Division 3 College Hockey Blog

Hat?s Off 03/23/08

To St. Norbert, which finally broke through after so many close calls. Just a dominating defensive performance by the Green Knights, who never lost their poise. What can you say about Kyle Jones? Never before has a goalie not been scored on in a D-III Frozen Four. St. Norbert allowed just 43 goals this season in [...]

SNC - Your New Champions 03/23/08

Lots more later. A well-earned victory by Tim Coghlin’s squad. Kyle Jones becomes the first goalie in D-III Frozen Four history to allow zero goals, posting his 24th and 25 career shutouts.

Time Ticking Away 03/23/08

…on Plattsburgh. We’re midway through the third period and the Cards are having trouble getting to the net. St. Norbert is 25-0-3 this season when leading after two periods. Of course, when you only lose one game all season, ya gotta figure…

After Two 03/23/08

St. Norbert leads 2-0 after two periods, with Marc Belanger getting the second SNC goal off a power-play rush with a nice wrist shot that beat Bryan Hince cleanly. The Green Knights weathered a five-minute hitting from behind major to Pete Fylling and will have 1:15 of 5×3 to start the third period. Plattsburgh came [...]

And the Streak is Over 03/23/08

It took 148 minutes and 51 seconds of championship hockey, but the Green Knights finally broke through with a deflection by Ryan Peterson to make it 1-0 SNC. We’re now midway through the contest.

One Period in the Books 03/23/08

And we’re still scoreless. Plattsburgh will start the period with 44 seconds of power play to work with. Both goaltenders came up big at times, including a big glove save from Bryan Hince on Marc Belanger with about 2:45 to go in the period.

I Hate TV Timeouts 03/23/08

We have one now. No score with 10:25 to play in the first. Plattsburgh had taken the play to the Green Knights early, but St. Norbert got a little momentum back in the last 2-3 minutes. Let’s see how the TV timeout affects that.

Liveblogging Plattsburgh-St. Norbert 03/23/08

So it begins. I’m allowed three posts a period, but the game hasn’t started yet so this one doesn’t count Not as many people here for this one as yesterday. Looks like the Elmira and Norwich fans decided to go home. 95% of the 2,000 or so that are here are cheering for the [...]

We?re Here?. 03/23/08

…A little early. We got to the building at about 1:00 pm. Nobody here but the USCHO guys and the CSTV crew setting up for today’s broadcast. There were 5,625 people here yesterday, a great, great crowd. We beat the ECAC’s (4,851) in Albany (as well as Atlantic Hockey’s 3,900 and the CHA’s 1,100), quite an [...]

And the winner is?. 03/22/08

Plattsburgh in a shootout. I’m writing the recap now, so check the D-III page in a bit for a recount of both games.