Women’s D-III in general
Of the 24 Division III women’s players named All-Americans on Thursday, seven are still playing for a national championship this weekend in Plattsburgh, N.Y. The All-American teams were unveiled Thursday night. 2014 East First Team All-Americans 2014 West First Team All-Americans 2014 East Second Team All-Americans 2014 West Second Team All-Americans
Sydney Aveson traveled across the country to play college hockey and the miles paid off Thursday night as the senior goaltender from Plattsburgh has been named the winner of the 2014 Laura Hurd Award, given by the AHCA to the Division III women’s player of the year. Aveson, a three-time All-American and the ECAC West … Read more
Plattsburgh’s Kevin Houle has been named STX/AHCA national Division III women’s coach of the year for the fifth time. The announcement was made Thursday night at the student-athlete banquet for the 2014 NCAA Division III women’s championship in Plattsburgh, N.Y. In the 2013-14 season, Houle has led the Cardinals to their second-straight ECAC West championship … Read more
The uncertainties and speculation of the Frozen Four will unfold this weekend at Plattsburgh’s Robert Stafford Ice Arena. Defending champion Elmira and runner-up Middlebury will be on the outside looking in this time around, leaving familiar final four participants Plattsburgh and Norwich to return to the podium. Wisconsin-River Falls’ last appearance in the final four … Read more
Combined, Plattsburgh’s Kevin Houle and Norwich’s Mark Bolding have won seven of the past eight women’s Division III national coach of the year awards. And both are nominees again this season. Ten coaches are up for the award and to be eligible, a coach must have been named their conference’s coach of the year or … Read more
Competing in its first NCAA tournament since 2003, upstart Williams is apt to possess a bit of collective apprehension in taking to the road for a meeting with top-seeded Plattsburgh. While a one vs. eight scenario seems daunting, the Ephs have forged valid credentials in facing such a task. The NESCAC champions enter the tournament … Read more
The eight teams for the 2014 NCAA Division III women’s tournament were announced Monday morning. Of the eight teams in the championship field, five of the teams received automatic bids as winners of their conference championship. Three schools were selected from Pool C, which consists of independent institutions and institutions from automatic-qualifying conferences that were … Read more
Wisconsin-Stevens Point earned two individual awards as the WIAC announced its year-end awards on Thursday. Senior forward Cassandra Salmen earned player of the year accolades, while Ann Ninnemann was named coach of the year. Wisconsin-Eau Claire senior forward Nikki Kothenbeutel took home the Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete Award and was also one of four players named … Read more
The NCHA women’s conference named its annual award winners on Thursday, highlighted by three individual honors, an all-conference team and an all-freshman team. Lake Forest’s Michelle Greeneway was award player of the year and Adrian’s Kristin Lewicki took home freshman of the year honors. Three coaches were named the league’s top bench boss as Carisa … Read more
Selection Sunday for Division I men’s hockey is two weeks away, but the brackets for the other three NCAA hockey tournaments will be revealed in the coming hours.
A vision nearly unrealized. Such was the status of Castleton’s postseason hopes, just weeks into the 2013-14 season. With a modest .500 record, the Spartans were lukewarm at best in terms of contending for a ECAC East championship. Saturday, coach Bill Bowes’s team will vie for the aforementioned conference championship against No. 3 Norwich. At … Read more
Turning youthful inexperience into a positive became the focus from the outset for ECAC East second seed Salve Regina. As such, the Seahawks, who are eagerly advancing to unexplored territory, will engage third-seeded Castleton in the ECAC East semifinal on Saturday. Having essentially skimmed below the top-tier radar in the past, constantly building with an … Read more
And the Division III college hockey world continues to grow. Daniel Webster College, located in Nashua, N.H., announced Wednesday that it will add women’s hockey for 2014-15 and will elevate it’s men’s ACHA program to varsity status, also for the ’14-15 season. Wrestling was also added to the school’s slate of new programs. “This is … Read more
It’s been said that statistics are often manipulated to bolster a point of contention. For Plattsburgh, the ECAC West co-leaders, contradiction comes to mind. At 21-1-1 (13-1-0 ECAC West) and stunning, above-the-norm individual numbers, it hardly appears that the Cardinals have arrived at this point in the season with sleight of hand. Heading into the … Read more
Due to the impending winter storm that is scheduled to arrive in New England on Thursday and Friday, the Bowdoin women’s team has adjusted its travel plans and will play its two-game NESCAC set at Hamilton on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 3 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 16, at noon at Sage Rink in Clinton, N.Y. … Read more
Under the veneer of a perfect conference record, struggle remains constant. From the outside looking in, No.4 Norwich’s run to the ECAC East regular season title has been nothing short of a pronounced success. For forward Tori Charron however, such achievements have transpired from pure inner strength among her teammates. “The most positive surprise … Read more
For Wisconsin-Superior coach Dan Laughlin, discourse about his team in the upcoming postseason is somewhat irrelevant. “We are in it right now,” said Laughlin of the way his club has adeptly approached the stretch run of the schedule armed with a playoff mentality. Certainly the No. 8 Yellowjackets have equipped themselves for a deep … Read more
With two-thirds of the season completed, the inevitable question arises: Can the defending national champions reenact their victorious celebration from last spring? With the arduous task clearly in sight, the resounding response from the Elmira camp is mutually optimistic. “Although there is a lot of pressure in being the defending national champions, there are also … Read more
The AHCA announced Thursday its eight major award winners for 2014. All honorees will be presented their awards at the 2014 AHCA Convention in Naples, Fla., from April 30 to May 4. JOHN MAC INNES AWARD: Established by AHCA in 1982 to honor former Michigan Tech coach, John MacInnes, this award recognizes those people “who … Read more
Whatever trepidation Adrian coach Chad Davis held coming out of summer camp has faded into a distant memory. The Bulldogs (14-3-0 overall, 7-3-0 NCHA), seemingly on their way to eclipsing last year’s program-best 20-win season, have locked onto success in a way that rubs against the grain of conventional wisdom in regards to a roster … Read more