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
St. Thomas coach Jeff Boeser will be the first to tell you his team doesn’t have a star. Yet, even without star power, the Tommies keep getting it done on the ice. It’s why St. Thomas enters the final week of the regular season with the MIAC championship in its possession. “If you look at … Read more
Justin Hochsprung had an opportunity to step away from hockey over Christmas break and take advantage of an opportunity of a lifetime. Hochsprung, a senior forward and team captain at St. John’s, was part of a select group of students who went to China as part of the E-Scholars Program. One hundred students applied for … Read more
The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Thursday the 18 semifinalists for the 14th annual Joe Concannon Award, presented each year to the best American-born college hockey player in New England playing at the Division II/III level. This year’s list consists of 12 forwards, two defensemen and four goaltenders. The candidates include eight players from … Read more
Corey Leivermann just wanted to play hockey, but because of a lack of playing time at Division I Minnesota State, he searched for a new opportunity. Leivermann found one at Gustavus Adolphus, arriving midway through last season and playing in 13 games for the Gusties, who finished 17-8-3 and lost in the championship game of … Read more
We have reached the stretch run of hockey in the MIAC and the battle for the top spot is tight. Gustavus Adolphus enters the final week of the month on top of the conference standings. It has 26 points. St. Thomas is second with 22 points and St. Olaf sits in third with 17 points. … Read more
Maybe hope doesn’t look too bright on the surface for the St. Mary’s hockey team. The Cardinals are just 6-8-1 overall and only 2-4-0 in the MIAC standings. But head coach Bill Moore knows his team is far from being out of contention for a playoff berth and besides, the record of the Cardinals is … Read more
Repeat honorees Jordan Heywood of Merrimack and Jeffrey Reppucci of Holy Cross are among the group.
Bethel coach Charlie Burggraf compared his hockey team to one of those time-consuming 1,000-piece puzzles he enjoys doing in his free time. He talked about how, at the start, the puzzle can be very confusing. Ultimately, as the pieces begin to come together, the puzzle becomes easier to do because the picture is much more … Read more
St. Olaf was a playoff team a year ago. The Oles advanced to the MIAC tournament before falling to Gustavus Adolphus in the opening round. While at the moment, it doesn’t look like the Oles are poised to make another run at the conference tournament – St. Olaf is 3-8-2 overall and 1-3-2 in the … Read more
We have reached the halfway point of the MIAC season and if last year is any indication of how the conference race plays out, it should be an entertaining second half to say the least. St. Thomas heads into the break with the edge at the moment. The Tommies are 4-0-2 in the MIAC and … Read more
Concordia wasn’t able to come away with a win in its weekend MIAC series with St. Thomas, but coach Chris Howe wasn’t hanging his head after the two losses to the nationally-ranked Tommies. Concordia battled to a 2-2 tie in the first game, but lost the opportunity for a point in a shootout loss and … Read more
Although St. Thomas has certainly played good hockey through the first month of the season, winnning six of its first eight games and losing just once, coach Jeff Boeser will tell you the Tommies are not a finished product. “We have a long way to go to be a good team,” Boeser said. “We have … Read more
Gustavus Adolphus played for the MIAC championship a season ago, thanks in large part to a late-season surge that propelled them to a strong tournament run. Whether the Gusties can repeat that success remains to be seen, but if it’s going to happen, they will need to overcome some injury issues. “We’ve been battling through … Read more
Chris Brown knows what a slow start can do to a team. Augsburg won just three of their first 10 games a year ago and while they finished strong, winning six of their final 10, the early struggles crushed the Auggies’ hopes for a MIAC tournament berth. Brown believes that has served as motivation for … Read more
St. John’s coach Doug Schueller has seen his hockey team face its share of challenges in the early going of the season, including a battle with defending national champion Wisconsin-Eau Claire this past Saturday. The Johnnies, who played Eau Claire in the NCAA tournament a year ago and lost 4-2, lost by a 3-1 score … 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
It’s time for another season in the MIAC and don’t be surprised if the league race is as tight as it was a season ago. A total of three points was all that separated co-champions St. Thomas and St. John’s (21 points) from fifth-place St. Olaf (18 points). Gustavus and Concordia were just one point … Read more
NCHA coaches have tabbed St. Norbert to win the league this season after the Green Knights were named No. 1 on nine of 10 ballots in the coaches’ poll announced Monday. Coaches could not vote for their own team. For the first time in its six-year history, Adrian was not the preseason No. 1 in … Read more