The Adrian Bulldogs won the NCHA reglar-season championship and will await the winner of Hobart and Elmira in the quarterfinal round the NCAA Division III men’s championship (Photo: Adrian Athletics)
According to Page 12 of the 2017 Division III Men’s Ice Hockey Championship Pre-Championship Manual, the Division III tournament next spring will be comprised of 12 teams. The championship playoff format involves four single first-round games and four quarterfinal games that are played on the campuses of the participating institutions. All rounds of the championship … Read more
Finlandia is going to have a familiar face leading the team this season as the winningest coach in team history, Joe Burcar, has been hired as the Lions’ new head coach. Burcar replaces Dane Litke, who stepped down for personal reasons earlier this summer after two seasons with the Lions. “I am proud and excited … Read more
Castleton women’s head coach Steph Moberg has resigned her position “to pursue other college coaching positions,” the school announced Thursday. A search for Moberg’s successor will begin immediately. “I would like to thank Steph for her work with our women’s program over the last two years,” said Castleton associate dean for athletics and recreation Deanna … Read more
Princeton head coach Ron Fogarty will have another familiar face with him behind the Tigers’ bench with the announcement Wednesday of Stavros Paskaris as an assistant coach. Paskaris was an assistant coach at Adrian the past five years under Fogarty, also serving as the Bulldogs’ recruiting coordinator. “Stavros has shown his capabilities as a recruiter … Read more
Ron Fogarty, who leads all active NCAA coaches in winning percentage, has been named the head coach at Princeton. Fogarty has spent the past seven seasons as head coach at Division III Adrian. “I am thrilled to have Ron join our distinguished team of coaches at Princeton,” said Princeton incoming director of athletics Mollie Marcoux … Read more
It’s a brand new season for the NCHA and the landscape of the league looks quite different from where it ended last season. It was announced prior to the 2012-13 season that the two remaining schools in the NCHA would join the MCHA. Last spring, the league decided to stick with NCHA as the league … Read more
Prior to the start of the 2012-13 season, it was announced that St. Norbert and St. Scholastica of the Northern College Hockey Association would join the Midwest College Hockey Association for the 2013-14 season. The league announced on Monday however, that the MCHA would be renamed to the NCHA. The new NCHA will consist of … Read more
The Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association announced Monday a new name and representation of both men’s and women’s teams under one association. The MCHA announced last summer that both St. Norbert and St. Scholastica will be joining the league for the 2013-14 campaign, which will also see the MCHA renamed the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association. “We … Read more
NCAA Men’s Hockey D-III Championship finalists Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Oswego lead the way with three selections each to the All-USCHO teams.
Adrian’s Shaquille Merasty, who finished second in the nation in goal scoring and second in the MCHA in overall scoring, has been named USCHO’s Rookie of the Year.
The Adrian Bulldogs are more than ready to take the national tournament by storm this weekend. Since the program at Adrian went to the Division III level in the 2007-08 season, the Bulldogs have won the MCHA league regular season championship each year. Head Coach Ron Fogarty has led the Bulldogs to five MCHA Harris … Read more
The Harris Cup field is set, with Adrian and Marian getting back into the action after earning a bye weekend through the first round of the tournament. Rounding out the Harris Cup Four participants are Milwaukee School of Engineering and Northland. Both teams forced a mini-game in their second quarterfinal game to earn a berth … Read more
The NCAA has released the third of three weekly Division III men’s hockey regional rankings. This is the final update prior to the announcement of the NCAA field on Sunday, March 3. Norwich moves into the No. 1 spot in the east, up from No. 2 in the two previous rankings. Utica and Hobart, upset … Read more
The NCAA has released the second of three weekly Division III men’s hockey regional rankings, with a final update to be published on Feb. 26. With a few changes in position, all 16 east teams from the first ranking remain in this week’s ranking. Utica remains atop the east region, again followed by Norwich. Hobart and … Read more
With the final weekend of regular season upon us, five teams in the Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association will be fighting for a spot in postseason playoff action. Adrian, Milwaukee School of Engineering, and Marian have sealed their fate for the first-round of playoffs. This week, I’ll examine the possible outcomes for this weekend with Finlandia, … Read more
The NCAA has released the first of three weekly Division III men’s hockey regional rankings, with updates to be published on Feb. 19 and Feb. 26. A similar process will be followed on selection Sunday, March 3, to determine seeding and at-large berths but those results will not be published. Utica, though voted no higher … Read more
When Buster and Jake Hebda began looking at colleges, they weren’t sure they would end up at the same school. The 22-year old twin brothers played the majority of the 2011-12 season together with the Minot Minatauros of the NAHL, before Buster was traded to the Bismarck Bobcats for the last 18 games of the … Read more
Currently, the Adrian Bulldogs hold the nation’s longest unbeaten streak, going 7-0-2 in their last nine contests. Previous to this streak, the team was on a nine-game win streak before Wisconsin Stevens-Point beat the Bulldogs 7-4 in December. That marked the lone loss for Adrian thus far this season. The Bulldogs boast a 12-0-2 conference … Read more
Northland had a rough start to its season, to say the least. After five games, the Lumberjacks had allowed 34 goals while only scoring 11, holding a goal differential of minus-23. Things needed to change for the young team. They lost five straight through Nov. 16. “As times get tough, it’s hard to stay positive; … Read more