Men’s D-II/III: NESCAC

The NESCAC quarterfinals went mostly to form as the top three seeds moved on to this week’s conference championship final rounds hosted by Trinity. Trinity, the top offensive team in the conference, will be equally challenged by the top defensive teams in Amherst and Williams and no one should dare underestimate the balance and overall … Read more

The final weekend of the regular season went a long way in determining the matchups in the quarterfinal round of the NESCAC tournament scheduled for this coming Saturday. Trinity leveraged a pair of wins over travel partner Wesleyan to lock up first place and the top seed, but at the expense of seeing Wesleyan again … Read more

Every year, the last weekend of NESCAC play brings so many scenarios to what the seeding will look like once the final two games of the regular season are completed. So what do we know heading into the final two games? Not much. The only confirmed position is Tufts not qualifying for the conference tournament … Read more

With just two weekends left in the regular-season schedule, the sense of urgency for points is not lost on teams that are truly already in playoff mode. Case in point finds Hamilton as the Continentals are currently in ninth place in the NESCAC conference standings. In the NESCAC, being ninth or worse is a problem … Read more

Many consider the NESCAC among the most competitive athletic conferences at the Division III level and certainly, no one can question the academic quality and integrity the 11-school conference represents to it thousands of students. So it should come as no surprise that many legacies and sibling combinations have appeared over the years competing both … Read more

“It’s not about how you start – it’s about how you finish.” The above quote represents the mantra that is the focus and commitment Connecticut College has adopted forthe second half of the season and the Camels’ final regular-season games over the next four weekends. An 0-7-0 start, including a 6-0 shellacking by Manahattanville, was … Read more

In the summer of 2012, then-new coach Blaise MacDonald arrived at Colby without the benefit of a recruiting class to call his own and started with a team that had seen the transition of three coaches in three seasons. The Mules had struggled with any kind of success, lacked depth and found ways to beat … Read more

You might think that a stretch of playing five games in eight days, including a “home” game at Frozen Fenway, might have a team a bit tired and looking for a little rest. Not the case for Williams, which enters this weekend’s nonconference matchups with Manhattanville and Plattsburgh excited to play more difficult opponents in … Read more

Despite a 2-3-1 conference record in the first half and unfamiliar fifth-place seat in the NESCAC standings, Bowdoin coach Terry Meagher feels his team is ready to go and make some noise in the second half of the season. A quick look at the team statistics shows only seven players of 28 on the roster … Read more

The skates are hung in the lockers with care with hopes the second half of the season soon will be there. And so with all due respect to Clement Moore and his classic Christmas poem, the NESCAC boys are off to papers, finals and home for the holidays after an always-late start to the season … Read more

The names are a bit different on the roster, experience may be not as deep in years past and the goaltender, until now has gone under the radar screen, but a quick look at the NESCAC standings finds Amherst sitting atop the league at 4-0-0 coming into their final weekend of play before finals, the … Read more

For Trinity coach Matt Greason, this year brings forward some new opportunities for players to emerge in leadership and productivity, as well as reliance on a cornerstone of last year’s success. Gone are the Menard brothers who led the Bantams on and off the ice, leaving just a trio of seniors among a roster of … Read more

For the 2-0 Wesleyan Cardinals, opening weekend showcased great results, great resolve in some adverse situations and some young talent that has taken-off early. Wins at home against Tufts and Connecticut College were strong confidence boosters for Wesleyan, but it was more about the way they did it that most impressed their head coach and … Read more