NCHC responds to talks of conference expansion

Recent news that Minnesota State and Arizona State have applied for membership in the NCHC prompted conference commissioner Josh Fenton to release a statement today. “After careful consideration and a thorough vetting process, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference’s Board of Directors announced the Conference will not move forward with membership expansion at this time. We … Read more

NCHA standings could find Adrian, St. Norbert, Milwaukee School of Engineering battling at the top

Last Year’s Champion: Adrian. The Bulldogs also won the Harris Cup for the sixth time in program history. Favorites: Adrian, St. Norbert and the Milwaukee School of Engineering are the favorites to win the conference championship. Dark Horse: Lake Forest could be the surprise contender this year as it returns league player of the year … Read more

NCHA men’s conference goes to two divisions, introduces new playoff format

The upcoming season in the NCHA men’s conference will include a few significant changes, including the creation of two divisions and a new playoff format. The changes were finalized at the athletic directors meeting in Fond du Lac, Wis., on Sept. 23 Finlandia, Lawrence, Northland, Milwaukee School of Engineering, St. Norbert and St. Scholastics will … Read more

Wick takes leave from St. Scholastica bench for medical reasons

St. Scholastica men’s coach Mark Wick has taken an indefinite leave of absence due to medical reasons. Saints’ assistant coach Ben Gordon will assume the head coaching duties in the interim. Wick is the winningest coach in program history with 145 career victories and has been named the NCHA Coach of the Year twice (2009, … Read more

Nicklin named new volunteer assistant at Minnesota-Duluth

Minnesota-Duluth has named former Bulldogs’ goaltender Brant Nicklin its new volunteer assistant coach. Nicklin, who replaces Bill Watson, has served as the UMD women’s goaltending coach the past four seasons and as an assistant coach at St. Scholastica since 1995-96.

Former Duluth, Michigan Tech Coach Sertich Joins St. Scholastica

Former Minnesota-Duluth and Michigan Tech coach Mike Sertich has joined the St. Scholastica staff as an assistant coach. Sertich led Minnesota-Duluth for 18 seasons and Michigan Tech for three. Related link: Mike Sertich’s coaching history He has a 375-397-53 record as a head coach. Under Saints head coach Mark Wick, Sertich will work with the … Read more

Rule Book Headed for Change, But by How Much?

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

NCAA D-III Quarterfinal: St. Scholastica vs. UW-Stout

University of Wisconsin-Stout Blue Devils (22-5-2 overall, 10-2-2 in NCHA) This weekend marks only the second appearance ever for UW-Stout in the NCAA tournament. The first came last season. Though the Blue Devils have strung together a couple tremendous seasons, the road to this end was not a short one. The Blue Devils failed to … Read more

2006-07 St. Scholastica Preview

The cat is out of the bag on the Saints. Although they dropped their final two games last season and fell to sixth in the conference, the Saints are coming off their first winning season in twenty years and definitely won’t be sneaking up on anyone this time around. They might not have to. Immediately … Read more