Many of the ranked teams in the East, including No. 4 UMass-Boston, No. 5 Salve Regina, No. 12 Hobart, No. 13 Plymouth State, and No. 14 Fredonia all suffered losses, while No. 2 Geneseo and No. 8 Oswego posted solid wins.
The SUNYAC is one of the more competitive conferences, and Geneseo and Oswego look to battle it out this season.
Cortland has named Stephen Castriota as the team’s new assistant coach.
Rensselaer has added volunteer assistant coach Michael Lysyj to its staff for the 2018-19 season.
Unlike many conferences that have gone through some changes in make-up, SUNYAC remains intact and formidable in the level of competition across the league. Many, including Geneseo coach Chris Schultz, feel this may be the most competitive the league has been. “I know we were picked in the coaches poll, but Plattsburgh is really good; … Read more
Cortland assistant coach Chris Azzano has been named assistant coach of the USHL’s Lincoln Stars. Azzano spent the previous two seasons at Cortland and prior to joining Cortland, served one season as an assistant coach for Canton. “We are excited to add Chris to our staff,” Stars coach Cody Chupp said in a statement. “His … Read more
The SUNYAC on Thursday announced its annual individual awards and All-Conference Teams. For the second consecutive year, Geneseo’s Stephen Collins is the recipient of the Herb Hammond Player of the Year award. The senior forward currently leads the 10th-ranked Knights with 48 points in 26 games with 19 goals and a team-high 29 assists, which … Read more
What better way to look at a conference preview than through the eyes of the coach of the defending champions, who just so happens to be the same guy whose team has the bullseye on them, according to the other coaches in the conference. Geneseo’s Chris Schultz understands why his team was the coaches’ pick, … Read more
The SUNYAC announced its top individual awards Wednesday, in addition to three All-Conference Teams. The conference’s player of the year is Geneseo junior forward Stephen Collins, who tallied nine goals and 21 points in 16 SUNYAC games in 2015-16. Geneseo’s Chris Schultz earned coach of the year honors after guiding the Knights to a 15-4-6 … Read more
If there is a constant theme to the SUNYAC conference, it is likely the chase by the rest of the league of Oswego and last year’s conference champions from Plattsburgh. While the Cardinals took the conference title with a win over the Lakers, both teams qualified for the NCAA tournament in 2015. This season brings … Read more
Ryan Durocher has joined the St. Lawrence men’s hockey staff in a hockey operations capacity as the team’s videographer. Durocher replaces Brennan McHugh who has taken a hockey position at the Northwood School in Lake Placid, N.Y. A Canton native and former Cortland player, Durocher will handle the video breakdown and coaching duties for the … Read more
The SUNYAC has announced its individual year-end awards, in addition to three All-Conference Teams. All the awards were voted on by the head coaches in the conference. The MVP Herb Hammond Award as Player of the Year was given to Oswego’s Shawn Hulshof, while Rookie of the Year went to Cortland’s Dan Broderick and Plattsburgh’s … Read more
Somebody’s bound to say it. “Ours is the toughest conference in Division III hockey.” The thing is, the SUNYAC can make the claim as well as anybody, at least if the gauge is Frozen Four appearances. Last year’s Frozen Four featured two SUNYAC schools, Geneseo and Oswego, and although they both bowed out in the … Read more
Providence coach Nate Leaman will be inducted into the Cortland C-Club Hall of Fame during its 46th annual banquet and ceremonies on Saturday, Sept. 13. Leaman is a 1997 graduate of Cortland, where he served as a captain his junior and senior years. He currently ranks 11th at the school in career assists and 18th … Read more
Michael Lysyj has been named assistant coach at Fredonia, replacing Bill Silengo, who left to become an assistant coach at Manhattanville. Lysyj scored 39 goals and had 38 assists in four seasons with Cortland, graduating in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology, with a concentration in coaching, and a minor in communications. Following college, … Read more
Joe Cardarelli has been named Cortland’s head coach, taking over for interim head coach Tom Cranfield, who will continue as the school’s associate director of athletics. Cardarelli was an assistant coach last season for the Red Dragons. Prior to the 2013-14 season, Cardarelli spent the previous two years as head coach of two Junior … Read more
Optimism runs amok at the beginning of every hockey season, with each team insisting that its conference is wide-open and that a league title is there for the taking. This time, they mean it. Really. It’s been a while – four years, to be precise – since anyone other than Oswego has captured the SUNYAC … Read more
Cortland head coach Joe Baldarotta has announced his retirement and associate director of athletics Tom Cranfield will coach the Red Dragons in 2013-14 while still assuming his administrative duties. Cranfield previously coached the team from 2001-07. Baldarotta coached six seasons at Cortland from 2007-13 and led the squad to the 2008 SUNYAC playoffs. His overall … Read more
Competion. That’s the SUNYAC calling card. Or at least that is the feeling held throughout the league at dawning of the new season. While it’s true that Oswego and Plattsburgh — who between them have won every SUNYAC regular season title since 1998 — remain the teams to be in the nine-team loop, there are … Read more
Western New England has announced that Greg Haney has joined the program as head coach Greg Heffernan’s top assistant. Haney comes to Western New England after serving as a volunteer assistant coach last season at the National Sports Academy in Lake Placid. Before last year, Haney was a volunteer assistant at Cortland for two years, … Read more