Site AdministratorWayne State (11-24-2) will advance to the College Hockey America semifinals for the first time since 2004 following a 4-0 victory over Alabama-Huntsville on Friday night at Niagara’s Dwyer Arena. The Warriors snapped a four-game postseason losing streak and achieved their first ever shutout victory in CHA tournament play. Stavros Paskaris scored a power-play goal … Read more
Ryan Cruthers, a senior forward at Robert Morris, took home CHA Player of the Year honors while Bemidji State head coach Tom Serratore was named the league’s Coach of the Year and BSU freshman Matt Read was Rookie of the Year in awards announced Thursday. Along with Vince Rocco of Niagara, Cruthers was a unanimous … Read more
Army goaltender Josh Kassel was named player of the year in Atlantic Hockey at the league’s annual awards dinner held in Rochester. N.Y., site of this year’s AHA championship. Kassel is the first goalie ever to win the award. He posted a 1.84 goals against average and a .927 save percentage, both tops in the … Read more
Michigan forward Kevin Porter, among the favorites for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, led the CCHA’s All-Conference teams announced Wednesday. Porter, a senior, was a unanimous First-Team selection of CCHA coaches. With three seniors and three juniors on each squad, this is the first time there are no freshmen or sophomores on either team since … Read more
UMass-Dartmouth (18-8-1 overall, 13-3-0 in ECAC Northeast) This magical season continues to roll on for UMass-Dartmouth. Fresh off the heels of their exciting 5-3 win over Nichols Saturday night to capture their third straight Eastern College Athletic Conference Northeast tournament championship, it was announced that the Corsairs will host Trinity (CT) on Wednesday at the … Read more
Princeton’s surge has put the Tigers in a lofty position not seen in a decade. Local boy Zane Kalemba has been a big part of that, Roman J. Uschak finds.
St. Thomas (19-6-2 overall, 11-4-1 in MIAC) Tonight’s NCAA Opening Round game between St. Thomas and University of Wisconsin-Stout features programs with very different histories. And it’s St. Thomas who has prestige on their side. With 21 more victories than Middlebury, the Tommies are the winningest program in Division III hockey history. Three times in … Read more
For those who fear that athletics and academics, strength and service no longer go together like they used to, Mike Scandura has a counterpoint: Providence co-captain Kyle Laughlin.
Maine goaltender Ben Bishop has signed a pro contract with the NHL’s St. Louis Blues and will forego his senior season, team president John Davidson announced Tuesday. Bishop will join the AHL’s Peoria Rivermen for the remainder of the season. The 6-7, 210-pound netminder recorded a 13-18-3 record along with a 2.43 goals against average … Read more
With the playoffs now in full swing, Jim Connelly and Scott Brown spotlight NCAA hopefuls in this weekend’s matchups, discuss Notre Dame’s prospects, and draw parallels regarding Division III’s Adrian College.
In the final USCHO.com men’s Division III poll, St. Norbert found itself in a familiar spot. On top for nearly the entire second half of the season, the Green Knights lost two first place votes — two understandably to Adrian, the other, much more curious, went to Elmira — but remained a resounding choice as … Read more
Amidst a splintering of the votes, Michigan returned to the No. 1 position in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll. The Wolverines, who were idle over the weekend while awaiting their quarterfinal opponent in the CCHA playoffs, received 19 first-place votes. That was one fewer than second-ranked North Dakota, which tied St. Cloud State twice … Read more
Despite a 26-3 record and 20 straight wins, the Adrian Bulldogs may be on the outside looking in — as USCHO correspondents Matthew Webb and Josh Carey outlined this week. But the Bulldogs do have a prominent advocate in Detroit Free Press and ESPN commentator Mitch Albom. Albom used his closing remarks on ESPN’s “The … Read more
With their regular season Women’s Hockey East Association championship already in the books, their spot in the NCAA tournament was a foregone conclusion. Even so, the University of New Hampshire added a little more luster to the season Sunday by capturing its third WHEA tournament title with a 1-0 win over Providence College before 432 … Read more
When Minnesota Duluth scored on a power play to go up 3-0 at 16:11 of the first period, it seemed unlikely that a couple of hours later they would be scrambling in their own crease, desperately trying to prevent Wisconsin from burying an overtime goal to secure a third straight WCHA title. But the Bulldogs … Read more
Northern Michigan coach Walt Kyle compared the first round of playoff hockey to a hockey game itself: best-of-three, like a three-period game. The Ohio State Buckeyes won the first period, or game, on Friday with a score of 4-3. Saturday went to the Wildcats with a score of 4-2. But everyone knows it’s the third … Read more
The National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey committee made two controversial decisions on Sunday. One involved selecting Dartmouth over Clarkson as the last team in the tournament. The other was to abandon the practice of avoiding intraconference play in the NCAA quarterfinal round in order to save money on travel costs. I will discuss each below. … Read more
After putting out a dismal showing in game one of the ECAC quarterfinals series against the Saint Lawrence Saints, the Colgate Raiders took two victories in a row to advance to the second round, defeating the Saints, 3-1, on Sunday night. “I’m really proud of our kids,” summed up Saints’ head coach Joe Marsh about … Read more
There will be a new NCAA champion in men’s D-III hockey this season. Defending champion Oswego and perennial winner and last year’s runner-up Middlebury each lost championship games in their conferences and each failed to receive an at-large bid. The NCAA Division III Men’s Ice Hockey Committee announced tonight the field of ten teams for … Read more
In order for a playoff hockey game to be considered a classic, there are certain criteria that need to be met. A low-scoring game, plenty of end-to-end action, 19,000 minutes of overtime. Still, two out of three isn’t bad. Blame J.P. Platisha on that end if you must, as it was his goal at 4:22 … Read more