Matt Mackinder

Managing EditorMatt Mackinder has been moving 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 is now the site's managing editor.

Wisconsin a unanimous No. 1 choice in women’s poll

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Wisconsin has again earned all 15 first-place votes to stay No. 1 in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Minnesota, Cornell and Boston College stay in positions 2-4, respectively. No. 5 Mercyhurst trades places with North Dakota this week, while No. 7 Northeastern does the same with Bemidji State. Minnesota-Duluth moves up one to No. … Read more

D-III women’s poll finds undefeated RIT No. 1 once again

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Undefeated RIT garnered all 15 first-place votes this week to stay atop the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll. Norwich is again No. 2, while Elmira is the new third-ranked team, switching places with Middlebury. Amherst, Gustavus Adolphus, Wisconsin-River Falls, Plattsburgh and Wisconsin-Superior remain in positions 5-9, respectively, while Concordia (Minn.) falls one to No. 10 … Read more

Norwich remains top team in D-III men’s poll

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Norwich was a near-unanimous No. 1 this week in the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll having received 19 of 20 first-place votes. No. 2 Oswego had the other first-place vote. Castleton is No. 3 this week, flip-flopping with Wisconsin-River Falls. Plattsburgh jumps two to No. 5. St. Norbert drops one to No. 6, while Adrian … Read more

Denver’s Bennett to be shelved 6-8 weeks after wrist surgery

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Denver sophomore forward Beau Bennett is expected to miss the next 6-8 weeks with a wrist injury, the school announced Friday afternoon. Bennett, a 2010 first-round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins, had successful surgery on Thursday (Dec. 8) to repair a ruptured tendon in his wrist that he originally injured during practice in late October. … Read more

With new life, Alabama-Huntsville ready to start scheduling for next season

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When the news broke Tuesday night that the Alabama-Huntsville administration was going to do an about-face and work toward keeping the Chargers’ Division I program afloat after this season, supporters, players and coaches alike were ecstatic. The university announced earlier this season that it would discontinue the sport at the D-I level starting next year. … Read more

ECAC gives Colgate forward Wagner one-game suspension

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The ECAC announced Wednesday that Colgate sophomore forward Chris Wagner has been suspended one game as the result of his actions in the game against Clarkson last Friday (Dec. 2) at Starr Rink. The league’s action was taken after review of an incident that occurred at the 16:26 mark of the second period where Wagner … Read more

Alabama-Huntsville now looking at keeping D-I program

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After a meeting Tuesday night with a grass roots effort group to save the hockey program at Alabama-Huntsville, the school released a statement seemingly changing its stance on the decision to end the D-I program it announced earlier this season. UAH spokesman Ray Garner told the Huntsville Times that the school is committing to nothing … Read more

Northern Michigan players appear in court on bike theft charges

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Four Northern Michigan players pleaded no contest Tuesday to misdemeanors of receiving and concealing stolen property under $200, related to alleged campus bicycle thefts that occurred in September, according to a report Tuesday in the Mining Journal. Freshmen Mitchell Jones, Jake Baker and D.J. Vandercook and sophomore Stephan Vigier are scheduled for sentencing in February. … Read more

RIT women’s coach McDonald suspended one game

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Rochester Institute of Technology women’s coach Scott McDonald served a one-game suspension last Saturday (Dec. 3) that was imposed by the school for initiating an alleged altercation during a men’s recreational game on Dec. 1. McDonald, in his sixth season at RIT, was not behind the Tigers’ bench on Saturday. RIT, ranked No. 1 in … Read more

Minnesota-Duluth the new No. 1 team in men’s poll

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Defending NCAA champion Minnesota-Duluth rises three spots this week and is the new No. 1-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The Bulldogs garnered 25 of 50 first-place votes. Minnesota is the new second-ranked team, receiving nine first-place votes to jump three notches in the poll. No. 3 Boston College earned eight first-place … Read more

Women’s poll sees Wisconsin a unanimous No. 1

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Wisconsin received all 15 first-place votes this week to retain the top spot in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Minnesota, Cornell, Boston College, North Dakota and Mercyhurst occupy spots two through six, respectively, and are in the same positions as last week. No. 7 Bemidji State is up one from a week ago, Northeastern … Read more

D-III women’s poll has RIT again ranked No. 1

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The top four teams, including No. 1 RIT with all 15 first-place votes, look the same as a week ago in the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll. Norwich sits second, Middlebury third and Elmira is again No. 4. Amherst jumps one to No. 5, as does Gustavus Adolphus to No. 6. Wisconsin-River Falls drops two … Read more

Norwich reigns at top of men’s D-III poll

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Norwich received all 20 first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll and is again the top-ranked team in the country. Oswego stays at No. 2 and this week, Wisconsin-River Falls and Castleton flip-flop with UWRF the new No. 3. St. Norbert retains the fifth position, Elmira jumps from seventh to No. 6, … Read more

Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation adds Alliance Holdings as new sponsor

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The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation announced Thursday that it has added Pennsylvania-based Alliance Holdings, Inc., as a corporate sponsor. A fast growing and successful company since its inception in 1994, Alliance Holdings is a 100 percent employee-owned company that uses the vehicle of Employee Stock Ownership Plans to invest in market-leading manufacturers of industrial, commercial … Read more