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There were potentially just 20 minutes left in the hockey season for Aurora. The Spartans trailed St. Norbert by a goal heading into the final period of an NCHA tournament semifinal showdown at home Saturday night. It was in that third period that momentum began to swing in favor of the Spartans, who weren’t ready … Read more
Michael McChesney was a multi-sport athlete in high school. And a pretty good one at that. He was all-state in football, hockey and baseball, and even won a state championship in baseball during his high school career at Dickinson High in North Dakota. But when it came to playing at the next level, hockey was … Read more
Well, if the early week’s action was not enough for all you D-III hockey fans out there in the east, then buckle up because the action this weekend is going to further reduce the number of teams competing for conference titles across the regions. While NESCAC, and now MASCAC, play their quarterfinal round, all other … Read more
Freshman Jade Iginla was two years old the last time a Brown University skater scored as many goals as Iginla herself has put up this season. It has been 16 years since Haley Moore scored 20 goals in 2006-07. Iginla’s 17 goals are tied for seventh most in the ECAC among all skaters and first … Read more
This week is all about the conference tournaments as we enter the official win-or-go-home portion of the 2022-23 season. I will be doing this week’s extensive picks in two parts starting with the quarterfinal rounds taking place Tuesday through Thursday and re-calibrating for the weekend’s quarterfinal and semifinal rounds across the conferences. Last week’s volume-based … Read more
What a crazy weekend with final regular season action presenting upsets like Wesleyan’s sweep of Trinity that earned them the NESCAC title and Curry ending Endicott’s CCC unbeaten streak in the final conference game on the schedule. Plymouth State completed a perfect regular season run at 18-0-0 and Oswego emerged at the top of the … Read more
(1) Ohio State at (6) Wisconsin Wisconsin powered out to a 4-0 lead in the opening period thanks to two goals from Jesse Compher as well as tallies from Casey O’Brien and Britta Curl. After regrouping at the first intermission, Ohio State began their comeback. Jenn Gardiner lit the lamp in the first two minutes … Read more
While many teams would be thrilled with a top 15 national ranking and a 16-6-2 record overall entering the final games of the regular season, that is not the rarified air the Geneseo Knights are accustomed to experiencing in the course of their four consecutive SUNYAC titles. Entering the final week of the regular season, … Read more
A lot has changed in the landscape of the women’s NCAA ice hockey tournament over the past 18 or so months and it seemed prudent to try to have an explanation of everything all in one place. In December 2021, it was announced that the field would expand from eight teams to 11 for the … Read more
It’s the final weekend of the regular season and while some things have been secured, there’s still a lot on the line with this weekend’s games. Penn State has won the CHA, Northeastern has wrapped up Hockey East and LIU took their first NEWHA regular season title. Each has already secured the top seed in … Read more
We’re getting closer and closer to playoff time! This weekend marks the start of various conference tournaments while some begin next weekend, but we’ve made it. It seems once the first semester break ends, the regular season goes extremely quick and before you know it, it’s over. We look back at this past weekend where … Read more
It is officially playoff season as the NEHC quarterfinals take place on Saturday while elsewhere the battles for first place and home-ice seeding continue in the final week of the regular season across the CCC, NE-10, SUNYAC and NESCAC conferences. Last week’s super-sized picks rebounded nicely at 10-2-1 (.808) which now brings my season total … Read more
We were treated to another good weekend of women’s hockey out west. We saw St. Olaf clinch a MIAC playoff spot for the first time since 2012, another Gustie made a mark in the record books, notching her 100th career point, a game-winning-goal scored with just 0.1 seconds left in the 3rd period, and we … Read more
While Hobart added their name to the list of regular season winning teams with a big win over Norwich on Friday night and Endicott and Plymouth State also secured the top seeding for the upcoming CCC and MASCAC tournaments respectively, SUNYAC, NESCAC and the NE-10 are all going to see the races and final positions … Read more
Sometimes it is not the player with the biggest stature that makes the largest impact on a team’s performance on the ice. Case in point, Timmy Kent at Curry College is only 5’6” tall but plays like a much larger player in driving his own performance and that of his teammates. So far this season, … Read more
Arkhip and Filimon Ledenkov had to adapt to a new language culture when they came to the United States from Belarus, but the one thing that has been forever universal for them is hockey. Two of the top players in NCAA Division III, the twin brothers are playing a huge role in St. Scholastica’s pursuit … Read more
This week in D-III women’s hockey out east we saw a team clinch the regular-season conference title to earn them home-ice for the playoffs. The #3 ranked team (USCHO poll) fell after a nine-goal affair. Meanwhile, we look at each conference to see how the teams may fare in regard to NCAA tournament bids. Plattsburgh … Read more
It is the last week of the regular season in the NEHC with a critical matchup finding Norwich traveling to Hobart for the top spot. Elsewhere there are two weeks left and still a lot of movement possible including very tight races in the SUNYAC and NESCAC. Last week’s picks rebounded nicely at 9-3-0 (.750) … Read more
Another week, another career milestone reached. We also look ahead at some intriguing matchups that can play huge roles in the pairwise and conference tournaments. Speaking of the pairwise, we also discuss that briefly and the effect these upcoming games can have on it. Gustavus’ Katie McCoy Gustavus has yet another player breaking records, this … Read more
While Utica has clinched the UCHC regular season title and Plymouth State (MASCAC) and Endicott (CCC) seem very close to doing so, races in SUNYAC, NESCAC and NEHC only got tighter as the gaps are just a couple of points leaving little margin for error in the upcoming weekends in the regular season. Things are … Read more