UHL History
2004-2005
ACHA Selects Two UHL Teams for Nationals (February 2005)
In the final regional rankings, it was announced by the ACHA that two UHL teams were invited to the ACHA DII National Tournament, hosted by Oakland University. UHL teams Liberty University (#2) and IUP (#3) will be going to Rochester, MI to represent the Southeast Region and the UHL. This is the third straight Nationals appearance for IUP, and the second invitation for Liberty. Good job and good luck at Nationals!
Liberty Wins UHL championship! (February 2005)
In a very close championship game, Liberty University defeated IUP on the strength of two third-period breakaway goals. The
championship is the first for Liberty University in the UHL. Congratulations to Liberty and thank you to all players and teams
participating in the UHL this season.
UHL Playoff Schedule:
Fri. Feb. 25, 2005 8:00 pm Seed 4 (Pitt) vs. Seed 5 (NC State) - NC State 4-3
Sat. Feb. 26, 2005 6:30 pm Seed 1 (Liberty) vs. Low Seed (NC State) - Liberty 10-1
Sat. Feb. 26, 2005 9:00 pm Seed 2 (IUP) vs. Seed 3 (Maryland) - IUP 4-1
Sun. Feb. 27, 2005 3:00 pm Championship Game (IUP vs. Liberty) - Liberty 6-4
Note: All games will be held at the Airport Ice Arena.
UHL Standing (FINAL):
Team: Record: Points: GF GA
Liberty 9-0-1-0 19 82 19
IUP 8-1-1-0 17 58 15
Maryland 4-5-1-0 9 27 47
Pittsburgh 4-5-0-1 9 39 53
NC State 3-6-1-0 7 44 45
West Virginia 0-10-0 0 14 83
UHL Schedule:
Date: Teams: Winner:
10-01-04 West Virginia at IUP IUP (17-1)
10-02-04 West Virginia at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (10-6)
10-08-04 NC State at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (7-5)
10-09-04 NC State at IUP IUP (6-0)
10-15-04 Pittsburgh at Liberty Liberty (12-0)
10-16-04 Pittsburgh at Liberty Liberty (8-5)
10-29-04 West Virginia at Liberty Liberty (11-1)
10-30-04 West Virginia at Liberty Liberty (12-1)
11-05-04 Liberty at NC State Liberty (9-1)
11-06-04 Maryland at Liberty Liberty (11-3)
11-12-04 West Virginia at NC State NC State (16-5)
11-13-04 IUP at Pittsburgh IUP (5-2)
11-13-04 West Virginia at NC State NC State (13-0)
11-18-04 Liberty at IUP Tie (3-3)
11-20-04 Pittsburgh at Maryland Maryland (6-4)
12-03-04 NC State at Liberty Liberty (5-0)
12-03-04 West Virginia at Maryland Maryland (1-0) - forfeit
12-04-04 West Virginia at Maryland Maryland (1-0) - forfeit
01-07-05 NC State at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (4-1)
01-08-05 NC State at IUP IUP (5-1)
01-14-05 IUP at Maryland IUP (4-1)
01-15-05 IUP at Liberty Liberty (3-1)
01-28-05 Maryland at Pittsburgh Maryland (4-3) [OT]
01-29-05 Maryland at IUP IUP (10-1)
02-04-05 Liberty at Maryland Liberty (11-5)
02-12-05 Pittsburgh at IUP IUP (6-3)
02-18-05 NC State at Maryland Tie (4-4)
02-18-05 IUP at West Virginia IUP (1-0) - forfeit
02-19-05 NC State at Maryland NC State (3-1)
02-19-05 Pittsburgh at West Virginia Pittsburgh (1-0) - forfeit
West Virginia Removed from UHL (January 2005)
ACHA Division Two Commissioner Mike Radakovich recently ruled that West Virginia Division Two would be suspended from games and practices. This ruling
was in response to WVU D2's lack of compliance with ACHA policies, specifically those regarding academic verification for players and USA Hockey
insurance forms. Included as part of the suspension was the cancellation, by the ACHA, of all remaining WVU D2 games, including those with UHL members.
As a result of this ruling, the members of the University Hockey League have voted unanimously to terminate West Virginia's membership based on the
ACHA's ruling and more specifically for violation of UHL By-Laws II.A.1-2 and II.D. The termination is hereby rendered in accordance with UHL By-Laws
II.C.1-3.
Further, this suspension results in a slight change to the UHL playoffs. Seeds 4 and 5 will play on Fri. Feb. 25th at 8 pm. On Saturday, Seed 1 will
play the winner of Friday's game. Seeds 2 and 3 will play in the late game on Saturday.
UHL Playoff Schedule Announced (June 2004)
The 2005 UHL play-offs will be held at the Airport Ice Arena in Pittsburgh, PA. All games will be played according to ACHA
Division
II Rules with the exception of a modified overtime procedure. If any UHL play-off game is tied at the end of the regulation, then it
will be followed by one 5 minute sudden death 4 on 4 overtime period. If the game is still tied, then 20 minute 3 on 3 sudden death
overtime periods will be played until one team wins.
UHL Playoff Schedule:
Fri. Feb. 25, 2005 7:00 pm Seed 3 vs. Seed 6
Fri. Feb. 25, 2005 9:30 pm Seed 4 vs. Seed 5
Sat. Feb. 26, 2005 6:30 pm Seed 1 vs. Lowest Seed Remaining
Sat. Feb. 26, 2005 9:00 pm Seed 2 vs. Highest Seed Remaining
Sun. Feb. 27, 2005 3:00 pm Championship Game
North Carolina State joins the UHL (June 2004)
The UHL welcomes its newest member, the North Carolina State University
Wolfpack. NC State is a perennial power in the South,
usually finishing with a rank comparable to other UHL member teams, and
has had a long history of playing several of the UHL members. Last season
was no exception, as NC State finished #8 in the Southeast Region of
the ACHA and the team compiled an 18-8-2 overall record and a 3-1-1 record
agains UHL teams. NC State will begin play in the UHL in 2004-05.
2003-2004
ACHA Award Winners in the UHL (April 2004)
ACHA Division II Coach of the Year: Sam Kelly, IUP
ACHA 1st Team All American: Ryan Tocicki, Penn State
ACHA 2nd Team All Americans: Josh Hutchinson, IUP; Dan Koletsky, Penn State
Southeast Region Coach of the Year: Sam Kelly, IUP
Northeast Region Coach of the Year: Mo Stroemel
MVP Southeast Region: Josh Hutchinson, IUP
Northeast 1st Team All Region: Ryan Tocicki, Penn State
Northeast 2nd Team All Region: Dan Koletsky, Penn State
Southeast 1st Team All Region: Josh Hutchinson, IUP; Nick Spielman, IUP; Jason Milke, Maryland
Southeast 2nd Team All Region: Craig Halitsky, Pittsburgh; Jeff Smale, Liberty; Adam Curry, IUP
ACHA Division II All Academic Team: Kent Horner, Brandon Iskey, Dave Kowalek, Bob Mirzabeigi,
and Matt Ronan, Pittsburgh; Mike Dobos, IUP; Dave Jones, Jordan Katz, Chris Stoehr, Pat
McCullough, Ralph Stoehr, and Ryan Tocicki, Penn State
Three UHL Teams Invited to ACHA National Tournament (February 2004)
Congratulations to member teams Maryland, IUP, and Penn State, all of whom are going to the ACHA D2 National
Tournament in Laurel, MD. IUP, the #1 seed in the Southeast region, and Penn State, #3 in the Northeast, are going
for the second straight year. Maryland, the #4 seed by virtue of being the tournament host, is competing for its
first national title. Good luck to all UHL teams at nationals!
Penn State Wins UHL Championship (February 2004)
Congratulations to Penn State, who won the UHL championship in a hard fought victory over IUP 4-3! This is
their third UHL championship in the 6 year existence of the league. Thank you to all of the UHL teams and players for participating this season.
UHL Welcomes Liberty University into the League (September 2003)
Liberty University has joined the UHL for the 2003-04 season. Liberty finished the
2002-2003
season ranked fourth in the ACHA Division II Southeast Conference and put on a strong showing at the ACHA national tournament. Liberty University is the first UHL member from the state of Virginia.
Information from the 2002-03 season can be found in the UHL Archive.
UHL Standing (final):
Team: Record: Win %: GF GA
IUP 8-0-1 0.944 43 19
Penn State 8-2-0 0.800 59 25
Liberty 6-3-0 0.667 41 27
Maryland 3-6-1 0.350 29 38
Pittsburgh 2-7-1 0.250 23 40
West Virginia 0-9-1 0.050 16 65
UHL Schedule:
Date: Time: Teams: Winner:
09-27-2003 4:15 PM Pittsburgh at West Virginia Pittsburgh (5-2)
10-05-2003 4:00 PM Penn State at IUP IUP (5-2)
10-11-2003 10:15 PM Pittsburgh at Penn State Penn State (7-3)
10-17-2003 8:00 PM Maryland at Pittsburgh Tie [OT] (1-1)
10-17-2003 11:00 PM Penn State at Liberty Penn State (4-3)
10-18-2003 10:10 PM Maryland at West Virginia Maryland [forfeit] (1-0)
10-18-2003 11:00 PM Penn State at Liberty Penn State (7-3)
10-24-2003 8:00 PM Penn State vs. West Virginia (@ IUP) Penn State (7-2)
10-26-2003 2:00 PM Penn State vs. West Virginia (@ IUP) Penn State (13-0)
11-09-2003 4:00 PM Pittsburgh at IUP IUP (6-2)
11-14-2003 11:00 PM Maryland at Liberty Liberty (7-6)
11-21-2003 8:30 PM West Virginia at Maryland Maryland (5-3)
12-05-2003 8:30 PM Penn State at Maryland Penn State (4-1)
12-05-2003 9:00 PM Liberty at Pittsburgh Postponed (inclement weather)
12-06-2003 5:20 PM Penn State at Maryland Penn State (6-4)
12-06-2003 7:00 PM Liberty at Pittsburgh Postponed (inclement weather)
01-10-2004 8:40 PM IUP at Maryland IUP (4-3)
01-16-2004 11:00 PM WVU at Liberty Liberty (10-0)
01-17-2004 11:00 PM WVU at Liberty Liberty (9-2)
01-23-2004 9:00 PM Maryland at IUP IUP (4-1)
01-23-2004 9:00 PM West Virginia at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (7-0)
01-24-2004 8:00 PM IUP at Pittsburgh IUP (8-0)
01-25-2004 3:00 PM Liberty at Pittsburgh (4 pt game) Liberty (5-2)
01-30-2004 11:00 PM IUP at Liberty IUP (4-1)
01-31-2004 11:00 PM IUP at Liberty ** cancelled due to a scheduling problem **
02-06-2004 8:30 PM Pittsburgh at Maryland Maryland (5-3)
02-07-2004 5:20 PM Liberty at Maryland Liberty [OT] (3-2)
02-13-2004 9:00 PM Penn State at IUP IUP (4-3)
02-14-2004 2:00 PM IUP at West Virginia Tie (4-4)
02-14-2004 8:00 PM Penn State at Pittsburgh Penn State (6-0)
02-21-2004 5:00 PM West Virginia at IUP IUP (4-3)
UHL Playoff Schedule:
Hosted by Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Date: Time: Teams:
02-27-2004 6:00 PM Game 1: #6 West Virginia vs. #3 Liberty Liberty (12-4)
02-27-2004 8:30 PM Game 2: #5 Pittsburgh vs. #4 Maryland Maryland (8-7) [OT}
02-28-2004 4:00 PM Game 3: #1 IUP vs. Maryland IUP (3-0)
02-28-2004 6:30 PM Game 4: #2 Penn State vs. Liberty Penn State (4-3)
02-29-2004 4:00 PM Game 5: Championship Game: PSU vs. IUP Penn State (4-3)
UHL Playoff Format:
All games will be played according to ACHA Division II and NCAA Rules. Games tied at the end of
regulation will continue with 20 minute sudden death overtime periods until a goal is scored.
2002-2003
Congratulations to member teams IUP and PSU who both earned a trip to the ACHA DII National Tournament! IUP won the #3 seed in the South East Region, and Penn State won the #2 seed in the North East Region.
Further congratulations to IUP, who won the the 2003 UHL Championship, defeating Penn State 3-0.
UHL Schedule:
Date: Time: Teams: Winner:
10-11-2002 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at IUP IUP 5-4 (OT)
10-12-2002 3:15 p.m. Pittsburgh at Penn State Penn State 4-0
10-18-2002 8:00 p.m. Penn State at Pittsburgh Penn State 10-1
10-19-2002 8:30 p.m. West Virginia at Maryland Maryland 8-2
11-01-2002 8:00 p.m. Penn State at IUP Penn State 3-0
11-16-2002 8:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Maryland Tie 0-0 (OT)
11-23-2002 8:00 p.m. West Virginia at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 6-3
12-06-2002 9:45 p.m. Penn State at West Virginia Penn State 7-2
1-10-2003 9:45 p.m. IUP at West Virginia IUP 6-4
1-11-2003 8:30 p.m. IUP at Maryland IUP 5-2
1-17-2003 8:00 p.m. IUP at Pittsburgh IUP 7-5
1-24-2003 8:30 p.m. Penn State at Maryland Penn State 4-1
1-25-2003 8:30 p.m. Penn State at Maryland Penn State 6-2
2-01-2003 8:00 p.m. Maryland at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 5-1
2-02-2003 4:00 p.m. Maryland at IUP Tie 3-3 (OT)
2-07-2003 8:30 p.m. Penn State at IUP IUP 3-2
2-21-2003 8:00 p.m. Play-offs Game 1: #4 seed (Maryland) vs. #5 seed (WVU)
2-22-2003 6:00 p.m. Play-offs Game 2: #1 seed (Penn State) vs. winner game 1
2-22-2003 8:30 p.m. Play-offs Game 3: #2 seed (IUP) vs. #3 seed (Pittsburgh)
2-23-2003 1:30 p.m. UHL Championship Game
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Final Standings (as of 2-07-03):
Team: Record: Winning Percentage:
Penn State 6-1-0 .857 (clinched #1 seed)
IUP 5-1-1 .786 (clinched #2 seed)
Pittsburgh 2-4-1 .357 (clinched #3 seed)
Maryland 1-4-2 .333 (clinched #4 seed)
West Virginia 0-4-0 .000 (clinched #5 seed)
Playoff Results:
UHL Playoffs
2/21 Maryland (#4) 4, West Virginia (#5) 2
2/22 Penn State (#1) 7, Maryland (#4) 2
2/22 IUP (#2) 4, Pittsburgh (#3) 1
UHL Championship Game
2/23 IUP (#2) 3, Penn State (#1) 0
UHL Tournament Team
1st Team
Goalie Scott Pulkowski, IUP
Forward E.J. Greco, IUP
Forward Pat McCullough, Penn State
Forward Ryan Tocicki, Penn State
Defense Dan McVicker, IUP
Defense Nick Spielman, IUP
2nd Team
Goalie Chris Garman, Pitt
Goalie Brian Gratz, Penn State
Forward Frank Busch, IUP
Forward Kent Horner, Pitt
Forward Brad Watts, Maryland
Defense Jordan Katz, Penn State
Defense Jake Richter, Pitt
Due to scheduling conflicts, West Virginia will play only one league
game against each opposing UHL team. The standings will be based on
winning percentage, followed by head to head play.
UHL Play-offs:
The 2003 UHL play-offs were held at the Airport Ice Arena in
Pittsburgh, PA.
UHL Play-off Format:
All games were played according to ACHA Division II Rules with the
exception of a modified overtime procedure. If any UHL play-off game is
tied at the end of the regulation, then it will be followed by one 5
minute sudden death 4 on 4 overtime period. If the game is still tied,
then 20 minute 3 on 3 sudden death overtime periods will be played until
one team wins.
For further information about the UHL, please contact Andy Mecs.
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