Site AdministratorMassachusetts Institute of Technology’s women’s hockey coach saw it coming, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t try to stop school officials from pulling the plug on the program. Rick Chrusciel even offered to work for no pay, but the decision still came down Thursday that MIT was cutting eight varsity sports, including women’s and men’s … Read more
St. Scholastica will add a women’s hockey program in the fall of 2010 and will join the NCHA, the school announced Thursday. The school is elevating what has become a successful club program. The Saints won the 2007 ACHA Division II national championship and lost in the title game last season. “Women’s hockey is a … Read more
Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced Thursday its men’s and women’s varsity hockey programs are among eight that will be eliminated at the end of the academic year. The school’s varsity women’s team, which started in 1999, played in the ECAC East. The varsity men’s team played in ACHA Division II and will continue to do … Read more
Tim Ceglarski has resigned as Elmira’s head coach after an eight-year stint that included four NCAA tournament appearances and two trips to the Division III Frozen Four. The resignation of Ceglarski, a former Boston College skater who played for his father, Len, is effective at the end of the academic year. “I’m leaving with a … Read more
The NCAA tournament and Frozen Four exposure was valuable for Bemidji State, but it also lost its starting goaltender after everything settled down. The Boston Bruins confirmed Wednesday that they have signed goaltender Matt Dalton to an entry-level contract. Dalton, who had two years of eligibility remaining, held Notre Dame and Cornell to one goal … Read more
Five different players scored to propel the U.S. Under-18 Team to a 5-0 victory over Russia to win its record fourth gold medal at the 2009 International Ice Hockey Federation World Under-18 Championship Sunday. The U.S. finished the tournament 6-0-0-1, and captured the first world title for a U.S. hockey team on home soil since … Read more
Fans of the national champion Boston University Terriers turned out to help the team celebrate, Melissa Parrelli reports.
Boston University goalie Kieran Millan was named the third annual Hockey Commissioners’ Association national Rookie of the Year, it was announced Friday. In 2008-09, Millan set a new program record for goaltender wins in a season with 27, breaking the old mark of 25 shared by Jack Ferreira (1964-65) and Cleon Daskalakis (1983-84). He entered … Read more
Air Force senior forward Mike Phillipich is the winner of the third annual Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award, announced Friday by the Hockey Commissioners’ Association. The award was established by the HCA in honor of former Army player Derek Hines, who was a “consummate team player and team builder.” Hines played at Army from 1999-2003 … Read more
Three-time selection Matt Gilroy of Boston University headed up the AHCA/Reebok All-American teams, announced Friday at the Frozen Four. Boston University led all schools with three selections, including two on the East First Team. Michigan and Notre Dame each had two honorees. Noteworthy among the selections: • Only two players had been so honored before. … Read more
Why is this night different from all other nights? As I watched Vermont’s Justin Milo knock a power-play rebound past Kieran Millan to tie the UVM-Boston University game, I couldn’t help but think of those words. After all, I’d heard Milo ask that exact question just a few hours earlier. This year’s Frozen Four coincides … Read more
In the growing tale of how Bemidji State got here to be the darlings of the Frozen Four, don’t forget how close the Beavers got to having their season end. In the CHA tournament’s championship game, Robert Morris took the Beavers to overtime before succumbing on Matt Read’s second goal of the night. One bad … Read more
A 22-win season and a trip to the Frozen Four are a long way from where the Vermont Catamounts’ program was when Kevin Sneddon arrived. In his first season, Vermont posted a dismal 9-22-4 mark in the ECAC. Adding strife was the fact that the club was just four years removed from a hazing scandal … Read more
They’re loose as a goose. Or more properly said, as geese. The Boston University Terriers looked by far like the loosest, most relaxed team at practice on Wednesday. Things were going so well that head coach Jack Parker decided to cut short practice and let his team relax. “We liked what we saw out there,” … Read more
Who’s Going in Goal? Miami coach Enrico Blasi was non-committal about his starting goaltender for Thursday’s semifinal against Bemidji State, saying he would meet with his staff later Wednesday to discuss the plan. That’s what comes with a goaltending rotation. Cody Reichard won both games at the West Regional, but he and fellow freshman Connor … Read more
Boston University vs. Vermont Thursday, 8:30 p.m. ET, Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. Boston University Terriers Record: 33-6-4, 18-5-4 Hockey East (first) Seed: No. 1 overall, No. 1 Northeast Road to Frozen Four: Beat Ohio State 8-3, beat New Hampshire 2-1 2008 NCAA tournament: none Boston University’s resume reads like a number one overall seed and … Read more
Northeastern University goalie Brad Thiessen has signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the team announced on Friday. Thiessen is a Hobey Hat Trick finalist and led Northeastern to one of its greatest seasons in 2008-09, with his 25-12-4 record, 2.12 goals against average and .931 save percentage. He will forgo his senior season with the Huskies … Read more
Call it a Hockey East-ern bias. Thursday, the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation announced the three Hobey Hat Trick finalists for the 2009 Hobey Baker Memorial Award, honoring college hockey’s top player. For the first time in the Hat Trick format’s nine seasons, all three players hail from one conference, in this case the Hockey … Read more
Jim Plumer, who led Amherst College to the school’s first Women’s NCAA Division III Ice Hockey Championship, has been voted by his peers as the Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Coach of the Year for the 2008-2009 season. The Jeffs went 24-5-0, defeating the three schools who had won all seven previous NCAA Division III … Read more
Dominick Dawes, who led Neumann College to a 21-9-2 record and the school’s first NCAA Division III men’s ice hockey national championship, has been named the 41st recipient of the 2009 Edward Jeremiah Award, given annually to the men’s D-III ice hockey coach of the year. Dawes, who was a first year head coach this … Read more