For many Division 3 hockey fans, the start of the NESCAC season is not unlike the last present you open on Christmas morning. It takes a while to get to it and it’s supposed to be pretty special. Three weeks after the rest of D-3 hockey, the 10 teams in the NESCAC will play their first games next … [Read more...]
D-3: Four burning questions in the Commonwealth Coast Conference
Last year was another breakthrough season for the Commonwealth Coast Conference. The league, one of four in New England, which came into existence in the 2016-17 season when it rebranded the lightly-regarded ECAC Northeast, produced a great title race with four candidates, settled its championship … [Read more...]
Watch list: 10 players who could shine this season in Division 3
Division 3 hockey is back. After a season that saw two of the region’s players – forward Ryan Black of Babson and goalie Conor O’Brien of Endicott – share the Concannon Award as Division 3’s best player, there’s a new crop of stars ready to take the ice starting this weekend. Black is playing at … [Read more...]
Division 3 hockey: Who begins the season in our Top 10?
This weekend, the games are on in Division 3. After last winter provided the first traditional season – with a start and finish – since 2018-19, the region’s 34 teams are back on the ice again. Four teams skated away with conference tournament championships last season – Babson (NEHC), Trinity … [Read more...]
RinkWise podcast: Jim and Kate Madigan on their lives in hockey
The Madigan family has cemented its legacy in hockey. Jim Madigan is the athletic director at Northeastern University and the school's former head hockey coach, who led the Huskies to back-to-back-to-back Beanpot titles in 2018, '19 and '20 (their first since 1988), two Hockey East titles and … [Read more...]
Chris Jones, Liam Darcy are heartbeat of Frozen Four-bound University of New England
Senior defenseman Chris Jones knew that something was building at the University of New England before any of his teammates. Before committing to the Division 3 school, which is located just a slapshot from the ocean in Biddeford, Maine, he followed the team’s progress through his older brother, … [Read more...]