Site AdministratorThursday’s announcement of the 10 Hobey Baker Memorial Award candidates was headlined by Boston College’s Brian Gionta, the sixth three-time finalist in award history, as well as repeat finalists Jeff Panzer of North Dakota, Ty Conklin of New Hampshire and Jeff Hamilton of Yale. The finalists were determined by a ballot of all 60 Division … Read more
Dartmouth tri-captain Michael Byrne feared that his career was coming to an end. Then Kent Gillings gave it new life. With 13.1 seconds left in regulation, Gillings dumped his 11th goal of the season past Vermont netminder Shawn Conschafter, tying the ECAC preliminary game at two and completing Dartmouth’s comeback from an early 2-0 deficit. … Read more
Ever read the picks in one of our conference columns and wonder, “What the heck are they thinking?” Well, so do we. And to find out just who is the best at this, we present USCHO.com’s Ultimate Picks Challenge, a.k.a. “Meet the Frauds.”
The ECAC championship looks like a free-for-all once again, and with only one team likely to reach the NCAAs, there’s equal motivation all around. Becky Blaeser and Jayson Moy run down the contenders.
After a shocking pair of losses by defending national champion Minnesota, it’s anybody’s guess what the NCAA tournament committee will do with its four bids — though one of them is all but guaranteed to go to No. 1 Dartmouth, which goes after the ECAC playoff title this weekend. Zevi Gutfreund reports.
Tickets for the 2001 NCAA Division III tournament at RIT this weekend have sold out. About 70 two-day tickets remained this morning, but those had all been sold by 10:00 a.m. today. Tickets went on sale at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning at RIT. Plattsburgh received 200 tickets for the weekend, while Wisconsin-Superior and Wisconsin-River Falls … Read more
In its third overtime game in four playoff contests, Northern Michigan could not get the puck past Bowling Green goalie Tyler Masters as Masters backstopped his team to a 2-1 overtime win. The Falcons (16-18-5) will now advance to Joe Louis Arena for Friday’s Central Collegiate Hockey Association semifinal against Michigan State. Bowling Green — … Read more
The finalists for the 2001 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, announced by The USA Hockey Foundation, are Harvard junior forward Jennifer Botterill, Minnesota senior defenseman Courtney Kennedy, and Harvard senior forward Tammy Shewchuk.
Concordia’s Bryan Howard was named the MIAC Player of the Year. The complete list of award recipients is below. All-Conference Team Name Year School HometownChad Anderson Jr. Bethel BloomingtonBrady Burgess Jr. Concordia MoorheadBrian Cashman Jr. Bethel Red WingJaro Cesky So. Augsburg Prague, Czech RepublicMike Gast Sr. Concordia Fargo, N.D.Jared Gustafson Sr. Bethel SalolJason Haider Sr. … Read more
Elmira College and Glenn Thomaris jointly announced his resignation today as head coach of the Soaring Eagles. Thomaris, who gave no reason for his departure, leaves after 14 seasons behind the Elmira bench, where he amassed a 271-122-14 record, including five ECAC West championships and seven appearances in the NCAA tournament.
An unforgettable weekend of playoff action ended Sunday with four overtime finishes, every one with NCAA tournament implications. Adam Wodon relives one of the most nail-biting days in college hockey history.
After three years, Mike Bonelli has stepped down as head coach of the Plymouth State men’s program due to “financial reasons.”
Freshman Patrick Sharp scored the winning goal in overtime as 10th-seeded Vermont defeated regular-season champion Clarkson 3-2 in the third game of the ECAC quarterfinals before 1,899 fans at Cheel Arena Sunday night. The loss left Clarkson likely to miss the NCAA tournament, as the Knights stand 12th in the Pairwise Rankings, which mimic the … Read more
The NCAA made it official today, announcing that RIT will host the Division III Men’s Ice Hockey Frozen Four next Friday and Saturday at the Ritter Memorial Arena on the RIT campus. RIT, 26-0-1 on the season and the No. 1-ranked team in the nation, earned the right to host after an 8-1, 10-2 sweep … Read more
The North Dakota Fighting Sioux sent the old Engelstad Arena out with a win Sunday night against the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, securing the number-one seed in the WCHA Final Five in St. Paul, Minn. The Sioux beat the Bulldogs 4-0 in the last game to be played in the old barn, as the Sioux move to … Read more
Northern Michigan put on the most important rally of its season Sunday, overcoming a three-goal deficit to beat Western Michigan 5-4 in overtime, winning its best-of-three series in dramatic fashion. Ryan Riipi’s goal 11:40 into overtime capped off an incredible comeback for the Wildcats. In the end, Northern Michigan won both of its games against … Read more
Niagara won the consolation game of the College Hockey America Final Five as the Purple Eagles defeated the Air Force Falcons, 2-1. Niagara, the second seed in the tournament, concludes the season with a 14-19-5 overall record. Air Force, the fifth seed, finished fourth in the tournament and ended the season with a 16-17-4 overall … Read more
Four different players scored and netminder Stephen Fabiilli notched 22 saves as Canisius defeated Connecticut, 4-1, to advance to the semifinals of the MAAC tournament Saturday night. Rob Martin opened the scoring in the first period when he scored a goal on a bad bounce through UConn goalie Jason Carey’s legs at the 9:53 mark … Read more
Paul Dowe netted the game-winner late in the third period, and Niklas Sundberg turned away 33 shots Saturday night as Plattsburgh topped Middlebury 5-2 to earn a sweep of the Panthers in their NCAA quarterfinal series. Despite outshooting Plattsburgh 78-49 in the series, Middlebury could not find the back of the net, going 0-for-13 on … Read more
If you could take every Cornell (15-11-5, 13-8-3 ECAC) victory from the past season and wrap them up into one package, the Red’s 2-1 victory over Princeton (10-16-5, 9-11-4) to clinch a spot in the ECAC’s final five would be it. The game featured everything: great special-teams play, hard work, solid goaltending and a raucous … Read more