Derek Dunning This weekend, the D-III women’s hockey season kicks up another notch with many ECAC East, NCHA, and ECAC West schools opening up league play. There a couple of interesting matchups between expected conference contenders, as well as some mid-level games that should provide for some exciting hockey for the weekend. Oswego at Utica Oswego and Utica are … Read more
The 2012-13 season marks the debut of three new teams to the Division II/III hockey scene: Stevenson (Maryland), along with Franklin Pierce and the University of New England. Stevenson split on the road with Buffalo State last weekend, while the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine (not to be confused with New England College … Read more
For the third consecutive year, Kreitzberg Arena in Northfield, Vt., is the place to be the last weekend in October for Division III women’s college hockey, as Norwich University hosts the annual East/West Hockey Classic. In just three years, the East/West Hockey Classic has established itself as one of the premier, if not the best, … Read more
Norwich’s Julie Fortier claimed the 2012 Laura Hurd Award at the NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship banquet in Rochester, N.Y.
And then there were eight… We’ve reached the final two weekends of the season and in just over 24 hours we will know who the four teams that will be competing for the 2012 Division III Women’s National Championship. Concordia (Minn.) @ RIT Out of the four matchups, this is probably the one that everyone … Read more
And then there were eight… We’ve reached the final two weekends of the season and in just over 24 hours we will know who the four teams that will be competing for the 2012 Division III Women’s National Championship. Concordia (Minn.) @ RIT Out of the four matchups, this is probably the one that everyone … Read more
Seven of the eight teams still remaining in the battle for the 2012 NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Tournament are the same names you see pretty much every year in the hunt. Gustavus Adolphus, Wisconsin-River Falls, Norwich, Middlebury, Plattsburgh, Amherst, and RIT have all been there before, and are traditional powerhouses year in and … Read more
This morning, the NCAA announced the eight-team field for the 2012 NCAA Division III Tournament, and I can honestly say I’m a little surprised with the outcome. The five automatic qualifiers into the tournament were defending national champion Norwich (ECAC East), 2011 runner-up RIT (ECAC West), Gustavus Adolphus (MIAC), Wisconsin-River Falls (NCHA), and Middlebury (NESCAC). … Read more
This morning, the NCAA announced the eight-team field for the 2012 NCAA Division III Tournament, and I can honestly say I’m a little surprised with the outcome. The five automatic qualifiers into the tournament were defending national champion Norwich (ECAC East), 2011 runner-up RIT (ECAC West), Gustavus Adolphus (MIAC), Wisconsin-River Falls (NCHA), and Middlebury (NESCAC). … Read more
Over the next three days, we will crown five league champions and start to put the first pieces of the puzzle together on who will be competing for the 2012 NCAA Division III championship. On Monday, we’ll find out who the final three teams are that secured the at-large bids when the NCAA holds its … Read more
Over the next three days, we will crown five league champions and start to put the first pieces of the puzzle together on who will be competing for the 2012 NCAA Division III championship. On Monday, we’ll find out who the final three teams are that secured the at-large bids when the NCAA holds its … Read more
The Norwich Cadets enter this weekend’s Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) East championship looking to win the one title that eluded them last season. Although Norwich won the 2011 National Championship, a few weeks prior, the Cadets didn’t even know if they were going to make the NCAA Tournament after losing, 4-2, to Manhattanville in … Read more
For the second straight year the Elmira College Soaring Eagles have been ousted in the ECAC West Play-In round. Last year Utica knocked off EC 2-1 and this year it was Potsdam that downed the Soaring Eagles by the same score. Last year Marissa Hotaling stopped 52 shots to lead Utica to the upset win … Read more
For the second straight year the Elmira College Soaring Eagles have been ousted in the ECAC West Play-In round. Last year Utica knocked off EC 2-1 and this year it was Potsdam that downed the Soaring Eagles by the same score. Last year Marissa Hotaling stopped 52 shots to lead Utica to the upset win … Read more
The playoffs are officially upon us for four out the five conferences. Every league outside of the NCHA has a one and done format. However, the NCHA plays a unique two-game series format that is a race to three points. You get two points for a win and one for a tie. If two teams … Read more
The playoffs are officially upon us for four out the five conferences. Every league outside of the NCHA has a one and done format. However, the NCHA plays a unique two-game series format that is a race to three points. You get two points for a win and one for a tie. If two teams … Read more
Coming into this season, Trinity went through as much of a changeover as any other team in Division III. Not only did the Bantams lose five impact seniors, headlined by Laura Hurd Award finalist and all-time program leading scorer Kim Weiss, they also lost their head coach that helped build the program from the ground … Read more
Every conference but the MIAC wrapped up its respective regular season schedules this past weekend. RIT (ECAC West), Norwich (ECAC East), Wis.-River Falls (NCHA) and Middlebury (NESCAC) reigned surpeme as the conference regular season champions for the second straight season. Gustavus Adolphus has already clinched the MIAC as well giving us the same exact five … Read more
Every conference but the MIAC wrapped up its respective regular season schedules this past weekend. RIT (ECAC West), Norwich (ECAC East), Wis.-River Falls (NCHA) and Middlebury (NESCAC) reigned surpeme as the conference regular season champions for the second straight season. Gustavus Adolphus has already clinched the MIAC as well giving us the same exact five … Read more
On the week leading up to a pair of crucial showdowns pairing the current second to fifth place teams in the standings altogether, the four Division III women’s Wisconsin state schools dropped the bombshell that they’ll be leaving the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA), effective starting in 2014-15. Wisconsin-Superior, Wisconsin-River Falls, Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and Wisconsin-Stevens … Read more