Matt MackinderAtlantic Hockey has suspended Army freshman forward Kyle Plageman for one game under the league’s supplemental discipline policy. Plageman was given a major penalty for contact to the head and a game misconduct at the 19:58 mark of the first period against Merrimack on Oct. 26. Upon further review by AHA commissioner Bob DeGregorio and … Read more
Joe Battista, the longtime Penn State employee and associate athletic director for Pegula Ice Arena and hockey development, announced Tuesday that he will leave the school, effective Nov. 8, and will take a new role with Pegula’s East Management Services as its vice president of hockey related businesses. “Joe Battista has been an integral part … Read more
With a tie and a win last weekend over Boston College, Minnesota earned all 50 first-place votes and retains the No. 1 ranking in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Not since the first-ever USCHO.com polls on Oct. 6, Oct. 13 and Oct. 20, 1997, has a team been a unanimous top-ranked team in the … Read more
The undefeated Minnesota women’s team is again the top-ranked team in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Minnesota (8-0-0) earned all 15 first-place votes as it has all season long. Wisconsin stays second, while Cornell is again in the No. 3 slot. North Dakota moves up two spots to No. 4, Clarkson retains the … Read more
According to the Omaha World-Herald, the summertime fight that led to two Nebraska-Omaha players being booted off the team came to a legal end Monday as a Douglas County judge dismissed the last of the misdemeanor charges filed against the accused assailants when the alleged victim in the fight failed to show for the court … Read more
According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota sophomore forward Christian Horn has left school to play for the Tri-City Storm of the United States Hockey League. Horn did not see any game action with the Gophers this year or in 2012-13.
Hockey East announced Monday that it has suspended Northeastern senior forward Cody Ferriero for two games as a result a slashing incident on Saturday, Oct. 26, at St. Lawrence. Ferriero, who has a goal and three assists with 39 penalty minutes in four games this season, will miss this coming weekend’s home-and-home set with Boston … Read more
The NCHC’s championship weekend will be held March 21-22 at the Target Center in Minneapolis and fans can vote on the name for the event. Finalists as selected by league staff are NCHC Frozen Faceoff, NCHC Final Faceoff, National Collegiate Hockey Championship and the NCHC Fabulous Four.
With all eight first-place votes, Wisconsin-River Falls has been picked to win the inaugural WIAC women’s title, according to a preseason poll conducted Thursday by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors. UW-River Falls went 21-7-2 record a season ago, marking the fifth consecutive season the school hit the 20-victory plateau.
Merrimack announced Thursday that the women’s program’s first varsity season in Hockey East will begin with the 2015-16 season. Erin Hamlen will be the Warriors’ first head coach. “We are excited to bring a quality women’s hockey program to Hockey East,” said Merrimack president Christopher E. Hopey, Ph.D., in a statement. “This varsity program will … Read more
Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the defending NCAA Division III champion, has been selected to win the WIAC championship, according to a preseason poll conducted with the league’s head coaches and sports information directors on Wednesday. This season is the first that conference teams will compete solely under the banner of the WIAC after previously being members of … Read more
Denver associate head coach Steve Miller has been named the first general manager and head coach of the United States Hockey League’s new expansion franchise in Madison, Wis. Miller will start with the unnamed program on Jan. 1, 2014, and the team will start play in the USHL with the 2014-15 season. “We interviewed dozens … Read more
NCHA coaches have tabbed St. Norbert to win the league this season after the Green Knights were named No. 1 on nine of 10 ballots in the coaches’ poll announced Monday. Coaches could not vote for their own team. For the first time in its six-year history, Adrian was not the preseason No. 1 in … Read more
St. Norbert has been picked by NCHA coaches to finish first in the upcoming regular season, according to the results of the coaches’ preseason poll announced Monday.
Minnesota is again a unanimous No. 1 in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll as all 15 first-place votes this week went the Gophers’ way. The rest of the poll has a decidedly different look from last week. Wisconsin jumps two spots to No. 2, Cornell rises two to No. 3, Boston College falls a … Read more
Minnesota’s sweep of Bemidji State has the Gophers assuming the top spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, up from their No. 3 rank of a week ago. The Gophers, who earned 31 first-place votes this week, are one of four 4-0 teams in the nation and all are ranked this week – … Read more
Former Bowling Green coach Scott Paluch has been named to the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame. Paluch, now a regional manager for USA Hockey’s American Development Model, was the head coach at BGSU for seven seasons (2002-09), where he compiled an 84-156-23 record.
Former Boston University head coach Jack Parker has been named head coach of the 2013 United States Men’s National Select Team that will compete in the 2013 Deutschland Cup from Nov. 8-10 in Munich, Germany. The event includes teams from Slovakia, Switzerland, Germany and the U.S., which participates in the event in odd-numbered years. Ben … Read more
Atlantic Hockey has suspended Canisius junior forward Doug Beck and Niagara freshman forward Patrick Conte for one game each under the league’s supplemental discipline policy. Beck was given a minor penalty for cross-checking at the 1:34 mark of the first period in last Saturday’s game against Niagara. Upon further review by AHA commissioner Bob DeGregorio … Read more
According to the Schenectady Daily Gazette, Rensselaer sophomore goalie Jason Kasdorf will not play this weekend at home against Sacred Heart with what RPI coach Seth Appert is calling an “upper-body injury” that Kasdorf suffered this week in a pre-practice warmup drill. “There was no contact,” Appert said to the Gazette. “Just a freak situation. … Read more