This time of year always feels like it sneaks up on me, and never more so than when talking Division III hockey. We’re part way through the season and ready to head into the holiday break. While students finish up finals and you all finish your holiday preparation, here are the things I’m asking Santa … Read more
The Adrian Bulldogs suffered just three losses all season in 2016-17 and were undefeated in NCHA play. They won both the regular season and conference tournament titles and advanced to the national championship game before falling to Plattsburgh. The favorites I’m bucking the trend a bit here and picking Lake Forest over Adrian, but only … Read more
Former Adrian women’s standout Hannah McGowan will return to her alma mater as assistant coach for the Bulldogs. “The program is excited to have Hannah back,” said Adrian head coach Chad Davis in a statement. “She is a person that can help get us to the next level with her passion, dedication and experience with … Read more
Players representing eight schools were named to the 2016-17 All-USCHO women’s D-III teams.
She led all freshmen in scoring as a defenseman, earning multiple honors while finishing the year plus-48 and helping her team advance to the NCAA championship. She can add another recognition, as we name Kelly O’Sullivan USCHO’s women’s D-III rookie of the year.
She obliterated record after record in her career, and her senior season was her best yet. She led her team to the national championship game, where the Bulldogs were 20 seconds from capturing the title. Kristin Lewicki is USCHO’s player of the year.
Chad Davis of Adrian has been named CCM/AHCA Division III women’s Coach of the Year for 2016-17. Currently in his sixth season at the helm of the Bulldogs, Davis brings an 18-game winning streak into Friday night’s NCAA semifinal against Gustavus Adolphus. The Bulldogs were 27-2-0 on the year with both losses dealt by Plattsburgh, … Read more
He’ll join the league on July 1, replacing G. Steven Larson.
The Division III women’s tournament selection show takes place Monday morning, March 6, at 10 a.m. EST. The final public regional rankings came out on Tuesday. One more set of regional rankings will happen on March 5, but those will not be released to the public. We’ve got the final set of conference tournament games … Read more
Teams head into the first round of conference tournaments this weekend. As each conference has a different format, here’s a breakdown of each conference and how their first-round matchups shake out. Colonial No. 1 seed Endicott (21-3-1, 11-1-0) and No. 2 seed Morrisville State (18-6-1, 8-4-0) earn byes to the semifinals, which will be held … Read more
Lake Forest College coach Carisa Wahlig found herself in an unusual and frankly somewhat uncomfortable position this past off season. Despite 12 years at the helm of the Lake Forest women’s program, she had absolutely no idea what to expect from her squad for the coming season. The Foresters graduated six seniors, including national Player … Read more
Every program feels the pressure to win. Every player is hoping to be a national champion. Few programs have the urgency to win right now that Adrian does. Two seasons ago, they went undefeated in regular season conference play. They set a record for the longest unbeaten streak. They held opponents to just 33 goals … Read more
With two ranked teams, the NCHA looks to be a race to the NCAA tournament. Adrian and St. Scholastica are early favorites, but other teams like St. Norbert could have something to say about that. Last year’s champion Adrian was the regular season and conference tournament champions. They lost to Elmira in the first round … Read more
St. Scholastica has named Patricia Elsmore as the women’s team’s new assistant coach. Elsmore replaces Jessi Flink, who “left last month,” according to a news release A native of Switzerland, Elsmore was a CSS volunteer assistant from 2010 to 2012 and played college hockey at Minnesota-Duluth from 2001 to 2003 and then 2004-05, where she … Read more
After four years at Alaska, the husband-wife duo of Corbin and Andrea Schmidt have announced their resignations, with their last official day being July 22. Corbin is currently the assistant men’s coach and Andrea is the senior woman administrator/assistant athletic director for student-athlete academic services. They will be moving onward to Minnesota for new career … Read more
Trine University’s hockey teams have been accepted as members of the NCHA. The Thunder men’s and women’s NCAA Division III hockey programs will compete in the conference starting with the 2017-18 season — the inaugural campaign for both teams. The addition of the Thunder women’s program will give the NCHA a membership of 10 teams, … Read more
Aurora announced Wednesday the addition of Grant Kimball as head coach of the new women’s hockey program that will begin play in the 2017-18 season. Kimball comes to AU after spending the previous seven seasons as the associate coach and recruiting coordinator at Vermont. “Having a coach with Grant’s resume lead the women’s hockey program … Read more
Plattsburgh and Adrian led the All-USCHO D-III Women’s teams with six and four selections. A total of 13 schools were represented on the four teams.
She was one of the leading scorers in the country among freshmen, and a huge part of Adrian’s success this year. Brooke Lupi is the USCHO Women’s D-III rookie of the year.
Nine of the 24 women’s Division III AHCA All-Americans announced Thursday are in Plattsburgh this weekend for the national championship semifinals and finals. Top-ranked Plattsburgh has four selections, while Wisconsin-River Falls has three and Elmira and Middlebury have one each. Lake Forest leads all schools with five honorees. Women’s D-III First Team East All-Americans Women’s … Read more