Dan Hickling
Four years and a shade more besides. That’s how long since it’s been since Plattsburgh had occupied the top spot in USCHO’s Division III Men’s Poll. Not that the Cardinals, perennial national championship contenders, hadn’t come close a few times since their last top ranking, the Oct. 26, 2009 preseason poll. But it wasn’t until … Read more
The box score from Sunday’s contest could have read, “Jake Mooney 3, Tufts 0,” but of course, it didn’t. Hockey wins are never the product of a one-man effort and Mooney would be the first to say so, the first guy to tell you that the pucks are going in for him mostly because of … Read more
Ice time is a precious commodity, even more so for a freshman trying to work his way into the lineup. Last Saturday, Neumann freshman Collin O’Neil certainly made the most of his shifts. A healthy scratch for four of the Knights’ first five tilts, O’Neil found himself in the lineup for Saturday’s conference clash with … Read more
What’s that old chestnut about half a loaf being better than nothing? You wouldn’t have known it by the reaction from either side of Friday’s 4-4 draw between Fredonia and Buffalo State. Judging by the respective reactions, neither side found the result to be particularly tasty, even though each came away with a precious SUNYAC … Read more
The question was as logical as it was simple. “What did you have for breakfast on Saturday, Stephen?” You’d have asked it, too, if you had seen the sort of unexpected offensive eruption that Cortland senior defenseman Stephen Nardi put out against visiting Morrisville. Known more as a body-banging defenseman who is adept at keeping … Read more
One draws motivation where ever it can be seized and for Adam Graff, it seems to be there for the taking at every turn. If not in an air-filled grab at a Frozen Four title, then perhaps in a stinging last-second loss. Or if not there, then in a chance to show an ECAC West … Read more
They weren’t mad and they aren’t trying to get even. Even so, the Mustangs of Morrisville brought burrs beneath their saddle blankets with them into the still-new 2013-14 season. No one likes to be pegged for last place in a pre-season poll and the ‘Stangs, who were consigned [with Cortland] for the cellar by the … Read more
The roster says that defenseman Jordan Ciccarello is a senior, that forward Tom Seravalli is a junior and that winger Ben Blasko is a wet-behind-the-ears freshman. Truth is, they, and the rest of their Nazareth mates, are sophomores. Well, the second-year program itself is a sophomore. A year ago, the Golden Flyers put both feet … Read more
Anyone hoping for an upset in Division III during the weekend just completed would have been in for a disappointment. True, Hobart ranked ninth, had to eke out a tie with Nazareth (a program barely into its second year of existence) before upending No. 5 Utica the next night on a last-second goal. And true, … Read more
Anyone hoping for an upset in Division III during the weekend just completed would have been in for a disappointment. True, Hobart ranked ninth, had to eke out a tie with Nazareth (a program barely into its second year of existence) before upending No. 5 Utica the next night on a last-second goal. And true, … Read more
Small, but strong. Such is how the six-team ECAC West is shaping up in the early moments of the 2013-14 campaign. Division III’s next-to-smallest conference (only the WIAC with its five teams is tinier) can be described as both cozy and feisty. “I think as coaches, we all believe day in and day out that … Read more
Optimism runs amok at the beginning of every hockey season, with each team insisting that its conference is wide-open and that a league title is there for the taking. This time, they mean it. Really. It’s been a while – four years, to be precise – since anyone other than Oswego has captured the SUNYAC … Read more
The 17-year-old freshman took part in the U.S. World Junior camp and the All-American Prospects Game before the season.
Here’s our look at some defensemen who’ll be counted on to play big this season.
The nine players from the new conference did their fraternizing in Lake Placid. Soon enough, the rivalries will renew. Dan Hickling reports.
Dennis “Red” Gendron’s vision for the Black Bears includes hanging some newly-won banners in the Alfond Arena rafters and producing alums who go on to NHL glory. Dan Hickling reports.
The new Connecticut leader spent the last 18 years working with college hockey’s all-time winningest coach. Dan Hickling reports.
Friday, March 15 Oswego vs. Norwich Neither team should experience any big stage jitters, since both are making their fourth consecutive Frozen Four appearance. That said, the hot hands, Andrew Hare in net and Paul Rodrigues with super-clutch goals, should decide this one, perhaps in OT. Oswego 2-1 Wisconsin-Eau Claire vs. Utica Frozen Four newbies, … Read more
Friday, March 15 Oswego vs. Norwich Neither team should experience any big stage jitters, since both are making their fourth consecutive Frozen Four appearance. That said, the hot hands, Andrew Hare in net and Paul Rodrigues with super-clutch goals, should decide this one, perhaps in OT. Oswego 2-1 Wisconsin-Eau Claire vs. Utica Frozen Four newbies, … Read more
You can’t really automatically pencil Oswego into an annual trip to the Division-III Frozen Four. It just seems that way. Four FroFour appearances in the last four years — including this one — is reason enough to think that. Stretch it to five FFs since 2007, all of them coming under coach Ed Gosek, if … Read more