Site AdministratorPlattsburgh and Gustavus Adolphus, leaders in the USCHO polls for most of the 2006-07, were also the leaders in the D-III All-USCHO Teams for their respective regions. Each program placed two players on First Teams and three players overall. First Team East F Danielle Blanchard (So., Plattsburgh) F Isabelle Richard (Jr., RIT) F Deana Wiegand … Read more
Minnesota State University, Mankato officials have announced that Troy Jutting, head coach of the Maverick men’s hockey program, has reached an agreement in principle on a contract extension that will see him continue on after his current agreement expires on June 30, 2007. A few remaining details will be finalized when Jutting meets with Kevin … Read more
Six of the 19 players honored today as 2007 RBK Hockey D-III Women’s All-Americans will be competing for an NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship in Plattsburgh, NY, this weekend. NCAA semifinalists Plattsburgh (3), Middlebury (2), and Amherst (1) had the six selections. The only semifinalist not recognized was Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Noteworthy: Erin Kegley … Read more
The Hobey Baker Foundation announced on Thursday the top ten finalists for the 2007 Hobey Baker Memorial Award, honoring college hockey’s top player. Alphabetically, they are Drew Bagnall, St. Lawrence; David Brown, Notre Dame; John Curry, Boston University; Nathan Davis, Miami University; Ryan Duncan, North Dakota; Eric Ehn, Air Force; Bobby Goepfert, St. Cloud State; … Read more
Six players competing for an NCAA Division I Women’s Ice Hockey Championship in Lake Placid, NY, this weekend – including four from the #1 seeded University of Wisconsin – have been honored as RBK Hockey All-Americans for 2006-07. In addition to the Badgers, NCAA semifinalist St. Lawrence had a pair of honorees. It is an … Read more
Defending champion and No. 1 Wisconsin once again dominated USCHO’s Year-End Honorees for D-I Women in 2006-07, while first-time Frozen Four participant Boston College led with two All-Rookie team selections. For the second straight season, Wisconsin senior Sara Bauer was named USCHO Player of the Year, and teammate Bobbi-Jo Slusar was named USCHO Defensive Player … Read more
Andrea Peterson, a senior defenseman at Gustavus Adolphus College and a four-time All-American, is the winner of the 2007 Laura Hurd Award, presented to the Women’s College Division Hockey Player of the Year and voted by the nation’s Division III head coaches. Peterson, whose starry career ended last week at the NCAA Quarterfinals, was named … Read more
St. Lawrence defenseman Drew Bagnall was named the ECAC Hockey League’s Player of the Year and the league’s Best Defensive Defenseman at the league’s annual banquet. The senior was one of several individuals to earn recognition at the annual event. Clarkson’s David Leggio was the league’s Ken Dryden Award winner as the Goaltender of the … Read more
Notre Dame senior goaltender David Brown (Stoney Creek, Ont.) became the first player in program history to be named the RBC Financial Group CCHA Player of the Year at the annual CCHA Awards banquet on Thursday, March 15. Nine individual honors were awarded at Detroit’s historic Fox Theatre, including six determined by a vote of … Read more
Junior Jonathan Matsumoto signed a professional contract with the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday (Mar. 14), and will forego his final year of college eligibility at Bowling Green State. The Orleans, Ontario native concludes his Falcon career with 113 career points, 56th all-time in the BGSU record books. “I just want to thank coach Paluch and … Read more
It’s hard to believe the season is almost over. It seems like just yesterday I was writing up my season preview, which had Middlebury as the No. 1 team in the country. The time sure has flown by and what an amazing ride it has been. In the end; however, my top two teams to … Read more
Just as hope was draining away in North Dakota, Philippe Lamoureux stepped up to help carry the Fighting Sioux to a spectacular second half, Patrick C. Miller says.
Notre Dame made it a six-for-six run at the summit of the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll, collecting 31 of 40 first-place votes to finish No. 1 again in Monday’s release. The Fighting Irish swept Alaska last weekend in the CCHA quarterfinals to hold their ground at the top of the poll. Next up was … Read more
Michigan Tech got on the board first in Game 3 and left it that way, skating to a 1-0 win over Colorado College in the first round of WCHA playoff action. The Huskies advance to the WCHA Final Five in St. Paul, Minn., for the first time since the 1995-96 season. At the 12:59 mark … Read more
The stats books and history books were open all over the press box at the National Hockey Center. Fingers perused the pages looking for information and trying to find longstanding records that were suddenly in jeopardy of being broken. There were plenty to be found on what was rapidly becoming a historic night in St. … Read more
USCHO will have a recap of Wisconsin’s epic quadruple overtime win over Harvard sometime today. Here are some other links in the meantime: Recapand Quotes from Wisconsin Athletics Recap from Harvard Athletics Wisconsin State Journal Wisconsin Journal Sentinel A few other thoughts: There seems to be plenty of confusion about save records out there, due … Read more
Junior forward Ben Nelson scored a power-play goal with 4:21 remaining that proved to be the difference as Quinnipiac captured a 3-2 win over Cornell on Saturday night. With the win, the Bobcats capped a series sweep and move on to the ECACHL tournament semifinals, where they will face St. Lawrence on Friday night at … Read more
With his nation-best 32 goals, Ted Cook has a nose for the net that few players can match. Vince McConeghy touts Niagara’s star forward’s skill, determination and Hobey Baker qualifications.
Michigan State advanced to the CCHA championship weekend at Joe Louis Arena for the 25th time in 26 seasons by completing a two-game sweep of Nebraska-Omaha Saturday. The Spartans moved on with a 4-1 win in the best-of-three quarterfinal round, getting a goal and an assist from Tim Crowder, Chris Mueller, and Jim McKenzie in … Read more
Wisconsin managed to avoid the upset bug sweeping through the NCAA quarterfinals. But not before it had to play in four overtimes. The top-seeded Badgers outlasted Harvard, 1-0, in front of 5,125 fans at the Kohl Center on Saturday night and continued their quest to repeat as national champions, in a field suddenly clear of … Read more