Matt MackinderA total of eight teams received first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, but with 27 first-place votes, Boston College rises two spots to assume the No. 1 ranking. Last week’s No. 1, Minnesota, falls to No. 2 with 12 first-place votes, while Miami moves up one to No. 3 and received … Read more
Oswego announced Friday that Chelsea Walkland has been named the women’s team’s first full-time assistant coach. Walkland joins the Lakers’ staff after being an assistant at Rochester Institute of Technology last year, winning a Division III national title. During the 2010-11 season, Walkland served as the hockey operations manager at Robert Morris, where she also … Read more
According to the Wisconsin State Journal, Badgers’ freshman forward Nic Kerdiles will miss the 2012-13 season after the NCAA found he “violated its code of amateurism.” An appeal was filed and on Friday, it was announced that Kerdiles will only miss UW’s first 10 games and will be eligible to play in the Nov. 30 … Read more
Morrisville has named Kevin Krogol its interim head coach for the 2012-2013 season. Krogol has spent the last four seasons as the top assistant for the Mustangs after playing four seasons with Utica from 2003-07. Krogol replaces Brian Grady, who stepped down on Oct. 12 after five seasons behind the bench.
St. Norbert has won the last two Division III national championships and earned five of seven first-place votes in the NCHA preseason coaches’ poll. Conference play opens Oct. 26-27. This is also the final season for the five schools who are also members of the WIAC – Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Wisconsin-River Falls, Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Wisconsin-Stout and … Read more
Dwayne Roloson has returned to Massachusetts-Lowell as a volunteer assistant coach. Roloson, who graduated from UML in 1994, has played the past two seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning and also helped lead the Edmonton Oilers to the 2006 Stanley Cup final and Tampa Bay to the Eastern Conference finals in 2011. He is expected … Read more
The men’s Division III championship being decided during the same weekend at the same venue as the men’s D-I title game could be reality in no time after the Division III Management Council supported the concept at its meeting Monday and Tuesday in Indianapolis. If the concept is approved by the Division III Presidents Council … Read more
Nicole Bostel has been promoted to Denver’s director of media relations, replacing Erich Bacher, who was named assistant athletics director for public relations at Virginia. Bostel was previously DU’s associate director of media relations.
Chris Serino, who was Merrimack’s head coach from 1998-2005 and also an assistant coach at New Hampshire from 1991-98, passed away Monday after a bout with throat cancer. Serino was 63. He had been diagnosed with cancer just prior to the 2001-02 season when he was at Merrimack. At UNH, Serino was also the head … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha officials have proposed to build a 7,500-seat arena at the south end of UNO’s campus that would be the Mavericks’ new home for hockey, basketball and volleyball, according to a report in the Omaha World-Herald. The report states that private donations or partnerships would pay for arena construction costs, which could range anywhere from … Read more
Four teams received first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, but with 46 of 50 No. 1 votes, Minnesota is the new top team in the weekly poll. Minnesota jumps from No. 2 to the top spot, while last week’s No. 1 team, Boston College, falls to No. 3, but did receive … Read more
Minnesota remains the top-ranked team in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll, receiving all 15 first-place votes. Cornell is again No. 2, as is Boston University at No. 3. Boston College rises one spot to No. 4, while Clarkson climbs two notches into the top five. Ohio State jumps from No. 10 to No. … Read more
Morrisville head coach Brian Grady has announced his resignation after five seasons at the helm of the Mustangs’ men’s team. Over his tenure, Grady posted an overall record of 35-88-3 and went to the SUNYAC playoffs twice. Morrisville went a season-best 11-13-1 record in 2010-11 and 8-7-1 in SUNYAC play that same season, reaching the … Read more
Tracy Johnson has resigned as the interim head coach of the Amherst women’s team and Jeff Matthews was named this week to the same role with Lord Jeffs. Matthews spent the last six seasons as the head coach of the Northwood School boys’ junior team in Lake Placid, N.Y., amassing a 174-59-17 overall record. “It … Read more
According to NorthJersey.com, Michigan junior defenseman Jon Merrill was injured on a hit from behind into the boards during the Wolverine’s exhibition game Tuesday against Windsor and is expected to be sidelined six weeks. New Jersey Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello said Merrill suffered “a little fracture” that will require a neck brace. “It’s nothing … Read more
It’s the kind of game that can sneak up on you, especially considering the timing – early-October, on a Wednesday night. For Merrimack, it meant a short turnaround after upsetting Union on the road four days prior. For Northeastern, its home opener arrived just three days before an highly-anticipated homecoming game against Boston College on … Read more
Former Ohio State forward R.J. Umberger has joined the Buckeyes’ staff as a volunteer coach. Umberger was a three-year letter-winner with OSU from 2000-03 and has played the last seven years in the NHL with Philadelphia and Columbus. “With the NHL lockout in full force, I am looking forward to being more connected to the … Read more
Denver assistant coach David Lassonde has been named an assistant coach for the U.S. National Junior Team that will compete at the upcoming IIHF World Junior Championship from Dec. 26, 2012-Jan. 5, 2013, in Ufa, Russia.
Boston College has named Brad Bates, the director of athletics at Miami, to the same role at BC. Bates succeeds Gene DeFilippo, who retired on Sept. 30 after 15 years at BC.
Boston College is still the No. 1 team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, having received 37 first-place votes. No. 2 Minnesota was listed No. 1 on 12 ballots and third-ranked Michigan had the other first-place vote. North Dakota remains at No. 4, while Cornell moves up one to No. 5, Massachusetts-Lowell jumps one … Read more