Men’s D-II/III in general
The NCAA Division III Management Council took action this week to support expanding the football championship bracket from 32 to 40 teams and to change the championship access ratio for all team sports to 1:6. This means men’s hockey will go from a 12-team tournament to a 14-team tournament and women’s hockey from 11 teams … Read more
Saint Michael’s junior David Ciancio has been named the Northeast-10 Conference Sport Excellence Award winner for his sport. Ciancio becomes the sixth member of his program over the past 15 years voted the top men’s hockey scholar-athlete in the NE10. He is the second Purple Knight in as many years so honored, after current senior … Read more
Tyler Walsh has been named head coach of the Gustavus Adolphus men’s hockey program. Walsh becomes the 20th head coach in the history of the program, but just the fourth in the past 60 years. “Tyler impressed the search committee, our administrators, and coaches during the interview process in many ways, but his leadership skills, … Read more
The SUNYAC will add Hobart and William Smith in the sports of men’s and women’s hockey, and Skidmore in men’s hockey, beginning with the 2025-26 season. The announcement was made on Wednesday by commissioner Tom DiCamillo following a recommendation by the SUNYAC board of directors (athletic directors) and approval by the SUNYAC presidents council. This … Read more
The Northland College Board of Trustees on April 4 voted to declare financial exigency, setting off a process designed to provide a final, good faith effort to save Northland College. The decision comes after a March 11 fundraising appeal to raise $12 million dollars by April 3 to avoid closure and instead continue programs and … Read more
The New England Hockey Writers Association will host its annual awards reception on April 23 at the Prince Restaurant in Saugus, Mass. The event will include not only the New England writers’ honorees but will also serve to present the recipients of the Walter Brown Award and Joe Concannon Award, given by the Gridiron Club … Read more
Middlebury has named Jack Ceglarski as the head coach of the men’s hockey program after serving as the interim head coach for the 2023-24 season. “The search committee and I are thrilled to have Jack as the next head coach of Middlebury men’s ice hockey,” said Middlebury director of athletics Erin Quinn in a statement. … Read more
NCAA Division II-III men’s head coaches have recognized the top 30 hockey players in their division by selecting them as CCM Hockey/AHCA All-Americans for 2023-24. First Team East Devon Bobak, SO, Trinity, Goalie Danny Magnuson, JR, Skidmore, Defense Brian Scoville, SR, Utica, Defense Shane Bull, SR, Oswego, Forward Tanner Hartman, SO, Hobart, Forward Will Redick, … Read more
For once again leading Hobart into the NCAA men’s Division III Frozen Four at Trinity, Mark Taylor has been named winner of the 2024 Edward Jeremiah Award as the CCM/AHCA Division III Men’s Coach of the Year. Taylor becomes only the third Division II-III coach to win this award in back-to-back years. The others were … Read more
Devon Bobak, a sophomore goaltender from Trinity, is the recipient of the 2024 Sid Watson Award. The award, voted on by the nation’s Division III head coaches, is presented to the best player at the men’s NCAA Division III level by the American Hockey Coaches Association. Bobak is the ninth NESCAC player to receive this … Read more
The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Wednesday that Trinity sophomore Devon Bobak is the winner of the 23rd Joe Concannon Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England at the Division II/III level. The award was established in 2001, shortly after the passing of the longtime writer for the … Read more
Make it three in a row for Adrian’s men’s hockey team. The Bulldogs are headed to the NCAA Division III Frozen Four for the third consecutive year and are hoping to bring home a national championship for the second time in that stretch. They advanced with a 5-3 win over NCHA rival St. Norbert, a … Read more
What was it like to be a part of the second longest NCAA Division III men’s hockey game that Hobart eventually won 4-3 late in the fourth overtime over Curry? Historic. Whenever you attend a sports event, you never know what will transpire. Unlike a movie, where the storyline has already been laid out and … Read more
Adrian vs. St. Norbert. It’s a great matchup on paper. The kind you want to see in an NCAA hockey tournament. It just shouldn’t be a quarterfinal game, which it happens to be as the two teams face off tonight at Adrian’s Arrington Ice Arena. We’re talking about two of the top five teams in … Read more
One round of hockey is complete in the NCAA Division III tournament and two teams remain from the west region. Adrian and St. Norbert both took care of business in the opening round and now the NCHA rivals face off against each other next weekend for the right to go to the Frozen Four. Here’s … Read more
It was only natural, fitting really, that UW-Stevens Point’s Noah Finstrom decided to play hockey at a young age. After all, his dad was a pro for more than a decade, playing in few different leagues. “I was involved in lacrosse and a little bit of baseball, but hockey has always been my thing,” Finstrom … Read more
The Little East Conference has announced that Babson and Norwich will join the league as affiliate members in men’s hockey when the LEC begins its inaugural season in 2025-26. The addition of these two programs brings the LEC’s men’s hockey membership to nine programs. “On behalf of the Little East Conference presidents and athletic directors, … Read more
‘We are the champions.’ Those four words are what St. Olaf, St. Norbert and UW-Stevens Point could say proudly after their respective conference tournament championship games Saturday night. Two teams won the title as underdogs, with the Oles winning the MIAC crown over nationally ranked Bethel as the fifth seed and the No. 2 seed … Read more
Albertus Magnus goaltender Logan Bateman has been named men’s hockey Division III independent player of the year, Anna Maria’s Matthew Hennessey rookie of the year, and Albertus Magnus’ Kyle Wallack co-coach of the year with Anna Maria’s Dave McCauley. Bateman had a stellar year in net, going 14-8-0 with 570 saves, a 2.10 goals-against average … Read more
The NEHC men’s division has announced the recipients of the league’s major award winners, all-conference and all-rookie teams as selected by the league’s 10 head coaches. Hobart’s Artem Buzoverya was named NEHC player of the year after finishing conference play with five goals and 18 assists for 23 points. His 18 assists ranked second in … Read more