Several teams around the ECAC West are flooded with new players this season. As seen in my season preview last week, the coaches are cautiously optimistic about the season but realize that getting the freshmen up to speed may take a while. If the start that Elmira and Utica have gotten off to is any … Read more
Chris Lerch takes a look at the top 15 teams in the USCHO.com preseason poll in the first half of his 2005-06 D-III season previews.
Chris Lerch counts down the second half of the USCHO.com/CSTV D-III men’s preseason poll, looks at some overlooked teams, and adds his salute to the no-longer-long-suffering fans in Beantown.
The ECAC West will switch to a three-game format for its regular season beginning as soon as 2005-06, and is considering expanding its conference playoffs. The schedule change was agreed to during a conference call on Monday. Under the new format, each team would play each other team in the conference three times, with two … Read more
Last season’s national runner-up, St. Norbert, and a team that narrowly missed the NCAA playoffs, St. John’s, each placed three players on the men’s preseason D-III All-USCHO team as announced Monday by USCHO.com. St. Norbert first-team All-Americans Jason Deitsch and Ryan Tew were selected for the All-USCHO first team, with second-team All-American Spencer Carburry joining … Read more
Elmira and Manhattanville, No. 1 and 2 in the USCHO Division III Women’s Poll this week, were picked by ECAC East and West coaches to capture their respective league titles this winter. Last season, Elmira won the NCAA Division III title with a 5-1 win over Manhattanville in the championship game. It was the second … Read more
Elmira posted two big wins, 11-0 over Cortland and 8-2 over Connecticut College to remain undefeated in Division III play and stay atop the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll. The two losses in Elmira’s 13-2-2 record both came at the hands of a Division I school. Even though Elmira is first in the poll, the … Read more
Norwich went from a dogfight in the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll over the last two weeks to a unanimous selection as the nation’s No. 1 team this weekend. The Cadets trounced Amherst 7-4 on Friday before escaping from Hamilton with a 2-1 win, which combined with a loss by last week’s No. 2 team, … Read more
Elmira captured first-place honors in the first regular-season edition of the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll, but despite outscoring this weekend’s opponent, Chatham, by a combined 24-0 score and improving to 4-0-0 in the process, the Soaring Eagles do not have a stranglehold on first place. No. 2 Manhattanville garnered one first-place vote, despite having … Read more
This year is when life gets interesting for the Manhattanville hockey team, its coach Keith Levinthal, and its fans. Manhattanville’s fourth recruiting class enters this year as freshmen. Over the past three years, the team has had a taste of some success and some frustrations. The Valiants reached the ECAC West championship game once (2000), … Read more
Manhattanville has named assistant coach Nicole Kirnan to take over its Division III women’s program. Kirnan replaces Rick Seeley, who left to start Clarkson’s new Division I women’s program. “I am very enthusiastic to have Nicole coach our women’s ice hockey team,” said school president Richard Berman. “Her experience as both a player and coach … Read more
Bowdoin, Elmira, Manhattanville and Gustavus Adolphus line up with hopes of earning the first NCAA Division III women’s national championship. Russell Jaslow breaks down the field.
Manhattanville made a strong run at the end of last season, surprising Elmira in the first round of the ECAC West playoffs, before falling to RIT in the championship game. The Knights earned a lot of respect around college hockey by going so deep in to the league playoffs in only their second year. And … Read more