Site AdministratorMichigan State goalie Ryan Miller and Minnesota defenseman Jordan Leopold repeated as selections to the JOFA Division I All-America first team, the only two returnees among the 12 players honored as First-Team All-Americans by the American Hockey Coaches Association. NCAA semifinalists accounted for eight of the 25 players on the two teams. Michigan State, which … Read more
The following, in alphabetical order, are capsule profiles of the Hobey Baker “Hat Trick,” the final three candidates for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, which will be announced Friday in St. Paul, Minn. Mark Hartigan Team: St. Cloud State. Position: Forward. Class: Junior. Height, weight: 6-foot, 200 pounds. Hometown: Fort St. John, British Columbia. Statistics: … Read more
Although it may not seem like it this weekend, the city of St. Paul and the surrounding areas have a lot to offer visitors besides men on skates. The planners of this year’s Frozen Four have plenty of activities to keep fans busy, but I thought I’d offer a few others — just in case. … Read more
Frozen Four Schedule of Events Below is the schedule of events for the 2002 Frozen Four. All times are CST. Wednesday, April 3 10:45am – Maine Practice (Xcel Energy Center) 12:00pm – New Hampshire Practice (Xcel Energy Center) 1:15pm – Michigan Practice (Xcel Energy Center) 2:30pm – Minnesota Practice (Xcel Energy Center) 6:00pm – Championship … Read more
Coming off the best season in his regime, Brown coach Roger Grillo signed a multi-year contract extension with the school today. Grillo This past season, Grillo led Brown to a 14-15-2 record, including 10-10-2 in the ECAC, good for sixth and the team’s first playoff appearance in three years. Along the way, Brown’s season was … Read more
Two-time winner Jack Parker of Boston University is again a finalist for the 2002 Spencer Penrose Award, given annually to the nation’s top coach by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA). The finalists are automatically determined by selecting the top vote-getters from the conference coach of the year balloting, and the Frozen Four coaches. Other … Read more
Tim Dillon, the athletic director at Canisius, will replace Jack McDonald of Quinnipiac on the NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Championship Committee in September when McDonald’s term is over. Dillon was appointed by the MAAC to take over for McDonald. McDonald was the first member of the MAAC to sit on the committee and has … Read more
Rick Comley’s life, he says, has intermingled with Ron Mason’s for 35 years — no surprise, then, when Mason tapped Comley to succeed him at MSU. Frequent contributor Steve Klein gives his thoughts.
Like Wisconsin’s Dany Heatley a year ago, Mark Hartigan is going straight from an NCAA loss to Atlanta. Unlike Heatley, he does so as a free agent, not as the No. 2 pick in the draft. Hartigan, a Hobey Baker Award finalist and WCHA Player of the Year, agreed to a one-year deal with the … Read more
The Hobey Baker Committee announced the top three finalists for this year’s Award: Mark Hartigan of St. Cloud, Darren Haydar of UNH and Jordan Leopold of Minnesota.
The buildup began today for the 2002 Frozen Four when coaches from the respective schools participated in a media conference call. This year’s Frozen Four takes place April 4 and 6 in St. Paul, Minn., at the XCel Energy Center, home of the NHL’s Minnesota Wild, a stone’s throw from the University of Minnesota, one … Read more
Rick Comley jumps from Northern Michigan, where he spent 26 years, to Michigan State, where he takes over for long-time colleague and friend, Ron Mason.
Having posted three consecutive sudden-death overtime victories in single-elimination competition over the past two weeks, it appeared to be fate that Harvard took Maine to its fourth straight extra-session match in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. But the magic that carried the Cardiac Crimson from a meager 2-8-1 record in the stretch run … Read more
One year ago, WCHA correspondent Todd D. Milewski claimed victory in USCHO.com’s first-ever NCAA picks competition. This year, the rest of USCHO’s Division I conference correspondents are out for revenge. The rules are simple: pick a winner for every game in each NCAA regional, straight up. One point per game picked correctly, with total goals … Read more
Colorado College has two classes recruited by Don Lucia, who it now faces with a Frozen Four berth on the line.
Minnesota-Duluth’s Maria Rooth leads the 2001-02 crop of women’s All-Americans, which includes four repeat selections from last year and sees six different squads represented on the First Team. Rooth, a junior forward from Angelholm, Sweden, is the only repeat First-Teamer from a year ago. She is joined on the First Team by forward Brooke Whitney … Read more
Trina Bourget, head coach for Wisconsin, has announced her resignation. Bourget has been on medical leave since Jan. 2. In her absence, assistant coach Tracey Cornell and Dan Koch have directed the Badgers. Cornell and Koch will continue with that role until a new coach is named. “We greatly appreciate Trina’s time as our women’s … Read more
Rankings, schmankings. Though some may cry foul about the seedings and the placements, one thing is for sure: in the East Regional most of the bids were earned the old-fashioned way. In this era of objective criteria — of coaches and administrators huddled about a computer, or deciphering rows of text to decide the field … Read more
From the talk on the USCHO.com message board and around the nation, you’d think the West Regional draw included the Colorado Avalanche or the Red Army alongside the WCHA and the CCHA’s best. After Michigan State’s loss to Michigan last Sunday, first-round byes went to Denver and Minnesota, both of which were among the top … Read more
Insight on the weekend that was, and what’s ahead for Cornell and Harvard.