Headlines from 2001-2002

Penn State, 2002 ACHA D1 Champs Univ. of Illinois, 2002 ACHA D1 2nd place Life Univ., 2002 ACHA D2 Champs Univ. of Michigan, 2002 ACHA D2 2nd place

It's official: Dynasty  (3/5/02)
Penn State skates past Illinois 4-0 to take the National Championship.

This past weekend at the ACHA D1 National Tournament in Laurel, MD, the Penn State Icers made a convincing argument that it was time to break out the 'D' word. Dynasty, that is.

Though starting off slow with a 2-1 win over Drexel, the Icers flew through the rest of their games with commanding victories over Kent State, Iowa State, and finally Illinois to capture their 3rd straight championship.

Illinois also made a statement to the rest of the ACHA - We're here to win. After defeating Arizona and favorite Delaware in pool play, the Illini faced a tough Minot State squad in the semi's and prevailed, sending them to the championship game.

In what will be remembered as the most exciting game of the tournament, Minot State came from a 3 goal deficit to tie ISU and send the 3rd place game into overtime. With no scoring in the overtime period, the game was decided by shoot out. Minot's strong goaltending saved the day for the Beavers, and secured them the comeback victory. Iowa State finished the tourney #4.

Tournament honors were as follows:
Tournament MVP - Neal Price (PSU)
1st Team All Tournament: Goalie Scott Graham (PSU), Josh Mandel (PSU), Dan Lynch (Ill), Glen Zuck (PSU), Brian Tilden (Ill), and Chris Schollar (MSU)
2nd Team All Tournament: Goalie Tim Danlow (Ill), Rob Rose (ISU), Ryan Eberhart (MSU), Keven Jaeger (PSU), Nat Little (ISU), Brian Coleman (Ill)

Tourney Time  (2/24/02)
It's time for those teams selected for their division's national tournaments to forget the season and skate for the championships. H101 will be at the D1 tourney in Laurel, MD, and will keep you up to date with all the results.

Also, a reminder, you only have another two days to enter the D1 and D2 tournament pools. Do it now, or you'll regret missing out until next February!

D2 Pool now online  (2/11/02)
The Hockey101 D2 National Tournament Pool is now online, and waiting for your submissions!

And the plot thickens...  (2/04/02)
With the latest D1 rankings, the invitations to the National Tournament in Laurel, MD are set. The following teams will be invited to the tournament:

1. Penn State (460)
2. Delaware (435)
3. Minot State (392)
4. Iowa State (377)
5. Eastern Michigan (373)
6. Ohio (356)
7. Illinois (340)
8. Kent State (281)
9. Towson (257)
10. Michigan-Dearborn (249)
11. Arizona (241)
12. Drexel (216)

New Rankings for January  (1/18/02)
The latest ACHA and H101 Power Rankings are out. Here's the ACHA coach's poll top 12:
1. Penn State (480)
2. Delaware (450)
3. Tie Eastern Michigan (409)
3. Tie Minot State (409)
5. Iowa State (407)
6. Illinois (364)
7. Ohio (338)
8. Towson (287)
9. Kent State (285)
10. Michigan-Dearborn (278)
11. Arizona (227)
12. Rhode Island (209)

(PSU received all first place votes)