Lots of positional poll jockeying has been the norm the over the past two weeks, particularly in the bottom half of the top 10. This weekend was no exception, as chronicled below. Overall, the top ten clubs compiled a 14-4-1 record. Colby stuns Polar Bears There are road wins, and there are significant road wins. … Read more
Two enticing match-ups, both out of the NCHA head this week’s picks. St. Scholastica hosts Lake Forest and Adrian hopes to continue to impress amongst the pollsters in taking on St. Norbert. ECAC DIV-III EAST Friday Nov. 22 Massachusetts-Boston at Holy Cross The Crusaders have made the most of play at friendly Hart Athletic Center, … Read more
Hopes of a successful weekend came to an abrupt halt for a pair of top-10 clubs this week. The upsets both came out of the WIAC and NCHA. Back east, the polar opposite was on the menu for top-ranked Plattsburgh, which rolled past Buffalo State in a pair of shutouts. Through six outings, the Cardinals … Read more
ECAC DIV III EAST Holy Cross at Norwich Senior forward Tori Charron, who led the nation with 30 goals last season, is off to a lightning start for the Cadets with six goals, including a pair against her former school, Elmira, in the East-West Showcase. The Cadets have benefited from solid, early play from freshman … Read more
Waidacher’s wicked weekend High scoring sisters Isabel and Nina Waidacher rendered the St. Scholastica record book in need of serious revision after an abundant display of offense in the Saints’ initial look at NCHA action. Isabel finished with 15 (six goals, nine assists) points in the two-game home set with Finlandia at Mars Lakeview Arena, while … Read more
With conference action taking hold, a number of intriguing matchups are featured this week Here’s our best guess on how things will transpire. ECAC DIV III EAST Friday Nov. 8 Plymouth State at Southern Maine The Panthers take on their third consecutive road test in Gorham against the Huskies who used an early third period … Read more
Cardinals, Balisy prevail in Vermont send off Whether the 2013-14 edition of the East-West Classic affords a template for future achievement in the spring most likely depends on perspective. Plattsburgh came away from Kreitzberg Arena with arguably the clearest vision of its adeptness in the wake of a 6-0 drubbing of host Norwich on Saturday … Read more
The eight-team field for the 2013 NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship was revealed this morning on www.ncaasports.com on a live selection show. The three teams selected for the available at-large bids came as no surprise to join the five conference champions in this year’s quest to be the last team standing holding the … Read more
Hobart/William Smith officially announced today in a press release on its athletics website that they will be adding varsity women’s hockey in the near future. There was also a job posting on the before linked website for a varsity women’s hockey coaching position that goes into great detail about the position and responsibilities. The Hobart men’s hockey … Read more
Four out of the five conferneces wrapped up their regular season schedule this past weekend with the MIAC being the lone hold out with another week left of the regular season. 1. Plattsburgh completes unbeaten regular season Although in my 20 bold predictions, I did predict that either Plattsburgh or Gustavus Adolphus would finish the … Read more
This past weekend marked one of the biggest weekends in recent Division III women’s hockey with the top two teams battling it out in four of the five conferences. So what did we learn? For starters, Plattsburgh and Gustavus Adolphus continue to cement themselves as the cream of the crop currently. Plattsburgh swept Elmira 4-1 … Read more
There is a lot on the line this weekend with the top two teams in four out of the five conferences meeting each other. Three of the four matchups are two-game series and there is one solo matchup. Separation Saturday (Friday and Sunday as well) is upon us. Norwich @ Manhattanville Norwich and Manhattanville kick … Read more
The second half of the season ramped up into full swing yesterday afternoon with top-ranked Plattsburgh and No. 5 Norwich doing battle at the Stafford Ice Arena. Both teams were playing their first games in a month and after Norwich was able to jump out to a 2-0 lead, Plattsburgh like the consumate No. 1-ranked … Read more
Happy New Year! In this first blog post we’ll take a look at the first half of the season with some surprises and disappointments so far in the 2012-13 season as well as hand out some mid-season All-American recognition. Three surprises 1. Elmira With Greg Fargo leaving to take the Colgate job and former EC … Read more
A large portion of the Division III women’s hockey world wrapped up its first semester schedules this past weekend with numerous non-conference matchups taking place, headlined by Manhattanville hosting No. 1 Plattsburgh. Manhattanville led 1-0 on a goal by Sonia Occhionero in the second period. That lead lasted into the second intermission, but Plattsburgh like … Read more
Sorry for the gap in these picks but we’re back this week with a couple of key games heading into the holiday break. Plattsburgh @ Manhattanville Plattsburgh looks to wrap up an undefeated first half of the season with its second matchup of the year against Manhattanville. Plattsburgh claimed a 2-1 OT win in each … Read more
Last week turned out to be a rough week for this prognasticator. Even though I corrrectly picked splits in the St. Scholastica/St. Norbert and River Falls/Superior series, I mixed up the days on both picking the wrong team to win each day putting a big 0-for-4 on the scoreboard. Gustavus Adolphus also asserted an early … Read more
Last week, I opened up with a solid 5-1-1 (.785) record, but what I would like to point out before getting into this week’s picks is how I should have bought some lottery tickets after the Adrian/Wis.-River Falls series. Don’t ask me how, but I successfully nailed both scores of both games in that series, … Read more
This weekend, the D-III women’s hockey season kicks up another notch with many ECAC East, NCHA, and ECAC West schools opening up league play. There a couple of interesting matchups between expected conference contenders, as well as some mid-level games that should provide for some exciting hockey for the weekend. Oswego at Utica Oswego and Utica are … Read more
And then there were eight… We’ve reached the final two weekends of the season and in just over 24 hours we will know who the four teams that will be competing for the 2012 Division III Women’s National Championship. Concordia (Minn.) @ RIT Out of the four matchups, this is probably the one that everyone … Read more