What an entrance the NESCAC teams make to the season. As always, the late arrivals but with the most dramatic entrances and battles for playoff positioning amongst any of the other conferences in the D-III ranks. This year will likely be no exception according to last year’s championship coach from Williams, Bill Kangas. “We start … Read more
Williams earned all three individual awards from the NESCAC as the conference announced the winners on Tuesday. The league’s Player of the Year is Williams senior defenseman and captain Zander Masucci, who tallied seven goals and 18 points to lead all NESCAC blueliners this season. Co-Rookies of the Year are Williams goalie Michael Pinios and … Read more
What a spring and offseason for the hockey teams of NESCAC. First, Trinity shakes off a quarterfinal loss in the conference tournament to go on a four-game run as an at-large entrant in the NCAA tournament and wins its first-ever national title. Secondly, Middlebury and D-III coaching legend Bill Beaney announces his retirement from coaching … 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
Fourth-year coach leads alma mater to first national title in program history.
The NESCAC handed out its year-end awards and named its two All-Conference Teams recently. Trinity’s Ryan Cole was named Player of the Year after leading the league with 35 points in 14 goals and 21 assists. David White, a first-year forward from Amherst, was named Rookie of the Year after leading the NESCAC with 18 … Read more
Jackson Brewer – and his NESCAC-leading 33 assists – is coming back. So, too, are John Hawkrigg and Sean Orlando, with their 17 goals apiece in tow. And who can forget Ryan Cole, a freshman like Orlando, and his 16 league tallies. All of that is great news for Trinity, not so great for the … Read more
The Crusaders have a recognizable brand to attract a coach, Dan Rubin writes.
The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Wednesday that Trinity junior forward Jackson Brewer has been selected as the winner of the 14th annual Joe Concannon Award, which recognizes New England’s best American-born hockey player in Divisions II and III. Brewer, a native of Newton, Mass., led the Bantams to the NESCAC regular-season championship, scoring … Read more
Last, but certainly not least every season, the NESCAC conference gets into the fray and starts playing regular-season hockey starting in the middle of November. The conference is playing catch-up with many of their league brethren in New England, but no worries, these teams come up to speed quickly. They will have to do just … Read more
Another Division III men’s game has been announced for Citi Frozen Fenway as Williams will play Trinity on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. EST.
Always the last conference to kick off its regular season, the NESCAC comes together this year as maybe the most balanced conference in the nation. Last season saw two new coaches join the conference and add to its illustrious group of hockey minds. This season sees the addition of former Mass.-Lowell coach Blaise MacDonald to … Read more
Expect Williams to take first in the ever-competitive NESCAC this season.
Trinity College has named Matt Greason the third head coach in the 38-year history of the program. Greason returns to Trinity, where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, served as an assistant coach from 2007-09, and was a two-time All-NESCAC honoree in 2002 and 2003. He spent the last two years as an assistant … Read more
Trinity College has announced the resignation of men’s hockey head coach David Cataruzolo and the hiring of John Dunham, the school’s only other coach in its history, on an interim basis. Cataruzolo, who coached at Trinity the last 14 years, has also been named the director of operations for Harvard’s men’s and women’s programs. “We … Read more
Twelve forwards, two defensemen and two goaltenders make up the group of 16 semifinalists for the Joe Concannon Award. The Award, presented by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston, is given to the best American-born college hockey player in New England playing at the Division II/III level. “Without a doubt, this season has showcased an … Read more
Cammi Granato, three-time ECAC Player of the Year, two-time Olympian and 15-year member of the U.S. Women’s National Team, was today announced as one of the first two female members in the 65-year history of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Granato will be formally inducted into the Hall on Nov. 8 as part of the … Read more
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
Trinity goaltender Isabel Iwachiw has been named the winner of the Laura Hurd Award, given annually to the nation’s Division III women’s player. The player of the year in the NESCAC, Iwachiw is also a first-team All-American and led Trinity to its first NCAA tournament appearance. She had a 21-5-2 record, a 1.22 goals-against average … Read more
NCAA Tournament First Round Preview And then there were seven. Nineteen weeks of hard work and preparation paid off for seven teams this past Monday when they were selected to the 2010 NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Tournament. This year we have one new face in the crowd as Trinity makes its first NCAA … Read more