Site AdministratorMercyhurst coach Rick Gotkin took his disappointed Lakers into the locker room at Michigan’s Yost Ice Arena trailing the No. 4 Wolverines 4-1 after two periods in the season-opening game for both teams. Gotkin, however, saw something different than the three-goal deficit that was displayed on the scoreboard. “We thought we were playing pretty good,” … Read more
The Wayne State Warriors women’s hockey team suffered a 0-3 loss against the Bemidji State Beavers on Friday night in the season opener at the City Sports Center arena in Detroit, Mich “On our power play, we didn’t create much offense in the first two periods, [neither] power play or five-on-five,” said Warriors’ coach Jim … Read more
North Dakota forward Danny Kristo has been suspended for one game for violating team rules, the school announced Friday. Kristo will miss Sunday’s exhibition game against Manitoba. The school did not specify the nature of the violation.
In her first game for Minnesota, top rookie prospect Amanda Kessel justified the praise she has received by scoring two goals and two assists to lead No. 4 Minnesota to a 5-0 victory over No. 7 Clarkson. Jen Schoullis got the Gophers on the board with a power-play goal at 10:08 of the first. Kessel … Read more
Alaska-Anchorage defenseman Kane Lafranchise is academically ineligible for the first semester, the Anchorage Daily News reported. Lafranchise is the Seawolves’ top returning defenseman in terms of last season’s offensive production. He had three goals and 12 assists. “It’s definitely going to hurt us,” Seawolves coach Dave Shyiak told the newspaper. “The second half of last … Read more
CCHA coaches and media don’t agree on the order, but they agree on this in preseason polls: Miami and Michigan should be the top two teams in the league this season. Michigan took the top spot in the coaches poll, while Miami led off the media poll. The Wolverines, who return 19 letterwinners from a … Read more
Vermont has dismissed sophomore forward David Pacan after what coach Kevin Sneddon said was a violation of the school’s student-athlete code of conduct, the Burlington Free Press reported. “We have a clearly defined set of expectations as a hockey program here that the players are very well aware of,” Sneddon told the newspaper. “On top … Read more
Defending national champion Boston College is as unanimous a favorite as possible in the Hockey East preseason poll. The Eagles got nine first-place votes to finish atop the balloting. Coaches are not able to vote for their own school, and Maine received the first-place vote from BC coach Jerry York. Maine finished second, followed by … Read more
A $3.5 million project scheduled to start in October will expand the men’s and women’s hockey locker rooms at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Ritter Arena. A one-story, 12,000-square-foot addition to the 52,125-square-foot facility will house team locker rooms, coaches’ rooms and other team areas. “This is exciting news for our program,” RIT men’s coach Wayne … Read more
North Dakota is the nearly unanimous choice of WCHA coaches and media members to win that league’s regular season title. The Fighting Sioux took 10 of 12 first-place votes in the coaches poll, organized by the Grand Forks Herald and 28 of 29 first-place votes in the media poll, conducted by KZIO-FM of Duluth, Minn. … Read more
Former Minnesota-Duluth captain and assistant coach Jessica Koizumi has joined new Yale coach Joakim Flygh’s staff as an assistant. Koizumi, who played at Minnesota-Duluth from 2003 to 2007 and also was part of the world championship 2008 U.S. Women’s National Team, spent last season as an assistant coach at the North American Hockey Academy. She … Read more
Former Providence All-American Devin Rask will join his alma mater as an assistant coach. Rask replaces Stan Moore, who resigned earlier this month. “Devin will be a terrific addition to our coaching staff,” Providence coach Tim Army said in a statement. “He had a wonderful career at Providence College and he embodies all that we … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth starts the 2010-11 season where it left off in 2009-10: at the top of the pack in women’s college hockey. Related link: USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll — Sept. 27, 2010 The defending national champion Bulldogs got 14 of 15 first-place votes to take first in the inaugural USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll of … Read more
Boston University defeated Windsor 4-1 in an exhibition game on Saturday at the renovated Walter Brown Arena. The Terriers were without Jenelle Kohanchuk, Marie-Philip Poulin, Jenn Wakefield and Tara Watchorn, who were attending Canada’s national women’s team camp in Calgary, Alberta. Caroline Campbell and Catherine Ward also sat out because of injuries. But BU got … Read more
A Wisconsin-Stout incoming freshman player faces a felony murder charge, while a teammate is charged with being a party to the crime. Jedidiah R. McGlasson, 21, and Jared C. Britton, 23, were in Dunn County (Wis.) Jail in advance of a Friday afternoon bond hearing. The charges they face stem from the death of UW-Stout … Read more
Yale’s Mandi Schwartz received the long-awaited stem cell transplant Wednesday in a 32-minute procedure at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance’s inpatient transplant unit at the University of Washington Medical Center. Yale’s athletic department confirmed the procedure in a post on a site dedicated to Schwartz’s battle with acute myeloid lymphoma. The next step is engraftment, when … Read more
Augsburg has named Carrie Holldorf and Jody Horak as assistant coaches under Michelle McAteer on the women’s team. Holldorf was a forward for Providence in 2001-02 and for St. Cloud State from 2002 to 2005. Horak played goal at Minnesota from 2001 to 2005. “I am very excited to have Carrie and Jody join the … Read more
Defending national champion Minnesota-Duluth is the pick of WCHA coaches to win the women’s league title in 2010-11. The Bulldogs, who tied Minnesota for last year’s regular-season title, claimed six of eight first-place votes from the coaches, who could not vote for their own team. Wisconsin got the other two first-place votes and came in … Read more
Two-time defending ECAC Hockey champion Yale is the pick of both league coaches and media to finish atop the standings in 2010-11. The Bulldogs got 11 of the 12 first-place votes from coaches and 25 of the 30 votes in the media poll, conducted through the ECAC Hockey Writers and Broadcasters Association. Cornell, Union and … Read more
Mercyhurst is the choice of CHA women’s coaches to win the league’s regular-season title in 2010-11. The Lakers, national semifinalists last season, took four of five first-place votes in the balloting. Syracuse got the lone remaining first-place vote to finish second, followed by Niagara, Robert Morris and Wayne State. The full results follow: Team (first-place … Read more