Chris LerchWell, maybe I jinxed a few teams this week. In my 10/30 blog entry, I had Plattsburgh and Fredonia as teams off to good starts…and looked what happened. Platty goes 0-2 in Western New York and Fredonia loses on home ice in the regular season for the first time in two years – 26 games. … Read more
Tomorrow (November 6) USCHO will be publishing the first Division III poll of the 2006-2007 season. The preseason poll has been out for a few weeks, but now with the MIAC and NCHA fully underway, we’ve got enough games in to do a regular season poll. Look for a new poll every Monday (with a … Read more
Tomorrow (November 6) USCHO will be publishing the first Division III poll of the 2006-2007 season. The preseason poll has been out for a few weeks, but now with the MIAC and NCHA fully underway, we’ve got enough games in to do a regular season poll. Look for a new poll every Monday (with a … Read more
Ron Fogarty’s recent appointment as head coach at Adrian college is another in a growing list of former BG assistant coaches who have moved into D-III coaching jobs. Here’s the list I came up with – feel free to send me more if I left anyone off: Assistant Buddy Powers to RIT (1988) Player and … Read more
Ron Fogarty’s recent appointment as head coach at Adrian college is another in a growing list of former BG assistant coaches who have moved into D-III coaching jobs. Here’s the list I came up with – feel free to send me more if I left anyone off: Assistant Buddy Powers to RIT (1988) Player and … Read more
A couple of new programs have started up in the West, and the MCHA has snagged them. Concordia (WI) and Adrian College in Michigan have added D-III hockey and both will join the MCHA next season. That means seven D-III teams, which is the magic number to apply for an automatic bid to the NCAA … Read more
A couple of new programs have started up in the West, and the MCHA has snagged them. Concordia (WI) and Adrian College in Michigan have added D-III hockey and both will join the MCHA next season. That means seven D-III teams, which is the magic number to apply for an automatic bid to the NCAA … Read more
Westward, Pioneers The Sacred Heart Pioneers went West last weekend, venturing to Michigan to take on Wayne State and Michigan State. It was the first meeting ever between Sacred Heart and either of the two schools. Against Wayne State on Friday, the Pioneers trailed 1-0 midway through the third period before getting the equalizer from … Read more
This will be a regular thing – looking back on the weekend’s action. A couple of interesting scores and interesting turnarounds in weekend series: MSOE put up a shockingly crooked number on Lake Forest on Friday, bombing the Foresters 9-0, including a hat-trick from junior Blair Hanberg. But the next night, Lake Forest goalie Scott … Read more
This will be a regular thing – looking back on the weekend’s action. A couple of interesting scores and interesting turnarounds in weekend series: MSOE put up a shockingly crooked number on Lake Forest on Friday, bombing the Foresters 9-0, including a hat-trick from junior Blair Hanberg. But the next night, Lake Forest goalie Scott … Read more
At the Top To say that Army is off to a good start would be an understatement. The Black Knights are 3-0-1, their best opening in 30 years. Army’s sweep at Connecticut was its first road sweep against a conference opponent since 1988, when the Black Knights were still in the ECAC. “It feels good, … Read more
There were enough games this past weekend to consider the Division II/III season officially underway, although some teams won’t start practicing for two more weeks. But let’s look at what did transpire over the weekend: Cortland State is off to a 2-0 start after winning just four games all of last season. The SUNYAC Challenge … Read more
There were enough games this past weekend to consider the Division II/III season officially underway, although some teams won’t start practicing for two more weeks. But let’s look at what did transpire over the weekend: Cortland State is off to a 2-0 start after winning just four games all of last season. The SUNYAC Challenge … Read more
Can you feel it? The 2006-2007 Division III season is just days away. We’ve been making some improvements behind the scene at USCHO in the offseason in order to bring you unprecedented coverage this season. We’ve added two more writers to the fold: Matt Webb will be covering the NCHA and MCHA this season, and … Read more
Can you feel it? The 2006-2007 Division III season is just days away. We’ve been making some improvements behind the scene at USCHO in the offseason in order to bring you unprecedented coverage this season. We’ve added two more writers to the fold: Matt Webb will be covering the NCHA and MCHA this season, and … Read more
Welcome Back With the first two weeks of the season in the books, we’ve had just two conference tilts so far, featuring the majority of teams in non-league contests against teams from the “Big Four” conferences. Unfortunately, AHA teams are just 1-15-2 so far in nonconference games. One of the new kids on the block, … Read more
The Black Knights got off to a slow start last season at 0-7-1, but were able to get on track thanks to a sweep of archrival Air Force in November. After that, Army chalked up wins over the top teams in the league en route to a fifth-place finish, just a point out of fourth. … Read more
RIT had its ups and downs in its first season of Division I play, putting a scare into several top teams and knocking off St. Lawrence. Looking for the silver lining in a 6-22-2 season can be difficult, but Wayne Wilson’s squad was able to gain some solace in the fact that the Tigers, with … Read more
Youth was served at Bentley in 2005-06, as the Falcons’ crop of rookies matured throughout the season, culminating in Bentley’s first-ever appearance in the conference championship game. “We’re hopeful that the freshmen from last season will continue to improve,” said coach Ryan Soderquist. “Plus, I think we have some great new players.” Soderquist says that … Read more
Things are looking up in Storrs, Conn., as the Connecticut Huskies seem poised to make some noise in the conference. True, there were only 11 wins last season to go along with 23 losses and two ties, but UConn ended the season on a high note, upsetting Sacred Heart in the league quarterfinals before bowing … Read more