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      <title>ECAC Announces Addition of More Than 200 Officials</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/information/news/200_New_Officials</link>
      <description>In the ECAC's ongoing efforts to annually recruit new officials and improve its officiating services for its member institutions, ECAC Commissioner Rudy Keeling is pleased to announce the addition of more than 200 new ECAC officials over the past year.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2010-09-02T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Kevin McGoff Wins ECAC's George Shiebler Award</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/news/2010-11/2010_Shiebler_Award</link>
      <description>Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Commissioner Rudy Keeling announced today that Kevin McGoff has been selected as the recipient of the 2010 George Shiebler Award presented by Rotasole. He will receive his award on Tuesday, September 28, at the ECAC Honors Banquet presented by Jostens. The luncheon will be held at The Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis, Massachusetts during the 2010 ECAC Fall Convention and Trade Show. The George L. Shiebler Award is presented annually to an ECAC official who has demonstrated dedication to his avocational activities. The award is named after George L. Shiebler, former ECAC commissioner, in honor of his leadership over the many years he was associated with Eastern collegiate athletics.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2010-08-19T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>ECAC Announces Fee Freeze for 2010-11</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/information/news/fee_freeze_10-11</link>
      <description>In the ECAC's ongoing efforts to annually contain officiating costs for our member institutions, ECAC Commissioner Rudy Keeling announced that officiating bureau fees will not increase in the 2010-11 athletic year and will remain the same as the fees paid during the current 2009-10 year. The ECAC also froze several other fees for the upcoming year.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/information/news/fee_freeze_10-11</guid>
      <dc:date>2010-02-22T05:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Basketball Official Certification Course Announced</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/certification_course</link>
      <description>Rockland, Mass. - Plymouth County District Board 54 IAABO will begin its 2009 pre-examination basketball rules clinic with an orientation session on Thursday, October 15th from 7:00-9:00 PM in the cafeteria of Rockland High School, 52 MacKinlay Way, Rockland, MA.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2009-09-24T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>ECAC Official Jim Burr Featured in Watertown Daily Times</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/information/news/jim_burr_article</link>
      <description>Legendary ECAC basketball official Jim Burr was recently profiled by his hometown paper - Watertown (N.Y.) Daily Times.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/information/news/jim_burr_article</guid>
      <dc:date>2009-08-31T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>ECAC Announces 2009 Ice Hockey Officiating Clinics</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/ice/2009-10/clinics</link>
      <description>The 2009 ECAC Ice Hockey Officials Clinics will be held at the ESL Sports Centre (Rochester, NY) on Saturday, September 12 and the College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Mass.) on Sunday, September 20.&#xD;
SCHEDULES NOW POSTED!</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2009-08-24T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Bill Ward and Dennis Redding Win ECAC's Shiebler Award</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/news/08-09/2009_shiebler_award</link>
      <description>Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Commissioner Rudy Keeling announced today that Dennis Redding and Bill Ward will be honored as co-recipients of the George L. Shiebler Award. They will receive their awards on Tuesday, October 6, at the ECAC Honors Luncheon presented by Jostens. The luncheon will be held at The Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis, Massachusetts during the 2009 ECAC Fall Convention and Trade Show.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2009-08-13T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>ECAC To Hold Ice Hockey Officiating Tryouts</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/ice/2009-10/open_tryouts</link>
      <description>Cape Cod, Mass. - For the fourth consecutive year the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) will be holding open tryouts for individuals interested in officiating intercollegiate men's and women's ice hockey.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2009-07-21T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>ECAC Announces New Officiating Coordinators in Basketball and Soccer</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/information/news/New_Officiating_Coordinators</link>
      <description>The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECACŪ) is pleased to announce the appointment of four new officiating coordinators, three in basketball and one in soccer. Larry Last and Steve Rossetti have been named ECAC Coordinators of Men's Basketball Officials in New England, while Jim Huetter has been named Coordinator of Men's and Women's Basketball Officiating in Upstate New York. Lou Minutoli has been named the ECAC Coordinator of Soccer Officiating in Metro New York.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/information/news/New_Officiating_Coordinators</guid>
      <dc:date>2009-06-25T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>ECAC Receives Division III Strategic Alliance Matching Grant</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/news/08-09/DIII_Strategic_Grant</link>
      <description>Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Commissioner Rudy Keeling is pleased to announce that the conference is one of six recipients of a Division III Strategic Alliance Matching Grant from the NCAA. The grant will be used to create a new position, Director of Division III Governance and Officiating.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2009-05-18T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>ECAC Announces Officiating Fee Freeze</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/information/news/Officiating_fee_freeze</link>
      <description>In the ECAC's ongoing efforts to annually contain officiating costs for our member institutions, ECAC Commissioner Rudy Keeling announced that officiating game/contest fees will not increase in the 2009-2010 athletic year and will remain the same as the fees paid during the current 2008-2009 year. In light of the projected budget cuts that every athletic department is facing, coupled with the protracted economic downturn for the foreseeable future, this is the ECAC's way of demonstrating our assistance and support to the institutions enrolled in our 12 officiating bureaus.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/information/news/Officiating_fee_freeze</guid>
      <dc:date>2009-03-18T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>2008 ECAC Football 7-Man Mechanics Manual Now Available</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/fball/2007-08/news/087manmanual1.pdf</link>
      <description>The 2008 ECAC Football 7-man Mechanics Manual is now available. Note: If this document is printed in black and white, use grayscale if possible.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/fball/2007-08/news/087manmanual1.pdf</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-08-14T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>ECAC Announces Dates for 2008 Division III Ice Hockey Officiating Clinics</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/ice/2008-09/clinics_announced</link>
      <description>Cape Cod, Mass. - The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) has announced the dates for its annual Division III Ice Hockey Officiating Clinics for current members of the ECAC Division III Ice Hockey Officiating Bureau.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/ice/2008-09/clinics_announced</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-07-31T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Changes For 2008-09 and 2009-10</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/ice/2008-09/rules_changes</link>
      <description>The NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Committee and Playing Rules Oversight Panel have announced the approved rules changes for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/ice/2008-09/rules_changes</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-07-10T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>ECAC To Hold Ice Hockey Officiating Tryouts</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/ice/2007-08/news/08_tryouts</link>
      <description>Cape Cod, Mass. - For the third consecutive year the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) will be holding open tryouts for individuals interested in officiating intercollegiate ice hockey.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/ice/2007-08/news/08_tryouts</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-05-21T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>ECAC Officials at NCAA Division III Women's Basketball National Championship Game</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/news/2007-08/officials_at_ncaa_champ</link>
      <description>HOLLAND, Mich. - ECAC basketball officials were well-represented at the 2008 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball National Championship game, as each member of the three-man crew is currently an ECAC official.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ecac.com/news/2007-08/officials_at_ncaa_champ</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-03-22T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Fulton Named ECAC Coordinator of Ice Hockey Officials</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/news/2007-08/fulton_announce</link>
      <description>The ECAC announced today that Jeffrey Fulton (Penfield, N.Y.), an ice hockey official with more than 30 years officiating experience, has been named an ECAC Coordinator of Ice Hockey Officials.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2007-07-23T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>ECAC to Sponsor Third Annual Softball Classic</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/sball/2007-08/news/sbclassic</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2007-06-28T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>2007-08 Men's and Women's Basketball Rules Changes</title>
      <link>http://www.ecac.com/officiating/mbkb/2007-08/ncaa_news/rules_changes</link>
      <description>The Men's and Women's Basketball Rules Committees and the Playing Rules Oversight Panel (PROP) have proposed new rules changes. Unless otherwise indicated, the rules changes will be implemented for the upcoming 2007-08 season.  To view these new rules, please read more.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2007-06-26T04:00:00Z</dc:date>
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