Let the jockeying begin. After having tasted out-of-conference action for the past several weeks, the ECAC West’s sextet is set to battle each other in earnest for standings positions. The top five teams, headed by Utica, are separated by just six points. And who knows, for one or two clubs, maybe an NCAA tournament bid … Read more
Lumps. Nobody wants to take them, but to most hockey squads, they are utterly unavoidable. Such was the case for Elmira last season when they bid adieu to a strong class of 10 seniors and welcomed a like-numbered group of talented, but untested, freshmen. The result was the Soaring Eagles’ first losing campaign (10-16-0) in … Read more
Perhaps it was because they had a month to stew about the way they skidded into the Christmas break. Or maybe it was a case of talent rising to its proper level. No matter. Hobart gave evidence that the woes of the first half of the season are truly a thing of the past, after … Read more
The Elmira at Fredonia game, originally scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 7, has been postponed and moved to Jan. 21 due to the blizzard that has slammed Western New York.
The conventional thought is that when it comes to outdoor hockey games, the goalies have it bad. The forwards and defensemen get to skate from end to end, working up a sweat, perhaps, but certainly, for a shift, at least, able to tune out the cold. Not so the goalie who has to stay between … Read more
The holiday hiatus is already underway throughout most of the ECAC West, that is, with two exceptions. On Saturday, conference leaders Utica will host the U.S. National Under-18 Team, while the next day, Nazareth will tangle with SUNYAC foe Geneseo at Rochester’s Frontier Field in the league’s first-ever outdoor tilt. All that said, it seems … Read more
The box score from Sunday’s contest could have read, “Jake Mooney 3, Tufts 0,” but of course, it didn’t. Hockey wins are never the product of a one-man effort and Mooney would be the first to say so, the first guy to tell you that the pucks are going in for him mostly because of … Read more
Ice time is a precious commodity, even more so for a freshman trying to work his way into the lineup. Last Saturday, Neumann freshman Collin O’Neil certainly made the most of his shifts. A healthy scratch for four of the Knights’ first five tilts, O’Neil found himself in the lineup for Saturday’s conference clash with … Read more
One draws motivation where ever it can be seized and for Adam Graff, it seems to be there for the taking at every turn. If not in an air-filled grab at a Frozen Four title, then perhaps in a stinging last-second loss. Or if not there, then in a chance to show an ECAC West … Read more
The roster says that defenseman Jordan Ciccarello is a senior, that forward Tom Seravalli is a junior and that winger Ben Blasko is a wet-behind-the-ears freshman. Truth is, they, and the rest of their Nazareth mates, are sophomores. Well, the second-year program itself is a sophomore. A year ago, the Golden Flyers put both feet … Read more
Small, but strong. Such is how the six-team ECAC West is shaping up in the early moments of the 2013-14 campaign. Division III’s next-to-smallest conference (only the WIAC with its five teams is tinier) can be described as both cozy and feisty. “I think as coaches, we all believe day in and day out that … Read more
Utica has been cited by the NCAA for failing to monitor its financial aid program for Canadian students and will be on probation for two years. The punishment, announced Thursday by the NCAA, also includes public reprimand and censure, a postseason ban for any teams that include a player still receiving that kind of financial … Read more
Holy Cross has named former Niagara goalie and Utica assistant coach Juliano Pagliero the Crusaders’ new assistant coach. “We are extremely excited to bring Juliano into the Holy Cross Hockey family,” said Holy Cross head coach Paul Pearl in a statement. “He comes to us with extensive college, professional and junior hockey playing experience. As … Read more
Greg Dumais has been named the field director of hockey operations for ECAC Division III hockey. Dumais was most recently the assignor and director of officials for Maine Junior Hockey and Preparatory Schools and officials supervisor for ECAC Division I men’s and women’s hockey. He has also worked as an on-ice official with the QMJHL, … Read more
Penn State has announced that Alex Dawes, former Utica assistant coach and student video coordinator and director of hockey operations at Vermont, will take over as the director of operations for the PSU women’s team on July 29. Dawes replaces Mo Stroemel, who accepted an offer from Penn State-Altoona as an academic instructor in the … Read more
USA Hockey announced Monday that Tom Minton has been named as the fourth recipient of the Brendan Burke Internship. Minton worked last season as both the director of hockey operations for the Neumann men’s team and as an assistant coach for the Saint Joseph’s men’s team.
The Pioneers stand to benefit from arena improvements for the pro team and won’t lose scheduling opportunities. A.J. O’Hagan reports.
Army announced Tuesday that Eric Lang has been named the Black Knights’ new assistant coach. Lang, who replaces Mike Warde, spent the 2012-13 season as a volunteer assistant coach with Army. Lang spent three seasons as the women’s head coach at Manhattanville and one season as the men’s head coach before moving to Army last … Read more
Morrisville announced Wednesday that interim coach Kevin Krogol has been named head coach for the 2013-14 season. Krogol spent the previous five seasons with the program, serving as an assistant coach for a majority of that time and most recently fulfilling the interim head coach role for the 2012-13 season. “I’m very excited to be … Read more
The Rochester Americans players’ wives and girlfriends will be having a fundraising raffle to benefit the family of Nazareth coach George Roll, whose wife has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, during the Amerks’ game versus the Hamilton Bulldogs on Saturday, April 20 at the Blue Cross Arena. The efforts are being spearheaded by Amerks’ … Read more