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Utica, New York

Men's ice hockey advances to NCAA national semifinals

The team celebrates on the ice
The Nor’easters took down Utica University to advance to the NCAA Division III semifinals for the first time in school history.

Nearly 3,500 people watched in stunned anticipation Saturday, March 19, as the 51Æ·²è Nor’easters men’s ice hockey team in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III Men’s Ice Hockey Championship and advanced to the national semifinal for the first time in school history.

The Nor’easters overcame the Pioneers 2-0 at the Adirondack Bank Center at the Utica Memorial Auditorium, bringing their program-record win streak to 13 games.

51Æ·²èwas the only road team to move forward on Saturday and will now compete against SUNY Geneseo this Friday, March 25, at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York — the site of the Olympic U.S. men's ice hockey team's "Miracle on Ice" in 1980.

The Nor'easters are now 2-0 in meetings with Utica, the first being in the middle of 2016-17 season with a 7-3 triumph.

UNE’s only previous game against the SUNY Geneseo Knights came in a mid-year tournament at Norwich University during the 2017-2018 campaign, where the Nor’easters bested the Knights 9-5. After topping the Norwich Cadets the following day, 51Æ·²èentered the USCHO national poll for the first time ever. 

Watch Highlights from the Record-Setting Game

The hockey team lines up at the start of the game

The team lines up at the start.

#14 Daniel Winslow carries the puck

#14 Daniel Winslow carries the puck.

#1 Billy Gerard IV removes his helmet.

#1 Billy Girard IV removes his helmet.

51Æ·²è the 51Æ·²è

The 51Æ·²è is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.