St. Norbert senior forward Peter Bates has been named the recipient of the 2022 Sid Watson Award. The award, voted on by the nation’s Division III head coaches, is presented to the best player at the men’s NCAA Division III level by the American Hockey Coaches Association. Bates enjoyed a banner senior season for St. … Read more
For leading Adrian into the NCAA Men’s Division III Frozen Four at Lake Placid, N.Y., Adam Krug has been named winner of the 2022 Edward Jeremiah Award as the CCM/AHCA Division III men’s coach of the year. It is the first such award for Krug and Adrian. Krug is in his eighth season as head … Read more
NCAA Division II-III men’s hockey head coaches have recognized the top 30 hockey players by selecting them as CCM Hockey/AHCA All-Americans for the 2021-22 season. First Team East G: Conor O’Brien, SR, Endicott D: Justin Allen, SR, Utica D: Ryan Romeo, GR, Brockport F: Ryan Black, SR, Babson F: Regen Cavanagh, SR, Utica F: Dante … Read more
It’s down to the final weekend of the season and the national championship is on the line. Three of the top four seeds survived the quarterfinal round to advance to Lake Placid where east and west-based semifinals shape up for some exciting hockey to settle the season on the ice. In the battle between the … Read more
Greg May took a walk around the campus of Augsburg the day of an NCAA Division III quarterfinal game against St. Norbert last weekend, reflecting on memories of his own time here as a student-athlete while also soaking in the moment of having the program he once played for on the cusp of the Frozen … Read more
Following Saturday’s NCAA quarterfinal win over Utica, 2-0, the University of New England is heading to their first ever Frozen Four in Lake Placid this weekend. Key in the win was sophomore goaltender Billy Girard IV who made 38 saves in shutting out the high-powered offense of the nation’s No. 2 ranked team. Girard and … Read more
The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Wednesday that Babson forward Ryan Black and Endicott goaltender Conor O’Brien are the co-winners of the 21st Joe Concannon Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England at the Division II/III level. The award was established in 2001 shortly after the passing of … Read more
Ranked No. 1 in the country most of the season, Adrian moved one step closer to finishing the season on top after putting away Hobart 7-4 Saturday night in an NCAA Division III quarterfinal game at home. The Bulldogs scored four goals in the second period to take control and punch their ticket to the … Read more
The top four seeds finally got to host the quarterfinal round this past weekend. While Hobart traveled west to face the No. 1 seed from Adrian, No. 2 Geneseo and No. 3 Utica hosted Babson and the University of New England respectively in two exciting contests that determined half of the Frozen Four field headed … Read more
For Geneseo’s senior forward and captain Dan Bosio, this season has been one filled with a number of new accomplishments including a 20-goal season and being the first player in program history to win four SUNYAC titles in his career at Geneseo. With all that success Bosio and his teammates are now focused on the … Read more
Sam Ruffin has been waiting his entire college career for the opportunity to play in the NCAA tournament. His first year at Adrian after transferring in from Alaska ended with a tourney opportunity being taken away by the COVID-19 pandemic. And last season there was no tournament because of the ongoing pandemic. The wait is … Read more
Last week saw some great hockey including an overtime game at St. Norbert and a double-overtime thriller at the University of New England. All of the home teams won setting up a quarterfinal round with the top eight seeds remaining in the tournament. In the battle between the two USCHO writers, the east has a … Read more
This overtime thing isn’t anything new for St. Norbert. Which is why the Green Knights responded to the pressure of an OT game in the NCAA tournament Saturday night. Instead, the sixth-ranked team in the nation in the DCU/USCHO NCAA Division III men’s poll remained poised, needing less than a minute of extra hockey seal … Read more
The action of the first-round games in the NCAA tournament did not disappoint in any way shape or form in the first D-III national tournament played in three years. If you were a wise predictor, and went with all of the home teams, you went 4-0 on the weekend as the higher seeds managed to … Read more
Two years ago this week hope for an NCAA tournament in NCAA Division III hockey was dashed as the COVID-19 pandemic ramped up and shut down the sports world. We wondered when sports would return and when life would get back to normal. Last season we saw some normalcy. Sort of. Hockey teams in Division … Read more
It is finally here! After an absence of two seasons, the D-III NCAA Tournament is back and what a great field of 12 teams that will contend for the title. The bracket did seem pretty straight forward this time around and the Selection Committee did a great job in keeping the integrity of the top … Read more
The MIAC has announced its award honorees for the 2021-22 men’s hockey season. Augsburg forward Austin Martinsen and head coach Greg May took home top honors as the MIAC player and coach of the year, respectively. Martinsen was an offensive force throughout the season, leading all MIAC skaters with 11 goals and 23 points in … Read more
Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Jordan Fader has been selected the WIAC player of the year, while UW-Eau Claire’s Ryan Ouellette received newcomer of the year honors and UW-Stevens Point’s Tyler Krueger was selected coach of the year. Fader led the conference with 15 goals and 31 points, while ranking second with 16 assists. He tallied three short-handed … Read more
It was a long time coming but the Utica Pioneers celebrated their UCHC championship win with over 3000 excited fans that filled the Utica Memorial Auditorium for the first time in a very long time. In a season where the program has matched or set a new standard with statistics like wins, there is just … Read more
With Geneseo’s fourth consecutive SUNYAC title wrapped up with a 6-1 win over Oswego last weekend, senior forward Dan Bosio became the first Knight in program history to win titles in all four of his seasons as a player. While his play on the ice has spoken volumes for the Knights all season long, Bosio … Read more