Site AdministratorIn the ECAC, five rings bring the survivors of the first round together, though the colors of the ECAC rings differ from those of their Olympic counterparts. Blue – Yale Green – Clarkson Crimson – Harvard Orange – Princeton Red – Cornell There is a new format for this year’s ECAC playoff championship, one that … Read more
Ten finalists for the 1998 Hobey Baker Memorial Award, presented annually to college hockey’s top player, were announced Friday afternoon by foundation officials at the Decathlon Hotel & Athletic Club in Bloomington, Minn. The ten, selected in balloting by Division I coaches, are (in alphabetical order): Chad Alban, Sr. G Michigan StateDan Boyle, Sr. D … Read more
Complete rosters for the ECAC all-league and all-rookie teams, and voting results for league awards: First Team All-ECAC Player School YrF Jeff Hamilton Yale SoF Eric Healey Rensselaer SrF Damian Prescott Brown SrD Ray Giroux Yale SrD Steve Shirreffs Princeton JrG Alex Westlund Yale Jr Second Team All-ECAC Player School YrF Chris Clark Clarkson SrF … Read more
Thursday night at the league’s annual awards banquet, Michigan State goaltender Chad Alban was honored as the CCHA’s Player of the Year. Alban, who led the conference in league goals-against average (1.63) and save percentage (.922), played 1,622 league minutes in net for the regular-season champion Spartans en route to becoming the CCHA’s all-time leader … Read more
The ECAC Women’s League’s Player of the Year, Brandy Fisher, a senior forward from New Hampshire, has already set the ECAC single-season scoring record with 77 points this season, and needs just one more goal to reach the 40-goal plateau and set another ECAC mark. Providence’s Jessica Tabb, named Rookie of the Year, led the … Read more
Members of the North Dakota Fighting Sioux dominated the year-end awards announced today by the WCHA, as UND players won four major awards and occupied three spots on both of the first-team all-conference and all-rookie teams. Sioux defenseman Curtis Murphy took home Player of the Year honors after leading conference blueliners in league and overall … Read more
Boston University senior captain Chris Drury, who was named the Koho Player of the Year and Best Defensive Forward, highlighted the 1997-98 Hockey East Awards Banquet, held tonight at the Royal Sonesta Hotel. The Terrier captain led his team in scoring with 24 goals and 26 assists as he won the league’s top award for … Read more
The CCHA has named Tom Anastos the conference’s new commissioner. Anastos, currently president of the junior-hockey North American Hockey League, will officially succeed outgoing commissioner Bill Beagan on May 1. A native of Dearborn, Mich., Anastos, 34, played collegiately at Michigan State from 1981-85, and professionally in the Montreal Canadiens’ organization. Following his playing career, … Read more
The University of Minnesota-Duluth’s athletic program has had to endure a lot of negative publicity in recent years, from turmoil surrounding former athletic director and current WCHA commissioner Bruce McLeod right on through to the success — or lack thereof — of the Bulldog hockey program. Although UMD won the MacNaughton Cup as the WCHA’s … Read more
Alabama-Huntsville broke open the game in the second period Saturday en route to a 5-2 victory over Bemidji State University, giving the Chargers their second NCAA Division II championship. Wingers Ryan Stewart and Colin Schmidt scored late in the middle stanza to put UAH in control, and Cedrick Billequey made 30 stops in the Charger … Read more
Sunday, four teams — New Hampshire, Brown, Northeastern and Minnesota — received invitations to the first American Women’s College Hockey Alliance tournament, which will decide an unofficial national champion for women’s NCAA Division I hockey. Three of the four invitees are ECAC members. New Hampshire (29-5-3) and Brown (21-6-4) received bids after meeting in the … Read more
Eight ECAC teams gayest under heav’n, One went to sleep and then there were seven; Seven ECAC teams cutting up their tricks, One broke its neck and then there were six. Six ECAC teams kickin’ all alive, One kick’d the bucket and then there were five; Five ECAC teams on an Olympic floor, One tumbled … Read more
Three repeat selections lead the 1997-98 CCHA All-Academic team announced by the league Wednesday, as Michigan State’s Tyler Harlton, Notre Dame’s Steve Noble and Western Michigan’s Jeff Rucinski all return to the team. Rucinski’s selection marks the 14th consecutive season that a Western Michigan student-athlete has been a member of the team, the longest active … Read more
I didn’t hear a fat lady sing, did you? What was once the largest lead of any first-place team in the nation is now the smallest. Clarkson picked up four points this past weekend and Yale just one, narrowing the battle for the ECAC regular-season title between the two to just one slim point. Taking … Read more
St. Norbert forward Rob Smillie, who helped lead the Green Knights to their second straight NCHA regular-season championship, was named the league’s Player of the Year, the league announced Monday. The 5-11, 190-pound junior led the NCHA in both goals and points, with 19 goals and 14 assists for 33 points. Meanwhile, St. Norbert College … Read more
The PrimeLink Great Northern Shoot-Out, a new season-opening tournament featuring four top Division III hockey programs from New York and Vermont, will debut in November on the campus of Norwich University. Slated to appear are ECAC powerhouse and host Norwich, three-time defending Division III champion Middlebury, perennial NCAA contender and 1992 national champion Plattsburgh State … Read more
Maine junior winger Steve Kariya remained hospitalized Monday with a collapsed lung suffered early in Maine’s Feb. 28 game against Nebraska-Omaha. Kariya, the nation’s 11th-leading scorer with 23-23-46 in 30 games, was hit while holding his breath, resulting in the puncture. He is expected to be out for this week’s action, but is probable for … Read more
Michigan State’s Chad Alban became just the fourth netminder in collegiate history to tally a goal Saturday night, scoring into an empty net in the Spartans’ 6-3 win over Ferris State. On the play, Alban collected the puck in the corner to the right of Michigan State’s goal and fired a 180-foot shot which bounded … Read more
So what’s the deal here? I have no idea, and all the loyal readers will agree with me when I say so. Can you figure this out? I know that I can’t. How about some facts to begin with: Yale, Clarkson, and Rensselaer have clinched ECAC playoff berths. Yale has clinched home ice for the … Read more
The SUNYAC has announced its postseason awards, including all-conference teams. Junior Tracey Belanger of Plattsburgh and senior Brian DeFeo of Oswego were honored as co-Players of the Year. The SUNYAC Coach of the Year is Oswego’s George Roll, and the league’s Rookie of the Year is Aaron Coleman of Geneseo. First- and second-team all-conference rosters: … Read more