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Big Green find sustainable success

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Mark Hudak ascended to Dartmouth’s head coaching job for the 2003-04 season, inheriting a sophomore class that included forwards Gillian Apps, Cherie Piper, and Katie Weatherston. Led by those three Canadians, Dartmouth scored 134 and 155 goals in Hudak’s first two seasons. When the trio returned from an Olympic sabbatical for their senior seasons in … Read more

Team meetings key second half resurgence at Nichols

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Louie Educate can pinpoint the change that’s come in his team, what differentiates the Nichols hockey team’s first half of the season from its second half. In the first half, when Nichols would lose a lead or make a costly mistake, it was the start of a downward slope. The mistakes through the course of … Read more

Aid violations hit women’s programs too

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Over the past two years, the ECAC Women’s West has been hit hard by NCAA sanctions pertaining to International Student Initiative Grants. Four member schools, including Chatham, Buffalo State, Potsdam, and most recently Neumann, have been found to be in violation of too many athletes receiving these grants in proportion to the rest of the … Read more

Spartans in full attack mode

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At 10-1-1 in conference play, the Castleton Spartans know they have a lot riding on their success in the final six games of the regular season in the ECAC East. It may be some basic math, but coach Alex Todd’s squad is in full attack mode in looking to sure up their best possible position … Read more

Balance leads to success at Elmira

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Heading in to last weekend, Elmira’s power play wasn’t really lighting up the lamp. The Soaring Eagles man advantage had scored seven times in 47 opportunities since the holidays, but five of those goals came against Morrisville during three games. Then came along Friday’s game against Manhattanville, where special teams dominated the second period and … Read more

Emery’s philosophy takes hold in Plattsburgh

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You know the mantra — defense wins championships. In the case of Plattsburgh, it’s more like the double D’s — defense and discipline wins championships. “Our philosophy always starts with discipline, hard work, and defense, not one over the other,” Plattsburgh coach Bob Emery said. A philosophy which is working better than ever this season. … Read more

St. Scholastica finds its groove again

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After a down season last year, St. Scholastica has bounced back in a big way. Currently ranked No. 13 in the USCHO.com poll, St. Scholastica is in second place in the NCHA, just one point behind No. 6 St. Norbert. St. Scholastica went 9-17-1 in the 2010-2011 campaign, after five seasons of double digit wins … Read more

Elmira back on top

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Last year by all accounts was a down year for the Elmira Soaring Eagles. After making three straight Frozen Four appearances from 2008-10, the perennial powerhouse lost in the ECAC West play-in round in late February to Utica and finished with a program-worst 16-8-2 record. Fast forward 11 months to present day and it’s almost … Read more

Hockey spoken here!

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You just might think that with a roster that includes players from Sweden, Finland, Canada, Croatia, Russia and the U.S., the constant chatter on the bench, ice, and in the locker room would be multi-lingual. That’s just not the case for coach Tom Carroll and his New England College Pilgrims, who plain and simple speak … Read more

Neumann’s NCAA violation

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On Thursday, January 19, the NCAA announced findings of a major violation at both Neumann University and SUNY-Morrisville revolving around financial aid grants to foreign student-athletes. These violations are similar to ones found at SUNY-Geneseo and Buffalo State in January 2010, and Potsdam in 2011. The violations at Neumann involve financial aid awards to student-athletes … Read more

Morrisville is latest NCAA victim

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Morrisville, along with Neumann, has joined the unwanted club previously occupied by Geneseo, Buffalo State, and Potsdam: It has been cited by the NCAA for improper aid to student-athletes. To quickly review the situation — the NCAA has closely scrutinized the ratio of aid that goes to international and/or Canadian students versus student-athletes. If the … Read more