Site AdministratorThe Golden Knights of Clarkson are where they usually are at the beginning of the season — among the league’s best in the polls. This season the Knights are ranked third by both the coaches and the media. With 19 lettermen returning to a team that finished second last season, at full health and strength, … Read more
Everything old is new again — not least in the ECAC, where a new playoff system and some new scheduling issues mesh with the same old down-to-the-wire mentality in Division I’s most unpredictable league. Jayson Moy and Becky Blaeser preview the season.
Head coach Don Vaughan prepared himself last season. He had 10 freshmen and six sophomores, and the year didn’t start very well. The Raiders went 3-11 before gaining an overtime win at Iona the first weekend of January. Then, things started to turn around. After losing twice to Cornell, the Raiders went on a 6-0-2 … Read more
The Big Red came oh-so-close to advancing to the Frozen Four last season. A furious comeback against New Hampshire fell just short, but this season brings the same determination. The team that went to the quarterfinals returns 14 players, including its top five scorers. That brings expectations to Mike Schafer’s squad this season. “We had … Read more
Bowling Green junior Roger Leonard notched a pair of power-play goals Tuesday night as the Falcons picked up a 5-2 win against the Windsor Lancers in a season-opening exhibition.
Minnesota, last year’s NCAA Champion, was selected first in the Preseason USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll with 22 of a possible 40 first-place votes. Minnesota will attempt to overcome the losses of seniors like Hobey Baker winner Jordan Leopold on defense and goaltender Adam Hauser, as well as underclassmen like Jeff Taffe, who left school … Read more
The WCHA’s coaches have spoken, and Denver is their pick to win the league’s regular-season title.
Niagara, coming off a third-place finish at last year’s NCAA Championship, and Mercyhurst were selected as co-favorites in the first-ever CHA Women’s preseason coaches poll. Both teams received two first-place and one second-place vote (coaches did not vote on their own team) for eight points. Findlay and Wayne State tied for third with four points … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth, last year’s national champion, finished first in pre-season balloting for the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll.
With everyone excited about the prospects of a new season and a chance for an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament, the coaches of College Hockey America have selected Wayne State as the preseason favorite to win the conference. Wayne State, which enters the 2002-03 season with the nation’s longest unbeaten streak at 12 games, … Read more
The CHA takes its place alongside its five Division I brethren this year. With the advent of an NCAA autobid for the conference tournament champion, conference members now have something to play for on a national level, and don’t think they don’t know it. Geof F. Morris previews 2002-03.
Wayne State began its 2002-03season with a 6-1 exhibition win Sunday afternoon against the University of Windsor at Detroit’s City Ice Arena. Last year’s leading scorer Kelly Zamora had three goals and one assist, while sophomore defenseman Krissy Langley scored the Warriors final goal. WSU’s first and fourth goals were scored by newcomers Jessica Haydahl … Read more
Cori Forbes scored two goals and Heidi Tallqvist added a goal and three assists as Findlay started the 2002-03 season with a 9-4 exhibition victory over the University of Windsor at the Clauss Ice Arena on Saturday night. The Oilers dominated for much of the game, outshooting the Lancers 39-11 for the game. Meghann Schlaff, … Read more
Julie Sasner, most recently the coach at Wisconsin, will soon be named head coach at MIT, USCHO has learned.
Yale and the ECAC would still like to host the 2004 Women’s Frozen Four, but now must find another practical venue that’s also up to NCAA standards. The NCAA has given them until Oct. 10 to report back.
The Crimson of Harvard were picked by six of the ECAC head coaches as the best team in the preseason poll. The Crimson return nine forwards, all six defensemen, and two goaltenders, and also add Olympian Julie Chu to their lineup. The Dartmouth Big Green got two first place votes and were picked second in … Read more
Cornell, the defending regular season champion, and Harvard, the defending ECAC tournament champion, finished 1-2 in both the preseason coach’s and media polls. In the coach’s poll, the Big Red edged out the Crimson by one point, garnering seven of the 12 first place votes and a total of 116 points. The Crimson received the … Read more
Four years in the making, the NCAA’s final amateurism package had little effect, except for the NHL Draft.
Former Minnesota coach Doug Woog, former Hobey Baker Award winners Mark and Scott Fusco, Joe Riley have been inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, located in Eveleth, Minn. The formal induction ceremony will take place Wednesday, Dec. 4. In his 14-year coaching career with the Golden Gophers, Woog guided Minnesota to an … Read more
Seth Cole has been named the recipient of the fourth annual Brian Fishman Internship, given each year to an outstanding college graduate who is pursuing a career in athletic media relations by USA Hockey. Named in honor of the late Brian Fishman, who served as the Manager, Communications and Marketing for the USA Hockey National … Read more