Due to ongoing rescheduling hurdles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the NEHC has announced an expansion of its league postseason tournaments for the 2021-22 season. Typically an eight-team field, the tournaments will expand for the 2021-22 postseason only to accommodate the qualification of all 10 programs. A first-round game has been added for Wednesday, February … Read more
Talk about a week that saw it all! There was the Great Whiteout. Overtime thrillers. A sprinkling of upsets and surprises and one of the rarest of hockey happenings, a goalie-goal! Here’s the weekend wrap-up: CCC Curry and the University of New England played the front end of what was supposed to be a two-game … Read more
After falling 3-2 to UW-River Falls on Friday, UW-Stevens Point returned to the top of the conference with a 4-1 win over the Falcons Saturday. Fletcher Anderson scored twice to pave the way for the Pointers, the 13th-ranked team in the DCU/USCHO NCAA Division III men’s poll. UW-Stevens Point improved to 12-5-1 overall and 7-2 … Read more
After back-to-back weekends of canceled games, the Fredonia men’s hockey took it to Buffalo State with a commanding 5-1 win on Friday. Five different players scored — including goalie Logan Dyck. No, it's not a typo. Logan Dyck made 38 saves… Oh, and he scored a goal. #goalies #renaissanceman @FredBlueDevsHky pic.twitter.com/rzJbgzi5Hf — Fredonia State Athletics … Read more
With virtually every MASCAC team at a standstill since the change of the calendar to 2022, the Massachusetts-Dartmouth Corsairs, like their conference compatriots, are hoping to return to real games next week and find a way to re-schedule four postponed contests in advance of a conference tournament next month. For a team that has been … Read more
It’s that time of the year where conference play is officially in full swing and every game down the stretch factors into a team’s title hopes. Among the key matchups this weekend is a battle between UW-Stevens Point and UW-River Falls in the WIAC while Adrian and St. Norbert both try to keep things rolling. … Read more
It’s crunch time! What it’s only mid-January but that means teams are about a month away from the end of the regular season and it is time to start playing great hockey. While there are still a number of weekly postponements, I am really needing to step it up in the games that are being … Read more
Non-conference action along with big matchups in conference play dominated the weekend. The ranked teams continued to cruise with Geneseo, Endicott, Elmira, Norwich and Endicott all enjoying winning weekend play. Elsewhere Colby pulled off a pair of wins in NESCAC and Curry pulled off a sweep of games with Wentworth. Here’s the weekend wrap-up: CCC … Read more
St. Norbert’s winning streak is still intact after a tightly-contested game against Lake Forest on Saturday. The Green Knights edged the Forresters 7-6 in overtime on Saturday. St. Nobert, winners of 12 consecutive games, entered the weekend ranked eighth in the DCU/USCHO NCAA Division III men’s poll. But it was on the brink of an … Read more
Most of the games scheduled for this weekend are expected to take place, though there are a few canceled games.Still, hockey is being played as the 2021-22 season rolls on, and let’s take a look at some of the games. Friday Saint Mary’s (4-8-1) at UW-Stout (4-10) The Cardinals haven’t had it easy this year, … Read more
Alessio Luciani is once again in the midst of another stellar season for Adrian. Luciani leads the team in points, with 11 of is 18 coming off assists, and his efforts have helped the Bulldogs emerge as one of the nation’s top teams. They are ranked No. 1 in the latest DCU/USCHO NCAA Division III … Read more
Hobart announced Thursday that the fifth-ranked hockey team’s schedule for this weekend, Jan. 14-15, has been altered due to COVID safety protocols in the visiting teams. The Statesmen’s game against sixth-ranked Babson has been moved from Friday, Jan. 14 to Sunday, Jan. 16, at 4 p.m. Hobart’s game against Southern Maine has been canceled. All … Read more
COVID impacts aside – yes, the scheduling has been challenging but there have also been some great games early in 2022 to get excited about as conference play returns across the region. While there continues to be a high number of postponements, I am starting to pick reasonably well in the games that are being … Read more
A look at the standings in the NEHC finds Hobart leading the way with a 7-0-1 record and an overall record of 11-2-1. Heady numbers for those looking at the data but not so much for head coach Mark Taylor and his staff. The focus for all continues to be around improving the team game, … Read more
By Joe Connor/Special to USCHO.com When my last sports travel column was published here in February 2019, never could I have imagined I wouldn’t publish another one – until now. Good riddance 2020 – yet thank goodness 2021 because fans were back in the stands. And Mr. Sports Travel, too! Since my first opus here … Read more
As my fellow writer covering D-III men’s hockey, Brian Lester noted, the word of the season on the schedule has been and continues to be ”postponement.” Again, this weekend there were a host of games postponed, tournaments reconfigured, and adjustments made to new opponents based on changes in teams’ availability. If nothing else the teams … Read more
Peyton Frantti’s ninth goal of the season proved to be one of the biggest as he helped carry St. Norbert to a thrilling 4-3 win over Aurora in overtime to cap an important weekend in a battle of nationally ranked opponents. Frantti scored off a rebound at the 1:50 mark as the Green Knights won … Read more
Postponed has become a familiar word in the world of college athletics in the early days of 2022, and the west region of NCAA Division III hockey is not immune to it. The more we hope for normalcy, the further we seem to get away from it as the COVID-19 pandemic rolls on into its … Read more
The UCHC has announced schedule changes for this weekend’s games involving men’s and women’s teams. MEN Friday, Jan. 7 Lebanon Valley at Brockport, postponed Chatham is now at Buffalo State, 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8 Lebanon Valley at Geneseo, postponed Neumann at Cortland, canceled Wilkes at Anna Maria, canceled Chatham at Fredonia, postponed King is … Read more
A trio NCAA Division III men’s hockey games this weekend have been postponed due to COVID-19. The St. Olaf series against Gustavus Adolphus scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Jan. 7-8, has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 cases in both programs. The Oles and Gusties were scheduled to meet on Friday evening in St. Peter … Read more