The conference championship game was canceled last season due to a campus outbreak amongst hockey players at St. Anselm, and the title by conference edict was given to the top-seed Stonehill Skyhawks. This year, all of the teams hope the ultimate conference champion will be decided on the ice, and it is no surprise that … Read more
The conference is going through some upheaval off the ice, what with the departure of the University of New England to the CCC, school solvency issues with the Daniel Webster College program, and, most recently, the decision to not renew St. Anselm and St. Michael’s conference participation for the 2017-18 season, making the conference an … Read more
St. Anselm is projected to win the Northeast-10 this season after the league released the results of the preseason coaches poll Thursday. The Hawks picked up five of six first-place votes.
Franklin Pierce coach Bruce Marshall, who led Connecticut from 1988 to 2013, died in his sleep early Saturday morning. He was 54.
According to the Union Leader out of New Hampshire, dozens of student-athletes peacefully protested potential changes to the St. Anselm hockey teams’ future conference affiliation during the school’s groundbreaking ceremony for a new student center on Thursday. Currently, the men’s team plays against both NCAA Division II and Division III teams. The Hawks are scheduled … Read more
Dan Allen has been named the top assistant coach for the St. Michael’s men’s team. “I am very excited about the opportunity to work at Saint Michael’s alongside Coach [Damian] DiGiulian,” said Allen in a statement. “I am looking forward to developing my coaching skills while also growing and advancing the men’s ice hockey program … Read more
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
After consultation with the respective athletic departments, the Northeast-10 conference has announced that the 2016 championship game between top-seeded Stonehill and No. 2 St. Anselm will not be rescheduled. Last Friday, the conference revealed that cases of the mumps were prevalent within the St. Anselm team. Northeast-10 conference statement: “After consultation with the respective athletics … Read more
Stonehill, in accordance with the Northeast-10 conference and St. Anselm, announced that Saturday night’s NE-10 championship scheduled to be played at the Foxboro Sports Center has been postponed. The following is a statement from the Northeast-10: “Earlier this evening, officials from Saint Anselm College informed the Conference that the New Hampshire Division of Public Health … Read more
Franklin Pierce will not finish its men’s season after the school announced Friday that it has been canceled due to what university officials called a “hazing incident” in a news release. “I am saddened by this news,” university president Andrew Card said in a statement. “We have a set of core values here on this … Read more
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
Going into and coming out of the semester break, one of the hottest teams in New England has been Assumption. A 2-6-2 start to the season has been eclipsed by a recent five-game winning streak that moved the Greyhounds above .500 for the season and significantly increased the confidence level of the team. A recent … Read more
The six teams that comprise the Northeast-10 are technically Division II programs that play a limited schedule against each other and the majority of their games with D-III schools across the region. While two schools, St. Anselm and St. Michael’s, also compete in the NEHC, they are only eligible to play in the NE-10 postseason … Read more
Sixteen schools formerly comprising the ECAC East announced a change in name and administration to the league on Friday. The league will be named the New England Hockey Conference, effective for the 2015-16 season, and will have both a men’s and women’s division. Both the men’s and women’s teams will remain eligible for automatic bids … Read more
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
Ryan Durocher has joined the St. Lawrence men’s hockey staff in a hockey operations capacity as the team’s videographer. Durocher replaces Brennan McHugh who has taken a hockey position at the Northwood School in Lake Placid, N.Y. A Canton native and former Cortland player, Durocher will handle the video breakdown and coaching duties for the … Read more
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
Mercyhurst associate coach Robert Ferraris has stepped down, effective at the end of August, to become head hockey coach at his high school alma mater, Trinity-Pawling, in upstate New York. Trinity-Pawling is an all-boys boarding school located in Pawling, N.Y., near the Connecticut border. “The last 10 years have been, quite possibly, the best to … Read more
Holy Cross announced Thursday it has named former Stonehill captain and Trinity assistant coach Peter Roundy as a new assistant coach. “I am very excited to welcome Peter Roundy to our coaching staff,” said Crusaders coach David Berard in a statement. “Peter brings a wealth of knowledge to our program from his experience at Trinity … Read more
Marshall led the Huskies for 25 seasons before resigning in 2013.