2011-12 Trinity College Men's Ice Hockey News

May 16, 2012
Trinity Student-Athletes Receive Prestigious Honors And Awards
Hartford, Conn. - Several Trinity students and staff members received prestigious honors at the College's annual athletics awards reception on May 2.

April 30, 2012
Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Coaching Legend Receives Gold Key
Hartford, Conn. - Longtime Trinity College Men's Ice Hockey coach John Dunham, who retired in 2007, was one of four Gold Key recipients honored by the Connecticut Sportswriters Alliance at its annual banquet yesterday at The Aqua Turf.

April 11, 2012
Trinity's DeMayo Selected To All-NESCAC Men's Ice Hockey Squad
Hartford, Conn., April 12, 2012 - Trinity College men’s ice hockey senior captain defenseman Mike DeMayo (Seaford, N.Y.) was named to the 2011-12 NESCAC Men's Ice Hockey All-Conference Second Team. The Bantams, coached by Matt Greason (1st Season), finished the 2011-12 campaign with a 9-13-2 overall record and a 6-10-2 mark in the league, while qualifying for a 12th consecutive NESCAC Championship Tournament.

March 21, 2012
Trinity Winter Student-Athletes Earn NESCAC All-Academic Honors
Hartford, Conn. – The Trinity College winter athletic teams placed 43 student-athletes on the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) 2011-12 Winter All-Academic Team.

March 14, 2012
Eight Trinity Winter Athletes Named To NESCAC All-Sportsmanship Team
Hartford, Conn. - Eight Trinity College winter athletes were named to the 2012 New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) All-Sportsmanship Team for their positive contributions to sportsmanship.

February 25, 2012
Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Loses Defensive Battle At Bowdoin In NESCAC Quarters
Brunswick, Maine – Sophomore goaltender Steve Messina made 31 saves to lead the Bowdoin College Polar Bear men's ice hockey team to a 2-1 win over the visiting Trinity College Bantams in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Quarterfinals this evening at Sidney J. Watson Arena.

February 23, 2012
Mike DeMayo: From Skates and Shoulder Pads to Wing-Tips and Legal Pads
Hartford, Conn. - Most seniors in their last semester approach it in one of two ways. Some spend the last semester going all out and enjoying the last remaining weeks and days of a life without the responsibility of the real world, and some ,spend it worrying about the real world that is approaching on the not-so-far-away horizon (most probably fall somewhere in the middle of those two extremes).

February 18, 2012
Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Ends Regular Season With Loss At Wesleyan
Middletown, Conn. - Sophomore Nik Tasiopoulos (Norwell, Mass.) registered a goal and an assist and junior netminder Glenn Stowell (Hadley, Mass.) made 23 saves to lead the Wesleyan University Cardinals to a 3-1 men's ice hockey victory over the visiting Trinity College Bantams this afternoon in the regular-season finale for both teams.

February 17, 2012
Trinity Men’s Hockey Earns Ticket to NESCAC Playoffs with League Win
Hartford, Conn. – Sophomore defender Larry Bero (Foxboro, Mass.) scored two goals to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 5-2 win over the Wesleyan University Cardinals in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) action tonight on Williams Rink at the Koeppel Community Sports Center.

February 11, 2012
Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Falls At Bowdoin For Third Straight Setback
Brunswick, Maine - The Bowdoin College Polar Bear men's ice hockey team clinched earned a 4-1 New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) win over the visiting Trinity College Bantams this afternoon at Sidney J. Watson Arena. The Bantams fall to 8-11-2 and 5-9-2 in the NESCAC with their third setback in a row and following their second loss of the season to Bowdoin.

February 10, 2012
Three In The Third Not Enough For Trinity Men's Ice Hockey At Colby
Waterville, Maine - The Colby College Mule men's ice hockey team defeated the visiting Trinity College Bantams, 7-4 victory, in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) action this evening. The Bantams, who had beaten Colby by the same score earlier this season, drop to 8-10-2 overall and 5-8-2 in the league with their second setback in a row.

February 5, 2012
Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Shut Out By Middlebury
Hartford, Conn. - Dan Fullam needed just 19 saves to record his first career shutout and lead the visiting Middlebury College Panthers to a 3-0 victory over the Trinity College Bantams in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men's ice hockey action this afternoon at Williams Rink in the Koeppel Community Sports Center.

February 4, 2012
Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Knocks Off No. 14-Ranked Williams
Hartford, Conn. – Sophomore goaltender Ben Coulthard (South Windsor, Conn.) turned away 47 shots to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a decisive 3-1 victory over the visiting Williams College Ephs in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men’s ice hockey action this evening on Williams Rink in the Koeppel Community Sports Center.

January 29, 2012
Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Shut Out By Amherst
Hartford, Conn. – Senior goaltender Jonathan La Rose (Boyle, Alberta) made 25 saves to record a shutout, as the visiting Amherst College Lord Jeffs downed the Trinity College Bantams, 3-0, in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men’s ice hockey action this afternoon on Williams Rink in the Koeppel Community Sports Center.

January 28, 2012
Trinity Men’s Hockey Skates to Tie with Hamilton
Hartford, Conn. – Trinity junior Jordan So (Toronto, Ontario) scored two goals, as the Trinity College Bantams skated to a 3-3 overtime tie with the Hamilton College Continentals in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men’s ice hockey action this afternoon on Williams Rink in the Koeppel Community Sports Center.

January 22, 2012
Lombardi Goal Gives Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Win At Connecticut College
New London, Conn. - Junior forward Zach Lombardi (Locust Valley, N.Y.) scored the game-winning goal with 2:47 left in the third period to lead the visiting Trinity College Bantams to a 3-2 victory over the Connecticut College Camels in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men's ice hockey action this afternoon.

January 21, 2012
Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Wins At Tufts
Malden, Mass. - Sophomore goalie Ben Coulthard (South Windsor, Conn.) made 37 saves to lead the visiting Trinity College Bantam men's ice hockey team to a 3-1 victory in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) play over the Tufts Universoty Jumbos this evening at Valley Forum II.

January 16, 2012
Trinity's Chris Menard Selected As NESCAC Men's Ice Hockey Player Of The Week
Hartford, Conn. - Trinity College junior forward Chris Menard (Burlington, Mass.) was selected as the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Men's Ice Hockey Player of the Week.

January 14, 2012
Trinity Men’s Hockey Ties Hot Bowdoin Team in Overtime Game
Hartford, Conn. – Senior Graham Sisson (Chesterfield, Mo.) scored a power play goal for the visiting Bowdoin College Polar Bears early in the third period to tie the Trinity College Bantams, 4-4, which was the eventual final score after an overtime period in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men’s ice hockey action this afternoon on Williams Rink in the Koeppel Community Sports Center.

January 13, 2012
Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Erupts For Seven Goals To Down Colby
Hartford, Conn. – The Trinity College Bantams posted a 7-4 victory over the visiting Colby College Mules in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men’s ice hockey action this evening on Williams Rink in the Koeppel Community Sports Center.

January 7, 2012
Middlebury Men’s Ice Hockey Tops Trinity with Big Third Period
Middlebury, Vt. – The Middlebury College Panthers broke open a 1-1 game with three third period goals on its way to a 4-1 win over the Trinity College Bantams in Kenyon Arena.

January 6, 2012
Trinity Men’s Ice Hockey Falls to No. 13 Williams
Williamstown, Mass. – The Trinity College Bantams outshot the Williams College Ephs 31-30, but the Ephs were on target, converting on seven of their shots to emerge victorious over Trinity, 7-3, in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men’s hockey action tonight.

January 2, 2012
Trinity Men’s Hockey Fends off Lake Forest
Hartford, Conn. – Trinity junior Jeffrey Menard (Burlington, Mass.) scored a hat trick and collected an assist to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 4-3 win over the Lake Forest Foresters in men’s ice hockey action this afternoon on Williams Rink at the Koeppel Community Sports Center.

December 31, 2011
Menard Nets Four Points In Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Win Against Nichols
Hartford, Conn. – Junior forward Chris Menard (Burlington, Mass.) notched a hat trick plus an assist to lead the Trinity College Bantams to an 8-3 victory over the visiting Nichols College Bison in men’s ice hockey action this afternoon at Williams Rink in the Koeppel Community Sports Center.

December 10, 2011
Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Beaten At Manhattanville
Rye, N.Y. - Sophomore Brian Elser (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.) and junior Brendan Turner (Tisdale, Saskatchewan) combined for four goals as the Manhattanville College Valiant men's hockey team posted a 5-1 victory over the visiting Trinity College Bantams in the first-ever meeting between the two teams this evening at Playland Ice Casino.

December 8, 2011
Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Team, Coach Featured In News Article
Hartford, Conn. - The Trinity College men's ice hockey team, which is off to a 2-4 start and a 1-3 record in the New Eng;and Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), and its first-year head coach Matthew Greason were recently the subject of a feature on United States College Hockey Online.com (USCHO.com).

December 4, 2011
Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Loses At Amherst
Amherst, Mass. - First-year Mike Rowbotham (Stittsville, Ontario) netted a pair of goals to lead the the Amherst College Lord Jeff men’s ice hockey team to a 2-1 win over the visiting Trinity College Bantams at Orr Rink this afternoon afternoon. Trinity falls to 2-4 overall and 1-3 in the NESCAC, while Amherst improves to 5-1.

December 3, 2011
Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Earns First NESCAC Win, Calahan Shuts Out Hamilton
Clinton, N.Y. - Freshman Samuel Calahan (Edina, Minn.) stopped all 28 shots he faced to lead the visiting Trinity College Bantams to a 2-0 win over the Hamilton College Continentals in a New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men's ice hockey game at Russell Sage Rink this evening.

November 27, 2011
Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Loses To Wentworth
Hartford, Conn. – The visiting Wentworth Institute of Technology Leopards upended the Trinity College Bantams, 4-3, in men’s ice hockey action on Trinity College’s Williams Rink at the Koeppel Community Sports Center this afternoon. \

November 26, 2011
Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Nets Season's First Victory
Middletown, Conn. -- The Trinity College Bantams, behind a pair of goals from junior Chris Menard (Burlington, Mass.), rolled to a 4-1 victory over the Assumption College Greyhounds in men's ice hockey action thisy afternoon at Wesleyan University.

November 19, 2011
Late Surge Not Enough for Trinity Men’s Hockey
Hartford, Conn. - Junior Sean Murray (Stamford, Conn.) scored a goal and added two assists, as the visiting Connecticut College Camels survived three third period goals to hold on for a 5-4 victory over the Trinity College Bantams in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men’s ice hockey action this afternoon at Williams Rink in the Koeppel Community Sports Center.

November 18, 2011
Trinity Men’s Ice Hockey Falls to Tufts in Season Opener
Hartford, Conn. - Tufts senior goalkeeper Evin Koleini (Buffalo, N.Y.) made 30 saves and allowed just one goal to lead the visiting Tufts University Jumbos to a 4-1 victory over the Trinity College Bantams in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men’s ice hockey action this evening at Williams Rink in the Koeppel Community Sports Center.

November 17, 2011
Men's Ice Hockey Hosts Tufts In First Trinity Home Game Of Winter Season Friday Night
Hartford, Conn. - The Trinity College Bantam men's ice hockey team will open the 2011-12 season with New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) home games against Tufts on Friday, November 18 at 7 p.m. and Connecticut College the next day at 3 p.m.

October 17, 2011
Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Announces 2011-12 Schedule
Hartford, Conn. –The Trinity College men’s ice hockey team, which finished the 2010-11 season with an overall record of 11-10-4 and came in seventh place in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) with a conference record of 9-8-2, has announced its schedule for the 2011-12 season.

October 12, 2011
Trinity College Hires Greason As Head Men's Ice Hockey Coach
Hartford, Conn., October 12, 2011 – Trinity College is pleased to announce the hiring of Matthew Greason (North Bridgton, Maine) as the third head coach in the 38-year history of the varsity men’s ice hockey program. Greason returns to Trinity, where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, served as an assistant coach, and was a two-time All-New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) player.

September 6, 2011
Former Trinity Men's Ice Hockey Captain And Coach Sees Success With U.S. Teams
Hartford, Conn. - Former Trinity College men's ice hockey and golf captain and assistant coach Matthew Greason was recently the subject of a feature story in the Portland Press Herald for his recent success achieved as a coach for the United States National Team Development Program.

August 24, 2011
Cataruzolo Resigns As Trinity College Men's Ice Hockey Coach
Hartford, Conn., August 24, 2011 – Trinity College Director of Athletics Michael Renwick has announced the resignation of David Cataruzolo, effective August 18, 2011, as head coach of the Trinity College men’s ice hockey team.

August 1, 2011
Connecticut Whale To Open 2011-12 Pre-Season At Trinity's Koeppel Center
Hartford, Conn. – Trinity College’s Koeppel Community Sports Center will be the host venue for the Connecticut Whale, as the AHL franchise opens its pre-season schedule on Tuesday, September 27 at 7 p.m. against the Albany Devils.