Secrhl regional results

[theonlyone]

FAU wins D1 over UCF 6-5 (best of 3)

TAMPA wins D2 over KENNESAW 8-4

[FAUplayer]

Que the bitching and complaining from.... LOL

Btw, Fau won two games to none. 8-7 ot. 6-5.

Was a good weekend. Didn't watch more than a couple games but from the looks of it majority of the games were high scoring (playing on a damn mini rink). Weather was much more cooperative this year compared to last. Please bring regionals down south for once. Thank you rhode island for ruining regionals in ft myers ( just kidding, we enjoyed the games in fort myers).

[wednthavddr]

Why did GMU have a bad tournament?

Who do you think will get bids for nationals?

[Missionhockey12]

"tampa's getting all the biddies...I mean bids"

[MIDWESTCLAPPER]

These are the teams with auto regional bids:
Grand Valley State University (Confirmed)
West Chester (prediction)
Missouri State (not yet posted / expected)
Metro State Denver (Confirmed)
UC San Diego (prediction)
Austin State (expected)
Tampa (Confirmed)

These are the runners up:
Cincinnati
Brockport
SIU Edwardsville
California
Kennesaw
School of Mines
Arlington

These are the teams I see getting at large bids
Cincinnati
Neumann
Brockport
Rowan
SIU Edwardsville
Missouri S&T
California
Kennesaw

That leave room for one more at large bid coming from one of the following teams. The four teams that dont get selected would definitely be my picks for alternates.

Miami - played okay at the end of the season and lost to a national contender in tampa.

Shippensburg - Plays alongside some of the best competition in not only division II but in all of the NCRHA. The top four ecrha teams would be top DI teams.

Ball State - 7-5 regular season record. However four of those five loses came at the hands of the defending national champions Grand Valley State University and Cincinnati which looks to be a contender possibly a 4 four team in this years nationals. So that being said I would say they could definitely skate alongside many teams in Division II.

George Mason - Had a breakout season this year. However lost in the semis of the secrhl regional tournament. I find it will be hard for them to make a birth with an at large bid. Being that the strength of the secrhl is lacking in comparison with regions like the Great Plains, The Midwest, And the East Coast. This is one of the few regions were DII teams are scheduled regular season events against B division teams.


Illinois - was a surpise out of the Great Plains this year. With their one goal loss in the Great Plains regional against a strong Missouri State team that always competes well on the national stage.

I definitly dont see more than one team from the RMCRHL or the SCRHL making the nationals other than the auto bid. Only because of the fact that even the regional champions from these regions had a tough go at last years nationals.

[MasonHockey]

These are the teams with auto regional bids:
Grand Valley State University (Confirmed)
West Chester (prediction)
Missouri State (not yet posted / expected)
Metro State Denver (Confirmed)
UC San Diego (prediction)
Austin State (expected)
Tampa (Confirmed)

These are the runners up:
Cincinnati
Brockport
SIU Edwardsville
California
Kennesaw
School of Mines
Arlington

These are the teams I see getting at large bids
Cincinnati
Neumann
Brockport
Rowan
SIU Edwardsville
Missouri S&T
California
Kennesaw

That leave room for one more at large bid coming from one of the following teams. The four teams that dont get selected would definitely be my picks for alternates.

Miami - played okay at the end of the season and lost to a national contender in tampa.

Shippensburg - Plays alongside some of the best competition in not only division II but in all of the NCRHA. The top four ecrha teams would be top DI teams.

Ball State - 7-5 regular season record. However four of those five loses came at the hands of the defending national champions Grand Valley State University and Cincinnati which looks to be a contender possibly a 4 four team in this years nationals. So that being said I would say they could definitely skate alongside many teams in Division II.

George Mason - Had a breakout season this year. However lost in the semis of the secrhl regional tournament. I find it will be hard for them to make a birth with an at large bid. Being that the strength of the secrhl is lacking in comparison with regions like the Great Plains, The Midwest, And the East Coast. This is one of the few regions were DII teams are scheduled regular season events against B division teams.


Illinois - was a surpise out of the Great Plains this year. With their one goal loss in the Great Plains regional against a strong Missouri State team that always competes well on the national stage.

I definitly dont see more than one team from the RMCRHL or the SCRHL making the nationals other than the auto bid. Only because of the fact that even the regional champions from these regions had a tough go at last years nationals.


Your comments about George Mason are WAY OFF BASE!!! You make it sound as if we beat a bunch of "B" teams. I suggest you check our schedule before writing a bunch of disparaging remarks about the SECRHL and grouping us in with the basement teams. http://secrhl.org/team.php?team_id=53156&area=schedule

Unless your referring to Miami who we beat 5-2, Shippensburg 9-3, Rowan 5-3, FAU (SECRHL D1 Champion) 4-2 as "B" teams . If you don't think George Mason should make it because they lost to an improved Kennesaw team playing on their home rink, (The same Kennesaw team that beat Miami and St. Louis this last month.) I'm ok with that, but don't suggest that all the teams we beat this year were "B" teams and that we only have a good record because we don't play any good teams. 1/4 of our regular season schedule were the best ECRHA teams. Our losses were (D1) NCSU, Brockport, Neumann, and now Kennesaw. I would argue that we had one of the hardest schedules in the SECRHL this year with the exception of Tampa.

[CSteamer]

Your comments about George Mason are WAY OFF BASE!!! You make it sound as if we beat a bunch of "B" teams. I suggest you check our schedule before writing a bunch of disparaging remarks about the SECRHL and grouping us in with the basement teams. http://secrhl.org/team.php?team_id=53156&area=schedule

Unless your referring to Miami who we beat 5-2, Shippensburg 9-3, Rowan 5-3, FAU (SECRHL D1 Champion) 4-2 as "B" teams . If you don't think George Mason should make it because they lost to an improved Kennesaw team playing on their home rink, (The same Kennesaw team that beat Miami and St. Louis this last month.) I'm ok with that, but don't suggest that all the teams we beat this year were "B" teams and that we only have a good record because we don't play any good teams. 1/4 of our regular season schedule were the best ECRHA teams. Our losses were (D1) NCSU, Brockport, Neumann, and now Kennesaw. I would argue that we had one of the hardest schedules in the SECRHL this year with the exception of Tampa.

Yes, but when it mattered, you lost to a not that great Kennesaw team.

Tampa and Kennesaw should be the only teams that go. I didn't see the game but Miami got blasted by Tampa and it appears decided to try to fight as many people as possible.

[dan sangiorgio]

gmu being the third bid for the south east might find themselves up on the board vs the fourth place team for the ecrha towards the end of the 16 teams being picked for d2 making the results of inter region games pretty important. i say you would have to go based on head to head meaning gmu gets in ahead of rowan but behind neumann

[MIDWESTCLAPPER]

I am not trying to discredit anyones schedules. But the secrhl has a top group Tampa, Kennesaw, Miami, and GMU. The fact that there is this distinction between the good teams of this region and the others it will be hard to take any more than two of these four teams. And the fact that GMU lost to Kennesaw only hurts the chances of a bid. If kennesaw had a horrible record and beat GMU in the semis, GMU would have better odds of getting that bid. But because they had comparable season records it didnt help GMU to not make the finals.

[MIDWESTCLAPPER]

Your comments about George Mason are WAY OFF BASE!!! You make it sound as if we beat a bunch of "B" teams. I suggest you check our schedule before writing a bunch of disparaging remarks about the SECRHL and grouping us in with the basement teams. http://secrhl.org/team.php?team_id=53156&area=schedule

Unless your referring to Miami who we beat 5-2, Shippensburg 9-3, Rowan 5-3, FAU (SECRHL D1 Champion) 4-2 as "B" teams . If you don't think George Mason should make it because they lost to an improved Kennesaw team playing on their home rink, (The same Kennesaw team that beat Miami and St. Louis this last month.) I'm ok with that, but don't suggest that all the teams we beat this year were "B" teams and that we only have a good record because we don't play any good teams. 1/4 of our regular season schedule were the best ECRHA teams. Our losses were (D1) NCSU, Brockport, Neumann, and now Kennesaw. I would argue that we had one of the hardest schedules in the SECRHL this year with the exception of Tampa.


Maybe the interregional hurt GMU then. Say if they hadnt played the ecrha than they would have only had losses to NCSU, and Kennesaw. However GMU hasnt once played Tampa this year either. That really hurts them and I feel that they needed to in order to gain more votes in getting a bid. Kennesaw had a rough go at nationals last year only beating Texas in round robin. They were the third team from the secrhl to make it along with FAU, and Tampa. Which is why I dont see more than two from this region going. The extra bid will probably end up in the Great Plains or the east.

[Patn Lawton]

Here is a good question: How does the SECRHL put teams in order to the NCRHA for bids? Is it based on regional finish solely? Is it a point system based on regular season and regionals with regionals weighted heavier?

[BEEZERAL]

The secrhl is also one of the few leagues that regularly schedule d2 teams against d1 teams. There is a lot to criticize the secrhl about but give credit where credit is due. UM GMU and UT all have beaten top ranked d1 teams this season. Not to mention the ucf b team is better than many d2 teams around the country.

[MasonHockey]

gmu being the third bid for the south east might find themselves up on the board vs the fourth place team for the ecrha towards the end of the 16 teams being picked for d2 making the results of inter region games pretty important. i say you would have to go based on head to head meaning gmu gets in ahead of rowan but behind neumann

I don't know who deserves to go, but I do think the SECRHL teams like Miami and George Mason are generally underrated and ECRHA teams like Shippensburg are overrated. Considering we request to play the toughest teams, and participate in ECRHA interregionals the last two years (our only years of existence) I really don't know what else we can do other than apply to get into ECRHA and finish 6th!

[BEEZERAL]

Here is a good question: How does the SECRHL put teams in order to the NCRHA for bids? Is it based on regional finish solely? Is it a point system based on regular season and regionals with regionals weighted heavier?



The secrhl does whatever it wants as long as it suits what benefits the good ole boys in the league. They will support who they want. If you ask Tampa who deserves the other bid for the region thy will say UM. But the league already told us before regionals that unless we won regionals they would not support us when it came go atlarge bids

[MIDWESTCLAPPER]

I really feel that GMU needed to play both Tampa and UCF this year. Win or loose and they would be in a better position right now. Because they didnt when it comes down to them and another team it is going to be a tough go. The secrhl isnt the only region that DII teams play DI. In the Great Plains these games are regularly scheduled. In the Midwest the teams have to send in a request to the league director who does what he can setting up these games. It isnt done in the east because there really is no need for it. The DII competition is strong enough without having to play DI teams.

[Patn Lawton]

The secrhl does whatever it wants as long as it suits what benefits the good ole boys in the league. They will support who they want. If you ask Tampa who deserves the other bid for the region thy will say UM. But the league already told us before regionals that unless we won regionals they would not support us when it came go atlarge bids

So are you saying the SECRHL ranks their teams very subjectively?

[FAUplayer]

How many topics do we have about this same subject? Can we talk about something more interesting, like the FAU goalie getting railed in the second period of game 2 finals today! :eek: :D

[MIDWESTCLAPPER]

If they wanted the best teams to go they would send Tampa and Kennesaw. Miami seems to be all offense.

[MIDWESTCLAPPER]

Congrats to FAU. However the team lacks scoring depth. The ex lindenwood player seems to have single handidly win the regionals for FAU.

[PureHockey111]

I really feel that GMU needed to play both Tampa and UCF this year. Win or loose and they would be in a better position right now. Because they didnt when it comes down to them and another team it is going to be a tough go. The secrhl isnt the only region that DII teams play DI. In the Great Plains these games are regularly scheduled. In the Midwest the teams have to send in a request to the league director who does what he can setting up these games. It isnt done in the east because there really is no need for it. The DII competition is strong enough without having to play DI teams.

We tried to play many of the top teams such as Tampa and UCF but its hard considering were located in northern virginia and the drive to georgia alone is ten hours. when we did go to the same tourny we requested to play them but did not get scheduled against them. as for us losing to ksu, shouldnt have overlooked them. to be honest i wasnt even thinking about them i was still worrying about playing tampa and then we were down. the secrhl is gonna have a tough time figuring out the ranks of the top four teams after gmu lost to kennesaw. oh and congrats to fau, hopefully you guys go far in nationals. it would suck if we couldnt get a national bid for d2 after beating the champs of d1 regionals (fau).

[tourdragon87]

Theifault is dirty. I wish I had hands like that.

[MIDWESTCLAPPER]

Sounds like an unfortunate situation for GMU. Hopefully they will be given a shot at regionals to silence the critics then. But in all honesty Tampa should be a judge of how other teams that make nationals from the secrhl will do at nationals. If you get pwnd by Tampa then... Where are you gonna go in nationals.

[PureHockey111]

Sounds like an unfortunate situation for GMU. Hopefully they will be given a shot at regionals to silence the critics then. But in all honesty Tampa should be a judge of how other teams that make nationals from the secrhl will do at nationals. If you get pwnd by Tampa then... Where are you gonna go in nationals.

yeah thats true... theres a good chance mason will wait till next year to go to nationals when we get four new dirty players and are actually going to contend for the title. still dont know cause we gotta see who might be committed and what not, that is even if we get a bid.

[TourFLA98]

no one cares you got hit phil.

[FAUplayer]

no one cares you got hit phil.

If anyone has video, please let me know (I really want to see the hit, from a spectator's view!).

[CSteamer]

If anyone has video, please let me know (I really want to see the hit, from a spectator's view!).

I saw it first hand. Although there was not malicious intent...it did look pretty bad. You fell like a ton of bricks though.

Also, in response to some of the posts in this thread...

The SECRHL supports teams who WIN regionals. How else would you like them to do it? The team who finished 2nd in regionals should be the first at large bid from that region and so forth. Otherwise, what is the reason for having regionals? Kennesaw beat UM during the season, and beat GMU in the semis. They should get the first at large bid in DII from the SECRHL.

The Regular season is for deciding the seedings for regionals. In SECRHL D1, NC State was the #1 seed. They got beat 11-3 and 10-5. Because they had a better regular season record, do you think they should get an at-large bid before UCF?

[FAUplayer]

I saw it first hand. Although there was not malicious intent...it did look pretty bad. You fell like a ton of bricks though.

Also, in response to some of the posts in this thread...

The SECRHL supports teams who WIN regionals. How else would you like them to do it? The team who finished 2nd in regionals should be the first at large bid from that region and so forth. Otherwise, what is the reason for having regionals? Kennesaw beat UM during the season, and beat GMU in the semis. They should get the first at large bid in DII from the SECRHL.

The Regular season is for deciding the seedings for regionals. In SECRHL D1, NC State was the #1 seed. They got beat 11-3 and 10-5. Because they had a better regular season record, do you think they should get an at-large bid before UCF?

I definitely felt the hit. I made sure to tuck my head so it wouldn't bounce off the floor since my helmet flew off on impact. People have said it looked like a purposeful hit, I would assume you guys are smart enough not to do something like that because it essentially did cost you guys the game (5 minute powerplay 1 goal), so I disregard that. On purpose or not, the hit was worth the outcome.

As for this D2 bull **** going around. To start off, Tampa should be in D1. Thank the league for not making them move up to D1 (they have a great team, well funded and meet all criteria for D1). So obviously Tampa will get a bid. I think GMU and KSU should get bids as well. KSU has proved to be a better team second semester now. GMU has had a good season and can compete with some of the best teams. Miami is another story. On paper, they look like #4. I think at their peak they can be #2, but their inconsistency is what hurts them (loss to Kennesaw is a big blow in regular season, as well as close games with FSU and ECU). If there is a extra bid floating around, Miami would be a top candidate.

[GMULensing7]

first of all congrats to a much improved KSU team. that was not the same team we played in Savannah and they played like they wanted it badly. o and congrats to Tampa winning it all, hopefully they can go deep in nationals, if not hopefully win it all. about the whole bids to nationals thing, its way too complicated. whoever goes good luck to them. in the meantime i am going to rest the ankles, and practice hitting the net, cause obviously the mason team inst the best at finishing:( (GMU18) ha no but seriously we all could not finish to save our lives.

MIDWESTCLAPPER...we won 2 games last year, i don't think the scheduler wanted us to be playing the best teams in the south...but i agree, without playing the best teams our bid is a lot worse.

[thebenchman]

Congrats to KSU. Way to step it up!! You show you are a very nice team and learned a lot of lessons in the games here in STL. I am proud of you. Hope you get the invite to Nationals.

To GMU, nice to see you finally makes a nice comment on KSU. Earlier the comments were way off base. thanks for correcting it.

Thief, you still got some hands I hear. congrats!

[Missionhockey12]

thief for sure still has hands.. my man was ripping it up...

phil, you absolutely got trucked.. and it was awesome! i could watch that over and over again lol

[TourFLA98]

Jeff Kotcher has the best hands in the league

[wednthavddr]

Yea best hands in...The League of Little Boy Touching(LLBT)

[hockeykid12]

so is gmu still the team of dangles in the south, all talk and still couldnt even get to the ship in regionals, they were expected to get there but lose to tampa, couldnt do it. gmu do u even want to go to nationals now?

[CSteamer]

Yea best hands in...The League of Little Boy Touching(LLBT)

Pathetic attempt at humor New York. A for effort, F for delivery. Step your game up.

[thebenchman]

so is gmu still the team of dangles in the south, all talk and still couldnt even get to the ship in regionals, they were expected to get there but lose to tampa, couldnt do it. gmu do u even want to go to nationals now?

They didnt lose to Tampa.
They lost to Kennesaw. Tied the first game. Had nice leads in BOTH games and KSU came back.


My bad Topshelp, thanks!

[Topshelf39]

If your read the post correctly hockey kid said that GMU was suppose to get to the finals and lose to Tampa. He never said that gmu lost to Tampa

[GMULensing7]

so is gmu still the team of dangles in the south, all talk and still couldnt even get to the ship in regionals, they were expected to get there but lose to tampa, couldnt do it. gmu do u even want to go to nationals now?

never said we were the "team of dangles in the south" but if you want to say that we did and it makes you feel better, go for it. as for nationals it really matters whether or not our school will pay for us. hell yea we want to go to nationals but if its coming out of our own pockets there is no way any of us can afford at least a $500 trip. just driving down to snellville raped us...

[wgabelm]

Jeff Kotcher has the best hands in the league

The entire tampa team skillz are mad wack yo

[Missionhockey12]

thanks stripes lol

[GSJaguars11]

never said we were the "team of dangles in the south" but if you want to say that we did and it makes you feel better, go for it. as for nationals it really matters whether or not our school will pay for us. hell yea we want to go to nationals but if its coming out of our own pockets there is no way any of us can afford at least a $500 trip. just driving down to snellville raped us...

fundraise.

[FAUplayer]

fundraise.

Easier said than done.

FAU has been having issues with fundraising. We recently did a 50/50 raffle for 2 weeks and we raised 450$. We have done garage sales, but after doing one or two, you have nothing to sell. We have contacted a lot of businesses in and around campus with virtually no success. We have recently sent letters to Alumni group, mostly due part in a Alumni Center being completed this year. Our largest money maker has been walmart. We had a VERY GOOD partnership with a local walmart that had a relatively high end attraction. We would average $100 an hour by just standing in front asking for money. We even had a partnership with the Florida Panthers through Walmart, we had a scrimmage and fundraiser with them setup, but a miss communication on Walmart's end made it fall through (they were under the impression we played ice hockey). Raising money in this economy is tough, even in one of the richest cities of Boca Raton.

[William Bourque]

Easier said than done.

I have always found that running an Iron Man tournament at the local rink, late at night or early in the morning works well. The rinks usually are willing to work with teams and cut them a deal on the rate and if run properly could bring in a decent amount of cash for each one.

[wgabelm]

thanks stripes lol

Just trying to give you that 'respect' I heard so much about that weekend.