The New England Hockey Conference has officially renamed their postseason championship cups the Mariano Cup in honor of longtime Norwich director of athletics Tony Mariano. The league’s athletic directors voted unanimously to honor Mariano in the naming of the trophies. Mariano has been the director of athletics at Norwich for 30 years and has served … Read more
Due to ongoing rescheduling hurdles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the NEHC has announced an expansion of its league postseason tournaments for the 2021-22 season. Typically an eight-team field, the tournaments will expand for the 2021-22 postseason only to accommodate the qualification of all 10 programs. A first-round game has been added for Wednesday, February … Read more
Norwich has named Taylor Willard as the lead assistant coach for the women’s hockey team. Willard replaces Mollie Fitzpatrick, who left to join the Boston University women’s coaching staff in June. “I am beyond thrilled to have Taylor Willard join our staff,” Norwich head coach Sophie Leclerc said in a statement. “It was clear after … Read more
Norwich women’s hockey assistant coach Mollie Fitzpatrick is stepping down from her post to join the Boston University women’s hockey coaching staff. Fitzpatrick has served as the assistant coach for the past six seasons, helping lead Norwich to the 2018 national championship under head coach Mark Bolding. Fitzpatrick has spent 11 of the last 13 … Read more
Rivier has named Chris Czarnota as the first head coach for its new NCAA Division III women’s hockey program that will start play in the fall of 2021. A D-III assistant for the past five years, Czarnota has spent the last three seasons at his alma mater, Norwich, serving as an assistant coach with the … Read more
The directors of the NEHC have come to the difficult decision to cancel the league’s regular-season schedule and 2021 NEHC championship tournament – for both the men and women – due to the coronavirus pandemic. The conference had previously announced the postponement of the 2020 portion of this season’s schedule in July. Member institutions – … Read more
Amanda Conway is the USCHO player of the year for women’s D-III, and is one of the players on the All-USCHO first team.
Norwich senior forward Amanda Conway is the recipient of the 2020 Laura Hurd Award. The award, voted on by the nation’s Division III head coaches, is presented to the best D-III women’s player (photo: Norwich Athletics).
The first round games are complete and the quarterfinal matchups are set. There is still uncertainty about this weekend given all that is happening with events being canceled, but here is a preview of the four games.
The first-round NCAA tournament games Wednesday offer intriguing matchups between closely matched teams. Candace Horgan previews the round.
The results of the conference tournaments have set the field for the NCAA tournament, which begins play this week. Candace Horgan recaps the weekend action.
Friday, March 6 St. Scholastica at Lake Forest St. Scholastica scored a big upset last week, but Lake Forest, despite its bouts of inconsistency is the second-best team in the country for a reason. Lake Forest 3-1 Saturday, March 7 Colonial Hockey University of New England at Endicott The Gulls are undefeated in conference play. … Read more
Ahead of the conference tournament finales and the NCAA tournament selection, columnist Candace Horgan looks at how the tournaments might shake out.
The first round of the conference tournaments kicks off playoff action in women’s D-III, and Candace sees the favorites moving on in her picks.
The regular season is over and postseason conference tournaments start next weekend. Candace looks at some of the results on a wild last weekend of regular season play.
Norwich looks to stay in front in the NEHC, Plattsburgh looks to roll through another NEWHL opponent, and Nazareth looks to build some more momentum before the final push for the UCHC playoffs.
No. 5 Gustavus Adolphus and No. 9 Hamline are playing a home-and-home, and No. 2 Middlebury travels to play No. 7 Norwich. In addition, several teams are squaring off in big conference series. Candace picks the likely winners.
St. Thomas has been flirting with being ranked in the poll all season, and the Tommies currently sit atop the MIAC. Gustavus will try to knock them from that perch, and will depend on the goaltending of Katie McCoy to do it.
Wisconsin-Superior upset No. 4 Gustavus Adolphyus, No. 10 Colby struggled to a tie and win against Wesleyan, and No. 7 Emira beat No. 3 Norwich . Candace recaps the weekend action.
There are interesting games on the docket between teams on the bubble and ranked teams, as well as a rematch between Elmira and Norwich this weekend. Candace Horgan picks the games.