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Tomorrow (November 6) USCHO will be publishing the first Division III poll of the 2006-2007 season. The preseason poll has been out for a few weeks, but now with the MIAC and NCHA fully underway, we’ve got enough games in to do a regular season poll. Look for a new poll every Monday (with a … Read more
Ron Fogarty’s recent appointment as head coach at Adrian college is another in a growing list of former BG assistant coaches who have moved into D-III coaching jobs. Here’s the list I came up with – feel free to send me more if I left anyone off: Assistant Buddy Powers to RIT (1988) Player and … Read more
A couple of new programs have started up in the West, and the MCHA has snagged them. Concordia (WI) and Adrian College in Michigan have added D-III hockey and both will join the MCHA next season. That means seven D-III teams, which is the magic number to apply for an automatic bid to the NCAA … Read more
The title basically says it all. When USCHO.com asked me to write a blog for them this year, I figured it was a nice opportunity to throw away the deadlines and topics that have buried me for years and take the chance to do what I’ve wanted to for a long time now: screw around. … Read more
This will be a regular thing – looking back on the weekend’s action. A couple of interesting scores and interesting turnarounds in weekend series: MSOE put up a shockingly crooked number on Lake Forest on Friday, bombing the Foresters 9-0, including a hat-trick from junior Blair Hanberg. But the next night, Lake Forest goalie Scott … Read more
What was shocking about No. 9 Princeton’s 6-5 win over No. 3 St. Lawrence was not the final score, but the pattern of penalties called. Four straight on SLU to open the game, then 13 of the next 15 on Princeton? I’ve never seen anything like that before. The chances of duplicating that pattern of … Read more
There were enough games this past weekend to consider the Division II/III season officially underway, although some teams won’t start practicing for two more weeks. But let’s look at what did transpire over the weekend: Cortland State is off to a 2-0 start after winning just four games all of last season. The SUNYAC Challenge … Read more
A few of the big stories this weekend — Mercyhurst certainly has proven itself among the elite now, if there was any remaining doubt. Minnesota keeps finding a way to be competitive. And how about UConn? Minnesota 3, Wisconsin 3 — Just when it looked like the Gophers were going to fall to 0-3 in … Read more
Valley News on Dartmouth’s Sarah Parsons — the article captures the two things I’d associate with Parsons: she finds ways to score, and she’s not verbally or physically imposing. The last quote struck me a bit. “She is experiencing college for the first time, and everything that goes with that,†Hudak said. “Her father was saying the other day, … Read more
SLU 3, Clarkson 1 — Game draws 781, a little disappointing given last year’s crowd but not surprising considering the time of year. For the second week in a row, Clarkson fails to answer the bell and gives up a goal in the opening seconds. SLU dominated this game, but given the way Clarkson rebounded in … Read more
The first result of the weekend is in — Princeton 2, BC 2. Recall Princeton opened its season last year with a tie against BC by the same score. Neither team scored after the first minute of the second period. Not a surprising result, since both teams do a good job taking care off their own … Read more
Aside from the UNH-Minnesota game a few weeks ago (and what a game that was!!!), there haven’t been a whole lot of marquee D-I matchups to date. That all changes this weekend, as three pairs of top 10 teams clash, plus St. Lawrence and Clarkson. Princeton at BC — Both these teams sit at the bottom … Read more
To all readers: I’d like to offer a belated welcome to another season of USCHO’s women’s hockey coverage. As I am sure you have noticed, our coverage continues to evolve every season. On the positive side, we’ve added two regular women’s columnists — Terese Karmel for D-I and Matt Rennell for D-III. Look for new columns every … Read more
Can you feel it? The 2006-2007 Division III season is just days away. We’ve been making some improvements behind the scene at USCHO in the offseason in order to bring you unprecedented coverage this season. We’ve added two more writers to the fold: Matt Webb will be covering the NCHA and MCHA this season, and … Read more