Nicole Haase
The Norwich Cadets defeated St. Michael’s 8-0 Friday night, securing coach Mark Bolding’s 200th career win. He became just the seventh coach in D-III history to reach the milestone, but what makes it so much more impressive is that Bolding reached that mark just six games into his 10th season at the helm of the … Read more
There have been some adjustment and bumps in the road in the early part of this season for the Quinnipiac Bobcats, as they graduated what coach Cassie Turner called “six pivotal seniors.” But even with a few stumbles early on, the Bobcats are currently ranked eighth in the country and third in the ECAC as … Read more
No. 1 Plattsburgh suffered its first loss of the year, but No. 2 Wisconsin-River Falls also lost on a busy weekend of action. St. Michael’s and No. 6 Norwich (home-and-home) Norwich tallied a pair of 8-0 wins to sweep the weekend. Friday’s win gave coach Mark Bolding his 200th career win. He became just the … Read more
No. 1 Plattsburgh suffered its first loss of the year, but No. 2 Wisconsin-River Falls also lost on a busy weekend of action. St. Michael’s and No. 6 Norwich (home-and-home) Norwich tallied a pair of 8-0 wins to sweep the weekend. Friday’s win gave coach Mark Bolding his 200th career win. He became just the … Read more
We saw a couple of upsets this past weekend, as well as a fair share of ties. Cornell 3, at No. 8 Quinnipiac 3 Cornell jumped out to a 3-0 lead midway through the second period, but Quinnipiac responded and Kenzie Prate forced overtime with a third-period goal. No. 5 Colgate 2, at Princeton 7 … Read more
We saw a couple of upsets this past weekend, as well as a fair share of ties. Cornell 3, at No. 8 Quinnipiac 3 Cornell jumped out to a 3-0 lead midway through the second period, but Quinnipiac responded and Kenzie Prate forced overtime with a third-period goal. No. 5 Colgate 2, at Princeton 7 … Read more
I start my D-III picks off this weekend, hoping to get off to a good start with some intense games on the docket. Friday, Nov. 18 Saint Anselm at Castleton Saint Anselm is bunched atop the conference with six other teams and looking to keep pace. Castleton needs to get their offense in gear. Saint … Read more
I start my D-III picks off this weekend, hoping to get off to a good start with some intense games on the docket. Friday, Nov. 18 Saint Anselm at Castleton Saint Anselm is bunched atop the conference with six other teams and looking to keep pace. Castleton needs to get their offense in gear. Saint … Read more
I spoke with new Ohio State coach Nadine Muzerall for my Division I column this week and we covered a lot of ground, some of which didn’t make it into the final piece. I ended up leaving out any reference to specific players because the tone of the piece was about rebuilding the program and … Read more
I spoke with new Ohio State coach Nadine Muzerall for my Division I column this week and we covered a lot of ground, some of which didn’t make it into the final piece. I ended up leaving out any reference to specific players because the tone of the piece was about rebuilding the program and … Read more
In recent years, any discussions about women’s Division III hockey start and end with Plattsburgh. The Cardinals are three-time defending national champions and own a total of five of the past 10 national titles. To say expectations are high in Plattsburgh would be an understatement, but no one expects more than coach Kevin Houle and … Read more
It’s been quite the first few weeks of the hockey season for new Ohio State coach Nadine Muzerall. Hired just 20 days before the Buckeyes were set to open the season, she wasn’t actually cleared for a work visa — she’s Canadian — until the team was already in Troy, New York, to face Rensselaer … Read more
No. 1 Plattsburgh at Neumann On Friday, Plattsburgh needed two third-period goals to edge Neumann, despite outshooting them 59-13. Bek Lucas and Grace Klienbach had the Knights up 2-1 in heading into the final frame, but Hannah Kiraly and Melissa Sheeran sealed the victory with power-play goals for Plattsburgh. On Saturday, Kayla Meneghin scored twice … Read more
No. 1 Plattsburgh at Neumann On Friday, Plattsburgh needed two third-period goals to edge Neumann, despite outshooting them 59-13. Bek Lucas and Grace Klienbach had the Knights up 2-1 in heading into the final frame, but Hannah Kiraly and Melissa Sheeran sealed the victory with power-play goals for Plattsburgh. On Saturday, Kayla Meneghin scored twice … Read more
The action was again a little light this weekend. The big series saw Minnesota-Duluth face North Dakota. No. 3 Minnesota-Duluth at No. 9 North Dakota On Saturday, Minnesota-Duluth scored twice in 34 seconds midway through the first period to take a 2-0 lead. Halli Krzyzaniak halved the deficit late in the third, but it was … Read more
The action was again a little light this weekend. The big series saw Minnesota-Duluth face North Dakota. No. 3 Minnesota-Duluth at No. 9 North Dakota On Saturday, Minnesota-Duluth scored twice in 34 seconds midway through the first period to take a 2-0 lead. Halli Krzyzaniak halved the deficit late in the third, but it was … Read more
Last year was a breakout season for the Colgate Raiders. They won 22 games and made it to the ECAC tournament semifinals. It was an incredible turnaround from the 2014-15 season, where the team finished 7-25-2. The Raiders weren’t done. This season, they are thus far undefeated and are currently ranked fifth in the D-I … Read more
Last year’s champion Massachusetts-Boston defeated regular season champion Norwich 2-0 to win the NEHC Tournament. Favorites Norwich gets the nod to repeat as champions. They are currently ranked no. 6 in the USCHO poll. Holy Cross has a strong defense as well as scoring from the blue line. Dark horse St. Anselm has a potent … Read more
Last year’s champion St. Thomas and Bethel shared the regular season title, as they both finished the season with 26 points and a 12-4-3 conference record. St. Thomas won the MIAC Tournament for the third-straight season. Favorites St. Thomas is the returning champ and has the advantage heading into the season. Dark horse With their … Read more
Lake Forest at No. 10 St. Scholastica Maddie Davis and Julia Unterseher scored in the final four minutes of the third period on Friday to secure the 4-3 win for Lake Forest. Abby Sawyer had two goals for St. Scholastica in the loss. On Saturday, St. Scholastica had the lead twice before three second-period goals … Read more