Hockey notes

The Season of Misery at LaSalle is almost over.

The Skating Cadets lost their home finale, 5-1, to Adirondack Wednesday night at Conway Arena. Individual stats are not available at press time, and the team's Twitter page has not been updated since last weekend, which says something about the state of morale on the Williams Road campus.

Even though the seeding meeting for the playoffs isn't until tomorrow, it's now just a mere formality, as three play-in games have already been announced for Saturday. LaSalle will get a 3rd game vs. Albany Academy, after the two teams of Cadets split the regular season series. Battle of The Cadets III will be at Academy, with a 7 pm face-off.

Meanwhile, the other play-in games will see Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake-Ballston Spa, a 2-1 loser to Saratoga on Wednesday, take on the "Niskerdam" Mohawks, while the Capital District Jets pay a visit to Shenendehowa.

Bethlehem won its 3rd straight Delvecchio Cup as regular season champs on Wednesday, blowing away Albany Academy, 8-0. Cadets coach Dave Rider used all three of his goaltenders, but it didn't matter who was in goal, as far as the Eagles were concerned. Justin Chenaille had a hat trick to lead Bethlehem.

If you go to the CDHSHL's site (www.section2hockey.com), you will see that "Guilderville"'s game vs. Beekmantown on Tuesday was not reported. Turns out the Storm closed the regular season with an overtime loss, 5-4, and will finish with an overall record of 11-8-1 (9-4-1 league), which makes them the #4 seed in the tournament. Queensbury, which actually finished fourth, plays in Division 2, and does not take part in the Section 2 tournament.

Predictions for Saturday:

Academy over LaSalle. The Season of Misery ends for Tim Flanigan's club, while Academy moves on to play #3 CBA.

Shen over Capital District. The Jets have improved this season, but not enough to get out of the second division in the league. Shen will have a 3rd go vs. county rival Saratoga.

Burnt Hills over "Niskerdam". The good news for the Spartan Scotties is that they've had a lot of improvement this year as well. Unfortunately, this game decides who gets fed to Bethlehem in the quarter-finals.

Queensbury, meanwhile, is idle until March 7, save for a scrimmage along the way, as they'll play the Section VII champ (Beekmantown, maybe?).

Section II quarter-finals will be Tuesday & Wednesday, with the semi-finals at Union College on February 29, and the finals on March 3, also at Union.