The leaders took their first loss, the preseason favorite took a big loss, and a team that lost one early has come back with a few huge wins. No. 1 North Haven’s loss to Simsbury doesn’t disqualify the Indians from the top spot in the ...
Read More »Connecticut D2 Poll: North Haven jumps past Cheshire
The battle of the top two teams in the HNIB News Connecticut Division II rankings went to No. 1 North Haven, a 2-1 winner over No. 2 Cheshire, flipping the top two spots from last week. J.J. Jensen scored the game-winner short-handed, keeping North Haven perfect ...
Read More »Connecticut D2 Poll: Not much changes this week
A year after North Haven tied five times, the HNIB News Connecticut Division II rankings have a whole lot of draws a couple of weeks into the season. Seven of this week’s Top 10 teams have at least one; two have two. It’s always a balanced ...
Read More »Connecticut D2 Poll: Cheshire leads pack for now
Here we go again. Division Two, always volatile, always fun, got started with a big win for a team recently moved down, a draw between two top teams and — already — teams with potential, possibly, beating up on each other. Starting at the top ...
Read More »Conn. D2 Preseason Poll: Wide Open race should be entertaining
After Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks won 15 of its last 16, taking the Connecticut Division II title and moving up to the top level, it leaves Division II more or less where it usually is: competitive, playing an entertaining regular season and conference playoffs to get to ...
Read More »Final Connecticut D2 Poll: Great second half propels SGWL to summit
With an outstanding second half and the program’s first CIAC championship in 15 years, Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks finishes on top of the HNIB News Connecticut Division II rankings. The Wildcats avenged an early loss to North Branford with a 4-1 win in the final after stunning ...
Read More »Connecticut D2 Quarters: Branford, SGW, Conard, North Branford move on
– Branford trailed early, but Tyler Criscuolo had two goals and an assist to lead the Hornets to the CIAC Division II semifinals with a 3-2 win over Fairfield. The Mustangs jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Zach Weinstein and Jake Fuss. ...
Read More »Connecticut D2 First Round Recap: Top seven seeds all move on
Tuesday night wasn’t quite as memorable as Monday night in the CIAC tournament: The first round in Division II didn’t match the upsets, the last-minute and overtime heroics that Division III presented. The top seven seeds all won in Division II, most of them relatively ...
Read More »Connecticut D2 Tourney Preview: No clearcut favorite in this field
Two things are clear at first glance at the CIAC Division II bracket (http://content.ciacsports.com/brackets/ihoc2015II.html) One, if the chalk held in the first round, man, that’d be some quarterfinals. Conard vs. North Haven, a high-octane team against a team that came on in the second half ...
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