The team to beat in the ECAC West is … Elmira. That notion wouldn’t have put you out on a limb not too many seasons ago. For half a decade, from 2008 to 2012, the Soaring Eagles owned the spot at the top of the league at the end of the regular season. Each of … 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
Following two years in Stamford, Conn., the Manhattanville men’s and women’s teams will return to Playland Ice Casino for the 2014-15 season. Playland Ice Casino served as the home of the Valiants for a decade from 2002 until 2012, when parts of the facility were badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy just weeks before the start … Read more
Small, but strong. Such is how the six-team ECAC West is shaping up in the early moments of the 2013-14 campaign. Division III’s next-to-smallest conference (only the WIAC with its five teams is tinier) can be described as both cozy and feisty. “I think as coaches, we all believe day in and day out that … Read more
Army announced Tuesday that Eric Lang has been named the Black Knights’ new assistant coach. Lang, who replaces Mike Warde, spent the 2012-13 season as a volunteer assistant coach with Army. Lang spent three seasons as the women’s head coach at Manhattanville and one season as the men’s head coach before moving to Army last … Read more
Brian Fleming could tell you what watching and waiting is like. The Manhattanville College sophomore goaltender spent last season observing former Valiants netminder Pierre Olivier-Lemieux start all but three games during the 2011-12 campaign. This year though, the workhorse from Quebec wasn’t between the Manhattanville pipes to start a season for the first time since … Read more
Damage to Manhattanville’s home arena from Hurricane Sandy has forced the Valiants’ women’s games this weekend to be moved. The Playland Ice Casino in Rye, N.Y., was hit hard by the storm, with 4 feet of water in the basement where the ice-making plant is located, according to White Plains Patch. The rink is home … Read more
The ECAC West will have a slightly new look this season. The conference still doesn’t have an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament, but it has a sixth school again in nascent program Nazareth. It’s the first time the league will be at at a half-dozen teams since Lebanon Valley College downgraded to … Read more
Manhattanville has tabbed former captain and assistant coach Arlen Marshall as the Valiants’ new head coach, just the third in program history. “I am both thrilled and thankful for this opportunity to lead the Manhattanville men’s hockey program,” Marshall said in a news release. “I want to thank [directpr of athletics] Keith [Levinthal] and the … Read more
According to a report on NCAA.org, Manhattanville faces penalties for failing to monitor its financial aid process, which led to student-athletes receiving more financial aid awards than the general student population. Penalties in this case include two years of probation from Aug. 7, 2012 through Aug. 6, 2014. During the 2009-10 academic year, the report … Read more
Following four years with both the Manhattanville men’s and women’s hockey programs, Eric Lang has stepped down from his position as head coach of the men’s team to pursue other opportunities. In his one year with the men’s hockey program, Lang took over the team as just the second coach in program history and guided … Read more
In early league play, Elmira showed resiliency in two come-from-behind wins.
Utica got off to a big start last weekend with an upset of No. 2 Oswego, and looks to build on that start.
Although there was plenty of exciting hockey around the ECAC West last season, there was almost a feeling of the walking dead as well, as fans waited for the final shoe to drop signaling the dissolution of the league. Hope springs eternal however, and the feeling around the league is much more upbeat this October … Read more
After a dozen years at the helm, Keith Levinthal has stepped down as head coach of the Manhattanville men’s hockey team. Levinthal, the only coach the team has ever had, leaves as the sixth winningest coach in Division III college hockey history with a record of 202-84-28 (.688). Eric Lang, currently the head coach of … Read more
Chris Lerch saw a lot in 28 years of covering Division III hockey. As he says good-bye, he takes a look back at the highlights.
Coach: Keith Levinthal, twelfth season overall and at Manhattanville (187-74-27) 2009-10 record: 20-6-1 overall, 10-4-1 ECAC West (Second) 2009-10 team offense: 4.22 goals/game (first) 2009-10 team defense : 2.33 goals/game (second) 2009-10 power play: 24.0 percent (second) 2009-10 penalty kill: 82.8 percent (second) Key losses: Arlen Marshall (9g, 26a), AJ Mikkelsen (9g, 20a), Niklas Bernstsson … Read more
Cammi Granato, three-time ECAC Player of the Year, two-time Olympian and 15-year member of the U.S. Women’s National Team, was today announced as one of the first two female members in the 65-year history of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Granato will be formally inducted into the Hall on Nov. 8 as part of the … Read more
The NCAA men’s and women’s ice hockey rules committee gets this chance only once every two years, so there’s a little more emphasis to get it right. In the next month, leading up to and through the committee’s meeting June 8-11 in Indianapolis, the dialogue about potential rules changes will lead to debate and then … Read more
NCAA Tournament First Round Preview And then there were seven. Nineteen weeks of hard work and preparation paid off for seven teams this past Monday when they were selected to the 2010 NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Tournament. This year we have one new face in the crowd as Trinity makes its first NCAA … Read more