D-III East weekend picks Nov. 15-17: NESCAC starts up
The NESCAC starts play this weekend, and Tim Costello picks a few games from that conference, as well as rivalry games in the CCC and SUNYAC.
Men’s D-II/III: Southern New Hampshire
D-III East weekend wrap Nov. 11: Babson, Oswego have strong weekends
Babson and UMass-Boston each swept Castleton and Norwich, Utica fell to Nazareth, Oswego swept Canton and Hobart, and Endicott and Nichols split a home-and-home. Tim Costello recaps the weekend.
St. Anselm to battle St. Michael’s in NE-10
The conference is now inclusive of all the hockey programs without joint league entanglements or mixed schedules. The new NE-10 includes six teams, with a seventh D-II program, Post University, included in the schedule for all teams. Each team will face the other six opponents three times in the regular season, and that kind of … Read more
UMass Boston assistant Walsh named new head coach at Southern New Hampshire
Southern New Hampshire announced Friday that Sean Walsh has been hired as the sixth coach in program history. Walsh will begin his duties with the Penmen on July 10. “During the search process, the name ‘Sean Walsh’ kept coming up as a bright, up-and-coming, coach,” said SNHU associate athletics director and search committee chair Tom … Read more
After 10 seasons, Hutchins out as Southern New Hampshire head coach
Ken Hutchins is out as head coach at Southern New Hampshire, a school official confirmed to USCHO.com Thursday. “Per SNHU athletic department and university policy, we cannot elaborate further on personnel matters,” said an SNHU athletic department spokesperson. Hutchins, a 1987 graduate of SNHU, just completed his 10th season behind the Penmen bench and went … Read more
Northeast-10 reveals ‘enhancements’ to men’s conference for 2017-18 season
On Monday, the Northeast-10 announced “enhancements” to its men’s programs, in a news release. Beginning with the 2017-18 season, the NE-10 regular-season schedule is expanding to 18 games with the addition of scheduling partner Post, which joins the conference as a scheduling partner for the regular season only. With Post’s inclusion on the schedule, each … Read more
Penmen looking for a blizzard of wins
“A single snowflake does not make a blizzard,” stated Southern New Hampshire head coach Ken Hutchins. “That is a quote from ‘Snooks’ Kelley back in the 1950s, and it is our motto for the second half coming up where we are not taking anything for granted after a good first half.” A good first half … Read more
St. Anselm looks for three-peat in Northeast-10 conference play
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
Canton native Durocher gets role as St. Lawrence men’s hockey videographer
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