Men’s D-II/III: Skidmore

Norwich looks to hold off Hobart in realigned NEHC

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The conference is officially realigned as an eight-team conference with the addition of Hobart from the former ECAC West, where they have won multiple conference championships and appeared in the NCAA tournament without the luxury of an autobid. The schedule is also a bit different, as this year some travel partners will play each other … Read more

Bird has Thoroughbreds galloping

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When you are a second year coach and bring in 13 new players to your program, you don’t expect untested talent to gel quickly and get results fast, but that is exactly what is happening for coach Rob Hutchison and his young Skidmore team. The Thoroughbreds have opened the season at 5-1-0 in conference play … Read more

ECAC East – old guard or new champion?

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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

Babson’s Murray tabbed ECAC East player, goalie of the year

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The ECAC East announced Thursday its award winners for the 2013-14 season and Babson was the big winner. Beavers’ goalie Jamie Murray was named the league’s player of the year and goaltender of the year, while Jamie Rice earned coach of the year honors. In addition, St. Michael’s defenseman Danny Divis and Southern Maine forward … Read more

Can Norwich make it 16 straight ECAC East regular-season titles?

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While some teams have already had a taste of regular-season action this past weekend with non-conference games, the real ECAC East conference play gets into full swing this Friday night. As one might expect, the Norwich Cadets will be searching for their 16th consecutive regular-season title, but this year’s path may be the most challenging … Read more

Rule Book Headed for Change, But by How Much?

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The NCAA men’s and women’s ice hockey rules committee gets this chance only once every two years, so there’s a little more emphasis to get it right. In the next month, leading up to and through the committee’s meeting June 8-11 in Indianapolis, the dialogue about potential rules changes will lead to debate and then … Read more

2006-07 Skidmore Preview

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Team Overview: When is year two really year one? For head coach Neil Sinclair, he is entering his second season at Skidmore but has his first recruiting class coming on board to his program. “This is my first recruiting class here because of the timing of getting the job when Coach Dion resigned,” Sinclair explained. … Read more

This Week in DIII – New England

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March, it’s the month of March. And if your team is still playing this week it’s a pretty big deal. Conference bragging rights and a chance to play in the national tournament is what it all comes down to before Sunday, March 5th. At the beginning of the year every team had goals set out … Read more

This Week in DIII – New England

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Twenty-eight teams will start this weekend full of playoff aspirations, looking to continue their seasons into March. By Saturday night half of the teams will move on and the rest of them will be done for the season. Win, you advance; lose, you go home. “It’s a really hard thing to identify with,” stated Curry … Read more