Adrian the favorite in the NCHA

You can’t talk about the NCHA without bringing up Adrian and St. Norbert. Both teams reached the Frozen Four a year ago, and both will be the front runners in the conference again this year. While it’s hard to imagine anyone knocking those two teams off, the NCHA certainly is never short on surprises. Need … Read more

NCHA tabs Lake Forest’s Jack Lewis as ’16-17 Player of the Year

The NCHA announced Tuesday the men’s conference year-end awards, including Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Freshman of the Year, All-Conference Team and All-Freshman Team. Lake Forest senior forward Jack Lewis is the 2016-17 NCHA Player of the Year, while Northland’s Seamus Gregory was tabbed top coach and Adrian’s Vincent Paquette the top … Read more

Wisconsin-Eau Claire looks to get back to NCAA tournament

Wisconsin-Eau Claire coach Matt Loen was asked about the thing that has surprised him most about this college hockey season. He didn’t bring up anything regarding his team in particular, but pointed out the biggest surprise of this season might just be the parity in NCAA Division III hockey. A total of 32 teams have … Read more

Williams helps St. Thomas step up

Thomas Williams came to St. Thomas with a great deal of potential, and it’s safe to say he has lived up to it. Consistent throughout his career as a scorer, Williams is well on his way to making his senior season with the Tommies his best one yet, scoring seven goals and dishing out seven … Read more

Lant leading resurgent Wis.-River Falls

Michael Lant went into the season determined to be a player his Wisconsin-River Falls teammates could count on to step up when needed. He hasn’t had any trouble making good on that goal, considering he ranks third on the team in points (10) and has scored the second-most goals on the team (six) for a … Read more

Lewis helping lead at Lake Forest

Jack Lewis recorded his second career hat trick earlier this month against Concordia and already has five goals on the season for Lake Forest. Skill has something to do with his success, but as Lewis, a senior forward for the Foresters, puts it, having opportunities to make plays does as well. “It’s just about being … Read more

Former Vermont women’s associate coach Kimball selected to lead new Aurora program

Aurora announced Wednesday the addition of Grant Kimball as head coach of the new women’s hockey program that will begin play in the 2017-18 season. Kimball comes to AU after spending the previous seven seasons as the associate coach and recruiting coordinator at Vermont. “Having a coach with Grant’s resume lead the women’s hockey program … Read more