Norwich stays the No. 1-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll this week after receiving 15 of 20 first-place votes. St. Norbert jumps three spots to No. 2 and garnered three first-place votes. Hobart rises one to No. 3 and received a first-place vote, along with fourth-ranked Bowdoin, which tallied the other first-place … Read more
For Southern Maine coach Jeff Beaney, a look down the roster finds a lot of Fr. and So. abbreviations after players’ names. Eighteen of the 28 players on the roster are either first- or second-year players. That usually means a lot of development opportunities in real game situations and a maturation process that is battle-tested. … Read more
“Calm down everyone! There is room for everyone’s stockings on the mantle.” “No, Brad, you can’t take down Mike’s stocking — he gets to ask Santa for things too.” “No, we are not putting things in any order Jamie and yes, Damian and Ed you get equal space for your stockings despite what Jeff says. … Read more
Norwich keeps its top spot in the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll with all 20 first-place votes this week. The next five spots also remain the same – No. 2 Oswego, No. 3 Wisconsin-Eau Claire, No. 4 Hobart, No. 5 Adrian and No. 6 St. Norbert. Bowdoin is up one to No. 7, swapping places … Read more
For some new head coaches, the road to working with their team is a bumpy ride that is full of twists and turns that are not the regular ups and downs of a season. For St. Michael’s coach Damian DiGiulian, the pedigree of his years at the prep and college level with hall of fame … Read more
By virtue of receiving 18 of 20 first-place votes this week, Norwich takes over the top spot in the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll. Oswego falls from the top spot, but received two first-place votes and sits second this week. Wisconsin-Eau Claire remains third, while Hobart jumps two spots to No. 4 and Adrian falls … Read more
When a team has a history of playing its best at the right time of the year and putting itself in a position to win conference championships, it’s really difficult to get too worried about slow starts or placement in the standings after just a few weekends of play. For the Babson College Beavers and … Read more
Ah, the rumor mill continues to circulate. With the impending departure of Connecticut to Hockey East next season, there are rumors abounding as to possible replacements for the Huskies in Atlantic Hockey. One of the schools rumored to be in the mix is St. Anselm College, a D-II school currently playing in the ECAC East … Read more
Frank Salituro has gotten Hobart off to a strong start in his final season with the Statesmen. Dan Hickling reports.
Just three games into the 2012-13 campaign and already the Massachusetts-Boston Beacons have seen a lot of different situations to chalk-up as learning experiences. With 13 freshmen on the roster, everything is new at the college hockey level, and at 2-1-0 entering this weekend, coach peter Belisle likes a lot of what he has seen … Read more
T.J. Manastersky has pondered and plotted and gone through all of the motions, both in his head and on the ice. What to do at even strength, on the power play, on the penalty kill, trailing in the game, leading in the game, you name it. It’s understandable, of course. Manastersky, named the coach at … Read more
R.J. Tolan’s been through it all before. As the Wentworth coach set out on his seventh season at the helm of the Leopards last month, another cloud full of expectations hovered over him. Such is life when you run the ECAC Northeast’s marquee program, one that has a culture and an identity synonymous with … Read more
In a week following the devastating impact of Hurricane Sandy along the Northeast corridor, it seemed a bit ironic that a team with a Nor’easter mascot claimed responsibility for one of the biggest early season upsets last Saturday evening when the University of New England defeated Castleton, 3-2, in overtime. Castleton came into the game … Read more
With hope and prayers that everyone in the Northeast has safely come through the effects of Hurricane Sandy, I now turn to what is sure to be turbulence and shifting winds throughout the ECAC East season set to begin on Friday night. While the picture at the top seems quite clear in what Norwich and … Read more
The ECAC West will have a slightly new look this season. The conference still doesn’t have an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament, but it has a sixth school again in nascent program Nazareth. It’s the first time the league will be at at a half-dozen teams since Lebanon Valley College downgraded to … Read more
St. Michael’s announced Monday that Adam Berger has been hired as the team’s new assistant coach. A May graduate of Drake (Iowa) University, Berger served as the hockey operations intern with the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League the past four years. “I am very excited and honored to be a part … Read more
Damian DiGiulian has been hired as Saint Michael’s men’s head coach, becoming just the third bench boss since the program went to varsity status prior to the 1982-83 season. During the past three seasons, DiGiulian was the head coach and director of hockey for the Rice Memorial High School prep program in South Burlington. “I … Read more
Dean Jackson, who has spent the past five seasons as an assistant with the Elmira men’s team, has been named head coach of the Soaring Eagles’ women’s team. “My family and I are very excited for this fantastic opportunity to lead such a tremendous program,” said Jackson in a news release. “Coach [Greg] Fargo has … Read more
The University of New England was cited for failing to monitor its financial aid process, according to findings by the NCAA Division III Committee on Infractions. The university awarded financial aid packages during two academic years to student-athletes in a pattern clearly distinguishable from what was provided to all students at the university. Penalties include … Read more
Amherst Lord Jeffs League: NESCAC Conference record: 17-1 (first) Overall record: 23-3-1 NCAA history: Fourth appearance, quarterfinals in 2009 Scoring offense: 3.89 g/gm Scoring defense: 1.67 g/gm Scoring margin: plus-60 (2.22 g/gm) Power play: 27.6 percent Penalty kill: 86.7 percent Penalties: 10.33 pim/gm Team Leaders Goals: Mike Moher (13) Assists: Aaron Deutsch (17) Points: Mike … Read more