Site AdministratorAfter years of hearing about how young but promising Dartmouth’s teams are, could this finally be the year when all the premonitions come true? Head coach Bob Gaudet has been meticulously crafting this Big Green team for years. Two years ago, he brought in an offensively loaded freshman class that included such names as Frank … Read more
Is Jeff Hamilton what makes all the difference in New Haven? Despite the fact that the Eli lost five of its top scorers and its returning defensive corps is relatively unseasoned, some folks are still uncertain about how this Yale team will fare. Hamilton is the ultimate X-factor. “I believe that we are an enigma,” … Read more
With nine-year coach Don Cahoon leaving after a highly-successful stint, can Princeton graduate and long-time assistant Len Quesnelle fill the void that his mentor left behind?
College Hockey America coaches have tabbed Bemidji State as the favorite in the second CHA preseason poll. Bemidji received two first place votes and 22 overall points in the balloting of the six league coaches.
There probably isn’t a team in the league looking forward to its freshman class as much as Brown. After two consecutive disappointing seasons, head coach Roger Grillo is looking for something — anything — to kickstart his program. "We’re not going to finish in 12th." — Brown head coach Roger Grillo “Last year was certainly … Read more
It was an improvement, albeit a small one. Five more wins for the Union Skating Dutchmen and an appearance in the ECAC playoffs, where they lost twice to the eventual ECAC champion St. Lawrence Saints by one goal. Small steps — what head coach Kevin Sneddon said it would take. Sneddon hopes that 21 returnees, … Read more
It was a tough season last year for the Clarkson Golden Knights. Under intense heat as the number-one preseason pick in the ECAC Coaches Poll, the Knights didn’t get out of the gate very quickly. In the end, the Knights posted their 25th straight winning season and advanced to Lake Placid, remaining the only ECAC … Read more
So many questions in Troy, and some wonder if head coach Dan Fridgen has the answers. Item 1: just two of the top seven scorers on the Engineer squad return. Item 2: a four-year goaltending duo graduates, leaving as incumbent a junior who played six minutes last season. So many questions. In nets, the Engineers … Read more
“At Colgate this year we are going to find out what life is like after Andy McDonald,” head coach Don Vaughan said. “You just don’t replace a guy like that.” You certainly don’t replace a guy like McDonald. An All-American, Hobey Baker finalist and ECAC Player of the Year, McDonald captained last season’s Colgate squad … Read more
One week away from hosting Colgate, New Hampshire and North Dakota in the Ice Breaker Tournament, the Michigan hockey team brought in Wilfrid Laurier from across the border for an exhibition. But instead of a nice, friendly, easygoing scrimmage, the Golden Bears gave Michigan a chippy game with 38 penalties called. The Wolverines slapped through … Read more
Former UMass-Amherst coach Joe Mallen has been named head coach at UMass-Boston. Mallen, who coached the Beacons in the early ’80s, returns to where his collegiate head coaching career began.
The top two teams in the 1999-2000 CCHA standings have been picked to repeat those positions in 2000-01, as Michigan and Michigan State earned the top spots in Wednesday’s preseason coaches and media polls, respectively.
The decision by the MAAC to force its member teams to cancel previously-scheduled games against Findlay has come under fire, not only by Findlay officials, but long-time conference commissioners Bruce McLeod and Joe Bertagna.
Niagara and Canisius are looking into the possibility of formally submitting an application to join the ECAC. The schools would be the 13th and 14th league members.
The NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey Committee has selected Mariucci Arena, home of the Minnesota Golden Gophers, as the site for the 2001 Women’s Frozen Four. The inaugural event will be held March 23 and 25.
The University of Vermont has settled out of court its lawsuit with former walk-on goalie Corey LaTulippe, and will pay him $80,000. UVM athletic director Rick Farnham, assistant athletic director Jeffrey Schulman and head men’s hockey coach Mike Gilligan had been named in the lawsuit. LaTulippe settled separately with former team captains Matt Sanders and … Read more
Maine coach Shawn Walsh, who was diagnosed with kidney cancer in June, has gone back to work following the first of two 20-day treatment cycles at the Johnson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA.
Winny Brodt, the WCHA Defensive Player of the Year in 1999-2000, has left the Minnesota women’s team to accept an invitation to train with the U.S. National Program.
Paul Caufield, who resigned his head coaching job at Marian last season in the wake of a hazing incident, has returned to his alma mater, Wis.-Stevens Point, to become an assistant coach. Caufield is the all-time scoring leader at Stevens Point with 254 points. He also holds Pointer career records with 126 goals, 19 game-winning … Read more
Wisconsin-Superior athletic director and men’s hockey coach, Steve Nelson, announced his resignation from both positions today. Nelson has accepted a position as commissioner of the America West Hockey League, a junior league based in Montana.