Rutland boys’ hockey tops Tigers

The Middlebury Union High School boys’ hockey team opened its season on Dec. 12 with a 5-1 loss to visiting Rutland. 

The Middlebury Union High School girls’ hockey team opened its season on this past Saturday with a 6-0 home victory over Stowe. 

The Middlebury College men’s hockey team this past weekend at home rallied to claim a win on Friday night, 3-2 over Amherst.

Three members of the Division II finalist Middlebury Union High School girls’ hockey team were named Lake A Division All Stars, and one was recognized as the league’s Player of the Year.

The Middlebury College women’s hockey team will begin its quest for a fifth national championship on Saturday, when the fourth-ranked Panthers (20-6-1) entertain No. 12 Nazareth (21-6-1) in an NCAA Division III quarterfinal.

Two Middlebury Union High School seniors have been selected to play in the 39th Rotary All-Star Hockey Classic this Saturday, March 22, at the Essex Skating Facility in Essex.

In the end there was little to separate the Division II Middlebury and Hartford union high school girls’ hockey teams this winter.

Host Amherst defeated the Middlebury College women’s hockey team in Sunday’s NESCAC championship game, but both teams — plus Colby (17-6-2), another NESCAC team — are headed for the NCAA Division III tournament. Amherst (21-5-1) and Middlebury are schedul … (read more)

The most successful Middlebury College men’s hockey season in a dozen years came to an end on Saturday, when No. 1 seed Hamilton defeated the No. 7 seed Panthers, 3-2, in double overtime in a NESCAC playoff semifinal.

The No. 3 seed Middlebury Union High School girls’ hockey team broke open Tuesday’s home Division II quarterfinal vs. No. 6 Stowe with three straight goals in the second period on the way to a 5-1 victory.

The Middlebury Union High School boys’ hockey season came to an end on Friday, when visiting No. 9 Colchester pulled away late for a 5-1 victory over the No. 8 Tigers in a first-round Division II playoff game.

In the team’s only recent action, the Middlebury Union High School boys’ hockey squad was blanked by host Spaulding on Feb. 19, 4-0.

The Middlebury Union High School girls’ hockey team picked up two big wins last week and appears to have locked up no worse than a No. 3 seed for the upcoming Division II playoffs.

The Middlebury Union High School boys’ hockey team for the most part held their own against defending Division II champion Hartford on this past Friday. But the Hurricanes did a better job of finishing their chances and left Middlebury’s Memorial Sports C … (read more)

The MUHS girls’ hockey team scored four pretty goals and got outstanding goaltending from senior Ruby Hubbell vs. Rice on Friday. But the Green Knights erupted in the third period to skate away with a victory.