2016-17 Men's Ice Hockey News
A total of 799 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s Spring 2017 All-Academic Team that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann.
Senior hockey standout Marcus Zelzer has been selected to receive a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Postgraduate Scholarship.
Marcus Zelzer of Salem State men's ice hockey has been named the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year honoree which is voted on by the eight athletic directors from around the conference during the Annual Meeting.
Head men's ice hockey coach, Bill O'Neill recently received the William J. Stewart Jr. Award, which is given by the Massachusetts State Coaches Association, for service to high school hockey in Massachusetts. O'Neill, Salem State's head hockey coach for the past 37 seasons, is a native of Lynn, Mass., who was a hockey standout St. John's Prep in Danvers, before playing collegiately at Boston University, where he was a member of the 1977-78 national championship team.
Check out this montage of the winter championships from indoor track and field, basketball and men's ice hockey.
Ryan Stevens of Plymouth State and Jerry Laakso of UMass Dartmouth earn New England Hockey Writers’ Association Division II/III All-Star accolades as the organization announced on Friday.
A total of 438 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s Winter 2017 All-Academic Team that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann.
29 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) student-athletes have been recognized for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2017 Winter Sportsmanship Team.
Senior Jackson Leef of Westfield State has been named the 2016-17 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year and headlines the All-Conference team as voted on by the coaches from around the league.
Following the end of the winter regular season, Worcester State maintains their lead in the second round of the Howard C. Smith Cup standings. The Smith Cup is awarded annually to the member institution which compiles the most points based on the placement of each of its programs competing in the 15 league championship sports.
Jason Pucciarelli of Salem State named the MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Player and Goalie of the Week after earning the men's ice hockey Tournament MVP honors on Saturday.
Salem State will travel to Norwich to take on the Cadets, who are nationally-ranked No. 1, in the opening round of the 2017 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament as the NCAA Committee announced the field of 12 teams on Monday.
Salem State University erupted for four goals in a nine-minute span in the second period Saturday evening, and the second-seeded Vikings went on to upset top-seeded Plymouth State University, 4-3, to capture their second straight Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) men’s ice hockey championship at Hanaway Rink.
For the fourth straight season, Plymouth State and Salem State will face off for the MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship after winning their respective semifinals match-ups Tuesday night.
Fitchburg State's Cameron Snyder, Tyler Warila and Westfield State's Jonathan LoParco are the MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Player, Rookie and Goalie of the Week.
After winning their respective quarterfinal match-ups on Saturday, the Fitchburg State Falcons and Westfield State Owls advance to the MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey semifinals which will be played on Tuesday, February 28.
