The NESCAC kicks off play with league games this weekend, No. 2 Adrian goes on the road. and Wisconsin-River Falls hosts a dangerous St. Thomas squad. Candace previews the action and picks the winners.
Though they graduated a two-time All-American in Amanda DiNella, a young Gustavus Adolphus team has responded to early challenges and is off to a strong start.
Elmira opened its season with 18 goals in two games, Plattsburgh scored a big win over Norwich, and Wisconsin-Eau Claire was the lone top 10 team to suffer a loss. Candace Horgan recaps the weekend.
Adrian had a statement opening weekend, defeating No. 2 Hamline and then sweeping Saint Mary’s. The Bulldogs will look to build momentum toward a pivotal Thanksgiving weekend tournament clash with Middlebury in the Cardinal/Panther Classic.
No. 3 Adrian made a statement with a 4-1 win over No. 2 Hamline, St. Scholastica upset No. 5 St. Thomas, and defending national champion Plattsburgh started its campaign with two shutout wins.
The Hockey Humanitarian Award is presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” and seeks to recognize college hockey players, male or female, who contribute to local and/or global communities in a true humanitarian spirit (photo: Jim Rosvold).
This weekend kicks off action in women’s D-III. Writer Candace Horgan picks the winners of some of the interesting games.
The NCAA on Tuesday voted unanimously to permit students participating in athletics the opportunity to “benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness in a manner consistent with the collegiate model.”
Abby Ostrom has been hired as the Boston University women’s program’s director of hockey operations (photo: Trinity Athletics).
Curry announced Monday that the men’s hockey team will be moving to the Canton Ice House, effective for the 2019-20 season (photo: Curry College Athletics).
Chatham announced this week that Mike O’Grady will take over as the head women’s hockey coach (photo: Nichols College Athletics).
St. Norbert announced Wednesday that the school has named A.J. Aitken women’s hockey coach (photo: Tim Brule).
Norwich announced on Friday that Sophie Leclerc will be returning to her alma mater as the second head coach in Norwich women’s hockey history (photo: Colgate Athletics).
National champion leads the way on our All-USCHO Women’s D-III teams with five players, while runner-up Hamline and Elmira each had three players on the teams. A total of 11 programs are represented.
After coaching at St. Norbert College for the last four years, Meredith Roth has been named the new associate head coach of Holy Cross Women’s ice hockey program. During Roth’s time at St. Norbert College, she led her team to an NCHA championship game in her first season as head coach. Roth said she thoroughly … Read more
Plattsburgh’s Kevin Houle led the Cardinals to another national championship, their fifth in the last six years. For leading the Cardinals to success, Houle is the USCHO Women’s D-III Coach of the Year.
Hamline’s Molly Garin was named USCHO D-III Women’s Rookie of the Year, making it a clean sweep of the player awards for Hamline after Bre Simon was named player of the year.
She led the country in scoring and helped take her team to the national championship game, capping that with the Laura Hurd Award. Hamline’s Bre Simon adds more recognition by being named USCHO Women’s D-III Player of the Year.
Plattsburgh State claimed the 2019 national title with a 4-0 win over No. 4 Hamline on Saturday (photo: Ryan Coleman, d3photography.com).
Plattsburgh is in familiar territory, playing for the national championship, this time against Hamline, while St. Thomas takes on Adrian in the third-place game. Olivia Spellmire previews the contests.