SECRHL Spring Predictions

[BEEZERAL]

Second half of the season really picks up this weekend with all the florida teams playing it Ft. Myers and then pretty much everyone playing the week after in Lake Worth or Columbia.

Any thoughts on the second half of the season?

[ECUHockey]

Second half of the season really picks up this weekend with all the florida teams playing it Ft. Myers and then pretty much everyone playing the week after in Lake Worth or Columbia.

Any thoughts on the second half of the season?

Should come down to the wire for nationals bids. Out of the top 4 teams in DII, one will probably be left out. Should be a great finish.

[BEEZERAL]

Should come down to the wire for nationals bids. Out of the top 4 teams in DII, one will probably be left out. Should be a great finish.

What 3 teams do you think eventually make it in and are you guys done until regionals or will you guys play 20 games?

[ECUHockey]

What 3 teams do you think eventually make it in and are you guys done until regionals or will you guys play 20 games?

Beezeral, Im honestly not sure who will make it in. Its going to obviously be between You, us, FGCU, and Bethel. The next 2 FL weekends are HUGE for you both. I don't want to toot our own horn either. We have to play more consistently. We will have played 20 games. We are going to Chantilly to play some more ECRHA teams.

I will say this though, I think Bethel is REALLY hurting themselves with the competition they are going against. The Columbia tournament is a collection of all really weak teams. Trying to pad your stats with weak teams won't look good to the committee.

Sure, we went 1-3 in PA, but we hung with both DI teams we played, beat Slippery Rock, but Lost pretty badly to Pittsburgh. Most of that will look good.

[PureHockey111]

Beezeral, Im honestly not sure who will make it in. Its going to obviously be between You, us, FGCU, and Bethel. The next 2 FL weekends are HUGE for you both. I don't want to toot our own horn either. We have to play more consistently. We will have played 20 games. We are going to Chantilly to play some more ECRHA teams.

I will say this though, I think Bethel is REALLY hurting themselves with the competition they are going against. The Columbia tournament is a collection of all really weak teams. Trying to pad your stats with weak teams won't look good to the committee.

Sure, we went 1-3 in PA, but we hung with both DI teams we played, beat Slippery Rock, but Lost pretty badly to Pittsburgh. Most of that will look good.

you hit that on the head, if bethel ends up on the bottom of the top 4 teams they wont be looking too good with only a win against mason and maybe nc state on their resume. versus ecu who has gone to the ecrha, which is recognized as the top talent, and will be playing them again in the future. if you guys have a good showing at the box you should be able to feel confident with being selected. and yeah i know where your coming from with consistency haha... what happened against pitt? rough game :/

[ECUHockey]

you hit that on the head, if bethel ends up on the bottom of the top 4 teams they wont be looking too good with only a win against mason and maybe nc state on their resume. versus ecu who has gone to the ecrha, which is recognized as the top talent, and will be playing them again in the future. if you guys have a good showing at the box you should be able to feel confident with being selected. and yeah i know where your coming from with consistency haha... what happened against pitt? rough game :/

Thanks Cam. While I am not trying to make excuses for the Pitt game, it was our 3rd game of the day vs. their 2nd game (they only had 2 that day?). We didn't play as a team, and it didn't help that they had a kid that could snipe (elbow down twice and bar down once...how can you stop that?!?!). Oh well.

[ilovecollege]

i think that these are gonna be the standings going into regionals:

1. Bethel
2. ECU
3. Florida Gulf Coast
4. Miami
5. Florida
6. South Carolina
7. James Madison
8. USF/FSU

bottom 4 teams don't even matter. it will be interesting to see who comes out alive out of florida. that area tends to shot each other in the foot. each team is real equal. the columbia tournament is super easy. bethel is the best team at it and then USC/FSU?!. Should be a stat-padding weekend for bethel.

[BEEZERAL]

i think that these are gonna be the standings going into regionals:

1. Bethel
2. ECU
3. Florida Gulf Coast
4. Miami
5. Florida
6. South Carolina
7. James Madison
8. USF/FSU

bottom 4 teams don't even matter. it will be interesting to see who comes out alive out of florida. that area tends to shot each other in the foot. each team is real equal. the columbia tournament is super easy. bethel is the best team at it and then USC/FSU?!. Should be a stat-padding weekend for bethel.

First of all if the SECRHL continues the joke of giving the top 3 seeds to the division winners you are going to see a top 3 of

1. Bethel or ECU
2. Miami or FGCU
3. USC

Personally I think we finish above FGCU. We already beat them head to head and anyone can clearly see that we have not played to our potential at all this year. If we start playing to our potential we could finish the season as the 1 or 2 seed. If not we will need to win regionals to get selected for Nationals.

And Florida does not shoot itself in the foot. Because of the locations of the tournaments it is very difficult for the florida teams to play in Snellville, or Columbia more than once in the regular season and once for regionals. The state of florida is filled with solid teams from top to bottom. Outside of Bethel and ECU, both the Northern and Central conferences are jokes. Look at the schedule for Ft. Myers and Lake Worth, there are no easy games for anyone on the schedule. Thats why you see a bunch of teams with inflated point totals in the north

[ilovecollege]

i didn't mean shoot itself in the foot in a bad way. i was getting at the fact that florida is way stronger than any other division. it sucks you all have to play each other and a lot of the teams in florida could beat one another on any given day. thats all i was saying. and i agree on the northern and central conferences being jokes compared to florida. so much talent in one area.

and the way they seed is stupid. one division at regionals is going to be really difficult: the #1 seed, #4 seed (a team that should have been ranked higher), #5 seed (same thing), #8 seed. that could be a potential bethel,ecu,fgcu pool.

[ECUHockey]

I can already tell you guys that Bethel will most likely finish above us as they have 4 losses and a cake last tournament while we have 7 losses and a very difficult VA Interregional.

The seeds are crap, but what are you going to do? The only logical thing to do would to make a full season schedule where everyone plays everyone the same amount of times. But we all know that will never happen so we have to live with how it is....

[MasonHockey]

What 3 teams do you think eventually make it in and are you guys done until regionals or will you guys play 20 games?

Here's my rankings for the top teams in D2 in the SECRHL.

Ok here are my SECRHL D2 rankings

1. Bethel (7-4-1) - Has one of the best D2 goalies in MacPherson and three of the top forwards in Foote & Cole Stonstelie & Chris Roberts. FGC beat them with Mangold in net. Bethel has played a tough schedule so they should be ready for what it's like at Regionals when you have to play 4 tough games in a row. Beat GMU, NC State (without #12 Beason), and Miami (after Miami had a 4-0 lead) Should beat up on teams in Colombia to finish 11-4-1 and first place overall.

2. ECU (8-4) - Could beat Bethel. Has played a tough schedule, but they have a tendency to take too many penalties. Have to guard against a bad game 3rd game in one day like against Pitt where they simply didn't skate. Will Likely go no worse than 3-1 in Chantilly playing Binghampton & Shippensburg and 2 others to finish 11-5.

3. Miami (3-4-1) - Has played a tough schedule but similiar to Bethel and ECU. Should run the table in Lake Worth, and go 3-1 in Ft. Meyers losing to UCF but beating D1 Sam Houton State U, who will find out how bad the SCHL is when they get swept by Tampa, beaten by Miami, and UCF. (10-5-1)

4. FGCU (5-3) - Very good speedy young team, but lost to ECU and Miami, and beat Bethel by 1 without MacPherson in net. I think they are the 4th elite team in D2. Probably finish 4-4 to finish 9-7. Big games against Florida, FSU, USF, and UCF B (x2).

-Significant drop in talent here

5. Florida (5-3)- Haven't seen them, and I know USF will point out that they beat KSU D1 and Florida didn't, but if you look at other common opponents GCSU, KSU B, USC, Florida did better. Has a really tough schedule coming up. Could realistically go 2-6 by winning their next 2 games and lose their next 6 to finish 7-9.

6. JMU (5-2-1) - Only meaningful games were a blowout loss to ECU, Beat FSU by 4, VT by 3, and USC by 1. Should be the 2nd best team in Colombia other than Bethel. Might see tough teams in Chantilly VA in ECU, Binghampton, Shippensburg. will probably go 4-4 or better to finish the year out to finish 9-6-1. This is an above average team that benefits from a weak schedule and weak Colombia competition.

7. Virginia Tech (3-3-2)- Tied Florida State, but lost to JMU. Beat GCSU, GT, WCU... ho hum. Got beat by Miami 9-1 but kept the score close with GMU in a in state rivalry game 5-3. Will attend weaker Colombia weekend and tough Chantilly weekend. will probably finish 4-4 to finish 7-7-2.

8. Florida State- (3-3-2) Were smart to come up North in Apex, NC and avoid the Florida teams. Realistically this team goes 0-4 in Ft. Meyers vs Miami, FGCU, Florida, & UCF B. Team is probably 3rd or 4th best in Colombia, behind Bethel, JMU, and maybe VT. Optimistically could go 3-6 to finish 6-9-2. Needs some upsest in Ft. Meyers.

9. USF (4-3-1) - Haven't seen them, but they beat Beat FGCU, tied Kennesaw D1, but has lost to USC, KSU B. Has probably the hardest remaining schedule with Miami (x2), UCF B (x2), FGCU, Florida, UCF D1, Tampa. Could go 1-7 to finish 5-10-1 and miss regionals. Needs to steal a couple games including that Florida game to finish in the top 8 including the Central Conference Champ. Loss to USC as well as missing the first Snellville tournament hurt this team's playoff chances.

10. GCSU (4-7-1)- tied USC and beat GT, MTSU, KSU B, WCU. Someone has to win the Central conference, it's pretty much a coinflip between GCSU and USC. Hopefully they will play each other to decide it. They will be lucky to have the 3rd seed. Good young program completing it's 2nd year.

11. USC (4-6-2) - USC has played a tougher schedule than GCSU. They have vastly improved from last year, but I feel the fact that they made it to Regionals last year as maybe one of the weakest teams, will probably work against them this year and they will just miss out.

12.MTSU (3-8-1) lost to GCSU and beat GMU B, KSU B, and GT (forfeit). Tied USC.

13. GT (1-11) Beat WCU. Forfeited 4 games.

14. WCU (0-8) Miss Colosimo and more.

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Final Regional playoff Standings (based on last year's model)

1. Bethel (11-4-1) North Conference Champions
2. Miami (10-5-1) South Conference Champions
3. Georgia College State University (currently 4-7-1) Central Conference Champion
4. ECU (11-5)
5. JMU (9-6-1)
6. FGCU (9-7)
7. Virginia Tech (7-7-2)
8. Florida (7-9)
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Outside looking in Florida State (6-9-2)
Possibly switch South Carolina (4-6_2) for GCSU (4-7-1)

Ironically, this format which Miami was vocal about saying hurt them last year, probably helps them this year.
Leaving the pools:
Pool A_____________Pool B
1. Bethel__________2. Miami
4. ECU ___________3. GCSU
6. FGCU __________5. JMU
8. Florida_________7. Virginia Tech

[ilovecollege]

i hope my team ends up in pool b. hahaha.

[BEEZERAL]

Here's my rankings for the top teams in D2 in the SECRHL.

Ok here are my SECRHL D2 rankings

1. Bethel (7-4-1) - Has one of the best D2 goalies in MacPherson and three of the top forwards in Foote & Cole Stonstelie & Chris Roberts. FGC beat them with Mangold in net. Bethel has played a tough schedule so they should be ready for what it's like at Regionals when you have to play 4 tough games in a row. Beat GMU, NC State (without #12 Beason), and Miami (after Miami had a 4-0 lead) Should beat up on teams in Colombia to finish 11-4-1 and first place overall.

2. ECU (8-4) - Could beat Bethel. Has played a tough schedule, but they have a tendency to take too many penalties. Have to guard against a bad game 3rd game in one day like against Pitt where they simply didn't skate. Will Likely go no worse than 3-1 in Chantilly playing Binghampton & Shippensburg and 2 others to finish 11-5.

3. Miami (3-4-1) - Has played a tough schedule but similiar to Bethel and ECU. Should run the table in Lake Worth, and go 3-1 in Ft. Meyers losing to UCF but beating D1 Sam Houton State U, who will find out how bad the SCHL is when they get swept by Tampa, beaten by Miami, and UCF. (10-5-1)

4. FGCU (5-3) - Very good speedy young team, but lost to ECU and Miami, and beat Bethel by 1 without MacPherson in net. I think they are the 4th elite team in D2. Probably finish 4-4 to finish 9-7. Big games against Florida, FSU, USF, and UCF B (x2).

-Significant drop in talent here

5. Florida (5-3)- Haven't seen them, and I know USF will point out that they beat KSU D1 and Florida didn't, but if you look at other common opponents GCSU, KSU B, USC, Florida did better. Has a really tough schedule coming up. Could realistically go 2-6 by winning their next 2 games and lose their next 6 to finish 7-9.

6. JMU (5-2-1) - Only meaningful games were a blowout loss to ECU, Beat FSU by 4, VT by 3, and USC by 1. Should be the 2nd best team in Colombia other than Bethel. Might see tough teams in Chantilly VA in ECU, Binghampton, Shippensburg. will probably go 4-4 or better to finish the year out to finish 9-6-1. This is an above average team that benefits from a weak schedule and weak Colombia competition.

7. Virginia Tech (3-3-2)- Tied Florida State, but lost to JMU. Beat GCSU, GT, WCU... ho hum. Got beat by Miami 9-1 but kept the score close with GMU in a in state rivalry game 5-3. Will attend weaker Colombia weekend and tough Chantilly weekend. will probably finish 4-4 to finish 7-7-2.

8. Florida State- (3-3-2) Were smart to come up North in Apex, NC and avoid the Florida teams. Realistically this team goes 0-4 in Ft. Meyers vs Miami, FGCU, Florida, & UCF B. Team is probably 3rd or 4th best in Colombia, behind Bethel, JMU, and maybe VT. Optimistically could go 3-6 to finish 6-9-2. Needs some upsest in Ft. Meyers.

9. USF (4-3-1) - Haven't seen them, but they beat Beat FGCU, tied Kennesaw D1, but has lost to USC, KSU B. Has probably the hardest remaining schedule with Miami (x2), UCF B (x2), FGCU, Florida, UCF D1, Tampa. Could go 1-7 to finish 5-10-1 and miss regionals. Needs to steal a couple games including that Florida game to finish in the top 8 including the Central Conference Champ. Loss to USC as well as missing the first Snellville tournament hurt this team's playoff chances.

10. GCSU (4-7-1)- tied USC and beat GT, MTSU, KSU B, WCU. Someone has to win the Central conference, it's pretty much a coinflip between GCSU and USC. Hopefully they will play each other to decide it. They will be lucky to have the 3rd seed. Good young program completing it's 2nd year.

11. USC (4-6-2) - USC has played a tougher schedule than GCSU. They have vastly improved from last year, but I feel the fact that they made it to Regionals last year as maybe one of the weakest teams, will probably work against them this year and they will just miss out.

12.MTSU (3-8-1) lost to GCSU and beat GMU B, KSU B, and GT (forfeit). Tied USC.

13. GT (1-11) Beat WCU. Forfeited 4 games.

14. WCU (0-8) Miss Colosimo and more.

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Final Regional playoff Standings (based on last year's model)

1. Bethel (11-4-1) North Conference Champions
2. Miami (10-5-1) South Conference Champions
3. Georgia College State University (currently 4-7-1) Central Conference Champion
4. ECU (11-5)
5. JMU (9-6-1)
6. FGCU (9-7)
7. Virginia Tech (7-7-2)
8. Florida (7-9)
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Outside looking in Florida State (6-9-2)
Possibly switch South Carolina (4-6_2) for GCSU (4-7-1)

Ironically, this format which Miami was vocal about saying hurt them last year, probably helps them this year.
Leaving the pools:
Pool A_____________Pool B
1. Bethel__________2. Miami
4. ECU ___________3. GCSU
6. FGCU __________5. JMU
8. Florida_________7. Virginia Tech

It really does bother me that USC or GCSU will get in over a more deserving team like USF. And Mason you are right. The regional format did screw us last year. The fact that we played terrible that weekend nullifies the poor schedule in my opinion. we didnt deserve a bid to nationals and that is a fact.

If the seeds play out like this then if I were Bether, ECU, or FGCU, I would be pissed. any of those teams could go 1-2 in round robin play and end up the 6 or 7 seed while JMU goes 2-1 and ends up the 2 or 3 seed going into the single elimination round

[ilovecollege]

it becomes the group of death like in the world cup.

[MasonHockey]

Ironically, this format which Miami was vocal about saying hurt them last year, probably helps them this year.
Leaving the pools:
Pool A_____________Pool B
1. Bethel__________2. Miami
4. ECU ___________3. GCSU
6. FGCU __________5. JMU
8. Florida_________7. Virginia Tech
It really does bother me that USC or GCSU will get in over a more deserving team like USF. And Mason you are right. The regional format did screw us last year. The fact that we played terrible that weekend nullifies the poor schedule in my opinion. we didnt deserve a bid to nationals and that is a fact.

If the seeds play out like this then if I were Bether, ECU, or FGCU, I would be pissed. any of those teams could go 1-2 in round robin play and end up the 6 or 7 seed while JMU goes 2-1 and ends up the 2 or 3 seed going into the single elimination round


Actually it might not be "that bad" as I believe A1 played B4, A2 played B3, A3 played B2, and A4 played B1

In that case almost all A teams would advance except who ever finished 4th would probably lose to Miami.
A1 Bethel would beat B4 GCSU / SCU
A2 ECU would beat B3 Virginia Tech
A3 FGCU would beat B2 JMU
A4 Florida loses to B1 Miami

At that point it would be Bethel vs. FGCU and ECU vs. Miami in the Final 4.

Lots of assumptions here but the "group of death" might be more interesting in that ECU, Bethel, and FGCU would get more familiar with one another before the Final 4. Could be really interesting.

[RichardGraham]

Speaking of Bethel:

http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20110201/SPORTS/102010310/Laying-the-foundation-

[CCUHockey]

Very interesting second half of season to go. We wish all teams the best of luck and hate we cant compete for a title. see ya next year.

[BEEZERAL]

Very interesting second half of season to go. We wish all teams the best of luck and hate we cant compete for a title. see ya next year.


curious why did you guys sign up as an affiliate. especially since you are planning on playing DI next year

[CCUHockey]

Money. We did not get alot of help from school since we are a first year club. As far as D1 goes speaking with JR it looks like alot of teams are going to be moved up to D1. Us, Bethel, ECU, Miami, FGCU. Should be a good year and some real competitive hockey.

[MasonHockey]

Good to see more D1 programs coming in. Pretty boring playing 4 other teams. D2 is really going to have like no talent.
Florida, James Madison Univ., Florida State U., USF and Virginia Tech will get pretty bored down there.
Might want to make sure you guys take part in the inter-regional at The Box in Chantilly, VA to play some tough ECRHA D2 teams.

[ilovecollege]

i think d2 will be really competitive next year due to the fact that there won't be any powerhouses. that'll make for an interesting year. the only problem is whoever makes it to nationals will get killed. it will be a real poor showing from the secrhl.

[BEEZRAL]

UCF B team is going to go undefeated for the rest of the year

[BEEZERAL]

UCF B team is going to go undefeated for the rest of the year

not sure if I should be flattered or be offended. I guess I will decide after next weekend

[CSteamer]

lol...some guy just called Miami, ECU, Bethel, and GMU "elite" D2 teams.

Also, USC beat USF, so what makes them more deserving?

[GMU18]

I wouldn't agree nationals will be a poor showing for the SECRHL in D1. Both Tampa, and Mason represented the SECRHL well in the ECRHA tournaments, going 2-0-2 and 2-1-1 repectively. Other than Lindenwood, I'd say the teams representing the SECRHL will be competitive against all the teams they meet at nationals.

[hockeykid12]

your playing ecrha in 2 weeks right mason?

[ilovecollege]

I wouldn't agree nationals will be a poor showing for the SECRHL in D1. Both Tampa, and Mason represented the SECRHL well in the ECRHA tournaments, going 2-0-2 and 2-1-1 repectively. Other than Lindenwood, I'd say the teams representing the SECRHL will be competitive against all the teams they meet at nationals.

i wasn't talking about d1. i was talking about if they moved coastal, miami, bethel, ecu, fgcu up to d1. then who would represent form d2?

[ilovecollege]

lol...some guy just called Miami, ECU, Bethel, and GMU "elite" D2 teams.

Also, USC beat USF, so what makes them more deserving?

gotta agree with him on that. i realize that usc played a depleted usf team but a win is a win. usc was also missing their top 2 scorers and a defenseman. show up with your whole team if you want to make regionals.

[FAUplayer]

USF would be a lot better if their goalie didnt play out! Regan has been best goalie in SECRHL the past three years (probably top 5 at least in country). Sucks having 5 skaters and two goalies, so he gets stuck with skating out.

[ECUHockey]

How did Miami and FGCU end up this weekend? They don't like to update the website.

Also, is Florida any good? Havent seen them play.

[Missionhockey12]

ECU.. I apologize for not updating the scores. The internet in my dorm wouldn't let me update ANY stats so I had to run over to the library. I put almost all of Saturdays scores up and will get Sundays finished tomorrow. Here are the scores that haven't been put up due to internet problems....

11pm Sat Miami (11) vs Sam Houston State (2)

7am Sun UF (4) vs FGCU(4)
8am Sun UM (4) vs USF(3)
9am Sun UCF (5) vs UT(4)
10am Sun UCF B (2) vs UF (5)
11am Sun UM (12) vs FSU (1)
12pm Sun USF(3) vs UCF(2)
1pm Sun UT (12) vs FGCU (1)

Again sorry for the delay.

-Jeff Kotcher
UT #12

[ECUHockey]

Kotcher, no need to apologize...I appreciate the update

-Chris

[GMU18]

Yup, we play ecrha in 2 weeks, looking foward to the games.

[MasonHockey]

Here is the update now that Ft Meyers is completed and SC schedule has been released
I'm interested in thoughts about Florida, FGCU, and USF considering I have only seen FGCU in their first game in snellville.

Assuming Jeff Kotcher is right about the results... (I can't believe USF beat UCF) Florida moves up, USF moves up, FGCU possibly misses playoffs?, Anybody know about tie-breakers?

11pm Sat Miami (11) vs Sam Houston State (2)

7am Sun UF (4) vs FGCU(4)
8am Sun UM (4) vs USF(3)
9am Sun UCF (5) vs UT(4)
10am Sun UCF B (2) vs UF (5)
11am Sun UM (12) vs FSU (1)
12pm Sun USF(3) vs UCF(2)
1pm Sun UT (12) vs FGCU (1)


Ok here are my SECRHL D2 rankings

1. Bethel (7-4-1) - Has one of the best D2 goalies in MacPherson and three of the top forwards in Foote & Cole Stonstelie & Chris Roberts. FGC beat them with Mangold in net. Bethel has played a tough schedule so they should be ready for what it's like at Regionals when you have to play 4 tough games in a row. Beat GMU, NC State (without #12 Beason), and Miami (after Miami had a 4-0 lead) Should beat up on teams in Colombia to finish 11-4-1 and first place overall.

2. ECU (8-4) - Could beat Bethel. Has played a tough schedule, but they have a tendency to take too many penalties. Have to guard against a bad game 3rd game in one day like against Pitt where they simply didn't skate. Will Likely go no worse than 3-1 in Chantilly playing Binghampton & Shippensburg and 2 others to finish 11-5.

3. Miami (6-5-1) - Has played a tough schedule but similiar to Bethel and ECU. Lake Worth should be interesting with 2 games against FGCU, 1 game vs Florida and UCF B. (10-5-1)

4. Florida (8-3-1)- Haven't seen them, and I know USF will point out that they beat KSU D1 and Florida didn't, but if you look at other common opponents GCSU, KSU B, USC, Florida did better. Has a really tough schedule coming up (Miami, Tampa(D1), UCF (D1), UCF (B). Could go 1-3 in Lake worth to finish 9-6-1.

5. FGCU (6-5-1) - loss to UCF B and USF hurt them. They have a huge 2 games against Miami coming up. Realistically could not make regionals if they get swept by Miami, beat by UCF, and USF pulls off another upset finishing 6-9-1. Odds are they finish 7-8-1 or better... Could miss playoffs if they can't finish higher than 7-7-2

6. JMU (5-2-1) - Only meaningful games were a blowout loss to ECU, Beat FSU by 4, VT by 3, and USC by 1. Should be the 2nd best team in Colombia other than Bethel. Might see tough teams in Chantilly VA in ECU, Binghampton, Shippensburg. will probably go 4-4 or better to finish the year out to finish 9-6-1. This is an above average team that benefits from a weak schedule and weak Colombia competition.

7. USF (6-5-1) - The two wins against UCF (B and D1) in Ft. Meyers probably propels them to regionals. Remaining schedule with UCF B (x2), FGCU, Tampa. Huge game against FGCU, but need to win both UCF B games to ensure playoffs.. UCF B could play spoiler for USF's playoff chances. USF Goes 2-2 to finish 8-7-1

8. Virginia Tech (3-3-2)- Tied Florida State, but lost to JMU. Beat GCSU, GT, WCU... ho hum. Got beat by Miami 9-1 but kept the score close with GMU in a in state rivalry game 5-3. Will attend weaker Colombia weekend (will go 3-1 with loss to Bethel) and tough Chantilly weekend. will probably finish 4-4 to finish 7-7-2.

9. Florida State- (3-7-2) are smart to keep playing up North in Apex, NC and SC and avoid the Florida teams. Went 0-4 in Ft. Meyers vs Miami, FGCU, Florida, & UCF B. FSU will run the table in SC against GCSU, SC, WCU, and GT. Should finish 7-7-2 unless it gets upset by South Carolina or GCSU. Could benefit from FGCU loses last week.

10. USC (4-6-2) - USC has played a tougher schedule than GCSU. Someone has to win the Central conference, will probably go 1-3 vs. VT (B), FSU, VT, Bethel. Which should just put them past GCSU at 5-9-2. Beating USF probably saved their season. Needs to avoid getting Upset by VT B.

11. GCSU (4-7-1)- tied USC and beat GT, MTSU, KSU B, WCU. Someone has to win the Central conference, Will probably go 1-3 vs JMU, VT, FSU, and JMU (B).. Finishing at 5-10-1. Realistically has to beat JMU B and hope VT B pulls off upset of USC.

12.MTSU (3-8-1) lost to GCSU and beat GMU B, KSU B, and GT (forfeit). Tied USC. Plays JMU, VT, Bethel, VT (B) in which in needs 2 wins and a tie just to tie USC. Not happening this year for them.

13. GT (1-11) Beat WCU. Forfeited 4 games. Plays FSU, WCU again, JMU B, VT B.

14. WCU (0-8) Miss Colosimo and more. plays JMU, FSU, GT, and JMU B. Could beat GMU B team in Chantilly if it gets the matchup.

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Final D2 Regional playoff Standings (based on last year's model) I'm unsure of tie-breakers between JMU & Florida and VT and FSU.

1. Bethel (11-4-1) North Conference Champions
2. Miami (10-5-1) South Conference Champions
3. South Carolina (currently 4-6-2) Central Conference Champion
4. ECU (11-5)
5. JMU (9-6-1) unsure of tie-breaker with Florida
5. Florida (9-6-1) unsure of tie-breaker with JMU
7. USF (8-7-1)
8. Virginia Tech (7-7-2) unsure of tie-breaker with FSU
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8. FSU (7-7-2) unsure of tie-breaker with VT
10. FGCU (7-8-1)


Possibly switch GCSU (4-7-1) for USC (4-6-2)

pools would be:
Pool A_____________Pool B
1. Bethel__________2. Miami
4. ECU ___________3. South Carolina
6. Florida / JMU____5. JMU /Florida
8. FSU / VT______ 7. USF

[D1hockey]

i watched a few of the games in fort meyers. UCF is pretty overrated. They shouldnt of beat miami. Miami has a new goalie that looks like he knows what he is doing. I think Miami an ECU will be in the regional finals. There is so much talent on that miami team they are all just hot heads and loose their tempers.
But in my eyes they are definitely the most talented d2 team in the secrhl. if they play their game i believe they have a shot at doing really well at nationals. They have a very deep team and now a goalie well see how the rest of the season goes. they have players that just know how to put the puck in the net.

[CSteamer]

i watched a few of the games in fort meyers. UCF is pretty overrated. They shouldnt of beat miami. Miami has a new goalie that looks like he knows what he is doing. I think Miami an ECU will be in the regional finals. There is so much talent on that miami team they are all just hot heads and loose their tempers.
But in my eyes they are definitely the most talented d2 team in the secrhl. if they play their game i believe they have a shot at doing really well at nationals. They have a very deep team and now a goalie well see how the rest of the season goes. they have players that just know how to put the puck in the net.

ucf beat miami by 6 goals

[BEEZERAL]

i watched a few of the games in fort meyers. UCF is pretty overrated. They shouldnt of beat miami. Miami has a new goalie that looks like he knows what he is doing. I think Miami an ECU will be in the regional finals. There is so much talent on that miami team they are all just hot heads and loose their tempers.
But in my eyes they are definitely the most talented d2 team in the secrhl. if they play their game i believe they have a shot at doing really well at nationals. They have a very deep team and now a goalie well see how the rest of the season goes. they have players that just know how to put the puck in the net.



good thing they got a new goalie. the other guy sucks..... :o

[ECUHockey]

Haha I KNEW that was coming. Why aren't you playing Beezeral? You graduate?

[BEEZERAL]

Haha I KNEW that was coming. Why aren't you playing Beezeral? You graduate?

I'm still with the team. Just have a 2nd goalie to split time with now

[ilovecollege]

is usf not playing for the rest of the year?

[MasonHockey]

is usf not playing for the rest of the year?
Good catch it doesn't look that way.... That's one way to eliminate yourself from Regionals. Just don't play 16 games.
Weird. Maybe they simply didn't have enough guys to finish or were planning on attending a inter-regional and never did.
Virginia Tech or/ and Florida State will make regionals now, with a possibility of FGCU missing regionals.

[ilovecollege]

MasonHockey....you think florida state will go 4-0 this tournament?

[MasonHockey]

MasonHockey....you think florida state will go 4-0 this tournament?

I think they will be the heavy favorite in every game. With Roller Hockey you never know sometimes guys don't make the trip (like NC State's #12 last tourney) or someone gets hurt. That said there is no way FSU loses to WCU or GT. USC or GCSU could upset them if FSU doesn't show up to play hard and stay out of the penalty box, but in the end FSU has more talent and I believe will go 4-0. I like the guys at USC and like the program GCSU is trying to build but FSU seems to have found a lot of players who have decent talent this year, after losing a bunch of seniors last year. USC and GCSU didn't add as much talent as FSU did. If you look at FSU's losses they are all against the top SECRHL D2 teams or D1 teams or UCF's B team which is legit. This weekend FSU plays the bottom of the SECRHL D2 teams and I think they should do well. My biggest concern if I was coaching the FSU team would be the Sat 8pm game vs. South Carolina, because it is FSU's 3rd game of the day but SC's 2nd of the day. If FSU is smart they might want to consider resting and benching some of their better players once they get up by a couple against WCU in their 2nd game of the day instead of trying to RUN UP THE SCORE and burning themselves out. That's my 2 cents... Could be interesting if FGCU misses playoffs and VT and FSU make it.

[ilovecollege]

i real wild weekend in columbia. a couple notes from the tournament:

-fsu got beat by gtech...no one saw that coming. fsu definitely had too much fun in 5 points the night before...if you catch my drift. also, i was not impressed by fsu. should have lost to usc.
-virginia tech proved that they were the next best team in the tourney besides bethel. they had a great game vs. bethel, and were able to finish off a pesty usc team in good fashion.
-word on the street is that the top 3 division winners WILL NOT be the 1,2,3 seeds in regionals. they will still get automatic bids to regionals, but the seeds for regionals will be given based on wins,loss,strength of schedule,etc. almost like a BCS for roller hockey. great idea.

[BEEZERAL]

i real wild weekend in columbia. a couple notes from the tournament:

-fsu got beat by gtech...no one saw that coming. fsu definitely had too much fun in 5 points the night before...if you catch my drift. also, i was not impressed by fsu. should have lost to usc.
-virginia tech proved that they were the next best team in the tourney besides bethel. they had a great game vs. bethel, and were able to finish off a pesty usc team in good fashion.
-word on the street is that the top 3 division winners WILL NOT be the 1,2,3 seeds in regionals. they will still get automatic bids to regionals, but the seeds for regionals will be given based on wins,loss,strength of schedule,etc. almost like a BCS for roller hockey. great idea.

Great news. I love that the league is finally being pro-active about the unbalanced schedule and division issues

[CSteamer]

i real wild weekend in columbia. a couple notes from the tournament:

-fsu got beat by gtech...no one saw that coming. fsu definitely had too much fun in 5 points the night before...if you catch my drift. also, i was not impressed by fsu. should have lost to usc.
-virginia tech proved that they were the next best team in the tourney besides bethel. they had a great game vs. bethel, and were able to finish off a pesty usc team in good fashion.
-word on the street is that the top 3 division winners WILL NOT be the 1,2,3 seeds in regionals. they will still get automatic bids to regionals, but the seeds for regionals will be given based on wins,loss,strength of schedule,etc. almost like a BCS for roller hockey. great idea.

Having too much fun in 5 points is a pretty easy thing to do.