2022-23 Westfield State Men's Ice Hockey News
Westfield State athletics placed a total of 137 student-athletes as part of the 2023 MASCAC Winter/Spring All-Academic Team that was released by Commissioner Angela Baumann.
The Westfield State ice hockey trio of Valtteri Valtonen, Cooper Board, and Duncan Nichols-Delay each earned recognition as part of the Krampade/AHCA All-American Scholar Program for the 2022-23 season.
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Westfield State ice hockey alumnus Peter Laviolette '86 was announced as the next head coach of the New York Rangers, the organization announced on Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Three Westfield State student-athletes – women’s lacrosse attack Cassidy Harvey (Niskayuna, N.Y.), field hockey midfielder Lindsey Spindel (Mendon, Mass./Nipmuc HS), and men’s ice hockey goaltender Valtteri Valtonen (Helsinki, Finland) – were all named to the College Sports Communicators At-Large Academic All-District teams on Tuesday.
For the third straight year, Westfield State University secured the Howard C. Smith Sup as the best overall athletics program in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference for the 2022-23 academic year.
Chi Alpha Sigma recognizes undergraduate college student-athletes who participate in a sport at the varsity intercollegiate level, achieve junior academic standing or higher after their fifth full time semester, and earn a 3.4 or higher cumulative grade point average.
Westfield State junior goalkeeper Valtteri Valtonen earned a spot on the MASCAC All-Conference Second Team as voted on by the seven coaches from around the conference.
Top seeded Plymouth State got two goals from Myles Abbate as the Panthers topped #4 seed Westfield State, 6-0 in the MASCAC semifinals at the Hanaway Rink in Plymouth, N.H. on Wednesday evening.
Fourth-seeded Westfield will travel to #1 seed Plymouth State for a 7:00 p.m. face off at the Hanaway Rink on Wednesday, March 1.
Westfield State junior goalkeeper Valtteri Valtonen and first-year forward Cooper Board both earned MASCAC recognition this past week after the Owls advanced into the conference tournament semifinals.
Westfield State senior forward JoJo Carbone buried the game-winning goal to push the Owls through into the MASCAC Semifinals with a 5-3 win over UMass Dartmouth on Saturday night.
For the fourth time this season, the fourth-seeded Westfield State University ice hockey team will face off against fifth-seeded UMass Dartmouth in a MASCAC Quarterfinals game Saturday at 5:35 P.M. from Amelia Park Arena in Westfield, Mass.
Westfield State University first-year forward Cooper Board (Salem, Mass.) was named the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference men’s ice hockey rookie of the week, for the week ending February 19.
Westfield State senior forward Justin Collins scored the game-winning goal with 33 seconds remaining in the game to push the Owls to victory over UMass Dartmouth, 4-3, Saturday night on senior night.
