Brockport postseason bound
SUNYAC rivals violate NCAA Division-III rules
Andrew Lipari
Issue date: 2/3/10 Section: Sports
Last weekend was not a surprising one for Brockport's hockey team. The team lost 7-1 Saturday to the high-flying Potsdam Cardinals, but rebounded the following Friday to defeat SUNY Morrisville 5-2.
But what was surprising was what transpired within the SUNYAC. Brockport got a huge break this past week when SUNY Geneseo and Buffalo State were both declared ineligible for postseason play due to supplying financial aid to their Canadian players, which is a violation of NCAA Division III rules.
As the No. 5 seed, Genseo was a potential threat to end Brockport's postseason chances, but instead Brockport can breathe a little easier.
Facing No. 2 seeded Plattsburgh at home, it was clear Brockport wanted to play physical to slow the Cardinals down. When they get going with their talent, Plattsburgh is hard to stop.
Plattsburgh was playing without their leading scorer, Eric Satim, and top defenseman, Mike Kananagh, and Brockport wanted to take advantage of those losses.
"We wanted to get the puck in on their defense which is the weakness of their team and try to bang them and cause turnovers," Coach Brian Dickinson said. "They did a nice job of adjusting to our fore-check, but we have to avoid the odd-man rushes against a team like that."
It's understandable Brockport wanted to slow down Plattsburgh, but it looked like one team was playing a hockey game and the other team was in a UFC fight. Plattsburgh scored their first goal because Brockport players were playing more to hit a player without the puck than to play the puck handler racing down the ice.
It was only 1-0 until Kyle VanDermale got two minutes for checking from behind which put Plattsburgh down a man. This ended up being the turning point for Plattsburgh because Kyle Taylor and Jared Docking both scored short-handed, which put Brockport down 3-0.
Trailing, it looked like it was going to take a lot for Brockport to score. They were getting badly out-shot and Plattsburgh dominated puck control. Brockport gave up too many opportunities to a team they needed to play mistake-free against.
But what was surprising was what transpired within the SUNYAC. Brockport got a huge break this past week when SUNY Geneseo and Buffalo State were both declared ineligible for postseason play due to supplying financial aid to their Canadian players, which is a violation of NCAA Division III rules.
As the No. 5 seed, Genseo was a potential threat to end Brockport's postseason chances, but instead Brockport can breathe a little easier.
Facing No. 2 seeded Plattsburgh at home, it was clear Brockport wanted to play physical to slow the Cardinals down. When they get going with their talent, Plattsburgh is hard to stop.
Plattsburgh was playing without their leading scorer, Eric Satim, and top defenseman, Mike Kananagh, and Brockport wanted to take advantage of those losses.
"We wanted to get the puck in on their defense which is the weakness of their team and try to bang them and cause turnovers," Coach Brian Dickinson said. "They did a nice job of adjusting to our fore-check, but we have to avoid the odd-man rushes against a team like that."
It's understandable Brockport wanted to slow down Plattsburgh, but it looked like one team was playing a hockey game and the other team was in a UFC fight. Plattsburgh scored their first goal because Brockport players were playing more to hit a player without the puck than to play the puck handler racing down the ice.
It was only 1-0 until Kyle VanDermale got two minutes for checking from behind which put Plattsburgh down a man. This ended up being the turning point for Plattsburgh because Kyle Taylor and Jared Docking both scored short-handed, which put Brockport down 3-0.
Trailing, it looked like it was going to take a lot for Brockport to score. They were getting badly out-shot and Plattsburgh dominated puck control. Brockport gave up too many opportunities to a team they needed to play mistake-free against.
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