Site AdministratorAfter five seasons on the job, Dean Talafous has been fired from his duties as head coach at Alaska-Anchorage. The announcement was made today by UAA athletic director Dr. Steve Cobb. Cobb said, “The University of Alaska Anchorage appreciates the significant contributions Dean Talafous has made to hockey at UAA over the last five years.” … Read more
Boston College leads the contenders in Worcester, Mass., but trailing the Eagles are three WCHA teams: fellow bye recipient North Dakota, Colorado College and Minnesota. Those three, as well as HEA rival Maine and ECAC champion St. Lawrence, gun for two spots in Albany, N.Y., at this year’s Frozen Four. The USCHO.com staff profiles all the action from the East Regional.
Feeling Frozen in Minnesota Well, the debates have been exhausted and the arguing is done. The four-team field for the inaugural NCAA championship is finally set, and the brackets correspond with USCHO.com’s current poll: No. 1 Dartmouth plays No. 4 St. Lawrence in the first semifinal, while No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth takes on No. 3 Harvard … Read more
The Pairwise Rankings gain currency — but not without growing pains; Mercyhurst bears the backlash against the MAAC autobid; arena cheers and jeers revisited; St. Lawrence carries the ECAC torch; an odd hockey tale from — Hofstra? And much, much more. Adam Wodon returns with his regular column on the state of college hockey.
Everyone roots for an underdog, except, apparently, one from the MAAC. Mike Machnik asks fans to show mercy on Mercyhurst this weekend.
Ohio State coach John Markell has received a two-year contract extension. Markell, who became the Buckeyes’ permanent head coach May 22, 1995, has one year remaining on his current contract.
Twice the MAAC’s regular-season champion, Quinnipiac nearly ended its playoff jinx this year, when it mattered most. But even after finishing the season with a loss to Mercyhurst with an NCAA bid on the line, the Braves can hold their heads high. Adam Wodon reports.
For the fifth straight year, USCHO.com’s Pairwise Rankings correctly predicted the NCAA tournament field, but the selection committee threw a curveball in the seeding. As expected, North Dakota earned the second seed in the East, but Colorado College was given a potential date with the Sioux, getting the third seed and a first-round matchup with … Read more
St. Lawrence rode the hot hand of goalie Jeremy Symington to its second straight ECAC tournament title, and sixth overall. The Saints earn their third straight trip to the NCAA tournament, and deny Cornell’s record 10th ECAC championship.
Scott Borek has been fired as head coach at Lake Superior State, after five seasons at the helm. Borek came to Lake Superior from Division III Colby, taking over for Jeff Jackson, who became legendary in the area for winning two national championships. Jackson was reportedly offered a chance to return, but recently declined. Instead, … Read more
Head coach Rick Gotkin calls him Mercyhurst’s team MVP. Jeff Gould battled through two injury-filled seasons early in his college career, and Saturday he got his reward: a trip to the NCAA tournament. Michael Kobylanski reports.
Dominic Moore’s overtime goal gave Harvard a win in the ECAC’s third-place game Saturday against Dartmouth. It ended a season in which both teams made strides.
Former Lake Superior coach Jeff Jackson, a two-time national champion, recently turned down an offer to return to the Lakers, according to a report in the Kitchener-Waterloo (Ont.) Record. Jackson, who left Lake Superior in 1996 to help start the U.S. National Developmental Program in Ann Arbor, Mich., before being fired from the program last … Read more
The games begin on Friday, as the teams battle for the right to call themselves NCAA Champions. But Thursday night was a chance for the NCAA to celebrate the accomplishments of the four teams that made it to the 2001 Division III Frozen Four with a banquet. Troy Aurthur, NCAA Assistant Director of Championships said … Read more
Storied rivals, Cornell and Harvard, met in Lake Placid for the first time since the Red won the 1996 final, and the outcome was the same. Cornell will look for a league-record 10th tournament championship on Saturday.
When Mike Gellard, Erik Anderson and Alan Fyfe are kept off the scoring sheet, it’s not always a great night for St. Lawrence. Well, they were, and it was anyway. Junior right winger Robin Carruthers netted two goals and senior Jeremy Symington had a perfect night in net as the top-seeded Saints advanced to the … Read more
MSU-Mankato announced it will not be renewing the contract of women’s coach Todd Carroll. Carroll was the first head coach of the women’s program and spearheaded the move for the Mavericks to join the Women’s WCHA. “On behalf of the University and Department of Athletics, we wish to express our appreciation for what Coach Carroll … Read more
For Quinnipiac’s Chris Cerrella, all of the trials and tribulations of joining an emerging D-I program, come down to one game. After the disappointment of the past two seasons, a win Saturday against Mercyhurst can make up for it, and then some.
Norwich senior Keith Aucoin was named the AHCA College Division (D-III) Player of the Year Thursday, and heads up the D-III All-Americans.
Mercyhurst became the first top seed to make the MAAC final game, with a hard-fought 4-3 win in Thursday’s semifinal. The Lakers now look for the conference’s first NCAA berth.