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After opening the season with a 1-2-0 record, the Anna Maria College AmCats have won four games in their last five, including a 4-1 win over previously unbeaten and nationally ranked Plymouth State from D-III and Saturday’s 4-2 win over D-I Stonehill. Two more wins over Lebanon Valley had AMC at 5-2-0 prior to Tuesday’s … Read more
We entered week 4 with some intriguing matchups on the eastern front, all in anticipation of the massive Thanksgiving tournaments in the crosshairs. We also finally got to see the late-blooming NESCAC begin its season this past weekend, the deepest conference in women’s D3 hockey. Now we’re finally in the thick of things, NESCAC play … Read more
Aurora produced the win of the weekend and made a little history in the process. The Spartans had never beaten Adrian on the ice, and it looked as if it might stay that way after losing 3-2 on Friday to the second-ranked Bulldogs. Hope for a win remained dim on Saturday after the Bulldogs jumped … Read more
Always the last conference to kick off its season, the NESCAC is certainly among the conferences that appear to have the greatest competitive mix of teams from top to bottom and this year should see that small gap across the ten teams be even smaller than years past based on simply the talent on each … Read more
It’s a week before Thanksgiving and hockey fans are thankful another weekend of games is on tap. Conference play headlines the action out west and that always makes for interesting games, including a huge NCHA showdown between Adrian and Aurora. Here’s a look at some of the predictions for the weekend ahead. MIAC Friday and … Read more
Denver plays a two-game series at home against Omaha beginning Friday (File photo: Meg Kelly).
It’s almost time for those stacked Thanksgiving weekend tournaments where we get to see some top-tier non-conference play between ranked opponents. This past week featured some expected results as well as some surprises, but for the most part, everyone held their head, and the ranked teams handled their business out west. MIAC The MIAC is … Read more
What you know about Matt Fitzgerald is that he is a pretty good goalie, playing the position for the Concordia Cobbers. What you might not know is that Fitzgerald used to play baseball, spending most of his younger days in the sport. “My dad wanted me to have time away from the rink, to do … Read more
Among the eleven new coach announcements for D-III men’s hockey teams in the East this year, there were three that are related to new programs starting play this year or next. Those included Jeremiah Ketts at MCLA, Kevin Cole at Misericordia and Bobby Rodrigue at Keene State. John MacInnis steps into the large shoes left … Read more
Week 4 out East brought us some surprises no doubt, but it seemed like nothing ranked-team wise was affected as the polls stayed relatively the same from last week. However, we had some matchups I said to keep an eye on, which turned out to be great ones, along with some other conference-play action! CCC … Read more
From Tuesday night right through Saturday afternoon, this week’s D-III men’s hockey action saw unbeatens toppled, multiple ranked teams fall and overtime thrillers sprinkled in for more dramatic effect for the scoreboard watchers everywhere. As one winning coach texted, “Same kids, same team, same coach – different outcomes and everything appears different.” Enjoy the … Read more
A little history was made over the weekend for nationally ranked UW-Stevens Point as it won the 700th game in the modern era of the program. The No. 13 Pointers did it with a 5-2 win over Saint Mary’s on Friday and then capped things off with a hard-fought 4-3 win in overtime against St. … Read more
Here’s a new semi-weekly column of my weekend game picks for certain games. I had to take a play from Tim Costello‘s playbook once again, bringing it to the Women’s D-III side of things! Overall record 0-0 Friday: Oswego at Morrisville I think this game will be closer than some expect. Oswego enters with a … Read more
Here we go. Week three of the college hockey season is underway and we have some interesting matchups to pay attention. St. Scholastica against Gustavus should be fun to watch and St. Olaf has a big test against UW-Stevens Point. In the NCHA, two of the better games of the weekend feature St. Norbert up … Read more
Welcome to what I hope will become a regular feature of the women’s DI coverage at USCHO – a podcast! Consider this a pilot – or a tester episode – of the USCHO women’s hockey podcast (We need a better name than that. Please, please suggest a better name than that). There’s so much that … Read more
We’ve entered conference play territory and have already seen some surprises in the early week two of hockey out west. Some teams have made a few statements and have put their name in the conference title-contender discussion. We also saw the new kids on the block get their first ever weekend-sweep to sit themselves tied … Read more
The Salve Regina hockey team is playing in their final season as member of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) before moving to the New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) next season. The focus is clearly on competing to win a championship in their final year in a conference that produced three NCAA tournament bids last season. … Read more
Conference play is underway in D-III Women’s hockey and that means the fun has begun. We saw many close matchups this past weekend including a few upsets and first-ever victories for some programs. It’s also worth noting some teams, one, who has charged up the rankings as of late. This season will be over sooner … Read more
This weekend saw the combination of non-conference excitement and opening conference play with some critical contenders facing-off to open their league schedules. Several ranked teams showed their game coming into form while others looking to be ranked (Salve Regina and Elmira) continued their winning ways in the second weekend of play. Lots to cover including … Read more
The offense came to life for Gustavus in the final period of a showdown with nationally ranked UW-Stevens Point Friday night. The Gusties scored five times in the final 20 minutes of action, and at the end of the night, they were celebrating a 6-4 win over the fifth-ranked Pointers. It was a night to … Read more