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...longtime sponsorship of hockey, the creation of the women’s WCHA two years ago, and the recent Hockey East announcement, women’s college hockey now has three established leagues set for the future. Among the four longstanding men’s leagues, only the CCHA, which includes most of the Michigan schools, has not stepped up to sponsor women’s hockey. Ohio St., a member of the WCHA in women’s hockey, is the only CCHA school that has the sport...
...Mazzoleni came to Harvard after coaching the University of Miami-Ohio. In 1996-97, he was the CCHA's Coach of the Year for guiding the Redhawks to their second-ever NCAA appearance. His first head coaching job was at Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He took over a program that had just 14 wins in its previous four seasons and led the Pointers to three straight Division-III championships...
...perform at a higher level but has radically upgraded the quality of Harvard's recruiting. He has entrenched Harvard's dominance over the top prep school players, bringing it Tyler Kolarik, Robert Fried and Kenny Smith from that pipeline and has opened up other channels in Canada that the CCHA normally plucks...
...Only the CCHA has as many teams as the ECAC. Under the old system, with only 32 allowed games, the conference had only 10 slots open for non-conference games, since each team has to play each other twice for conference play. By contrast, Hockey East—home of NCAA Champion Boston College—has only nine teams and the WCHA—home of 2001 runner-up and 2000 NCAA champ North Dakota—has 10. This means that teams in the other conference can schedule more games against the elite from around the country, bolstering...
...Crimson could really benefit from this switch because Harvard Coach Mark Mazzoleni has already made great strides to improving the team’s schedule. Last year, Harvard faced the University of New Hampshire. This year, Mazzoleni cashed in his CCHA connections to set his team up for a one-game showdown at Michigan. Five more extra games could represent a major step forward in Harvard’s renaissance...