Parting Schotts

Thursday, May 2, 2013

RPI hockey forward Jordan Smelker has been invited to try out for the 2014 U.S. women's Olympic hockey team, it was announced Thursday by RPI. The tryout camp will take place June 16-23 in Lake Placid. Smelker, who is finishing her junior year, led RPI in scoring with 10 goals ...

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

It’s time for my sixth annual NHL Stanley Cup playoff predictions. I’m going to keep doing this until I get it right. The last five years, I have failed to correctly pick the winner of the Stanley Cup. It’s been downright frustrating. With this season being a shortened one thanks ...

Monday, April 29, 2013

New Hampshire released its 2013-14 hockey schedule Monday, and Union will be making a trip to Durham, N.H., for a two-game series Jan. 17-18. The Dutchmen last played there Oct. 28, 2011, and dropped a 2-1 overtime decision. UPDATE: On the the Lake Superior State hockey website, it has a ...

Monday, April 29, 2013

NBC Sports Group will begin its 14 1/2 hours of Kentucky Derby coverage at 4 p.m. Wednesday on NBC Sports Network with "Kentucky Derby Classics" on Mine That Bird. That will be followed by the Kentucky Derby draw at 5 p.m. Thursday on NBCSN, "Kentucky Derby Classics" features Animal Kingdom ...

Sunday, April 28, 2013

The 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs will get underway Tuesday night with the conference quarterfinals. New York Islanders fans will have to wait until Wednesday for their series against the Pittsburgh Penguins to start, while the New York Rangers-Washington Capitals series gets underway Thursday. Here is the schedule, with where to ...

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Very sad news from the world of college hockey. Longtime Yale coach Tim Taylor passed away Saturday after battling cancer. He was 71 years old. Taylor coached Yale from 1976 to 2006 and compiled a 337-433-55 record. He was a two-time winner of the ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year ...

Friday, April 26, 2013

First-round coverage of the 2013 NFL draft Thursday night on ESPN and NFL Network drew a combined total viewership of 20.0 million viewers, according to The Nielsen Company on Friday. The combined ESPN/NFLN average of 7.7 million viewers: nearly doubled the viewership of the next most-watched show of the day ...

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Time Warner Cable SportsChannel will air 12 Major League Lacrosse games in New York state this season, it was announced Thursday. The schedule begins Saturday with Rochester hosting Chesapeake.

Day Date Visitor Home Time

Saturday 4/27/13 Chesapeake Rochester 7:30 p.m. Saturday 5/4/13 Hamilton Boston 7 p.m. Saturday 5/11/13 Rochester Charlotte ...

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Incoming RPI defenseman Parker Reno is ranked 140th among North American skaters in the final NHL Central Scouting rankings, which was announced Wednesday. Reno is a 6-foot-1, 193-pounder who plays for Edina (Minn.) High School. He had two goals and 22 assists in 31 games this season. In 2011-12, Reno ...

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Union hockey 2014 recruit Michael Pontarelli has been named a finalist for the Canadian Junior Hockey League Top Forward Award, it was announced Tuesday. Pontarelli, who plays for the Cornwall Colts, led the Central Canadian Hockey League in scoring with 52 goals and 55 assists in 53 games. He was ...