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Defending Champ Denver Leads Preseason USCHO.com/CSTV Poll
Defending national champion Denver is the preseason favorite of voters in the USCHO.com/CSTV men’s Division I poll, released Monday. The Pioneers, who defeated North Dakota 4-1 last April to take their second consecutive national championship, received 17 first-place votes and totaled 662 points to edge out Minnesota, a strong No. 2 with 13 first-place votes … Read more
Mercyhurst Remains CHA Favorite
For the fourth consecutive year, Mercyhurst is the choice of College Hockey America head coaches in the league’s preseason poll. The Lakers, who received all three possible first-place votes (coaches did not vote for their own teams) recorded nine points in the poll. Mercyhurst, which opens the season fifth in the U.S. College Hockey Online … Read more
UND Defeats Manitoba In Exhibition
North Dakota passed its first test of the season, downing visiting Manitoba 6-1 in an exhibition at Ralph Engelstad Arena. Junior forward Drew Stafford led the Fighting Sioux with two power-play goals and an assist. Coach Dave Hakstol was pleased with UND’s special teams as the Sioux went 3-11 on the power play and blanked … Read more
Miami Gets Season Started Right
The Miami RedHawks outshot the Windsor Lancers by a margin of 42 shots, 56-14, and the shots on goal pretty much summed up the game as the RedHawks won 4-1. “It was a good test for us, just to get out there and play against somebody else other than in the CCHA,” said head coach … Read more
U.S. Completes Sweep
The WCHA All-Stars doubled their scoring output in their rematch against the U.S. National Team Saturday night at the DECC, but still fell well short in a 5-2 defeat. Bemidji State sophomore Tara Hiscock and North Dakota sophomore Cami Wooster scored goals for the WCHA. Wooster and UNH alum Tricia Dunn-Luoma ’96, who had two … Read more
Huntsville Noses Bemidji In CHA Preseason Picks
Three teams received first-place votes, but Alabama-Huntsville edged Bemidji State as the coaches’ choice atop the 2005-06 College Hockey America preseason poll. The Chargers, runners-up in the CHA regular season and playoff championship last season, earned three of five possible votes (coaches could not vote for their own teams) and 22 points. The two-time defending … Read more
One Game, Many Different Objectives
Team USA took the first strides in the Hilton Family Skate to 2006 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul against a team of WCHA All-Stars. The objectives heading into the game and the reactions after the USA’s 5-1 victory varied greatly, both between the two teams and individual members. The result left national … Read more
Hockey East Women’s Coaches Favor UNH
For the second year in a row, New Hampshire is the preseason favorite in the Hockey East coaches’ poll. The Wildcats, who have won or shared the last two regular season titles but have never won the postseason title, hope this year’s team’s NCAA aspirations will be realized with only one senior graduated from last … Read more
Eagles Top Split Vote In Hockey East Poll
The Boston College Eagles, winners of a league-best 10 regular-season titles, are again the pick of Hockey East coaches to top the standings this season, but if a split decision among the voters is any indication, the race may be wide-open. New Hampshire actually earned the most first-place votes (four) among the conference’s 10 coaches, … Read more
ECACHL Names All-Star Team
The ECAC Hockey League has named its all-star team which will face the 2005-06 U.S. Women’s National Team on Tuesday, November 1. The game will take place at Ingalls Rink in New Haven, Conn., at 7:30 p.m. The game marks the third of 11 games for Team USA on The Hilton Family Skate to 2006 … Read more
Caught In The Controversy
For five-eighths Ojibwe Tim Oshie and his son, North Dakota freshman T.J., the NCAA mascot policy is a family matter.
North Dakota Appeal Denied By NCAA
Statement by NCAA Senior Vice-President for Governance and Membership Bernard Franklin on University of North Dakota Review: “The NCAA staff review committee has retained the University of North Dakota on the list of colleges and universities subject to restrictions on the use of Native American mascots, names and imagery at NCAA championships. “In its review … Read more
WCHA All-Stars Ready to Face U.S. Women’s National Team
In the final weekend before the start of the college season, an All-Star team of WCHA Players will face the 2005-06 U.S. Women’s National Team in a two-game series to lead off the Hilton Family Skate to 2006 Tour. The pre-Olympic tour begins Friday Sept. 30 at the XCel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. … Read more
Making All The Right Moves
North Dakota freshman T.J. Oshie trod an unlikely path from his Minnesota roots to the West Coast and back to become an NHL first-round pick.
Kroleski Named Interim Cortland Women’s Coach
Jen Kroleski has been named the interim head women’s coach at Cortland following the resignation of Kim Hokanson for personal reasons. Kroleski was the assistant to Hokanson last season. Kroleski graduated from Hamilton in 2003 and coached for one year at the National Sports Academy before coming to Cortland as an assistant last season.
Ohio State Places Four On CCHA Preseason Teams
Seven schools are represented on the second annual CCHA Preseason All-Conference Teams, selected in balloting by league coaches and media and announced Wednesday by the league. Ohio State, led by 2005 CCHA All-Conference Second Team selection Rod Pelley, a senior forward, and senior goaltender Dave Caruso, had four of its players selected. Pelley and Caruso … Read more
Buckeyes Preseason Pick In CCHA
Ohio State, which finished second last season in the CCHA regular-season standings and at the Super Six championship, has been anointed as the conference favorite this season. On Tuesday, the league announced that OSU earned the maximum possible 11 first-place votes in the coaches poll (coaches may not vote for their own teams), and also … Read more
Four Once More: CCHA Drops Super Six Format
After four years of the “Super Six,” the CCHA announced Wednesday that it will return to a four-team format for its 2006 postseason championship, which will be the 25th time the league has held its tournament championship at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. The change restores the system used in 18 of the 24 years … Read more
In Memoriam: Derek Hines
Editor’s note: The following is a letter from Army head coach Brian Riley in honor of former hockey captain and Army Ranger Derek Hines, who was killed in a firefight with insurgents in Baylough, Afghanistan, on Sept. 1. Dear College Hockey community, I hope that this letter finds all of you well as the current … Read more