Wesleyan spring graduate Casey Fratkin has been named the top assistant coach of the Saint Michael’s College men’s team. Fratkin comes to Saint Michael’s after a four-year collegiate playing career split between Wesleyan and Elmira College. He earned his bachelor’s degree in history with a concentration in European history. “I would like to thank Coach … Read more
The Democrat & Chronicle has reported that with Nazareth assistant coach Jared DeMichiel getting hired at St. Lawrence, Phil Rose will move volunteer assistant to full-time assistant at Nazareth. Former St. Cloud State head coach Craig Dahl is the new volunteer assistant at Nazareth after filling the same role at Geneseo.
St. Lawrence has named former RIT goaltender and Nazareth assistant coach Jared DeMichiel its new assistant coach. DeMichiel, who has been the assistant coach at Nazareth since January 2012, replaces Kris Mayotte, who took an assistant position at Providence in mid-summer. “I am very excited to announce the hiring of Jared as our new assistant … Read more
Nick Therrien was 45-17-3 with a 2.31 GAA and .915 save percentage in his career at Utica, where he led the Pioneers to the national semifinals as a junior.
Michael Lysyj has been named assistant coach at Fredonia, replacing Bill Silengo, who left to become an assistant coach at Manhattanville. Lysyj scored 39 goals and had 38 assists in four seasons with Cortland, graduating in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology, with a concentration in coaching, and a minor in communications. Following college, … Read more
Utica has named Eddie Olczyk as the new men’s assistant coach. Olczyk, son of former NHL player and coach Ed Olczyk and brother of Penn State senior captain Tommy Olczyk, will assist Pioneers’ head coach Gary Heenan with all facets of the program, including practice and game preparation, recruiting and office management. “Eddie has been … Read more
Following two years in Stamford, Conn., the Manhattanville men’s and women’s teams will return to Playland Ice Casino for the 2014-15 season. Playland Ice Casino served as the home of the Valiants for a decade from 2002 until 2012, when parts of the facility were badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy just weeks before the start … Read more
Mike Hedden helped the Knights win the NCAA Division III title in 2009, then added an AHL Calder Cup championship last season. Next, he’s headed to Europe.
Oswego will play Utica as one of three games at the Frozen Dome Classic at Syracuse University’s Carrier Dome on Saturday, Nov. 22. The event will be hosted by the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL. The Crunch are scheduled to play the Utica Comets and the third game will be law enforcement agencies from both … Read more
A game between Utica and Oswego and another involving the Syracuse women’s team are part of a proposed event next season at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y.
Oswego’s Ed Gosek and St. Norbert’s Tim Coghlin are previous winners of the Edward Jeremiah Award for Division III national coach of the year and both are nominees again this year. Gosek last won the award in 2007, with Coghlin winning a year later. The 2014 nominees include any coach who won or shared conference … Read more
The eight finalists for the 2014 Sid Watson Award as the top men’s player in Division III hockey were announced Monday. All eight players were their respective conference’s players of the year. There are no finalists from the MASCAC or ECAC West. Three players are taking part in the D-III Frozen Four this weekend in … Read more
It all boils down to this. The two top teams in the ECAC West – No. 1 Utica and No. 2 Elmira – will fight it out on Saturday for league supremacy. Is anyone surprised? Ya shouldn’t be. The two squads, who between them have taken the last six league championships (okay, Elmira copped the … Read more
Fans hoping for a quarterfinal round upset – and certainly those of Neumann and Nazareth – were left disappointed after Wednesday’s ECAC West playoff lid lifters. Thus, we now have the top four seeds (in order) Utica, Elmira, Hobart and Manhattanville set to square off in the weekend’s semifinal tilts. Manhattanville kept its season going … Read more
And the Division III college hockey world continues to grow. Daniel Webster College, located in Nashua, N.H., announced Wednesday that it will add women’s hockey for 2014-15 and will elevate it’s men’s ACHA program to varsity status, also for the ’14-15 season. Wrestling was also added to the school’s slate of new programs. “This is … Read more
How do you like your finishes? Down to the wire? If so, then the race for the ECAC West regular-season championship could be right up your alley. With two games remaining on the schedule, Elmira and Utica share a top spot tie with identical 9-3-1 conference records. And although it’s a bit of a pity … Read more
Winning on the road, especially while in a standings dogfight, can be just the sort of test that can define a team like, say, Elmira. The Soaring Eagles began last weekend with a slim, one-point lead one point lead in the race for first place over both Utica and Hobart. They had just one tilt … Read more
The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Thursday the 18 semifinalists for the 14th annual Joe Concannon Award, presented each year to the best American-born college hockey player in New England playing at the Division II/III level. This year’s list consists of 12 forwards, two defensemen and four goaltenders. The candidates include eight players from … Read more
Hmmmm. What exactly was decided by last week’s ECAC West action? Well, we began with just one point separating the top half of the six-team loop, (Elmira, Hobart and Utica) just as it is at this very moment. We had cellar-dwelling Nazareth acting like giant-killers and they kept the slingshots humming for one more night, … Read more
Who saw this coming? Anybody? Anybody? Sure ya did. Uh huh … right. Even the most rabid fans of Nazareth didn’t see it coming. After all, the Golden Flyers, a program feeling all the growing pains of a second-year program, was still 0-for-the-season in ECAC West play, and 0-for-forever against nationally-ranked opponents. Yet they pried … Read more