The NCAA Division III field of 11 teams for the 2015 national tournament was announced Monday morning. Seven conferences have been awarded an automatic bid, while the remaining four teams were selected as at-large teams. Teams that received an auto-bid by winning the conference playoff tournaments are Norwich (ECAC East), Nichols (ECAC Northeast), Plymouth State … Read more
The NCHA recently announced its year-end awards, including Player, Coach and Freshman of the Year, the All-Conference Team and All-Freshman Team. Lake Forest junior goaltender Leo Podolsky was named Player of the Year after posting 15 wins, a 1.99 GAA and a .940 save percentage. “Leo being named NCHA Player of the Year is a … Read more
The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Sunday the 18 semifinalists for the fifteenth Joe Concannon Award, presented annually to the best American-born college player in New England at the NCAA Division II/III level. This year’s list is made up of nine forwards, five defensemen and four goaltenders. The candidates include eight players from the … Read more
St. Scholastica men’s coach Mark Wick has taken an indefinite leave of absence due to medical reasons. Saints’ assistant coach Ben Gordon will assume the head coaching duties in the interim. Wick is the winningest coach in program history with 145 career victories and has been named the NCHA Coach of the Year twice (2009, … Read more
Jed McGlasson has spent a lot of time making himself a better hockey player over the course of a career where injuries have gotten the best of him at times. The work has paid off. McGlasson is having the best season of his collegiate career and playing a pivotal role in St. Mary’s second-half surge. … Read more
Neal Smith never really considered going anywhere else but St. John’s. His dad and brother both played baseball for the Johnnies and he spent a lot time on the campus while growing up. “I always liked the school and it was the only one I applied to,” Smith said. “I wanted to play hockey there. … Read more
Andrew Deters’ athletic talent goes far beyond hockey. In high school, not only was he a hockey player, but he ran cross country and also played baseball. And then came his senior year when he decided to put his athletic skills to the test in another sport. “I decided to play football,” Deters said. “I … Read more
Cory Laylin has seen Hamline at its best. His first job as a coach was in an assistant role with the Pipers during the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons. Hamline won 32 games in that two-year stretch, advancing to the MIAC playoffs twice, including a title game appearance in 2009. So he knows success isn’t out … Read more
Bob O’Connor will be honored with the USA Hockey Builders Award as part of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony and dinner on Dec. 4 in Minneapolis. “Bob has had an enormous impact in the on-going development of our coaching education program,” said USA Hockey president Ron DeGregorio in a news release. “He … Read more
St. Norbert won the national championship last year, its fourth in program history, but Green Knights’ coach Dan Coghlin doesn’t see his team as the defending champs. “We don’t look at it as defending a title,” Coghlin said. “It’s a brand new season and every team wants to be a champion. We want another shot … Read more
St. Thomas head coach Jeff Boeser wanted his top assistant, Parker Burgess, to do the inteview about the season ahead. As far as the Tommies are concerned, it really doesn’t matter who does the talking. The resutls speak for themselves. St. Thomas enters the year as the favorite to win the MIAC. The Tommies have … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth has named former Bulldogs’ goaltender Brant Nicklin its new volunteer assistant coach. Nicklin, who replaces Bill Watson, has served as the UMD women’s goaltending coach the past four seasons and as an assistant coach at St. Scholastica since 1995-96.
Bethel announced recently three new assistants for the Royals’ men’s team. Nick Klaren, Tim Fisher and Thomas Stumpf will join Bethel for the 2014-15 season. Klaren, who will focus primarily on the Royals’ defenseman, played one year in the United States Hockey League, two in the North American Hockey League and then after playing at … Read more
St. Mary’s assistant coach Ryan Egan has left the school to take a job with the La Crosse Freeze Tier III Junior A team as its first coach and general manager. The Freeze play in the North American 3 Hockey League and recently relocated to Wisconsin from Flint, Mich. Egan spent the past five seasons … Read more
Former Minnesota player Cory Laylin has accepted the head coaching position at Hamline. Laylin has been the head coach of the North American Hockey League’s Brookings Blizzard the past two seasons. “The entire Blizzard organization wants to wish Cory and his family all the best in the future,” said Blizzard owner Chris Canavati in a … Read more
It wasn’t the way St. Thomas wanted to end its season, but despite the 3-0 loss to Wisconsin-Stevens Point in the NCAA tournament on Saturday, coach Jeff Boeser is pleased with the effort his team gave against the Pointers. The Tommies and Pointers were scoreless through two periods, before Stevens Point scored three goals in … Read more
Oswego’s Ed Gosek and St. Norbert’s Tim Coghlin are previous winners of the Edward Jeremiah Award for Division III national coach of the year and both are nominees again this year. Gosek last won the award in 2007, with Coghlin winning a year later. The 2014 nominees include any coach who won or shared conference … Read more
The eight finalists for the 2014 Sid Watson Award as the top men’s player in Division III hockey were announced Monday. All eight players were their respective conference’s players of the year. There are no finalists from the MASCAC or ECAC West. Three players are taking part in the D-III Frozen Four this weekend in … Read more
Perhaps the only surprise over the opening weekend of the MIAC tournament is that no surprises unraveled in a league that was once again competitive throughout the year. St. Thomas and Gustavus Adolphus, the top two seeds in the tourney, survived and advanced and will play for the championship Saturday night at St. Thomas. An … Read more
Concordia (Minn.) is headed back to the MIAC tournament, but as far as coach Chris Howe is concerned, his team has spent an entire season in postseason mode. The Cobbers have played in nine games decided by one goal, going 5-4 in those encounters, and four of those games have gone to overtime. Concordia has … Read more