Northland alum Shane Buckley is returning to his alma mater to lead the LumberJack men’s hockey team. Buckley takes over for Seamus Gregory, who stepped down in May to become the first head coach at Dubuque. “The selection process was extremely difficult,” said Northland executive director of intercollegiate athletics Dan Schumacher said in a statement. … Read more
Greg “Boom” May, who led the Augsburg men’s hockey team to two NCAA Division III national tournament berths in his two seasons as head coach, has announced his resignation to accept a position as associate head coach of the Minnesota’s women’s team. The Gophers also announced Mitch Baker will be an assistant coach and current … Read more
Niko Kovachis has been named an assistant coach with the Cortland men’s hockey team for the 2023-24 season. Kovachis joins Cortland from Chatham, where he served as a men’s hockey assistant coach for two seasons. A 2019 graduate and four-year player at Niagara, Kovachis was named an alternate captain in his senior year. He was … Read more
Brian Troy has been named the new assistant men’s hockey coach at Albertus Magnus. Most recently, Troy was the boys varsity hockey head coach at the Winchendon School in Massachusetts. He first joined the staff at Winchendon as an assistant in 2014 until his appointment as head coach in 2018. “I’m extremely excited to join … Read more
The MASCAC council of presidents and commissioner Angela Baumann have announced that Anna Maria and Rivier will be joining the conference as affiliate members. Anna Maria and Rivier will join MASCAC men’s hockey beginning in 2024-25 and provisionally for MASCAC women’s hockey. They will join Fitchburg State, Framingham State, MCLA, Plymouth State, UMass Dartmouth, Salem … Read more
Salem State men’s hockey head coach Bill O’Neill has announced his retirement after a distinguished 42-year career with the Vikings. O’Neill amassed a 626-436-76 (.583) record during his tenure, completing his career ranked second all-time in total victories in NCAA Division III. He is just one of 15 NCAA coaches all-time across all divisions to … Read more
Dubuque has announced the hiring of Seamus Gregory as the school’s first men’s hockey coach. Gregory most recently was the director of intercollegiate athletics since Jan. 2019 and head men’s hockey coach at Northland from 2014 to 2023. He is the all-time leader for wins in men’s hockey at Northland. His teams qualified for the … Read more
Women’s hockey will become the 21st sport in the SUNYAC conference beginning with the 2023-24 season. In addition, Canton will join the SUNYAC as an associate member in men’s hockey starting in 2024-25, bringing the total number of programs to 10 in the conference. The presidents of the SUNYAC approved both measures on May 8 … Read more
Middlebury men’s hockey head coach Neil Sinclair has stepped down from the helm of the program. “I have decided to step down as the men’s ice hockey coach at Middlebury College,” said Sinclair in a statement. “This is a decision that I have taken some time to come to, and I know this is what’s … Read more
The UCHC has announced it will expand its men’s membership to 12 with Misericordia University joining the league in 2024-25. “Misericordia has a comprehensive and very competitive athletics program across the board,” said UCHC commissioner Chuck Mitrano in a statement. “We are excited to be part of their history with the addition of men’s ice … Read more
The University of Dubuque has announced the addition of men’s and women’s hockey to their NCAA Division III intercollegiate athletics program with competition to begin with the 2023-24 season. UD will be partnering with the Dubuque Ice Arena, which is home to the USHL’s Dubuque Fighting Saints, and with its managing partner, Q Casino, to … Read more
A young boy, a hockey mom’s encouraging words, a love of sport, a local rink and service to the community have all been woven together over time to create an entrepreneurial vision that is born of hockey but committed to so much more in the Washington D.C. area and beyond. Saint Anselm freshman forward Will … Read more
In a season where multiple injuries plagued the defending national champions from Adrian, senior Matus Spodniak stood tall as a reliable and productive player that helped the Bulldogs reach the national championship game for a second consecutive season. The senior from Slovakia produced thirty goals and twenty-eight assists for 58 points in leading Adrian through … Read more
The NEHC announced Thursday the addition of Salve Regina as the league’s newest member. Both the men’s and women’s hockey teams at Salve will join the conference and begin league play during the 2024-25 season. “The NEHC is excited to welcome Salve Regina University as the league’s newest member,” stated NEHC commissioner Katie Boldvich in … Read more
The attainment of something elusive and something new were the hallmarks of the 2022-2023 season for Hobart College head coach Mark Taylor. Extending his team’s current streak to eight consecutive NCAA appearances, the Statesmen won their first national title with a thrilling 3-2 overtime win over Adrian to finish a 29-2-0 season that also included … Read more
Amazingly, two sometimes isn’t enough as it applies to movie franchises. The “Men In Black” series has completed three successful and linked storylines much like the intrepid Men In Blades (MIB) have done with their third consecutive nomination and earning finalist status for the Hockey Humanitarian Award. While the recognition is greatly appreciated and humbling, … Read more
In D-III where goaltending exceled this past season as well as in the NEHC conference where All-American caliber goaltenders are the competitive ante, Damon Beaver arrived as a first year at Hobart and all he did was backstop the Statesmen to their first ever national championship. Beaver played in 20 games and started 18 for … Read more
The just completed D-III season showcased an immensely competitive landscape across each of the regions and conferences with outstanding team performances and individual efforts. Across the board, the level of competitiveness was on display each and every week with a large number of continuous upsets and fluctuations weekly in the standings and national polls. The … Read more
Since the start of his time in college, Albertus Magnus senior defenseman Ryan Herpy has liked a challenge. The Chagrin Falls, Ohio native committed to a Falcons program that was being built from scratch. Herpy was among a group of all freshmen on the NCAA Division III school’s first men’s hockey team in 2019-20, and … Read more
It was a fitting end to the D-III season on Sunday night as the two best teams in the country battled evenly through sixty minutes of regulation hockey before ultimately deciding the national championship in overtime with Hobart’s Wil Crane scoring to lift the Statesmen to their first national championship. It was tough to see … Read more