Site AdministratorMiddlebury, RIT and St. Norbert each placed two players on the first team of the Jofa/ACHA College Division All-Americans announced today. There were only three repeat winners. RIT’s Jerry Galway was named to the first team for the third time, while Adam Kragthorpe from Wisconsin-River Falls is on the first team for the second straight … Read more
Junior goaltender David Guerrera was selected CHA Player of the Year in a vote of league coaches.
It’s a study in hot and cold in the CHA this weekend. Wayne State enters as the regular-season champion and defending tournament titlist, but how will the Warriors perform in the tourney as the favorite this time? And what about streaking Air Force, and revenge-minded Niagara? Geof F. Morris reports.
Finalists were named today for the Edward Jeremiah award, given by the American Hockey Coaches Association to the College Division (Division II or III) coach of the year. Criteria for being named a finalist are to win the coach of the year award in your conference, and/or to coach a team to the Division III … Read more
Bowling Green has fired eight-year head coach Buddy Powers, following a 9-25-6 record this season and an 11th-place finish in the CCHA.
The USA Hockey Foundation announced the three finalists for The 2002 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, presented by ChevronTexaco. The finalists are: Ronda Curtin (Roseville, Minn.), Jr., Minnesota Carly Haggard (Port Alberni, B.C.), Jr., Dartmouth Brooke Whitney (Snohomish, Wash.), Sr., Northeastern The announcement was made by USA Hockey Foundation President Walter L. Bush, Jr. and the … Read more
The expansion of the NCAA tournament was on everyone’s mind Monday, even though it wouldn’t take effect until next year’s event in Buffalo. Men’s hockey is farther along with the NCAA than it’s ever been in the four years of attempting to expand the national tournament. And a vote from the NCAA’s Management Council is … Read more
With the deadline for applications just past, two names have emerged as leading candidates for the soon-to-be-vacant Wisconsin head coaching position. According to the Capital Times, former Badgers Mike Eaves and Don Granato are on a short list of candidates, though neither has been formally interviewed. Current assistants Mark Johnson and Pat Ford are also … Read more
The Ivy League has recognized five Brown players on the 2001-02 All-Ivy League Team, while senior Kristy Zamora wasnamed the Ivy League Co-Player of the Year. Zamora, Cassie Turner and Katie Germain were each named to the First Team. Jessica Link earned second team honors, while senior Meredith Ostrander was named an Honorable Mention. Zamora … Read more
Sarah Moe of Gustavus Adolphus has been chosen this year’s women’s hockey College Division Player of the Year by the American Hockey Coaches Association.
The winners of the 2001-02 WCHA women’s league awards were announced tonight at the annual WCHA Women’s Awards Banquet. The WCHA Player of the Year is Minnesota junior Ronda Curtin. The defender led the league in overall and conference scoring during the regular season with 45 and 38 points, respectively. The Roseville, Minn., native was … Read more
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish got goals from Jon Maruk and Evan Nielsen and goaltender Morgan Cey did his best impression of a brick wall while making 30 saves to lead the Irish to a 2-1 win over the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks Sunday night at a sold-out Omaha Civic Auditorium. The win gives Notre Dame the … Read more
One of these nights, Mark Hartigan’s back might start to get sore, but for now, the nation’s leading scorer feels just fine. As do the rest of his teammates after the St. Cloud State Huskies finished off a two-game sweep of Minnesota-Duluth with a 6-3 win at the National Hockey Center to move into next … Read more
The winless streak for Bemidji State reached seven games Saturday as Alabama-Huntsville completed a two-game series sweep of the Beavers with a 5-3 win at the Von Braun Center. The Beavers held a 2-0 lead at the end of the first intermission on the strength of goals from Wade Chiodo and Brendan Cook. Chiodo got … Read more
“I love playing here, because the fans are always hard. To tell you the truth, it gets me going.” The notorious Lawson Arena fans couldn’t faze Dave Steckel or the Buckeyes on the evening, as Steckel tallied both the game-winning goal and the insurance marker to lead seventh-seeded Ohio State to a 3-1 victory, and … Read more
It was the longest game in Harvard Hockey’s 104-year history. Legendary Harvard coach Billy Cleary said after the first overtime that he couldn’t remember a longer contest at Bright Hockey Center. But this one lasted so long — 94:41 to be exact — that the 1,594 in attendance probably couldn’t remember when referee Scott Hansen … Read more
For sports fanatics in Ann Arbor who weren’t in the mood to spend their Sunday evening watching “A Season on the Brink,” they now have something else to do. Michigan’s 4-1 win over Lake Superior State on Saturday night extended this opening-round CCHA playoff series to a deciding third game, to take place at Yost … Read more
For MSU head coach Ron Mason, it couldn’t have been a more fitting conclusion. In what turned out to be his last game in Munn Ice Arena, there was no fanfare, little emotion, and of course, a 4-2 Michigan State win over Bowling Green to give the Spartans a 2-0 series win and advance them … Read more
No. 1 Minnesota won its first Western Collegiate Hockey Association tournament championship Saturday, defeating the Wisconsin Badgers, 3-2. The Gophers (28-3-5) swept the WCHA titles, winning the regular season for the second time in the three-year history of the league. The Golden Gophers avoided Wisconsin’s best chance of scoring in the first period when the … Read more
Chris White’s completed a hat trick in double overtime to lead Quinnipiac to a 6-5 victory over Iona and a berth in the MAAC Final Four. The decision came in the longest game in MAAC history.