It could have weighed them down. Instead, it gave them wings. The 13 seniors on the Trinity College hockey team knew all season that the Division 3 Frozen Four would be held on their campus at the Koeppel Community Sports Center. Every time they took their home ice for a practice or a game, that … [Read more...]
D-3: Trinity makes Frozen Four, Curry edged in a marathon
Ninety-eight saves in a game. Let that sink in. Curry will not be playing in the Division 3 Frozen Four for the first time in program history, but the Colonels have left a historic mark on this NCAA tournament. Specifically, freshman goalie Shane Soderwall, who made nearly a century of stops in his … [Read more...]
Trinity, Curry, Plymouth State in a land of NCAA opportunity
The contenders in the NCAA Division 3 tournament have been sliced to eight – Trinity, Curry and Plymouth State are among them. While Trinity enjoyed a first-round bye over the weekend, a reward for its 23-2-1 season and NESCAC title, Curry and Plymouth had to work to advance and did, in different … [Read more...]
Division 3: Trinity, Endicott, Curry, Plymouth State learn NCAA fate
Trinity has a chance to win its first NCAA Division 3 championship in nine years – without ever leaving Hartford, Conn. Monday’s selection show saw four teams from the region make the NCAA championship field of 13 teams – conference champs Trinity (NESCAC), Endicott (Commonwealth Coast) and Plymouth … [Read more...]
NESCAC: Why Tufts is poised to advance after breakthrough season
The last time Tufts got to play on home ice in the NESCAC men's tournament was 12 years ago. The last time Tufts finished in the top three in the conference was … well, never. It’s been a second straight season of progress for the Jumbos, who carry the No. 3 seed into the NESCAC tournament and will … [Read more...]
Division 3: What’s at stake in regular season’s final weekend?
The puck drops on Division 3 postseason hockey on Saturday, with the quarterfinal round of the NEHC tournament taking place on four campus sites. The No. 1 seeds for the region’s four leagues have all been locked in – Trinity in the NESCAC, Curry in the Commonwealth Coast, Plymouth State in the … [Read more...]