Picking the championship final

It’s here – the 2015 national title game. So who hoists the hardware at the end of Saturday night? Only one of our columnists will get bragging rights later this evening. Dan Hickling Trinity 5, Wisconsin-Stevens Point 4 The Bantams bring the championship back East for the first time in five years. Brian Lester Wisconsin-Stevens … Read more

Picking the championship final

It’s here – the 2015 national title game. So who hoists the hardware at the end of Saturday night? Only one of our columnists will get bragging rights later this evening. Dan Hickling Trinity 5, Wisconsin-Stevens Point 4 The Bantams bring the championship back East for the first time in five years. Brian Lester Wisconsin-Stevens … Read more

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Wisconsin-Stevens Point bounces Amherst from men’s D-III tourney with five-goal third

Amherst led Wisconsin-Stevens Point 2-1 after 20 minutes and after 40 minutes, but the Pointers exploded for five goals in the third period and advanced to the men’s Division III title game with a 6-2 win Friday night at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis. Alex Brooks and Lawrence Cornellier each posted a pair of goals and … Read more

Trinity heads up D-III men’s All-American picks

Players from 19 different schools make up the 2015 CCM Division II-III Men’s Hockey All-American selections. In addition, ten of the 31 players picked are playing for a D-III national title this weekend in Minneapolis. East First Team West First Team East Second Team West Second Team East Third Team

Tournament semifinals picks

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Who gets to the men’s Division III Frozen Four? Dan and Brian have ideas… Brian Lester Adrian (24-3-3) vs. Trinity (23-3-1): The Bulldogs and Bantams have never met on the ice. The Bulldogs have won 12 consecutive games and are the hottest team in the nation. They are in the final four for the first … Read more

Tournament semifinals picks

Who gets to the men’s Division III Frozen Four? Dan and Brian have ideas… Brian Lester Adrian (24-3-3) vs. Trinity (23-3-1): The Bulldogs and Bantams have never met on the ice. The Bulldogs have won 12 consecutive games and are the hottest team in the nation. They are in the final four for the first … Read more

Amherst’s Arena selected AHCA D-III Coach of the Year

Amherst coach Jack Arena has been named the winner of the Edward Jeremiah Award as the STX/AHCA Division III Men’s Coach of the Year. It is the second such honor for Arena, who also captured this award in 2012. Amherst enters this weekend’s NCAA Division III semifinals sporting an overall record of 24-4-2, facing a … Read more

Colgate junior Baun bolts school to sign with Chicago

Colgate junior forward Kyle Baun announced Thursday that he will forego his senior season and sign a free-agent, entry-level contract with the Chicago Blackhawks. The contract is for two years and he will report to the Blackhawks immediately. “First off, I would like to thank coach Don Vaughan, Mike Harder, Steve Chouinard and the entire … Read more

Michigan loses Copp one year early to Winnipeg

Michigan captain Andrew Copp will give up his senior season with the Wolverines after signing a three-year, two-way, entry level contract with the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday. The junior forward and Ann Arbor native will report directly to Winnipeg for the stretch run of the NHL season. A fourth-round selection (104th overall) by Winnipeg in … Read more

Men’s Division III championship on tap in Minneapolis

Adrian. Amherst. Trinity. Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Those four schools are all that remain in the men’s Division III tournament. Here is a team-by-team preview of what to expect this weekend in Minneapolis. ADRIAN Adrian and Wisconsin-Stevens Point have been two of the best teams in the nation all season, and this weekend, the two teams will … Read more

Babson goalie Murray parlays stellar season into 2015 Concannon Award

The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Thursday that Babson junior goaltender Jamie Murray is the winner of the 15th annual Joe Concannon Award, which recognizes New England’s best American-born hockey player in Divisions II and III. Murray led the Beavers to the ECAC East title game, where they lost 3-2 to top-ranked Norwich and … Read more

Mercyhurst’s Sisti among three finalists for Minnesota-Duluth women’s coaching vacancy

Minnesota-Duluth revealed Tuesday the three finalists for the Bulldogs’ head women’s hockey coach position – Harvard associate head coach Maura Crowell, UMD assistant Laura Schuler and Mercyhurst head coach Mike Sisti. Crowell has spent the past five years on the Harvard coaching staff, serving as an associate head coach this past season (when it placed … Read more

Nation’s top goal scorer Vesey is Harvard’s first Walter Brown winner since 2005

The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Tuesday that Harvard junior forward Jimmy Vesey is the winner of the 63rd Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England. Vesey finished first in the final balloting just ahead of Boston University freshman Jack Eichel. “Jimmy is a great player … Read more

Quarterfinal wrap – four teams advance

Adrian moved one step closer to a national championship Saturday night, holding off fourth-ranked Oswego State 5-4 in a thrilling quarterfinal showdown at the Arrington Ice Arena. The second-ranked Bulldogs are headed to the final four for the first time since 2011 when they finished as the national runner-up. Their next challenge is Trinity in … Read more

Quarterfinal wrap – four teams advance

Adrian moved one step closer to a national championship Saturday night, holding off fourth-ranked Oswego State 5-4 in a thrilling quarterfinal showdown at the Arrington Ice Arena. The second-ranked Bulldogs are headed to the final four for the first time since 2011 when they finished as the national runner-up. Their next challenge is Trinity in … Read more

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