The SUNYAC will add Hobart and William Smith in the sports of men’s and women’s hockey, and Skidmore in men’s hockey, beginning with the 2025-26 season. The announcement was made on Wednesday by commissioner Tom DiCamillo following a recommendation by the SUNYAC board of directors (athletic directors) and approval by the SUNYAC presidents council. This … Read more
The Northland College Board of Trustees on April 4 voted to declare financial exigency, setting off a process designed to provide a final, good faith effort to save Northland College. The decision comes after a March 11 fundraising appeal to raise $12 million dollars by April 3 to avoid closure and instead continue programs and … Read more
The New England Hockey Writers Association will host its annual awards reception on April 23 at the Prince Restaurant in Saugus, Mass. The event will include not only the New England writers’ honorees but will also serve to present the recipients of the Walter Brown Award and Joe Concannon Award, given by the Gridiron Club … Read more
Our lovely season known as Women’s D-III Hockey has come to an end. The All-American awards for East/West have been announced, now, we’ll announce this year’s USCHO awards! This was one of the best, if not the best season to date for women’s D-III hockey in terms of seeing an undefeated 31-0-0 UW-River Falls winning … Read more
According to published reports, former New England College women’s hockey players Sidney Capolino and Meghan Moore were tragically killed last Saturday night. Miami-Dade Police believe Luis Napoles, 40, shot the 25-year-old Moore, his girlfriend, outside her home before entering the apartment and shooting her roommate Capolino, 23. Police have not disclosed the motive. Napoles later … Read more
For leading his team to a phenomenal 29-0-0 record heading into the semifinals of the NCAA Division III championships, Joe Cranston of Wisconsin-River Falls has been chosen by his peers as the 2024 CCM/AHCA Women’s Division III coach of the year. It is the first time that Cranston has been so honored and the first … Read more
Wisconsin-River Falls senior forward Maddie McCollins is the recipient of the 2024 Laura Hurd Award. The award, voted on by the nation’s Division III head coaches, is presented to the best player at the NCAA women’s Division III level. McCollins is the third player from UWRF to be so honored. A fifth-year senior forward from … Read more
NCAA Division III women’s head coaches have recognized the top 24 hockey players in their division by selecting them as CCM Hockey/AHCA All-Americans for 2023-24. First Team East Natalie Stott, SO, Amherst, Goalie Madi Morton, SR, Elmira, Defense Kendall Wasik, GR, Plattsburgh, Defense Livia Brooks, FY, Norwich, Forward Julia Masotta, GR, Plattsburgh, Forward Meg Rittenhouse, … Read more
The UW-River Falls women’s hockey team defeated Elmira 4-1 Sunday afternoon on home ice at Hunt Arena to win the 2024 NCAA Division III women’s hockey national championship. The national title is the first in UWRF’s history during its 25th anniversary season, finishing with a 31-0-0 overall record, the most single season wins in NCAA … Read more
Time flies, here we are, the national championship game is officially here tomorrow, Sunday, March 17 at 3:00pm CST. UW-River Falls enters the game on home-ice a perfect 30-0-0, whilst Elmira enters 23-7-1 as they’ve been on a roll as of late after hitting some rough patches earlier in the season. This game will be … Read more
We’re in River Falls, Wisconsin at Hunt Arena for the 2024 Women’s D-III Frozen Four. Undefeated River Falls looks to go perfect and end the year 31-0-0 with a pair of wins at home. The semifinals are on Friday, March 14 and the National Championship is Sunday, March 16. #10 Elmira (22-7-1) vs #6 Middlebury … Read more
We’ve gotten down to four teams remaining who’ll travel to River Falls, WI for the Women’s D-III Frozen Four this Friday & Sunday (3/15 & 3/17/24). We’ve got: Elmira (22-7-1) vs Middlebury (18-6-4) Adrian (28-2-0) vs UW-River Falls (29-0-0) First, we must recap the weekend which featured four quarterfinal matchups which featured a pair of … Read more
We’re onto the Quarterfinals in the 2024 NCAA Women’s D-III Hockey Playoffs! Here are the picks for the weekend from Myself, Tim Costello, & Brian Lester! #3 Gustavus at #1 UW-River Falls Chris Sugar – This game shouldn’t be played and is wrong on every level, but with that being said, I’m taking Gustavus to … Read more
The 2024 D-III Women’s NCAA Tournament is upon us, here we are with our game picks as Myself, Tim Costello, & Brian Lester make our Round One picks! #8 Hamilton (15-6-6) vs. #10 Nazareth (22-6-1) Brian Lester The Continentals fell short of a conference championship, but the good news is they have new life in … Read more
Wisconsin-Superior has announced that Dan Laughlin, one of the longest-tenured coaches in NCAA Division III women’s hockey, is retiring. “Coach Laughlin has been the backbone of our women’s hockey program for the past two decades. His legacy leading the program extends well beyond the awards, accolades and championships,” said UW-Superior athletics director Nick Bursik in … Read more
Eleven teams were selected to the NCAA Division III women’s hockey tournament after the field was announced Sunday night on NCAA.com. Of the 11 teams, six teams will play in the first round and the remaining five will enter at the quarterfinal stage. Seven teams qualify by earning an automatic bid as conference champions (CCC/Western … Read more
Conference championship weekend is upon us, we’ll get to see what the west has in store for us, will we see upsets? There’re a few intriguing matchups on deck that could shake up things quite a bit. We’ll look at this past weekend and what we have ahead to watch out for this weekend. MIAC … Read more
It’s conference championship weekend, we’ve got some new faces in the mix, one conference giving us a first timer in the NCAA tournament since both have not been to the dance and they play for the conference title this weekend, you love to see it. We’ll recap briefly this past week and then look … Read more
Sorry for the delay on this, but we’ll be taking a look at how we got here and what’s to come. It’s playoff time for Women’s D-III hockey and the east playoffs are underway! CCC Endicott really took control of things this season, finding themselves back atop the CCC after Suffolk won it for the … Read more
Where has the season gone? For most coaches, the season probably seemed to take forever at times depending on their respective team’s performance, but for fans, the season seems to have flown by once again. We’ve entered the conference playoffs and are set for another great late February/March string of games! MIAC The defending national … Read more