Matt Mackinder
Wow, it is a SUPER SATURDAY! A total of 36 teams in 18 games showcasing great hockey across the Northeast and teams hoping that this is when they find their best hockey of the season. I am just like those teams when it comes to my season-long predictions. While I have not been great all … Read more
Wow, it is a SUPER SATURDAY! A total of 36 teams in 18 games showcasing great hockey across the Northeast and teams hoping that this is when they find their best hockey of the season. I am just like those teams when it comes to my season-long predictions. While I have not been great all … Read more
The USA Hockey Foundation announced Thursday the 10 finalists for the 2016 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The honor is awarded annually upon the top player in NCAA Division I women’s hockey and this year will be unveiled at a brunch ceremony at Wentworth By The Sea in New Castle, N.H., on Saturday, March 19, as … Read more
Andy Williams had it right when he sang, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” And while the holidays certainly are a joyful time, some can argue that hockey playoffs also fit that mold. In Division III circles, the women get underway this weekend, with some games starting as soon as Wednesday night. Here … Read more
The SUNYAC announced its top individual awards Wednesday, in addition to three All-Conference Teams. The conference’s player of the year is Geneseo junior forward Stephen Collins, who tallied nine goals and 21 points in 16 SUNYAC games in 2015-16. Geneseo’s Chris Schultz earned coach of the year honors after guiding the Knights to a 15-4-6 … Read more
The ECAC West named its year-end award-winners on Wednesday, in addition to two All-ECAC West Teams, a team of honorable mentions and the All-Rookie Team. Hobart took three of the four individual honors, as Mac Olson was named player of the year, Ben Gamache took home defensive player of the year honors and Mark Tyalor … Read more
The NCHA has announced that St. Norbert has captured two of its top three individual awards for the 2015-16 season. Green Knights’ senior forward Erik Cooper is the conference player of the year after posting 28 points in 25 games and Tim Coghlin is the top coach. Adrian’s Connor Armour was named freshman of the … Read more
The NCHC has issued a one-game suspension to North Dakota junior defenseman Troy Stecher, stemming from an illegal hit during UND’s game against Minnesota-Duluth on Feb. 20. Stecher was suspended after the review of a play in which a hit was delivered to the back of a Minnesota-Duluth player at the 20-minute of the third … Read more
The seven regular-season Division III women’s conference champions are now official, as the season wrapped up Saturday. Four conferences were already mathematically decided last week — Colonial Hockey (Stevenson), ECAC West (Plattsburgh), NEHC (Norwich) and WIAC (Wisconsin-River Falls). That left us with just the MIAC, NCHA and NESCAC this past weekend. Bethel wrapped up its … Read more
The seven regular-season Division III women’s conference champions are now official, as the season wrapped up Saturday. Four conferences were already mathematically decided last week — Colonial Hockey (Stevenson), ECAC West (Plattsburgh), NEHC (Norwich) and WIAC (Wisconsin-River Falls). That left us with just the MIAC, NCHA and NESCAC this past weekend. Bethel wrapped up its … Read more
Some of the Eastern conferences didn’t even wait for the playoffs to create some drama this past weekend. A first-year program took a giant step in winning the regular-season title and all of the seeded teams took care of business in the opening rounds of the playoffs in the NE-10 and NEHC tournaments. Needless to … Read more
Some of the Eastern conferences didn’t even wait for the playoffs to create some drama this past weekend. A first-year program took a giant step in winning the regular-season title and all of the seeded teams took care of business in the opening rounds of the playoffs in the NE-10 and NEHC tournaments. Needless to … Read more
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The Big Ten announced Saturday that Michigan State senior forward Matt DeBlouw has been suspended as a result of an incident that occurred against Wisconsin on Feb. 19. DeBlouw gets the suspension after the conference reviewed the incident that occurred near the 18:52 mark of the second period. No penalty was called on the play … Read more
Atlantic Hockey has suspended Army West Point senior forward Josh Roberts for one game. The suspension stems from a major penalty for contact to the head and a game misconduct Roberts was assessed in the third period of the Feb. 19 game against Mercyhurst. Roberts will be unable to play in the Black Knights’ game … Read more
HAMDEN, Conn. — Quinnipiac completed its weekend sweep, defeating Rensselaer 4-0 on Saturday, but the teams will face off again in the first round of the ECAC playoffs next Friday. Quinnipiac (26-2-5, 16-2-4 ECAC) will be the No. 1 overall seed, while RPI (10-15-7, 8-9-5 ECAC) sits as the eighth seed. Emotions were at a … Read more
CANTON, N.Y. — On senior day at Appleton Arena, St. Lawrence took a 3-0 victory from visiting Brown in the final game at Appleton for nine senior Saints and the final game of their career for three Brown seniors. Both coaches had nothing but praise for their seniors, especially Brown coach Bob Kenneally, who’s first … Read more
ORONO, Maine — “Just what you expected from two teams that struggle to score goals,” joked Merrimack coach Mark Dennehy after Friday night’s 6-4 Warrior victory. This was more in line with the defensive styles and the offensive troubles both teams have had this season. For 45 minutes anyway. The final few minutes Saturday were … Read more
BOSTON — Back on Nov. 27, Northeastern was 1-11-2, sitting at the bottom of Hockey East with nothing but disappointment to show for the first half of the season. Since then, the Huskies are 13-2-3 and have clinched the sixth seed in the conference tournament. And what a turnaround it has been. Behind two goals … Read more
Four conference championships have been decided so far; all others come down to the final weekend. For this weekend’s picks blog, Candace and Matt will predict what each conference’s last weekend of the regular season will yield in terms of regular-season champions. Colonial Hockey Candace: This is one of the conferences that is decided alrady. … Read more