Women’s D-III: NEHC

Fimiani resigns from position as Castleton women’s coach

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Castleton announced Monday that DJ Fimiani has submitted his resignation as the head coach of the Spartan women’s hockey program. The Spartans posted an 8-14-4 record during the 2016-17 season, including a 7-8-2 in the NEHC, qualifying for the conference tournament in Fimiani’s only season behind the bench. According to a school-issued press release, a … Read more

Women’s D-III selection criteria

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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

Women’s D-III playoff preview

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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

Bolding builds record of excellence at Norwich

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The Norwich Cadets defeated St. Michael’s 8-0 Friday night, securing coach Mark Bolding’s 200th career win. He became just the seventh coach in D-III history to reach the milestone, but what makes it so much more impressive is that Bolding reached that mark just six games into his 10th season at the helm of the … Read more

Schools look for new home

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The decision by the New England Hockey Conference was one factor that led Holy Cross to decide to upgrade it’s women’s program and seek membership in either the CHA, ECAC, or Hockey East. That decision has left three other schools, Franklin Pierce, St. Anselm, and St. Michael’s, scrambling for scheduling options for next season.

NEHC: Look to Norwich again

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Last year’s champion Massachusetts-Boston defeated regular season champion Norwich 2-0 to win the NEHC Tournament. Favorites Norwich gets the nod to repeat as champions. They are currently ranked no. 6 in the USCHO poll. Holy Cross has a strong defense as well as scoring from the blue line. Dark horse St. Anselm has a potent … Read more

Plattsburgh again the favorite in highly competitive ECAC West

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With multiple NCAA tournament teams, including the national champion from last year, the ECAC West might be the toughest conference in the country. It will be changing after this year however, as Elmira, Utica, Neumann, and William Smith have all announced they’ll be joining the new United Collegiate Hockey Conference for the 2017-18 season. Last … Read more

Holy Cross women’s hockey to upgrade to Division I

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The Holy Cross women’s hockey program has existed in an interesting state of limbo since it was started for the 1999-2000 season. Though Holy Cross is officially a Division I school, and the men’s team has in the last 10 years had great success, up to and including two appearances in the NCAA tournament and … Read more

NEHC women’s coaches poll finds Norwich as league favorites

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On Thursday, the NEHC released its annual women’s preseason coaches poll. The poll is compiled based on rankings from the league’s 14 head coaches. Last year’s NEHC regular-season champion, Norwich, was selected to finish first, receiving seven first-place votes. NEHC Open champion Holy Cross followed with three first-place votes, while St. Anselm ranked third. Reigning … Read more

Protests at St. Anselm over school’s contract not being renewed with NEHC

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According to the Union Leader out of New Hampshire, dozens of student-athletes peacefully protested potential changes to the St. Anselm hockey teams’ future conference affiliation during the school’s groundbreaking ceremony for a new student center on Thursday. Currently, the men’s team plays against both NCAA Division II and Division III teams. The Hawks are scheduled … Read more

Elmira promotes women’s assistant Martalock to head coach position

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Elmira has announced the appointment of Kelsea Martalock as new women’s head coach. Martalock had previously been the Soaring Eagles’ assistant coach. “I am pleased to announce the promotion of Kelsea Martalock from assistant ice hockey coach to her new role as head coach,” said Elmira VP of athletics Pat Thompson in a statement. “Her past experiences in Division … Read more

CHA preseason coaches poll shows Syracuse at No. 1

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Syracuse received five first-place votes in the annual CHA preseason coaches poll, which was released Monday, and was deemed the top team heading into the 2016-17 season. Mercyhurst garnered the other first-place vote and is slotted second in the poll.

Former Curry assistant, Southern Maine captain Nies named Merrimack’s video coordinator

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Merrimack announced Wednesday the hiring of David Nies as the team’s video coordinator, where he will oversee all aspects of team video, including film breakdown/exchange, and will also assist in analytics. Nies, who was an assistant coach at Curry last season, also played at Southern Maine, captaining the club in 2012-13. “We are thrilled to … Read more

Moberg steps down as Castleton women’s coach ‘to pursue other college coaching positions’

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Castleton women’s head coach Steph Moberg has resigned her position “to pursue other college coaching positions,” the school announced Thursday. A search for Moberg’s successor will begin immediately. “I would like to thank Steph for her work with our women’s program over the last two years,” said Castleton associate dean for athletics and recreation Deanna … Read more