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February 14, 2012
Small College Journal: High seeds no lock to run table
Just win, baby? Nope. Just get in, baby. Then see what happens.

February 7, 2012
Small College Journal: UMass-Boston living on both edges
If you were to put together a list of the teams that have knocked off both of the ECAC East powers from Vermont this winter — No. 1 Norwich and No. 7 Castleton State — it would be a short list.

January 31, 2012
Small College Journal: Surging Bowdoin coming of age
In its second game of its season, back in November, Bowdoin traveled to Middlebury and got embarrassed, 7-1.

January 28, 2012
From NEHJ: Plymouth State's odd couple
Plymouth State's J.C. Richardson and Richie Zobak, a defensive pairing with contrasting styles -- on and off the ice -- prove opposites attract.

January 24, 2012
Small College Journal: Killer of a run for Salem State
Games don’t get much wilder than the one Salem State played against Westfield State on Saturday, a 6-6 overtime draw with a snowstorm backdrop that featured three ties and a bunch of momentum swings.

January 17, 2012
Small College Journal: For Babson, day was a diamond
BOSTON — Babson coach Jamie Rice stood on the field at Fenway Park, about where the on-deck circle will be for the visiting teams in three months, and soaked it in once last time on Friday night.

January 10, 2012
Small College Journal: Close calls collect for Castleton
After another oh-so-close result against a national power, there’s little doubt that Castleton State can play with the best teams in Division 3.

January 3, 2012
Small College Journal: Return engagements in the NESCAC
For Williams College, the puck officially drops on the second half of the season Tuesday night when it travels to Westfield State for a non-conference game.

December 27, 2011
Small College Journal: Six must-see games in the second half
Fans of small college hockey have long appreciated how much the game has going for it: cozy arenas, raucous crowds, decades and decades of history in some cases, and an intensity you’d see in any division.

December 19, 2011
From NEHJ: Forward Benning is Curry's answer man
Last year, during his junior season at Curry College, forward Payden Benning scored the biggest goal of all, an overtime strike that lifted the Colonels over Wentworth in the ECAC Northeast championship game.

December 14, 2011
Small College Journal: At break, these four have stood tall
Small College Journal: Four favorite sons

December 6, 2011
Small College Journal: Norwich passes another test
The first half of the season for Norwich, schedule-wise, has been like walking through a minefield.

November 29, 2011
Small College Journal: Amherst seeks right consistency
Amherst coach Jack Arena felt he was presiding over a Jekyll-and-Hyde hockey team last winter – often in the same weekend or week of practice.

November 22, 2011
Small College Journal: Curry, others facing a Super Tuesday
Four games into the hockey season is a sample size that leaves too much room for guessing.

November 15, 2011
Small College Journal: Norwich hits opening notes
There’s not much doubt that Norwich, which returns 20 players from last year’s Frozen Four team, has the ability to make a return trip to the NCAA Division 3 tournament.

November 9, 2011
ECAC East preview: Castleton State takes aim at Norwich
Any team in this league looking to unseat perennial power Norwich has to have its sights set pretty high.

November 9, 2011
ECAC Northeast preview: Ketts powers Johnson & Wales
Defending champion Curry College will again be one of the teams to watch, but as far as players to watch, look no further than Johnson & Wales forward Jeremiah Ketts.

November 9, 2011
From NEHJ: MASCAC teams see world of opportunity
It’s one thing to win a conference championship. It’s another to win one the way Fitchburg State did last season.

November 9, 2011
MASCAC preview: Plymouth State seeks finishing touch
There were a lot of things to like about Plymouth State last season.

November 9, 2011
Small college rankings: Norwich starts year on top
New England Hockey Journal’s preseason power rankings of the region’s top Division 3 men’s college teams.

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