It’s conference championship weekend, we’ve got some new faces in the mix, one conference giving us a first timer in the NCAA tournament since both have not been to the dance and they play for the conference title this weekend, you love to see it. We’ll recap briefly this past week and then look … Read more
Sorry for the delay on this, but we’ll be taking a look at how we got here and what’s to come. It’s playoff time for Women’s D-III hockey and the east playoffs are underway! CCC Endicott really took control of things this season, finding themselves back atop the CCC after Suffolk won it for the … Read more
Where has the season gone? For most coaches, the season probably seemed to take forever at times depending on their respective team’s performance, but for fans, the season seems to have flown by once again. We’ve entered the conference playoffs and are set for another great late February/March string of games! MIAC The defending national … Read more
Nazareth clinches the UCHC again This was supposed to be the year of the Pioneer (appreciate the rhyme) in the UCHC, but the young squad in Nazareth has done it again, winning the UCHC for the third-straight season, Chris Baudo continues to win, now with a record of 111-25-7 (via USCHO). With their pair of … Read more
#1 UW-River Falls remains undefeated, beating rival #6 UW-Eau Claire 4-3 in OT UW-River Falls has been unstoppable this season, watching the game, the broadcaster mentioned when Eau Claire went up 1-0. It was only the second time River Falls trailed all season at any point in a game, the only other time was to … Read more
This past weekend out west was a fun one as we wrap things up in the regular season. We had a huge series out on Adrian to essentially determine the NCHA regular-season champion, determining home-ice for the playoffs. We also saw Gustavus and Hamline go at it in the MIAC, another pair of teams looking … Read more
This past week we saw more upsets (shocker), some close games, and we look ahead to a notable birthday this weekend at the Playland Ice Casino. Here’s your week 15 east recap highlighting a few notable events! Wesleyan’s sweeps #6 Wesleyan (11-6-3) have clearly found their stride as of late. In their last six … Read more
We’re creeping in on conference tournament time and play has never been better in terms of parity and overall competitive skill level within the top teams. We had a busy weekend as usual out east, here’s your notable events from the eastern front! The UCHC runs through Rochester, New York Nazareth, the 3rd-youngest team in … Read more
As we creep closer and closer to the NCAA Tournament, we begin to see some enticing matchups that seem to mean more during this time of year. This past weekend we didn’t experience any upsets out west as we typically have seen on a weekly basis, but we saw one individual make history. Here’s your … Read more
Welcome back to a new season of Bracketology. Here we try to explain the process of seeding the NCAA Tournament and selecting which regional each of the 16 men’s Division I teams will play. Let’s begin with the simple. Figuring out which 16 teams would make the field based on the current PairWise Rankings. Note … Read more
Another week out west, another week closer to a potential final four out west. Like the east, we’ve seen upset-after-upset out west, which just shows us the parity being at an all-time high as mentioned in this week’s east article. Let’s get into your week 13 west review, recapping the notable events! Augsburg gets the … Read more
I’ve not been around the sport as long as some, but I believe I’ve been involved with it enough to say once again that we’re at the best point the sport [D-III Hockey] has ever been in terms of parity from what we’ve seen. Week-after-week, we continue to see upset-after-upset, something that wasn’t as common … Read more
Episode 9: Under-18 gold for Team USA, a massive road sweep for Ohio State Nicole Haase (@NicoleHaase) checks in from Switzerland, where the United States won the Under-18 Women’s World Championship gold medal. Nicole and Todd Milewski (@ToddMilewski) also discuss a major statement by No. 1 Ohio State at Minnesota and look ahead to some … Read more
The 2024 NCAA Convention ended last Saturday, capping a busy week of progress and celebration. The Division III Management Council and Presidents Council approved expanding the men’s hockey championship bracket from 12 to 13 teams, starting with the upcoming 2024 tournament. The NCAA Division III Men’s Ice Hockey Committee recommended the addition of another team … Read more
Conference playoffs are almost here, approaching faster than you may think, but also, this thing called Pairwise, it’s now becoming more accurate. By accurate, I mean accurate in terms of showing us the projected field for potential at-large bids or auto-bid seedings and so forth, by no means do I mean it’s an accurate representation … Read more
We’re quickly approaching conference playoff time in D-III hockey and we had many good conference-play matchups this past week. We had some games moved back a day or two, mostly out west due to the winter storms wandering their way through, but here’s your east recap highlighting the main events from each league! CCC Western … Read more
Episode 8: Nicole checks in from Switzerland, Cornell makes a move in ECAC Nicole Haase (@NicoleHaase) joins the PodKaz from Switzerland, where she is covering the IIHF Under-18 Women’s World Championship. Nicole and Todd Milewski (@ToddMilewski) talk about group play in the tournament and look at some of last week’s results in ECAC Hockey, including … Read more
We had an exciting week of D-III Women’s hockey this past weekend and earlier this week, one team made a run and some other upsets occurred! The second half is officially upon us! Trinity? Where’ve you been? The Bantams had a trio of tall tasks in their way this past week, visiting #8 Norwich on … Read more
We’re getting back to a full slate this weekend in D-III Women’s hockey, meanwhile we had a few games played this week coming off the great weekend featuring four games down South in Charleston, SC. Here’s a brief recap of some midweek non-conference games, which featured an upset in Vermont! Trinity upsets #8 Norwich (Trinity … Read more
Hope you all enjoyed your holiday season; we’re getting back into the swing of things in the D-III Women’s hockey world. This past week we had four games take place in Charleston, South Carolina and some New Year’s Eve games as well! We’ll also go over a close matchup between two teams up North. Hockey … Read more