Matthew WebbIt took 40 minutes longer than expected, but when all was said and done, a Pier Oliver-Cotnoir goal with only 31 seconds to play in the second overtime proved the capstone of a record-shattering national championship game and handed Norwich University a 2-1 victory over St. Norbert in tonight’s national championship game. The title is … Read more
Behind some timely goaltending from senior Ryan Klingensmith, Norwich was able to withstand a late attack by Plattsburgh State and score the 3-2 victory in tonight’s national semifinal contest at Herb Brooks Arena. The Cadets move on to face St. Norbert in tomorrow’s national championship game. It will be Norwich’s first appearance in the national … Read more
Once again, St. Norbert is king of the West Region, as two first-period goals and a bend but don’t break defense late in the game propelled the Green Knights to a 3-1 NCAA quarterfinal victory over Gustavus Adolphus. The win advances the Green Knights to the national championships next weekend in Lake Placid, N.Y., where … Read more
St. Norbert (21-3-3 Overall, 14-2-2 in the NCHA) After a year hiatus, St. Norbert returns to the NCAA tournament for the 11th time in the past 14 seasons, and first since winning the 2008 national championship. The Green Knights rolled to the NCHA Peters Cup title with a pair of 7-1 playoff wins over UW-Stevens … Read more
With the NCHA playoffs ramping up this weekend and the MCHA pairings all set despite one week of regular season conference action to go, what is there to talk about this week? How about the fact the first public edition of the NCAA Regional Rankings was released this Monday? Here they are for the West … Read more
The dog days of winter are here and that means the end of the 2009-10 campaign is already looming on the horizon. Plenty of action remains to unfold, however, as MCHA and NCHA teams get one final chance to jockey for playoff position as both leagues wrap up their conference schedules this weekend. Aside from … Read more
The University of Wisconsin-Stout’s 3-2 victory over St. Olaf at the Xcel Center on Saturday (which we’ll have more on later) wrapped up the regular season action between the NCHA and the MIAC. With a 24-6-3 record over the MIAC this season the NCHA once again obliterated its western foes and has gone 66-21-5 against … Read more
This week’s USCHO.com Division III men’s poll dials up five NCHA and MCHA teams in the same manner it did a week ago, but some interesting results have shuffled the five around a bit. St. Norbert is still the top ranked team in the region, but the Green Knights dropped a spot into a No. … Read more
This week’s USCHO.com Division III men’s poll offered only minimal movement for NCHA and MCHA teams. The leagues still combine to feature five teams that are getting recognition. St. Norbert remains the highest ranked of the bunch as the Green Knights moved up a tick to third following a pair of road wins over MIAC … Read more
Any time two top teams play, a dogfight is expected. Such was the case tonight, as No. 5 St. Scholastica hit the road to take on No. 7 Hamline in a non-conference tilt. With both off to impressive starts in their respective seasons and both featuring very similar styles, most figured this one might go … Read more
Welcome back from what I hope was a happy holiday slumber, everyone. This season finally ramps back up this weekend as the NCHA squares off with the MIAC in a full set of crossover games, while a handful of MCHA teams are in action, most notably Adrian as the Bulldogs travel to Oswego to take … Read more
As these are our last columns of 2009, it’s time to take a look at the USCHO.com Division III men’s poll for the final time this calendar year. This week’s edition wasn’t overly surprising, though there was certainly some movement amongst NCHA and MCHA teams. After going 2-2 in its last four games, St. Norbert … Read more
Top ranked teams come and go throughout the season and with the parity in Division III these days a loss by one of them is usually not too much of a surprise. Yet considering the lack of East-West crossover play in the regular season it’s not too often the nation’s No. 1 team is knocked … Read more
The looming Thanksgiving holiday and resultant short work week means that the standard weekly columns are on hiatus this week. Just because that’s the case, however, doesn’t mean the hockey is going to stop as there will be a bountiful horn of on-ice action this weekend — all of the non-conference variety. Within the MCHA … Read more
The nightcap featured a little more offense than the earlier dogfight, but when all was said and done the host Saints pulled out the 4-3 overtime victory over visiting Salem State in the first ever meeting between programs. The feeling out process that is expected when two unknowns meet never materialized and jetlag was clearly … Read more
Lawrence head coach Mike Szkodzinski was an All-American goaltender during his playing days for St. Norbert. In that time he no doubt learned much of what he knows from Green Knights’ head coach Tim Coghlin. On this night, the teacher came out on top over the mentor, barely, as the Green Knights tallied two early … Read more
Another week brings another installment of the USCHO.com Division III men’s poll and in what is, as usual, no real shock, NCHA teams are all over the place. Five in all grace this week’s edition, and once again St. Norbert is most newsworthy. The Green Knights two game sweep over the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point … Read more
The first regular season installment of the USCHO.com Division III men’s poll was released on Monday, and at first glance it looks pretty much as expected. Five NCHA teams grace the top 15 and Adrian is hanging out roughly where it has for the better part of the past two years. The big mover was … Read more
On the strengths of a strong start and relentless pressure, Gustavus Adolphus withheld a late charge and downed the University of Wisconsin-River Falls 3-2 in a MIAC-NCHA non-conference matchup at Hunt Arena. The Golden Gusties jumped on the Falcons from the opening whistle but despite controlling play for the majority of the opening 10 minutes … Read more
Welcome back for what should no doubt be another chaotic season. Though many things changed from a season ago, the preseason USCHO.com Division III men’s poll is not one of them: it remains littered with NCHA teams, six in all. Defending Peters Cup champion Stout was the highest of the bunch and checked in at … Read more