https://www.mascac.com en-us https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_New_Head_Coach Director of Athletics Michael Mudd has announced that Shayne Toporowski will take the reigns as the sixth Worcester State University men’s ice hockey coach. Toporowski replaces John Guiney who resigned last month after guiding the Lancers for 22 seasons. Mon, 28 Jul 2014 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_New_Head_Coach https://www.mascac.com/news/13-14_News/Westfield_Devine-Perreault Two former Westfield State University star athletes are now showcasing their skills in the professional ranks. Matt Devine ’13, who led the nation in blocked shots for two consecutive years, is playing basketball in Portugal. And Vince Perreault ’14, the 2014 Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference (MASCAC) player of the year, is a member of the Knoxville, Tenn., Ice Bears of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). Mon, 30 Jun 2014 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/13-14_News/Westfield_Devine-Perreault https://www.mascac.com/news/13-14_News/LavioletteHeadCoach Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has hired 2006 Stanley Cup-winning coach and Westfield State Alum Peter Laviolette as the second head coach in team history and signed him to a multi-year contract. Wed, 07 May 2014 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/13-14_News/LavioletteHeadCoach https://www.mascac.com/news/13-14_News/Winter_All-Academic A total of 372 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s Winter 2014 All-Academic Team that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann. Wed, 23 Apr 2014 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/13-14_News/Winter_All-Academic https://www.mascac.com/news/13-14_News/LavioletteUSAHockey Peter Laviolette has been named head coach of the U.S. Men's National Team that will participate in the 2014 International Ice Hockey Federation Men's World Championship it was announced today by USA Hockey. The event will take place in Minsk, Belarus, May 9-25. Team USA is the defending bronze medalist in the event. Wed, 16 Apr 2014 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/13-14_News/LavioletteUSAHockey https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/Sarig_Award Plymouth State defensemen Zach Sarig was honored Wednesday with selection to the New England Hockey Writers Association 2013-14 Men’s Division II/III All-Star Team. Thu, 03 Apr 2014 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/Sarig_Award https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_3-10 After claiming the 2014 MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Championship, Chris Mastropietro and Ryan Sutliffe have earned the player and goalie of the week honors. Mon, 10 Mar 2014 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_3-10 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/SalemNCAA After winning the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Hockey Tournament on Saturday, the Salem State Vikings received a bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament where they will play the Norwich Cadets in the opening round on March 12. Sun, 09 Mar 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/SalemNCAA https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_champ The top seeded Vikings of Salem State claimed the 2014 men’s ice hockey championship of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) after defeating second seed Plymouth State 5-1 on Saturday afternoon at Rocket Arena. With the victory, the Vikings earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their first since 1995, and improve to 16-9-2 on the year. Sat, 08 Mar 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_champ https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_Semis The Plymouth State Panthers and the Salem State Vikings are headed to the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Ice Hockey Championship after winning their respective semifinal match-ups Tuesday night. Wed, 05 Mar 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_Semis https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_All-Conference Senior Vince Perreault of Westfield State has been named the 2013-14 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year and leads the All-Conference team as voted on by the coaches from around the league. Mon, 03 Mar 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_All-Conference https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_3-2 TJ Powers and Eddie Davey claim the MASCAC men's ice hockey player and goalie of the week honors. Sun, 02 Mar 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_3-2 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_QF_recap The Westfield State Owls and Framingham State Rams are moving on to the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Ice Hockey semifinals after winning their quarterfinal contests on Saturday night. Sat, 01 Mar 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_QF_recap https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/TourneyPreview The Salem State Vikings have earned the top seed in the 2014 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament which begins on Saturday, March 1 with the quarterfinals, then the semifinals on Tuesday, March 4 and concludes with the championship game on Saturday, March 8. Tue, 25 Feb 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/TourneyPreview https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_2-23 Josh Woody, Gordon Ceasar and Ian McGilvrey of Plymouth State are the men's hockey player, goalie and rookie of the week award winners. Sun, 23 Feb 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_2-23 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_2-16 Mark MacDonald of Salem State and Eddie Davey of Westfield State have earned the men's ice hockey player and goalie of the week honors. Sun, 16 Feb 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_2-16 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/McCarronAward Framingham State University junior forward Brendan McCarron (Millbury, Mass.) in one of 18 semifinalists for the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston’s 14th annual Joe Concannon College Hockey Award. Thu, 13 Feb 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/McCarronAward https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_2-9 Dmitry Antipin of UMass Dartmouth, Nick Cafrelli of Framingham State and Jackson Leef are the men's ice hockey weekly award winners. Sun, 09 Feb 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_2-9 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_2-3 Andrew Wigg, Gordon Ceasar and Ian McGilvrey of Plymouth State are the men's hockey weekly award winners. Mon, 03 Feb 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_2-3 https://www.mascac.com/news/13-14_News/WoundedWarriorFitchburg The Fitchburg State ice hockey team will be hosting its first annual Wounded Warrior Project game this Saturday, February 1st as the Falcons hosts the Corsairs of UMass Dartmouth for a contest starting at 7 p.m. Fri, 31 Jan 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/13-14_News/WoundedWarriorFitchburg https://www.mascac.com/news/13-14_News/WESTLaviolette Peter Laviolette was an excellent high school ice hockey player but he wasn’t sure he was good enough to play collegiately when he enrolled at Westfield State. Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/13-14_News/WESTLaviolette https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_1-26 John Celli of Fitchburg State and Mike Restuccia of UMass Dartmouth are the men's ice hockey co-player of the week while Ryan Wysocki and Jake Martin of Fitchburg State nab goalie and rookie of the week, respectively. Sun, 26 Jan 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_1-26 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_1-19 Vince Perreault of Westfield State, Gordon Ceasar of Plymouth State and Alex Dewitz of Worcester State are the men's ice hockey player, goalie and rookie of the week winners. Sun, 19 Jan 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_1-19 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_1-12 Taylor Murphy and Jonathan LoParco of Westfield State are the first men's ice hockey weekly award winners of the new year. Sun, 12 Jan 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_1-12 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_12-8 Eric Ward of Framingham State, Ryan Wysocki of Fitchburg State and John Needham of Salem State are this week's player, goalie and rookie of the week, respectively. Sun, 08 Dec 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_12-8 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_12-1 UMass Dartmouth duo of Shaun Walters and Tanner Zacharewicz claim the men's ice hockey player and rookie of the week honors. Mon, 02 Dec 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_12-1 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_11-24 Dalton Jay of Westfield State, Ryan Wysocki of Fitchburg State and Alex Minter of Salem State have been named the men's ice hockey player, goalie and rookie of the week, respectively. Sun, 24 Nov 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_11-24 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_11-17 After helping Framingham State to an undefeated week in conference play, Eric Ward was named the men's ice hockey player of the week. Sun, 17 Nov 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_11-17 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_11-10 Zach Sarig of Plymouth State and Salvatore Tecci earns the MASCAC player and goalie of the week honors, respectively. Sun, 10 Nov 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_POW_11-10 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_Weekly_Awards_11-3 In the first week of the men's ice hockey season, Stephen Rock and Salvatore Tecci of Worcester State and Jake Martin of Fitchburg State are this week's player, goalie and rookie of the week, respectively. Sun, 03 Nov 2013 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/MIH_Weekly_Awards_11-3