1. West Chester upsets #6 Iowa State, 4-2
2. Delaware holds on over #14 Stony Brook, 3-2
3. Ohio downs #7 Rhode Island, 4-3 in OT
4. Penn State wins easily over #15 Duquesne, 5-2.

In current action, Liberty is up on Robert Morris, 3-2 with about 10minutes left in the 2nd; no score in the Illinois-UCO game with about 13 minutes left in the 1st.

Thanks for posting these, IcersGuy!

Liberty controls play and then pulls away from Robert Morris, 6-2.
Illinois gets pushed by UCO, but pulls away in the 3rd to win 4-1.

In current action, Lindenwood is up big on Penn State Berks, 5-1, after one period. Oklahoma-Kent State start has been delayed. Apparently there was a serious CO2 leak that forced them to clear out both rinks once the Illinois-UCO game finished. My guess is that it was located in rink one – the reason why the Lindenwood game is still being played. Beyond killing the ice, there’s that whole dizziness/nausea thing associated with excessive CO2 exposure. Here’s to hoping they get that cleaned up soon!

We have an updated schedule!

Currently playing is second round action of #11 WCU vs #3 Delaware. Game is still scoreless about 11 minutes into the game. West Chester completely changes my view about how this game will go (vs Iowa State being here). West Chester can play a lot better than their #11 rank. The two teams split their 2 games this season – each winning as the away team. If WCU keeps it close late, they could very easily pull the upset.

Sounds like some of the consolation games are being canceled – the announcers just noted that the URI-ISU game has been canceled. (Also sounds like it was a CO leak.) Also, looks like they’re trying to put all the games on Rink 2. Those games being played tomorrow – yes, it gives an advantage to the teams playing today who will get Monday as a rest day. But honestly – this used to be done as 4 games in 4 days. The break day will be useful, but it’s not huge. It’s 2 games in a row versus 3 games, and these teams (especially the top ones) have experience doing 3 games in 3 days.

Update on the Penn State game from yesterday, Teddy Hume did get the start in net as expected. Penn State started the scoring with a goal from Ryan Paradis in the 1st period. 2nd period was a back and forth affair. Duquesne would score first on the power play. Chris Cerutti would give Penn State a short-lived lead 8 minutes into the period, as Duquesne would score 90 seconds later. But Steve Thurston would put the Icers up again, with 6 and a half minutes left in the 2nd. The first half of the 3rd period was fairly quiet, but any hopes for a Duquesne upset bid were killed when Cerutti would get his 2nd of the game just past the halfway point of the period. Frank Berry would cap the scoring with 3 minutes left, giving the Icers a solid 5-2 win.

UoDel is struggling, and not being helped by the fact that WCU’s goaltender has been playing outstanding for the second straight day.

Delaware just picked up a 5-minute major penalty late in the 2nd period. This really puts a damper on the Blue Hens’ chances.

West Chester scores with 6.5 seconds left in the 2nd period. This one is all but over.

UDel further hurts themselves by getting a highsticking minor at the end of the period – WCU will start the 3rd period up with a 3-0 lead and a 2-man advantage.

A 2 minute minor is the basic penalty – the penalized player goes into the box for 2 minutes, and their team must play down a man, 5-4. If a team scores on the power play (team with the man advantage), the penalty is over then and the player is allowed out of the box.

A 4-minute double minor means the team with the 5-4 man advantage gets two chances at the power play. If they score during the first two minutes, the penalty automatically drops to 2 minutes, and the second power play begins. If they don’t score in the first 2 minutes, that first power play is considered over, the second one starts automatically. If the team on the power play scores during this second power play only, the penalty then ends – there’s no reset like in the first two minutes. In essence, it’s two separate penalties strung together and viewed as two separate power plays.

A 5-minute major is completely different. The player goes into the box for the 5-4 advantage like normal, but the power play will go on for 5 minutes regardless of how many power play goals are scored. So yes – a team could score 5 power play goals on a 5-minute major penalty, and still be trying to score more. Obviously, the penalty has to be pretty severe to get one of these.

10-minute misconducts have no power play attached – the team just loses the player for that amount of time. A misconduct means the player gets to return in 10 minutes; a game misconduct or game DQ means the player is gone for the game – for stats reasons, they only get 10 minutes (the PIMs, or Penalties in Minutes, stat).

Minor details, a team can only go down to 3 players. If they have more than 2 players in the penalty box at the same time, the 3rd penalty will start when the 1st ends. Also, goalies and coaches do not sit in the penalty box (although it’d be hilarious) – they usually take a one of the players on the ice at the time of the penalty to serve that penalty.

And now you know….

miss a few minutes of hockey, and everything can change.

Like WCU making this game a complete walk. 15 minutes left, and they’re up by 5. West Chester – say hello to the semi-finals. I’ll probably take a break from here to watch the Flyers game, but I’ll be back for more updates for the Penn State-Ohio matchup at 2:30. That game is going to get very physical and should be a classic.

“Lower body Injury” – replaced by Taylor Cera. When it comes to playoff time, I’d much rather have DeLo…

Without a lot of chances or shots.

OU gets the first penalty with 14:46 left in the period. Icers PP looks to get on the board first.

Neither team really dominating play to this point. I’d give a time left, but the announcers hate me…

Zimmel penalty with just over 3 minutes left

Tempers are starting to flare – starting to have all the makings of an epic quarterfinal game.

Missed it originally – sounds like an elbow on Steve Thurston.

More work to be down to start the period…

And wouldn’t you know, it’s Taylor Cera putting in the net. Beautiful pass from Ryan Paradis to find Cera in the slot, and slams it home at the 6:47 mark (13:13 left to play).

A lot of bad play and defensive turnovers by Penn State gave Ohio a ton of chances to tie it up. But Signet continues to come up big.

Penalty on Timmy O’Brien, but at least it was a stoppage of play.

Icers’ announcer Steve Penstone (doing color for the ACHA at the tourney) just mentioned that Steve Peck got his 100th career point yesterday. Kudos to him – great guy who has always played hard. Great to see him hit that milestone.

Icers getting good chances, but no second chances. Still 1-0 good guys.

OU goalie Paul Marshall was their best penalty killer there.

Let’s hope this doesn’t swing momentum too much to OU.

He’s won two faceoffs today that have missed everyone and gone back down into our zone.

Jaime Zimmel fires a rocket past Paul Marshall with 41 seconds left in the period. Beautiful drop pass by Carey Bell, and Zimmel slapped it home. Penn State controlled the play late in that period, and take the lead and momentum into the 3rd period.

and the energy from both sides has yet to slow down. Expect more end-to-end action until the clock reads 0:00

Cerutti for interference – big PK here.

11 seconds left on the PP, and OU scores to make it 2-1 with just over 13 minutes left.

Still a lot of hockey to be played…

Keeping most of the control and minimizing any Ohio chances.

10 minutes left to play

Ohio takes a penalty on the scrum on the rebound.

Penn State leading 2-1, with 8:36 left.

could come back to bite OU if it means he’s out of position and gives up an easy goal.

We’ll see if tired legs start to become a factor (OU did go to OT against URI yesterday).

Sloppy play by the Icers, but Signet comes up big. 5:30 left, still 2-1

OU has a wide open shot from the slot, and Signet comes up big again.

3:14 left, still 2-1 good guys.

shot from the point, OU scores to tie it up at 2-2. 2:05 left

Icing call on OU puts the faceoff in the OU zone. OT looming…

12 minutes left.

Playoff OT procedure = 20 minute, 5-on-5 periods until someone scores. No shoot-out.

10:31 left, PSU with some good play over the past 2 minutes.

Original call on OU, but refs call a “goaltender interference” make-up call on Rubeo.

4-on-4 for the next 2 minutes.

Berry puts it in on a Zimmel pass. Possibly kicked in, but with no video replay, they can only keep the call on the ice. Choppy video, and bad video at that, so I can’t say yes or no. But a goal is a goal, and the Icers move on!

Fitting for Frank – again, the senior captain has struggled all season with injuries. He got a goal yesterday, and the game winner today.

It’s amazing action, and better when you win. But i’ll be damned if they don’t give me a heart attack every time.

Lindenwood and Berks finished their game from yesterday. Berks jumped on the board just 10 seconds into the second period to make it 5-2. And that would be it, as Lindenwood would finish with 8 unanswered goals winning 13-2. Lindenwood faces Liberty tomorrow at …sometime…

Oklahoma-Kent State is about to start to determine the final second round game to be played tomorrow.

Again, URI and ISU decided to bail on their consolation game and just left for home. However, UCO and Robert Morris played theirs. UCO took the early advantage and never looked back, winning 5-1. Not sure where that “ranks” those teams, especially since ISU and URI left for home. It might have to wait until tomorrow to be played out. Still, we’re almost set for tomorrow, and then after tomorrow, we’ll have our final 4.

Kent State is being vastly outplayed by Oklahoma, but only trail 4-3 after 2 periods of play. If there’s ever a recipe for an upset, this is how they start.

No action on Rink 1, so I’m left to assume that Stony Brook and Duquesne both decided to leave early. It looks like they canceled the final consolation game (Berks vs. Oklahoma/Kent State loser), so I’m left to believe that they’ll rank them based on final standings except for Central Oklahoma will get the jump over Robert Morris. Not sure how Kent State fits in there, but it’s all moot at this point anyway.

Oklahoma finally reaping the rewards of their hard work – 3 goals in the 3rd make it a 7-3 game with 9:36 left to play.

So tomorrows match-ups (assuming no insane burst in scoring from Kent State) will be #1 Lindenwood vs #8 Liberty, and #4 Illinois vs #5 Oklahoma. Still taking Lindenwood in a fairly easy win – might be close on the scoreboard, but Liberty likely won’t be up to the play of Lindenwood. In the other game, I like Illinois if only because Oklahoma didn’t really get much of a push today, but still looked shaky. Playing Illinois will be a completely different speed – Illinois in a close one.

thanks for the updates – im starting to become a huge icers fan and have been struggling to find updates of the games.

Lindenwood vs Liberty is going on right now. It’s actually in the 3rd period, and Lindenwood is leading 5-0 with 5 minutes left to play. So it looks like Lindenwood will move onto the next round and face West Chester – that will be one very interesting matchup. The top team that has completely dominated their opponents at this point against a team that is playing at a top level at the right time. They’ve taken down #6 and #3, and I would not be surprised if West Chester gives Lindenwood all they can handle tomorrow.

This also means the Icers will face the winner of the Illinois-Oklahoma game (starts at 8:30pm tonight). Neither team overly scares me at this point. Haven’t seen Oklahoma yet, but they’re a back and forth team. And we swept Illinois, and the Illini have been in a bit of a slide over the past 2 months, so they aren’t as scary as they were last year. Both teams are manageable wins.

and it’s the Sooners scoring first. But it was only a matter of time – they’ve completely controlled the action to this point, outshooting Illinois 11-2 with about 7 minutes left in the 1st period.

Illinois just killed off a penalty. Again – the longer this goes on, the better. However, sleep comes first, so if this thing goes too long, I’ll update in the morning.