Tim Costello
Many consider the NESCAC among the most competitive athletic conferences at the Division III level and certainly, no one can question the academic quality and integrity the 11-school conference represents to it thousands of students. So it should come as no surprise that many legacies and sibling combinations have appeared over the years competing both … Read more
For St. Anselm in 2014, the battle has been to find some level of consistency in the Hawks’ level of play not only from one weekend to the next, but from one night to the next. Case in point is this past weekend where some critical third-period mistakes accounted for a loss against ECAC East … Read more
One may look at the overall record at 7-7-6 and think that is about the true definition of a .500 hockey team. But a look a little deeper into the Skidmore schedule and results shows that 40 percent of their games played have gone to overtime. In those overtime games, the Thoroughbreds are 1-1-6. A … Read more
“It’s not about how you start – it’s about how you finish.” The above quote represents the mantra that is the focus and commitment Connecticut College has adopted forthe second half of the season and the Camels’ final regular-season games over the next four weekends. An 0-7-0 start, including a 6-0 shellacking by Manahattanville, was … Read more
The weeks are dwindling towards the end of the regular season and the battles for playoff position are intensifying everywhere. Some teams are getting hot at the right time of the year, but can they knock off the teams that have been playing well all year long? Here are some of the highlights from some … Read more
The weeks are dwindling towards the end of the regular season and the battles for playoff position are intensifying everywhere. Some teams are getting hot at the right time of the year, but can they knock off the teams that have been playing well all year long? Here are some of the highlights from some … Read more
With seven games remaining on the schedule, the University of New England has already surpassed its win total from last season and sits just three points out of fifth place in the conference following only their second-ever conference weekend sweep since their inception as a varsity program in the ECAC East conference for the 2009-10 … Read more
In the summer of 2012, then-new coach Blaise MacDonald arrived at Colby without the benefit of a recruiting class to call his own and started with a team that had seen the transition of three coaches in three seasons. The Mules had struggled with any kind of success, lacked depth and found ways to beat … Read more
You might think that a stretch of playing five games in eight days, including a “home” game at Frozen Fenway, might have a team a bit tired and looking for a little rest. Not the case for Williams, which enters this weekend’s nonconference matchups with Manhattanville and Plattsburgh excited to play more difficult opponents in … Read more
A quick look at the standings in the ECAC East finds a logjam in second place with three teams with 12 points in conference play. While Babson and Massachusetts-Boston might not surprise anyone being there at this point in the season behind conference-leading Norwich, New England College has put together a solid first half and … Read more
BOSTON — On a night when Babson honored members from its past ECAC and NCAA championship teams, it was Norwich that showed it could play a tight playoff style game and skated off with a hard-fought 1-0 win at Frozen Fenway. The game was dominated by great goaltending and a fast pace, but not much … Read more
Despite a 2-3-1 conference record in the first half and unfamiliar fifth-place seat in the NESCAC standings, Bowdoin coach Terry Meagher feels his team is ready to go and make some noise in the second half of the season. A quick look at the team statistics shows only seven players of 28 on the roster … Read more
Back in 2012 for their first appearance at Frozen Fenway, the Norwich Cadets and Babson Beavers were hockey teams going in very different directions. Norwich was on its way to another ECAC East crown and Frozen Four appearance, while the Beavers entered the contest sporting a 3-11-0 record and very much searching for their game. … Read more
‘Tis the season for joy and merriment and also a time for all good boys to make their wishes to the cherubic elf with hopes they will find stockings filled and presents under the tree. Certainly all of the coaches in the ECAC East have been good this year, so why shouldn’t they expect to … Read more
The skates are hung in the lockers with care with hopes the second half of the season soon will be there. And so with all due respect to Clement Moore and his classic Christmas poem, the NESCAC boys are off to papers, finals and home for the holidays after an always-late start to the season … Read more
While many teams have already shut it down for finals and the upcoming semester break, Massachusetts-Boston still has a game remaining on the schedule in the first half and want to continue to build success and confidence in closing out a solid opening 10 games. The Beacons’ current four-game winning streak has their coach seeing … Read more
The last weekend for many teams entering the semester break saw some great action and still a few more upsets. Here is a quick recap of some of the key conference action: ECAC East League-leading Norwich swept a pair of games at home over Skidmore and cross-state rival Castleton to maintain a slim lead in … Read more
The last weekend for many teams entering the semester break saw some great action and still a few more upsets. Here is a quick recap of some of the key conference action: ECAC East League-leading Norwich swept a pair of games at home over Skidmore and cross-state rival Castleton to maintain a slim lead in … Read more
The names are a bit different on the roster, experience may be not as deep in years past and the goaltender, until now has gone under the radar screen, but a quick look at the NESCAC standings finds Amherst sitting atop the league at 4-0-0 coming into their final weekend of play before finals, the … Read more
For years, this writer and coach Jeff Beaney at Southern Maine have had a running joke come season preview time. Beaney, tongue-in-cheek, always looks for the lowest predicted standing possible so he can build his team for success and over-achievement versus whatever the bottom end number looks like. This year, I had picked the Huskies … Read more