St. Michael’s men’s coaches DiGiulian, Fratkin picked to coach Lithuanian National Team at U-18 Worlds

St. Michael’s men’s head coach Damian DiGiulian and assistant coach Casey Fratkin have been selected to coach the Lithuanian National Team in Division II Group A of the IIHF Under-18 World Championship next month in Romania. DiGiulian will serve as an assistant coach to head coach James Tibbetts, who guided the French National Team at … Read more

First-year Endicott bags three of four ECAC Northeast awards

The ECAC Northeast announced its major award winners and all-conference teams recently. Tyler Beasley from Nichols garnered Player of the Year after averaging over a point per game in 2015-16 and posting 13 goals and 30 points in 25 games. In its first year as a varsity program, Endicott collected the three remaining major awards … Read more

Hobart’s Olson, Gamache, Taylor cop top honors in ECAC West

The ECAC West named its year-end award-winners on Wednesday, in addition to two All-ECAC West Teams, a team of honorable mentions and the All-Rookie Team. Hobart took three of the four individual honors, as Mac Olson was named player of the year, Ben Gamache took home defensive player of the year honors and Mark Tyalor … Read more

Joe Concannon Award boasts 22 ‘worthy’ semifinalists for 2016 honor

The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston president has announced the 22 semifinalists for the sixteenth Joe Concannon Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England at the NCAA Division II/III level. This year’s list is made up of 12 forwards, six defensemen and four goaltenders, including last year’s winner, Jamie … Read more

Seniors a ‘Beacon’ of determination for Massachusetts-Boston

The Beacons of Massachusetts-Boston are certainly enjoying a successful season to date. Ranked eighth in the most recent USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll with a 16-3-2 record and sitting atop the NEHC standings, there are still major goals to be achieved, starting with the regular-season title and opportunity to host the conference final four. Just … Read more

NEHC men’s conference enters into scheduling agreement with Daniel Webster; University of New England departing for Commonwealth Coast Conference

The NEHC men’s division has entered into a scheduling agreement with Daniel Webster for the 2016-17 season. The addition of Daniel Webster will maintain the traditional 18-game league schedule for the NEHC despite the University of New England’s departure to the Commonwealth Coast Conference. “The NEHC is excited to welcome Daniel Webster as a scheduling … Read more

Hobart, Neumann, Elmira could be big three in ECAC West

Last year saw Hobart win the ECAC West regular-season title and then the conference tournament with an overtime win against Neumann. The Statesmen then subsequently suffered a first-round loss in the NCAA tournament to Oswego. Both finalists from last season ranked high in the preseason coaches’ poll, but this always-competitive conference, without the automatic qualifier … Read more

Nichols looking for another ECAC Northeast title run, but Bison have long road ahead

While coach Kevin Swallow has departed last year’s conference champion Nichols team for the same position at the University of New England, the expectations remain the same this season. Parker Burgess takes over in his first head coaching job looking to build on his experience out west as an assistant with St. Thomas. “I really … Read more

ECAC East – old guard or new champion?

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Despite all the news in New England about new conference alignments coming next year and University of New England’s departure to the newly formed CCC next year, as well as St. Anselm in Division II exploring the move to D-III across their entire athletic department, … Read more

Commonwealth Coast Conference to start men’s hockey with 2016-17 season; ECAC members leaving?

The Commonwealth Coast Conference Board of Directors announced Friday that the CCC will begin sponsoring men’s hockey as a championship sport beginning in 2016-17. The addition of men’s hockey increases the number of CCC championship sports to 16 and marks the first new CCC championship sport since the addition of men’s golf in 2013-14. “As … Read more

St. Anselm exploring opportunities at Division III level

St. Anselm College president Steven DiSalvo announced Tuesday that the school has applied to enter “the exploratory phase of NCAA Division III membership for all athletic programs.” The school’s hockey programs currently compete at the Division II level. The move to D-III would allow the programs to have an NCAA postseason. “We evaluated our academic, … Read more