Nazareth clinches the UCHC again This was supposed to be the year of the Pioneer (appreciate the rhyme) in the UCHC, but the young squad in Nazareth has done it again, winning the UCHC for the third-straight season, Chris Baudo continues to win, now with a record of 111-25-7 (via USCHO). With their pair of … Read more
#1 UW-River Falls remains undefeated, beating rival #6 UW-Eau Claire 4-3 in OT UW-River Falls has been unstoppable this season, watching the game, the broadcaster mentioned when Eau Claire went up 1-0. It was only the second time River Falls trailed all season at any point in a game, the only other time was to … Read more
This past weekend out west was a fun one as we wrap things up in the regular season. We had a huge series out on Adrian to essentially determine the NCHA regular-season champion, determining home-ice for the playoffs. We also saw Gustavus and Hamline go at it in the MIAC, another pair of teams looking … Read more
This past week we saw more upsets (shocker), some close games, and we look ahead to a notable birthday this weekend at the Playland Ice Casino. Here’s your week 15 east recap highlighting a few notable events! Wesleyan’s sweeps #6 Wesleyan (11-6-3) have clearly found their stride as of late. In their last six … Read more
We’re creeping in on conference tournament time and play has never been better in terms of parity and overall competitive skill level within the top teams. We had a busy weekend as usual out east, here’s your notable events from the eastern front! The UCHC runs through Rochester, New York Nazareth, the 3rd-youngest team in … Read more
As we creep closer and closer to the NCAA Tournament, we begin to see some enticing matchups that seem to mean more during this time of year. This past weekend we didn’t experience any upsets out west as we typically have seen on a weekly basis, but we saw one individual make history. Here’s your … Read more
College Hockey Inc. has announced the hiring of Sadie Lundquist as the organization’s first-ever director of women’s hockey. Lundquist, who officially begins her duties Jan. 22, will lead College Hockey Inc.’s efforts to raise the profile and expand the exposure of women’s college hockey. “We were very fortunate to have many highly qualified and impressive … Read more
Another week out west, another week closer to a potential final four out west. Like the east, we’ve seen upset-after-upset out west, which just shows us the parity being at an all-time high as mentioned in this week’s east article. Let’s get into your week 13 west review, recapping the notable events! Augsburg gets the … Read more
I’ve not been around the sport as long as some, but I believe I’ve been involved with it enough to say once again that we’re at the best point the sport [D-III Hockey] has ever been in terms of parity from what we’ve seen. Week-after-week, we continue to see upset-after-upset, something that wasn’t as common … Read more
The American Hockey Coaches Association has announced its slate of recipients of its most prestigious awards for 2024. Six of the eight individuals being recognized will be honored at the 2024 AHCA Convention in Naples, Fla., scheduled for May 1-4. The recipients of the John Mariucci Award, presented to secondary school coaches, and the Jim … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation has announced 18 nominees for the 2024 Hockey Humanitarian Award. The award, which is celebrating its 29th season, is presented annually to college hockey’s finest citizen — a student-athlete who makes significant contributions not only to his or her team but also to the community-at-large through leadership in volunteerism. The … Read more
Conference playoffs are almost here, approaching faster than you may think, but also, this thing called Pairwise, it’s now becoming more accurate. By accurate, I mean accurate in terms of showing us the projected field for potential at-large bids or auto-bid seedings and so forth, by no means do I mean it’s an accurate representation … Read more
We’re quickly approaching conference playoff time in D-III hockey and we had many good conference-play matchups this past week. We had some games moved back a day or two, mostly out west due to the winter storms wandering their way through, but here’s your east recap highlighting the main events from each league! CCC Western … Read more
St. John Fisher University will add two intercollegiate hockey teams to its athletic offerings beginning in 2025 and will be the first collegiate partner of the Rochester (N.Y.) Ice Center, the program’s home ice. The school is located in Pittsford, N.Y. The addition of men’s and women’s hockey teams to the roster of sports offered … Read more
We had an exciting week of D-III Women’s hockey this past weekend and earlier this week, one team made a run and some other upsets occurred! The second half is officially upon us! Trinity? Where’ve you been? The Bantams had a trio of tall tasks in their way this past week, visiting #8 Norwich on … Read more
We’re back in action out west, where it currently looks like at this rate, we may be headed west come March. UW-River Falls holds a commanding undefeated record of 15-0-0, while Gustavus sits behind them in pairwise, their only losses coming to the Falcons. Will we see a west winner for the second-straight season? Back-to-back? … Read more
Tuesday’s scheduled game between the UW-Stevens Point women’s hockey team and Concordia (Wis.) in Mequon, Wis., has been postponed due to today’s winter storm. A makeup date has not been determined.
We’re getting back to a full slate this weekend in D-III Women’s hockey, meanwhile we had a few games played this week coming off the great weekend featuring four games down South in Charleston, SC. Here’s a brief recap of some midweek non-conference games, which featured an upset in Vermont! Trinity upsets #8 Norwich (Trinity … Read more
Hope you all enjoyed your holiday season; we’re getting back into the swing of things in the D-III Women’s hockey world. This past week we had four games take place in Charleston, South Carolina and some New Year’s Eve games as well! We’ll also go over a close matchup between two teams up North. Hockey … Read more
Merry Christmas Everyone! As we nearly find ourselves in the second half of the season, we’ve reached a point in time in which many look forward to, the holiday season. However, there’s some of us that just want D-III hockey back, so Santa, you can have your day of fame, but you better head back … Read more