next Friday in a shootout, which I suspect won't be held because it is an interconference game, the D-II play-up belts will be unified. A new SO belt could start on Saturday. This alternate belt has existed since 11/19/16.

[AMC]

Unless BSU wins next Friday in a shootout, which I suspect won't be held because it is an interconference game, the D-II play-up belts will be unified. A new SO belt could start on Saturday. This alternate belt has existed since 11/19/16.

Will the Championship Belt Committee be sending a representative to Bemidji to collect and retire the alternate belt?

[Ralph Baer]

Will the Championship Belt Committee be sending a representative to Bemidji to collect and retire the alternate belt?

:-D a

[Ralph Baer]

Congrats to Massachusetts on retaining the Belt.

                   Current Holder         Next Defense[b]
The Belt           Massachusetts          Merrimack 10/29/2022
AHC Belt           RIT                    Holy Cross 10/29/2022
B1G Belt           Michigan               Penn State 11/04/2022
CCHA Belt          Minnesota State        Bowling Green 10/29/2022
ECAC Belt          Harvard                Princeton 10/29/2022
HEA Belt           Massachusetts          Merrimack 10/29/2022
NCHC Belt          Denver                 Miami 10/29/2022
Ivy Belt           Dartmouth              Yale 11/04/2022
Eastern Belt       Harvard                Princeton 10/29/2022
Western Belt       Denver                 Miami 10/29/2022
Connecticut Belt   Quinnipiac             Yale 11/12/2022
Massachusetts Belt Massachusetts Lowell   Boston University 10/29/2022
Michigan Belt      Michigan               Western Michigan 10/29/2022
Minnesota Belt     Bemidji State          St. Cloud 10/29/2022
New York Belt      Colgate                Clarkson 11/11/2022
D II Play Up Belt  Bemidji State          St. Cloud 10/29/2022
D III Play up Belt Clarkson               Union 11/04/2022
Play up Belt       Clarkson               Lake Superior State 10/29/2022

Corrections are always appreciated.

[Ralph Baer]

Congrats to Merrimack on winning the Belt.

                   Current Holder         Next Defense[b]
The Belt           Merrimack              Boston College 11/03/2022
AHC Belt           RIT                    American International 11/05/2022
B1G Belt           Michigan               Penn State 11/04/2022
CCHA Belt          Minnesota State        St. Thomas 11/04/2022
ECAC Belt          Harvard                Brown 11/04/2022
HEA Belt           Merrimack              Boston College 11/03/2022
NCHC Belt          Denver                 St. Cloud 11/04/2022
Ivy Belt           Dartmouth              Yale 11/04/2022
Eastern Belt       Harvard                Brown 11/04/2022
Western Belt       Denver                 St. Cloud 11/04/2022
Connecticut Belt   Quinnipiac             Yale 11/12/2022
Massachusetts Belt Boston University      Massachusetts 11/11/2022
Michigan Belt      Michigan               Michigan State 12/09/2022
Minnesota Belt     St. Cloud              Minnesota 01/07/2023
New York Belt      Colgate                Clarkson 11/11/2022
D II Play Up Belt  St. Cloud              Minnesota Duluth 01/27/2023
D III Play up Belt Clarkson               Union 11/04/2022
Play up Belt       Lake Superior State    Northern Michigan 11/04/2022

Corrections are always appreciated.