UMASS-BOSTON’S BELISLE, GENESEO’S SCHULTZ SHARESTX/AHCA MEN’S DIVISION III COACH of the YEAR  HONORS

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. —Two coaches who have brought their teams to the NCAA Men’s Division III Men’s Ice Hockey Championships — Peter Belisle of UMass-Boston and Chris Schultz of SUNY Geneseo — have been named co-winners of the Edward Jeremiah Award, given to the STX/AHCA Division III Men’s Coach of the Year. It is the second such honor for Schultz who also captured this award in 2014.

Belisle led the Beacons to their most successful season in program history, poised at 23-4-3 heading into Friday night’s semifinal against St. Norbert College (7:30 p.m.). UMB reached the semifinals by virtue of 4-0 and 2-0 wins over Trinity and Hobart, respectively. Those results followed a thrilling 3-2 OT victory over Babson College on March 5 in the championship game of the New England Hockey Conference tournament.

Geneseo, SUNYAC champion by way of a 7-1 win over Plattsburgh in that confer­ence final, reached Lake Placid with a 7-1 win over Salve Regina and a 2-1 win over Williams College. Schultz and his Knights bring a 20-4-6 record into Friday’s early game (4:00 p.m.) against UW-Stevens point.

Both men are in their 10th seasons as head coaches, Belisle’s record standing at 145-104-20, while Schultz is 152-99-17 in the same time period. Belisle, a 1995 gradu­ate of the University of Connecticut, was given his start in coaching by his father, Bill Belisle, the legendary coach at Mount St. Charles in Rhode Island. Schultz, a two-year captain at Geneseo, graduated in 1997 and added a Masters degree in 2002… See PDF Press Release for More

MEN’S DIVISION II-III CCM HOCKEY ALL-AMERICANS ANNOUNCED

LAKE PLACID, N.Y.— Players from 18 different schools — including nine athletes participating this weekend in the NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship in Lake Placid — can boast 2016 CCM DIVISION II-III MEN’S HOCKEY ALL-AMERICAN selections in the starry squads announced this evening at the event's student-athlete banquet. Hobart College leads the way with four selections, followed by three from NCAA semifinalist Geneseo State, and two honorees each from seven schools, including NCAA semifinalists UMass-Boston, St. Norbert College and Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Senior goalie Jamie Murray of Babson College is the only First Team repeat selection from 2015. It is his third consecutive First Team selection. Of the 30 All-Americans, 25 are from the United States and 5 are from Canada. The three leading sources are Michigan (5), Minnesota (4) and New York (4)…. See PDF Press Release for More

BABSON'S JAMIE MURRAY IS D-III ICE HOCKEY PLAYER of the YEAR

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. --- Jamie Murray, a senior goaltender from Babson College and Scituate, Massachusetts, has been chosen by the nation's ice hockey coaches as the 2016 winner of the Sid Watson Award, symbolic of the best NCAA Division III men's ice hockey player. The 6-2, 170-pound netminder went 14-5-3 this year with a 1.61 GAA and a save percentage of .940… See PDF Press Release for More