Matt Mackinder

Matt Mackinder moved up the USCHO ladder since 1999. He was the arena reporter for Wayne State for the duration of the team's existence (1999-2008), was also the CHA Correspondent from 2005-2010 and then was the site's managing editor.

Mercyhurst’s Bestland earns CHA player of the year honors

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The CHA announced its year-end award winners on March 7, with Mercyhurst junior forward Christine Bestland earning player of the year and top scorer laurels. Lindenwood freshman Nicole Hensley took home rookie of the year honors, Syracuse junior Akane Hosoyamada was named the league’s top defenseman and Syracuse’s Paul Flanagan garnered coach of the year … Read more

NCAA D-I women’s field set with Minnesota the top seed

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Two teams from the WCHA, winners of the last 13 national championships, make up the eight-team field of the 2013 NCAA women’s Division I tournament. NCAA tournament page with bracket Printable bracket (PDF) Defending national champion, 2012-13 WCHA regular-season champion and No. 1 overall seed Minnesota will host North Dakota in a WCHA Final Faceoff … Read more

Union defenseman Vasaturo possibly done for season with knee injury

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Union sophomore defenseman Charlie Vasaturo suffered a possible season-ending knee injury early in the first period of the Dutchmen’s 5-1 win over St. Lawrence on March 1. The Daily Gazette reports Vasaturo may be done for the foreseeable future with Union coach Rick Bennett telling the paper that Vasaturo is “day to day until September.” … Read more

Minnesota trio named finalists for Patty Kazmaier Award

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For the first time ever, all three finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award are from the same team. Minnesota senior defenseman Megan Bozek, junior forward Amanda Kessel and senior goaltender Noora Räty have guided the Gophers to a perfect 36-0-0 record this season and an NCAA-record 44-game winning streak, dating back to last season. … Read more

Hockey East hands one-game suspensions to Merrimack’s Bigos, BC’s Silk

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Hockey East announced Wednesday a pair of one-game suspensions to Merrimack senior defenseman Kyle Bigos and Boston College freshman forward Brendan Silk. Bigos received his second game misconduct on March 4 against Massachusetts-Lowell and then a third in the form of league supplemental discipline. He is eligible to return to the Warriors’ lineup on Saturday, … Read more

Amherst’s Lloyd repeats as NESCAC’s top women’s player

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Amherst senior defenseman Geneva Lloyd has been named the NESCAC player of the year for the second straight season after a 13-goal, 27-point season to lead the Lord Jeffs in scoring. Also, Bowdoin forward Rachel Kennedy earned top rookie honors with 15 goals and 14 assists for 29 points, while Bowdoin coach Marissa O’Neil was … Read more

Quinnipiac gets 36 first-place votes in D-I men’s poll, still sits atop rankings

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Despite losing to Harvard in overtime and then beating Dartmouth last weekend, Quinnipiac is once again the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, garnering 36 of 50 first-place votes. Minnesota stays No. 2 after splitting with Denver and earned 12 first-place votes this week. Final CCHA regular-season champion Miami stays third with … Read more

WCHA winningest coach Sauer named Legend of Hockey honoree

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Coaching veteran Jeff Sauer has been named by the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation as its 2013 Legend of Hockey recipient. A veteran of 31 years coaching in the WCHA where he is also the conference’s winningest coach, Sauer is the only person in league history to coach 30 seasons. After his playing career at … Read more

Minnesota quartet headlines 2013 Kazmaier Award finalists

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The USA Hockey Foundation on Thursday announced the top 10 finalists for the 2013 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given annually to the top Division I women’s player. Seven schools are represented among the finalists, including four from Minnesota. Three nominees were finalists in 2012 — Wisconsin’s Brianna Decker, Minnesota’s Amanda Kessel and North Dakota’s Jocelyne … Read more

Back from suspension, Boston College’s Hayes out for season after quadriceps surgery

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Boston College junior forward Kevin Hayes, just back from a team-imposed suspension, suffered a contusion to his right quadriceps muscle during Tuesday night’s game against Massachusetts-Lowell and underwent surgery Wednesday to release pressure on the area. According to a BC-issued news release, the surgery involved release of fascia to prevent long-term damage to the muscle … Read more

While rehabbing injury, Northeastern’s Vermeersch suspended for breaking team rules

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Northeastern senior forward Garrett Vermeersch has been suspended indefinitely for violating team rules, according to the Huntington News. Vermeersch was already out after suffering a high-ankle sprain earlier this month and has not played since the Beanpot championship game against Boston College on Feb. 11. “Garrett Vermeersch right now has got a high-ankle sprain [and] … Read more

St. Lawrence captain Flanagan has appendix removed

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St. Lawrence captain Kyle Flanagan complained of abdominal pain Tuesday morning and by Tuesday evening, had his appendix removed. According to the Watertown Daily Times, Flanagan will miss this weekend’s games at Union and at Rensselaer but may return for the ECAC playoffs. “The surgery was successful,” St. Lawrence coach Greg Carvel said to the … Read more