Women’s D-III: Nazareth builds off hot start, strong offense
Nazareth is looking to take its fearsome offense and take it to the top teams in the UCHC, starting next weekend against Elmira.
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Women’s D-I: Minnesota State looking to edge into top of WCHA
As first-year players, the current seniors at Minnesota State won only three games. This year, they are over .500 and are eyeing moving into the upper half of the WCHA standings.
Colorado College looking to rebuild momentum after strong weekend against Omaha
The first half of the season has been one of contrasts for Colorado College (photo: Casey B. Gibson).
Overtime games, shootouts showing Big Ten parity, ‘how good our league is and how close everybody is’
When the Big Ten announced its changes to overtime hockey at the start of the season, there was no way to tell that fans would be treated to so much three-on-three play before the end of the first half (photo: Jim Rosvold/University of Minnesota).
Struggling Princeton getting opportunities, but looking for ways to start ‘cashing in on our chances’
Last season, Princeton used a scorching offense to win the Whitelaw Cup as ECAC Hockey’s playoff champion (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
Michigan Tech blueliner Rockwell ‘learning how to impact the game’ with Huskies
Michigan Tech defenseman Tyler Rockwell played in the season-opening series against Minnesota Duluth, but the Huskies didn’t put him on the travel roster the following weekend when they visited Wisconsin (photo: Michigan Tech Athletics).
American International progressing under Lang as Yellow Jackets gaining swagger, confidence
The last time American International beat Air Force, Eric Lang was a second-year assistant coach at Army West Point (photo: Omar Phillips).
Women’s D-III weekend wrap Dec. 3: Lake Forest upset, Middlebury settles for tie
Middlebury settled for a tie in one of its games with Connecticut College, and Trine upset Lake Forest. Olivia Spellmire recaps the weekend action.
D-III East weekend wrap Dec. 2: Schultz earns 200th career win at Geneseo
Chris Schultz of Geneseo earned his 200th career win, No. 10 Trinity suffered its first loss of the season, and No. 13 Norwich held on for a win in a tight conference game.
D-III West weekend wrap Dec. 2: St. Norbert scores big win over Marian
St. Norbert rolled over No. 14 Marian, and No. 1 Wisconsin-Stevens Point is still without a loss.
Women’s D-I weekend wrap Dec. 2: Holy Cross and other stunners
Previously winless Holy Cross stunned No. 5 Northeastern, Boston University swept No. 4 Boston College for the first time ever, and No. 3 Clarkson fell to No. 7 Cornell and Colgate in a wild weekend of unexpected events.
Despite win-loss record, Alaska Anchorage showing signs of improvement, ‘on the right track’
The college hockey world is small, and updates of games in-progress usually make the rounds on social media pretty quickly, especially if they’re as shocking as one score in particular from Saturday night’s action: Alaska Anchorage led North Dakota 3-1 after two periods in Grand Forks (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
D-III West: Roo brothers have Wis.-Stevens Point gunning for national championship
T.J. Roo transferred from Bemidji State to play his senior year at Wisconsin-Stevens Point with his brother, Carter. The Roo brothers have the Pointers gunning for a national championship.
New on-campus rink in the works for Connecticut, but is seating capacity an issue?
A few weeks ago when Connecticut announced its plans to build a new, on-campus facility for ice hockey, it was met with cheers from some but criticism from many (photo: Melissa Wade).
Women’s D-III: Manhattanville, off to strong start, looks to build on success
After starting with a strong weekend against Stevenson, Manhattanville this weekend won the Codfish Bowl, and is now looking to build on its early success.
D-III East: Young Eagles of Brockport flying early
Brockport is off to its best start in recent memory, and possibly best start ever, in part due to the play of both young guns and veterans.
Women’s D-I: Merrimack creates blueprint for early success with new program
Currently in only its fourth season as a D-I program, Merrimack sits fourth in Hockey East and is also in the top 10 in the PairWise. The Warriors have created a blueprint for building a brand-new program and having quick success.
Western Michigan has ‘great energy in practice’ with Niagara in town this weekend
Considering Western Michigan has won three of its last four games, it’s easy to wonder whether the Broncos’ bye weekend over Thanksgiving came at a bad time (photo: Gary Shook).
After disappointing series with Penn State, Robert Morris flips the script against Mercyhurst
Coming off a disastrous home-and-home series against Penn State, it was time for RMU hit the reset button and prepare for another Pennsylvania rival in Mercyhurst (photo: Omar Phillips).
Ohio State improving weekly with attention to detail, compete level in practice, but still has ‘long way to go’
Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 probably wasn’t the greatest of nights to be an Ohio State hockey fan (photo: Omar Phillips).