The NCHA men’s conference has announced the 2021-22 season award winners, including player of the year, coach of the year, freshman of the year, the all-conference team, and the all-freshman team. The 2021-22 player of the year is Peter Bates, a senior forward at St. Norbert. He not only paced the conference in scoring but … Read more
Currently standing at No. 2 in the nation, the 24-2-1 (17-0-1 in conference play) Utica Pioneers have already established a new threshold for wins in a season but look to add so much more over the upcoming weeks. This Saturday, the Pioneers host the No. 8 ranked Wilkes Colonels for the UCHC championship – the … Read more
The SUNYAC announced Thursday the 2022 men’s hockey top awards which are nominated and voted on by the conference coaches. The honors include the Herb Hammond Player of the Year, defensive player of the year, goaltender of the year, and rookie of the year. Brockport’s Ryan Romeo is a co-player of the year and defensive … Read more
Augsburg is exactly where it expected to be, headed to the MIAC tournament final for the fifth time in the last six seasons. The top-seeded Auggies clinched their spot with a 7-0 win over Bethel Wednesday night. St. Olaf, meanwhile, seemed like the unlikely team to reach the title game, especially being the seventh seed … Read more
The Commonwealth Coast Conference recently announced its 2021-22 all-conference teams and major award winners. Voting for the all-CCC teams and major awards was conducted by the eight CCC men’s head coaches following the conclusion of the regular season. Endicott goaltender Conor O’Brien took home two major awards as he was voted both CCC Player of … Read more
Former St. Scholastica men’s hockey head coach Kevin Moore committed NCAA violations when he provided impermissible benefits consisting of loans for off-campus housing accommodations and a meal to multiple student-athletes, the NCAA announced Wednesday, though Moore was not cited by name but was coach of the Saints during the time frame of the violations. The … Read more
Saint Anselm leading scorer Andrew Andary has been named the Northeast-10 Conference Ice Hockey Player of the Year, as the league office announced its all-conference honorees on Wednesday. Andary is the first Hawks’ player to earn the award since Mike Richard in 2012-13 and the fourth Saint Anselm player to ever win NE10 Player of … Read more
The UCHC announced Wednesday its 2021-22 men’s award winners and all-conference teams. The award winners were selected through a thorough survey of the league’s 10 head coaches. Utica junior forward Dante Zapata was named the 2021-22 UCHC Player of the Year. Zapata is 10th nationally in points per game, averaging 1.56. He has 16 goals … Read more
Trinity senior Lucas Michaud is the 2022 NESCAC Player of the Year as voted by the conference coaches. He is the fourth Bantam since 2014 to earn the honor. The player of the year honor bookends his career after being named NESCAC Rookie of the Year in 2019. Michaud helped the Bantams earn the No. … Read more
All I can say about last week is, it probably reflected the incredible parity, across all of the teams and conferences. This is exactly what you want in the playoffs – teams needing to go out an earn the win. My picks at 9-10-0 (.474) last week mirrored the stunning results – took too many … Read more
The SUNYAC has announced the 2022 all-conference teams as nominated and voted on by the conference coaches. Eighteen players from six different schools were recognized on the first, second and third teams. First Team Dan Bosio, Geneseo, F, Sr. Peter Morgan, Geneseo, F, Fr. Travis Broughman, Oswego, F, Jr. Ryan Romeo, Brockport, D, Gr. Chris … Read more
The best thing about playoff hockey is you never really know what is going to happen. How about a No. 1 seed, three No. 2 seeds and four No. 3 seeds all being dispatched from their conference tournaments this week? The NEHC championship is going to be hosted by the No. 4 seed (Babson) playing … Read more
Neither team wanted its season to end. St. Norbert and Aurora, both nationally ranked, gave it their all in their NCHA tournament semifinal showdown Saturday night. One team had to win, and when it was all said and done, it was the Green Knights, who escaped with a 5-4 victory in overtime. Brendan Mark scored … Read more
Josh Boyko almost didn’t play college hockey. He was drafted into the OHL at the age of 16 and considered going that route. And then he got a phone call from South Kent School. That call put him on a path to becoming a standout goaltender for the Aurora Spartans. “South Kent School reached out … Read more
Conference tournament action is in full swing for all three leagues in the west region of NCAA Division III hockey. The Bulldogs and Green Knights could be on a collision course to meet in the NCHA final once again, though Trine and Aurora will take aim at upsets. Meanwhile, Augsburg begins its quest for a … Read more
After playing eleven games in 22 days, where they had lost just one game, the young Stevenson Mustangs were focused on the UCHC playoffs and a chance to get back to the championship game where they lost last season to Elmira in the only conference contested for title in the East. This year’s team has … Read more
If last week was any kind of true indicator for what we are going to see in the playoffs across the region, then the excitement and drama level may hit an all-time high for the D-II/III action on the ice in the playoffs. Overtime games were already abundant last week and there is no higher … Read more
Overtimes and more overtimes in conference tournament action and battles to the very end in conference play. It was all on display this week in early playoff action in the NEHC as well as the final week for most conferences in the regular season. Here’s this week’s wrap-up for all of the excitement: CCC The … Read more
Auggie Moore delivered his biggest goal of the season, carrying Saint John’s to a 3-2 win over nationally ranked Augsburg Saturday night in the regular-season finale for both teams. Moore scored the game winner with not even a full second remaining in regulation as the Johnnies earned a split in their MIAC series with the … Read more
For senior goaltender Conor O’Brien, there is a whole lot of hockey yet to be played this season in the ultra-Competitive Commonwealth Conference (CCC). The Gulls are right in the mix of a season long battle among the top four teams to determine the regular season champion and seeding for the conference tournament starting next … Read more