Tim Costello
When Hobart celebrated their first-ever national championship last spring head coach Mark Taylor noted they would love to be back this season with a chance to repeat especially for some key players that were unable to play last year due to injury. Those players are healthy and the challenge of the NEHC is right in … Read more
The UCHC was among the front runners in seeing changes for this season and even bigger ones for the 2024-25 season where the D-III hockey landscape will be dramatically different with the emergence of the MAC conference and the Little East conference. Misericordia will field its D-III hockey squad next season that enables the six … Read more
A young boy, a hockey mom’s encouraging words, a love of sport, a local rink and service to the community have all been woven together over time to create an entrepreneurial vision that is born of hockey but committed to so much more in the Washington D.C. area and beyond. Saint Anselm freshman forward Will … Read more
In a season where multiple injuries plagued the defending national champions from Adrian, senior Matus Spodniak stood tall as a reliable and productive player that helped the Bulldogs reach the national championship game for a second consecutive season. The senior from Slovakia produced thirty goals and twenty-eight assists for 58 points in leading Adrian through … Read more
The attainment of something elusive and something new were the hallmarks of the 2022-2023 season for Hobart College head coach Mark Taylor. Extending his team’s current streak to eight consecutive NCAA appearances, the Statesmen won their first national title with a thrilling 3-2 overtime win over Adrian to finish a 29-2-0 season that also included … Read more
Amazingly, two sometimes isn’t enough as it applies to movie franchises. The “Men In Black” series has completed three successful and linked storylines much like the intrepid Men In Blades (MIB) have done with their third consecutive nomination and earning finalist status for the Hockey Humanitarian Award. While the recognition is greatly appreciated and humbling, … Read more
In D-III where goaltending exceled this past season as well as in the NEHC conference where All-American caliber goaltenders are the competitive ante, Damon Beaver arrived as a first year at Hobart and all he did was backstop the Statesmen to their first ever national championship. Beaver played in 20 games and started 18 for … Read more
The just completed D-III season showcased an immensely competitive landscape across each of the regions and conferences with outstanding team performances and individual efforts. Across the board, the level of competitiveness was on display each and every week with a large number of continuous upsets and fluctuations weekly in the standings and national polls. The … Read more
It was a fitting end to the D-III season on Sunday night as the two best teams in the country battled evenly through sixty minutes of regulation hockey before ultimately deciding the national championship in overtime with Hobart’s Wil Crane scoring to lift the Statesmen to their first national championship. It was tough to see … Read more
It was the game everyone hoped for as two dynamic teams squared off for the national championship at Raymond J Bourque Arena on the campus of Endicott College. As expected, regulation time wasn’t enough as a spirited overtime session went back and forth until Wil Crane converted a blocked shot to the right of the … Read more
After a crazy 15 goal affair between Adrian and UNE and a chess match decided late in the third period between Hobart and Endicott, we are down to the final two teams that will battle for the national title on Sunday evening. For many, including this writer, we have the two best teams in the … Read more
What the first semifinal game between Adrian and UNE displayed in firepower and goals on the scoreboard, the second game between Hobart and Endicott owned in intensity and physicality with two strong and fast teams trying to impose their will on the opposition. Hobart emerged victorious on the strength of relentless pressure and superb goaltending … Read more
What a Friday slate of action that took place at Endicott College. Two very exciting games that had fans in the rink and everywhere going crazy with the exceptional play of four teams. No doubt the craziest game of the day and maybe in tournament history (certainly right up there with the historic St. Norbert … Read more
What the first semifinal game delivered in offensive volume, the second game delivered in a highly choreographed chess match between two very skilled teams that ended with a 3-1 win for Hobart in front of a raucous home Endicott fan base. Goals from Brenden Howell, Austin Mourar and an empty-net goal from Luke Aquaro were … Read more
In what truly may have been one of the craziest NCAA D-III tournament game, Adrian took an 8-7 overtime win over the University of New England on a power play goal by Alessio Luciani. The game saw five lead changes and dramatic swings that included an extra-attacker goal to send the game into extra time … Read more
With the Frozen Four upon us this weekend, the teams are certainly focused on the opportunity to win a national championship. The four teams bring different experiences to the table in their pursuit for the ultimate season prize and the bench bosses have a perspective that, in many ways, mirrors their team’s persona on the … Read more
More overtimes, more close games, and one more big upset were the hallmarks of the semifinal round. So, now there are just four teams remaining and it is Endicott as the No. 3 seed playing host next weekend in their very first NCAA Frozen Four appearance. That seems pretty special for the Gulls who will … Read more
The excitement continued into the quarterfinal round with two more overtime games and another major upset as the nation’s No. 1 team, Utica, was stunned in overtime by the University of New England for the second year in a row. Adrian also escaped with an overtime win over Wisconsin – Stevens Point while Hobart and … Read more
Last week saw some incredibly competitive and close hockey in each of the first-round games which included two overtime games and one very extended four overtime thriller. The top seeded teams awaited the outcome from last week’s action and are now preparing for quarterfinal action with the hope of garnering a spot in this year’s … Read more
What magic the first round and overall seeding of the NCAA tournament has created with yet another re-match in the quarterfinals that sees UNE again visiting the No. 1 seeded Utica team with a berth in the Frozen Four at stake. Last year the Nor’easters blew into town and came away with a stunning upset … Read more