https://www.mascac.com en-us https://www.mascac.com/news/2021-22_News/W-S_All-Academic_22 A total of 891 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s 2022 Winter/Spring All-Academic Team that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann. Wed, 13 Jul 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2021-22_News/W-S_All-Academic_22 https://www.mascac.com/news/2021-22_News/MCLA_Hockey_Announcement Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Athletics Department announced a multi-year plan to enhance the College's athletics programming for years to come, including the return of men's ice hockey to North Adams along with the implementation of a women's ice hockey program. Plans also identify athletic facilities upgrades including replacement of the turf at Shewcraft Field, and a fundraising campaign to support the installation of turf at the baseball and softball fields. Thu, 21 Apr 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2021-22_News/MCLA_Hockey_Announcement https://www.mascac.com/news/2021-22_News/Winter_Sportsmanship_Team 29 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) student-athletes have been honored for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2022 Winter Sportsmanship Team. The MASCAC Sportsmanship Team is intended to recognize one student-athlete from each team, in every sport that best demonstrates the values of the MASCAC and its Sportsmanship Statement, regardless of their overall performance or statistics for the season. Thu, 24 Mar 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2021-22_News/Winter_Sportsmanship_Team https://www.mascac.com/news/2021-22_News/Winter_Smith_Cup_Standings Following the completion of the winter sports season, Westfield State has taken the lead in the 2021-22 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 league championship sports. Wed, 16 Mar 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2021-22_News/Winter_Smith_Cup_Standings https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_All-Conference Junior Myles Abbate of Plymouth State has been named the MASCAC Men’s Ice Hockey Player of the Year and headlines the 2021-22 All-Conference team as voted on by the seven coaches from around the conference. Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_All-Conference https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/Plymouth_NCAA #15 Plymouth State University will travel to #8 University of New England for the first round of the 2022 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship on Saturday (Mar. 12) after the NCAA revealed the 12-team tournament bracket this morning on NCAA.com. Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/Plymouth_NCAA https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_3-7 JR Barone of Plymouth State is the MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Player of the Week after earning tournament MVP honors with four goals and two assists to lead the Panthers to their third straight tournament title. Mon, 07 Mar 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_3-7 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_Champ Tournament Most Valuable Player JR Barone scored twice and top-seeded Plymouth State University doubled up sixth-seeded Salem State University, 8-4, in the championship game of the 2022 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Men's Ice Hockey Tournament to secure the league's automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament for the third straight time. Sat, 05 Mar 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_Champ https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_Tournament_Semifinals Top seed Plymouth State and sixth seed Salem State are set to meet for the 2022 MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament title on Saturday after winning their semifinal contests on Tuesday night. Tue, 01 Mar 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_Tournament_Semifinals https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_2-28 Connor Woolley of Salem State and Justin Collins of Westfield State along with Blake Carlson and Kaleb Kinskey of Framingham State earn the MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Co-Player, Goalie and Rookie of the Week honors after competing in the opening round of the tournament. Mon, 28 Feb 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_2-28 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_Tournament_QF After upsetting their opponents on Saturday, fifth seed Westfield State, sixth seed Salem State and seventh seed Framingham State are moving on to the semifinals of the 2022 MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Sat, 26 Feb 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_Tournament_QF https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_Tournament_Preview After winning their fifth straight MASCAC regular season title, Plymouth State earned the top seed in the 2022 MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament which starts on Saturday, February 26. Fri, 25 Feb 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_Tournament_Preview https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_2-21 Mike McPherson of Plymouth State along with Brian McGrath and Thomas Harty of Fitchburg State earn the MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Player, Goalie and Rookie of the Week accolades as the teams closed out their regular season action. Mon, 21 Feb 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_2-21 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_2-14 Hunter Fortin of Fitchburg State and Wyatt Friedlander of Worcester State take home the MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Player, Goalie and Rookie of the Week honors after collecting important league wins over the past week. Mon, 14 Feb 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_2-14 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_2-7 The Plymouth State duo of Jacob Laurin and Kalle Andersson earn MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Player and Goalie of the Week while Westfield State's Mathieu Jones is the Rookie of the Week after conference victories last week. Mon, 07 Feb 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_2-7 https://www.mascac.com/news/2021-22_News/21_F-W_All-Academic A total of 1,244 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s Fall/Winter 2021 All-Academic that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann. Thu, 03 Feb 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2021-22_News/21_F-W_All-Academic https://www.mascac.com/news/2021-22_News/Winter_Sports_Update With the pandemic and the challenges that come with it, the MASCAC has made changes to the winter sports tournaments for basketball, men's ice hockey and indoor track and field. Tue, 01 Feb 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2021-22_News/Winter_Sports_Update https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_1-31 Anthony Ceolin and Thomas Harty of Fitchburg State along with Daniel Davidson of UMass Dartmouth claim the MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Player, Rookie and Goalie of the Week honors after winning conference contests last week. Mon, 31 Jan 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_1-31 https://www.mascac.com/news/SA_Profile/21-22/Brian_McGrath_SA_Spotlight Each week, we will be highlighting student-athletes from around the conference. This week is Brian McGrath of Fitchburg State men's ice hockey. Thu, 27 Jan 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/SA_Profile/21-22/Brian_McGrath_SA_Spotlight https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_1-24 The Fitchburg State trio of Hunter Fortin, Brian McGrath and Cole Archambeault are the MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Player, Goalie and Rookie of the Week after going 3-0 in their conference contests last week. Mon, 24 Jan 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_1-24 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_1-10 Kai Kapossy of UMass Dartmouth and Valtteri Valtonen of Westfield State are the first MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Player, Goalie and Rookie of the Week honorees of the new year. Mon, 10 Jan 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_1-10 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_12-13 The Westfield State duo of Justin Collins and Valtteri Valtonen claim the final MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Player, Goalie and Rookie of the Week awards after going 2-0 last week in their non-conference contests. Mon, 13 Dec 2021 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_12-13 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_12-6 The Worcester State duo of Brandon Ronan and Jakob Kubik with Plymouth State's Brendahn Brawley are the MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Player, Rookie and Goalie of the Week after tallying conference wins last week. Mon, 06 Dec 2021 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_12-6 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_11-29 Plymouth State's JR Barone, Fitchburg State's Christopher Mattone and UMass Dartmouth's Dominic Duman are the MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Player, Goalie and Rookie of the Week after coming out victorious in games last week. Mon, 29 Nov 2021 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_11-29 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_11-22 The Westfield duo of Jason Diamond and Valterri Valtonen are the MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Player and Goalie of the Week while Michael Mania of UMass Dartmouth is Rookie of the Week after the trio helped their teams to league wins. Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_11-22 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_11-15 The Fitchburg State duo of Rece Bergeman and Brian McGrath are the MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Player and Goalie of the Week while Worcester State's Bridgham Neuhold is the Rookie of the Week. Mon, 15 Nov 2021 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_11-15 https://www.mascac.com/news/SA_Profile/21-22/Ben_Chipman_SA_Spotlight Each week, we will be highlighting student-athletes from around the conference. This week is Ben Chipman of Plymouth State men's ice hockey. Thu, 11 Nov 2021 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/SA_Profile/21-22/Ben_Chipman_SA_Spotlight https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_11-8 UMass Dartmouth's Jake Maynard and Michael Mania are the MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Player and Rookie of the Week while Salem State's Joona Sato-Hunsula is the Rookie of the Week after coming out victorious in their league games last week. Mon, 08 Nov 2021 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_11-8 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_11-1 UMass Dartmouth's Dillon Radin and Plymouth State's Kalle Andersson are the first MASCAC Men's Ice Hockey Player and Goalie of the Week honorees as the 2021-22 season began over the weekend. Mon, 01 Nov 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_POW_11-1 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_Preseason Plymouth State, the 2019-20 MASCAC Champions, have been picked to win the 2021-22 MASCAC Men’s Ice Hockey Championship as voted on by the coaches from around the conference. Last year’s season was cancelled due to the pandemic. Fri, 29 Oct 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mice/2021-22/releases/MIH_Preseason