Atlantic Hockey picks, Oct. 5, 2012

Welcome back! It’s going to be tough to replicate the tight race we witnessed last year, but with almost every AHA team improved over last season, it’s going to be entertaining for sure. The Atlantic Hockey season preview will be published Monday, but things already get underway this weekend with Niagara and Bowling Green playing … Read more

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Yale’s Hughes named 2012 recipient of Hockey Humanitarian Award

Yale senior Aleca Hughes has been named the 2012 recipient of the BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award. The award, which is given to a college hockey player who “gives back to their community in the true humanitarian spirit,” recognizes Hughes’ efforts to battle cancer on behalf of her teammate Mandi Schwartz, who passed … Read more

Not so Frozen Four

TAMPA, Fla. — It’s currently almost 90 degrees outside the Tampa Bay Times Forum, a strange atmosphere to settle college hockey’s champion. But Minnesota coach Don Lucia thinks the change does the sport good. “It’s more of an event [now],” said Lucia. “I think it’s an event that cities want to bid on. So I … Read more

Not so Frozen Four

TAMPA, Fla. — It’s currently almost 90 degrees outside the Tampa Bay Times Forum, a strange atmosphere to settle college hockey’s champion. But Minnesota coach Don Lucia thinks the change does the sport good. “It’s more of an event [now],” said Lucia. “I think it’s an event that cities want to bid on. So I … Read more

Lucia: Respect versus rivalry with Boston College

TAMPA, Fla. — Minnesota’s upcoming clash with Boston College features a pair of teams with 64 NCAA appearances between them. When asked if there was a rivalry between two of college hockey’s premier programs, Gophers coach Don Lucia replied: “I don’t know if there’s a rivalry but more respect. They have a style where they … Read more

Lucia and the Gophers deliver under pressure

TAMPA, Fla. — After missing the NCAA tournament for three seasons thanks to finishes of fifth, seventh and fifth in the WCHA, the pressure was certainly on coach Don Lucia and his team this season. Despite some calls for a coaching change, Lucia was granted a three-year contract extension over the summer. His team responded … Read more

RIT to go D-I, play full CHA schedule in 2012-13

Rochester Institute of Technology has announced that it is moving its women’s hockey team to Division I, and has been accepted as a full member of the College Hockey America conference, effective for the 2012-13 season. “This is a momentous event in the history of RIT women’s ice hockey,” said RIT Executive Director of Intercollegiate … Read more

Thoughts on Championship Weekend

In no particular order: – After the closest finish on record, with so many teams within just a few points of first place in the final standings, it came down to the two teams that have dominated the postseason for the past six years, and the one team that has won five of those six … Read more

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