Matt MackinderWe are here — the penultimate weekend of the Division III women’s season. Down to eight teams and after this weekend, just four. Candace and Matt prognosticate the four NCAA tournament games, starting with one Friday night and three on Saturday. Friday, March 11 St. Thomas at Wisconsin-River Falls Candace: Chloe Kinsel is the difference. … Read more
We are here — the penultimate weekend of the Division III women’s season. Down to eight teams and after this weekend, just four. Candace and Matt prognosticate the four NCAA tournament games, starting with one Friday night and three on Saturday. Friday, March 11 St. Thomas at Wisconsin-River Falls Candace: Chloe Kinsel is the difference. … Read more
Two weekends left. Eight teams. Game on. The NCAA Division III women’s tournament gets underway this weekend as the top four teams in the country host quarterfinal matchups on home ice. In the lone game Friday night, No. 3 Wisconsin-River Falls hosts No. 7 St. Thomas at the Hunt Arena. The two teams tied the … Read more
Denver, North Dakota and St. Cloud State have two players each on the NCHC All-Conference First Team announced Wednesday. The conference also revealed the All-Conference Second Team and a team of All-Conference honorable mentions. 2015-16 NCHC First Team All-Conference 2015-16 NCHC Second Team All-Conference 2015-16 NCHC Honorable Mention All-Conference
Atlantic Hockey on Wednesday announced its three All-Conference Teams. 2015-16 Atlantic Hockey First Team All-Conference 2015-16 Atlantic Hockey Second Team All-Conference 2015-16 Atlantic Hockey Third Team All-Conference
New Hampshire sophomore forward Andrew Poturalski has signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes. “We are absolutely thrilled for Andrew,” said UNH coach Dick Umile in a statement. “He has been a tremendous player for us in the two years he has been here and we wish him nothing but the best.” Poturalski will report … Read more
The NCHC revealed Tuesday its 2015-16 All-Rookie Team, which consists of six players representing five different schools. St. Cloud State was the lone team to place two players on the squad. 2015-16 NCHC All-Rookie Team
The 11 men’s teams in the NCAA tournament were announced Monday morning. In the first round to be played March 12, Geneseo hosts Salve Regina, Williams hosts Salem State and Massachusetts-Boston travels to play defending champion Trinity. Five teams receive byes to the March 19 quarterfinals, where they are joined by the winners of three … Read more
The eight women’s teams in the women’s NCAA Division III tournament were announced Monday morning. Plattsburgh, Middlebury, Wisconsin-River Falls and Adrian will host quarterfinal matchups on home ice March 11-12. Plattsburgh hosts Amherst, Middlebury hosts Massachusetts-Boston, St. Thomas travels to Wisconsin-River Falls and Adrian will host Elmira this coming weekend. The semifinals and finals will … Read more
What a weekend it was in the East. All of the conference titles have been decided and just as the entire season has shown, don’t take anything for granted when it comes to the final outcome on the ice. While some favorites proved why they were just that, others saw their conference title aspirations dashed … Read more
What a weekend it was in the East. All of the conference titles have been decided and just as the entire season has shown, don’t take anything for granted when it comes to the final outcome on the ice. While some favorites proved why they were just that, others saw their conference title aspirations dashed … Read more
Seven conference champions have been crowned in Division III women’s circles. Suffice to say, several title games had their share of drama. Colonial Hockey Stevenson’s Jessie Capanelli’s power-play goal at 13:15 of double overtime lifted the Mustangs to a 2-1 win over Endicott Sunday afternoon. Lexi Klein opened the scoring for Endicott early in the … Read more
Seven conference champions have been crowned in Division III women’s circles. Suffice to say, several title games had their share of drama. Colonial Hockey Stevenson’s Jessie Capanelli’s power-play goal at 13:15 of double overtime lifted the Mustangs to a 2-1 win over Endicott Sunday afternoon. Lexi Klein opened the scoring for Endicott early in the … Read more
The eight women’s teams in the NCAA tournament have been revealed. The top four seeds – No. 1 Boston College, No. 2 Wisconsin, No. 3 Minnesota and No. 4 Quinnipiac – will host quarterfinal matchups on home ice March 11-12. BC hosts Northeastern, Wisconsin hosts Mercyhurst, Princeton travels to Minnesota and Quinnipiac will host Clarkson … Read more
HAMDEN, Conn. — Quinnipiac continued its streak of firsts in the 2015-16 season, taking the program’s first ECAC Hockey championship after defeating Clarkson 1-0 on Sunday afternoon. The only goal on the night would come off the stick of Quinnipiac’s Nicole Brown with less than two minutes to play in the opening period. Brown captured … Read more
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — For four out of five women’s Hockey East championship games in Boston College program history, history repeated itself, just as history can sometimes have a way of repeating itself over and over again. Until it doesn’t. The No. 1-ranked Eagles won their second Hockey East championship in program history, defeating Boston … Read more
Massachusetts announced on Sunday that head coach John Micheletto has been relieved of his duties after four seasons behind the bench. Micheletto compiled a record of 39-88-13 with a record of 8-24-4 in 2015-16 for the Minutemen. “On behalf of UMass Athletics, we thank John for his four years in Amherst,” Massachusetts director of athletics … Read more
The Big Ten announced Saturday that Minnesota sophomore forward Leon Bristedt has been suspended one game after a review of an incident that occurred near the 6:23 mark of the third period against Michigan State on March 4. No penalty was called on the play. Bristedt is ineligible to play tonight against Michigan State.
ECAC Hockey announced the recipients of the league’s annual postseason awards at its banquet Friday night as part of the 2016 ECAC Women’s Hockey Championship weekend held at Quinnipiac. The conference also released its three All-League Teams and All-Rookie Team. Quinnipiac’s Taylar Cianfarano earned both the league’s Best Forward and Player of the Year Awards. … Read more
The 2015-16 SUNYAC All-Rookie Team and Best Defensive Forward were announced Friday. These awards are not endorsed by the conference, but the selections are based on input from the league’s coaches. 2015-16 SUNYAC All-Rookie Team Plattsburgh senior Mike Radisa was named the Best Defensive Forward.