LEWISTON — It was a record and a game-changer in the same 11-second span. In every-day life, 11 seconds can feel like a long time. In a hockey game, it can barely be enough time to catch your breath and regroup. Eleven seconds can also be all the time you need to turn the tide […]
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D3 Hockey Championship Game: Green Knights, we dub thee champions, again
LEWISTON — Top-ranked defense. Most outstanding player (and goaltender). Noses for the net up and down the bench. Frozen Four experience by the bushel. It all adds up, unequivocally, to the best hockey team in NCAA Division III. Smothering and self-assured Saint Norbert College stormed to its third national championship in four years and fourth […]
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D3 Hockey: Jaeger’s 45 saves propel UW-Stevens Point into final
LEWISTON — In the portion of the NCAA Division III Frozen Four that involved coats, ties and buffet tables, Wisconsin-Stevens Point goaltender Brandon Jaeger was recognized for his work in the classroom. Friday night at Androscoggin Bank Colisee, 2,200 spectators and Oswego State figured out that Jaeger keeps a tidy, prolific office, too. Jaeger, a […]
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The Hot Corner: No home ice advantage for Anthoine, but well worth trip
LEWISTON — There are home games, and then there are family reunions. Connor Anthoine’s first college hockey season at SUNY-Geneseo ended in a trip to the NCAA Division III Frozen Four. Long the domain of arguably America’s most historic hockey village, Lake Placid, N.Y., that mass gathering moved this winter to another community that pucks […]
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NCAA Hockey: St. Norbert showed the true power of the power play
LEWISTON — Success on the power play isn’t just about scoring goals. As St. Norbert coach Tim Coghlin pointed out shortly after his team earned its seventh national championship appearance in 11 years, power plays are as much momentum-building opportunities as scoring opportunities. It turned out the Green Knights were more grateful for the former […]
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NCAA Division III hockey: St. Norbert topples Geneseo to reach title game
The result was a pair of timely goals to cap a momentum shift late in the third period as Hill helped lift St. Norbert to a 6-2 win over SUNY-Geneseo in the teams’ NCAA Division III ice hockey semifinal at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Friday. Hill’s pair of goals in the final three minutes […]
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Live blog and chat: SUNY-Geneseo vs. St. Norbert
LEWISTON — There are four teams left standing in the Division III Ice Hockey Championship, and after tonight, we’ll be down to two. Join the Sun Journal and USCHO.com for a live blog and interactive chat with our staff on site. Click below to join the conversation. And follow our complete coverage of the tournament. […]
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D3 Hockey: Seniors ready for last ride
LEWISTON — Any senior in college doing anything for the final time is bound to wax nostalgic. Hockey players in Division III are no different, particularly when their final competitive game — perhaps ever — is on the grandest stage of all. For 17 players this weekend, this is their final kick at the can […]
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D3 Hockey: Teams ready for puck to drop in NCAA semifinals
LEWISTON — SUNY-Geneseo coach Chris Schultz knows what he and his team are getting into Friday. The Knights play in the first of two NCAA Division III ice hockey semifinals at 4 p.m. at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee against one of the top programs in the country, the Green Knights of St. Norbert College. “I’ve […]
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Titanic leadership for Lakers
People in the Oswego State hockey community — people in Oswego, N.Y., in general — won’t likely forget his name, but they’ll also remember all that David Titanic has done for them. The senior captain is the kind of leader every team needs. He does it all for the Lakers on the ice, but his […]