D-III Frozen Four picks: March 15 (Tim Sullivan)

Friday, March 15 Norwich vs. Oswego State The Cadets have won four of five, and showed everyone they can turn it on when needed last week. After losing to Babson in the ECAC East Tournament, Norwich rebounded with authority against those same Beavers, handling Babson, 4-0, to earn the right to get to Lake Placid. … Read more

D-III Frozen Four picks: March 15 (Katie Carito)

Four teams will meet at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y., for the Division III Frozen Four this weekend. On one side of the bracket there will be two returning Frozen Four participants in Norwich and Oswego. In the other, there are newcomers Utica and Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Friday, March 15 Norwich vs. Oswego … Read more

D-III Frozen Four picks: March 15 (Dan Hickling)

Friday, March 15 Oswego vs. Norwich Neither team should experience any big stage jitters, since both are making their fourth consecutive Frozen Four appearance. That said, the hot hands, Andrew Hare in net and Paul Rodrigues with super-clutch goals, should decide this one, perhaps in OT. Oswego 2-1 Wisconsin-Eau Claire vs. Utica Frozen Four newbies, … Read more

Women’s D-I picks: March 15

Well, I did pretty well again in my second week of postseason picks, going 7-3 (.700). I can’t count the Sunday games, because I didn’t get around to posting picks in the new match-ups since I was at Denver-Alaska-Anchorage for an 11 a.m. game. Overall on the postseason, I am 24-10 (.705). Here comes the … Read more

Men's D-III wrap: March 11

The first rounds of the NCAA tournament have come and gone. Norwich, Oswego, Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and Utica are the four teams that remain and will be fighting for a national championship this weekend. Oswego was runner-up in the tournament last year, with a 4-1 loss to St. Norbert. Norwich also made the Frozen Four, losing … Read more

History made, the end of an era and interesting roads ahead

In 28 years, no team with a name other than Boston College, Boston University, Maine or New Hampshire ever won the Hockey East regular season title. Saturday night, that changed when Massachusetts-Lowell, a team that began the season 2-6-1 in league play, finished off an incredible late-season run to capture its first Hockey East regular … Read more

Women’s D-I wrap: March 11

Conference tourneys provide final pieces in NCAA picture The four conference tournaments are in the books, and that means our season has been reduced to the seven games of the NCAA tournament, and that bracket has been announced. First, we’ll consider the conference action, where in a complete reversal of last season, every regular-season champion … Read more

Minnesota crosses finish line second, hoists the MacNaughton Cup first

St. Cloud State fans were launched onto cloud nine – sorry – when their Huskies knocked off No. 14 Wisconsin 4-2 in Madison, Wis. Friday and clinched a share of SCSU’s first (and final) WCHA men’s regular season championship. What was missing in the visiting team’s locker room at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, however, was … Read more