Site AdministratorIf the favorites hold, the final of the West Regional will look familiar to WCHA fans. Denver and Minnesota Duluth — which met last weekend in the league finals — are top seeds in the regional, respectively, which along with its venue gives this corner of the NCAA bracket a distinct flavor. Sights like this … Read more
Facing a void in net to start the 2008-09 season, fans of the Vermont Catamounts might have been nervous. Enter Rob Madore. Mike Scandura reports.
Boston University overtook Notre Dame for the No. 1 position in the final USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I men’s poll, released Monday. The margin was razor-thin as the Terriers earned 27 first-place votes to the Fighting Irish’s 23; none of the 50 poll voters ranked either BU or ND lower than No. 2 this week. … Read more
Jeff Landers of Amherst College has been chosen by the nation’s coaches as the 2009 winner of the Sid Watson Award, symbolic of the nation’s best Division III men’s hockey player. The 6-0, 205-pound native of Hanover, MA, helped the Lord Jeffs to a 22-5-1 record, best in school history, and the New England Small … Read more
The 2009 NCAA Tournament field was announced on Sunday morning and the overall number one seed was awarded to Boston University. The Terriers won the Hockey East Championship and finished the season with a 31-6-4 record. The Terriers will be the number one seed in the Northeast Regional in Manchester, N.H. Boston University will be … Read more
Jessie Vetter, a senior goaltender from Wisconsin, is the 2009 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner. In its 12th year, the award is presented annually by The USA Hockey Foundation to the top player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey. Vetter received the award in Boston Saturday at a brunch ceremony at the Royal Sonesta … Read more
The Amherst Lord Jeffs have officially completed the gauntlet. Amherst downed Elmira 4-3 in overtime in the 2009 NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship on Saturday at the Chip Kenyon Ice Arena. The Jeffs defeated all three teams in their NCAA Tournament run that had won the previous seven NCAA titles. Elmira won in … Read more
There’s more to a hockey team than the players and coaches. Melissa Wade and Melissa Parrelli give us a look into the dedication of some of those behind the scenes.
Saturday’s ECAC third-place game between Princeton and St. Lawrence was anything but a consolation matchup. After both teams suffered heartbreaking losses in semifinal action, they had to pick themselves up and play for their playoff lives less than 24 hours later. The winner would probably cement itself in the NCAA tournament field; the loser’s season … Read more
Freshman Tyler Gron’s fourth goal of the season early in the third period proved to be the game winner in Northern Michigan’s 2-0 victory over Alaska in Saturday’s late afternoon CCHA third-place game at Joe Louis Arena. In a game which had no bearing on the standings, personal pride and dedication to seniors playing their … Read more
After 58 minutes of shots off goalposts, great netminding and fruitless goalmouth scrambles that only yielded one goal, Notre Dame and Northern Michigan exploded in the final two minutes with offensive success that had been missing the rest of the contest. Ben Ryan’s goal with a minute remaining lifted the Fighting Irish to a 2-1 … Read more
The Mercyhurst Lakers and RIT Tigers needed overtime to settle the Atlantic Hockey semifinals before Chris Risi scored less than three minutes into the extra session for Mercyhurst to send them to the Atlantic Hockey Finals with a 5-4 win. “It was a hard fought game with two very explosive teams that are able to … Read more
The Elmira College Soaring Eagles are headed to their fourth national championship game after downing Wis.- River Falls 3-0 in the National Semifinals of the 2009 NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Tournament. Elmira improved to 24-4-1 on the season and River Falls dropped to 20-6-3. Kayla Coady, the 2009 Laura Hurd Award winner, sparked … Read more
Northeastern junior goaltender Brad Thiessen was named the Hockey East Player of the Year Thursday night, it was announced at the 25th annual Hockey East Awards banquet at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, Mass. Playing every minute in net for Northeastern this season, Thiessen led the Huskies to a second-place finish in the league … Read more
Amherst got the last laugh of its budding rivalry with Middlebury this season as the Lady Jeffs downed the Panthers 3-2 in the second national semifinal at the 2009 NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship. After falling to Middlebury, 4-3 in overtime two weeks ago in the NESCAC championship game, Amherst picked up the … Read more
Getting to the Frozen Four in Lake Placid may be a new sensation for many members of the Hobart Statesmen, but for the seven seniors on this team it provides the opportunity to learn from the past. The Statesmen will be looking to improve upon their National Semifinal loss to St. Norbert in 2006. Building … Read more
Colin Greening’s goal at 9:54 of the second overtime lifted Cornell to a 4-3 victory over Princeton and a berth in the ECAC Championship game. The junior captain wristed home a shot in the high slot past goaltender Zane Kalemba for the right to face Yale for the tournament title. “The puck came out to … Read more
For North Dakota, goaltender Brad Eidsness has offered stability in net this season, and the freshman takes his act to the WCHA Final Five this weekend. Patrick C. Miller reports.
Princeton junior goaltender Zane Kalemba headlined the ECAC Hockey awards, winning laurels as Player of the Year as well as the Ken Dryden Award as the league’s top goaltender and being named a first-team all-league selection. Senior Matt Generous of St. Lawrence was named Best Defensive Defenseman and Cornell senior Tyler Mugford was named Best … Read more
The 2009 RBK Division III Women’s Ice Hockey All American’s were announced today by the American Hockey Coaches Association. The Eastern region’s first team consisted of the 2009 Laura Hurd award winner Kayla Coady (Elmira), along with 2008 Hurd Award winner Danielle Blanchard (Plattsburgh). Elmira goaltender Allison Cubberley was chosen as the top netminder in … Read more