Matt MackinderThe ECAC West announced Tuesday the major award winners and All-Conference selections for the 2016-17 season. Nazareth senior Dominik Gabaj took home the award for Player of the Year, while Hobart College’s Carl Belizario was voted the Defensive Player of the Year, Cole Hepler of Lebanon Valley earned Rookie of the Year and Manhattanville’s Arlen … Read more
The third Division III women’s hockey regional rankings were released Tuesday. East Plattsburgh Middlebury Norwich Elmira Endicott Utica West Adrian Wisconsin-River Falls Gustavus Adolphus Augsburg Wisconsin-Eau Claire Lake Forest
Hamilton junior goaltender Evan Buitenhuis has been chosen by the conference coaches as the 2017 NESCAC Player of the Year. Buitenhuis leads all conference goaltenders with a 1.52 GAA and a .948 save percentage. He owns a 15-3-4 record and anchors a Continental defense that has allowed just 1.60 goals per game. Buitenhuis is the … Read more
Jim and Paula are ready for the conference tournaments to start, but some tourneys start earlier than others.
ECAC Hockey announced Monday that Rensselaer sophomore forward Evan Tironese has been assessed a one-game suspension as the result of his actions in the Rensselaer-Colgate game of Saturday, Feb. 25. The league action was taken after review of an incident that occurred at the 20-minute mark of the third period in the Engineers-Raiders contest where … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Feb. 20 fared over the Feb. 23-26 weekend. No. 1 Denver – swept No. 18 St. Cloud State No. 2 Minnesota Duluth – defeated, tied Miami No. 3 Harvard – defeated Clarkson, defeated No. 20 St. Lawrence … Read more
A celebration of Jeff Sauer’s life will be held Thursday, March 9 at 6 p.m. CDT at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Sauer passed away Feb. 2 in Madison at the age of 73 after courageously battling a brief illness. The Sauer family will greet visitors from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. preceding the … Read more
The SUNYAC on Thursday announced its annual individual awards and All-Conference Teams. For the second consecutive year, Geneseo’s Stephen Collins is the recipient of the Herb Hammond Player of the Year award. The senior forward currently leads the 10th-ranked Knights with 48 points in 26 games with 19 goals and a team-high 29 assists, which … Read more
The USA Hockey Foundation on Thursday announced the top 10 finalists for the 2017 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The honor is bestowed annually upon the top player in NCAA Division I women’s hockey, and this year will be unveiled at a brunch ceremony at Foundry Arts Centre in St. Charles, Mo., on Saturday, March 18, … Read more
The Alaska Anchorage Seawolves could lift a trophy this weekend and still miss the playoffs. Odd? Of course. But Alaska is known as the Last Frontier, and it’s a fitting theme for Alaska-Anchorage heading into the final weekend of the WCHA regular season. While several WCHA teams are battling for playoff positioning, the Seawolves have … Read more
Rensselaer will induct former forward Bryan Richardson (1992-96) into its Athletics Hall of Fame on April 29 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Troy, N.Y. Richardson averaged 1.37 points per game in 141 career games on 80 goals and 113 assists for 193 points. He currently ranks fourth in school history in career assists and … Read more
The NCHA announced Tuesday the men’s conference year-end awards, including Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Freshman of the Year, All-Conference Team and All-Freshman Team. Lake Forest senior forward Jack Lewis is the 2016-17 NCHA Player of the Year, while Northland’s Seamus Gregory was tabbed top coach and Adrian’s Vincent Paquette the top … Read more
The second Division III men’s hockey regional rankings were released Monday. East Norwich Oswego Endicott Hobart Hamilton Amherst Babson Utica Trinity Geneseo West St. Norbert Wisconsin-Stevens Point Adrian Augsburg Wisconsin-Eau Claire
The second Division III women’s hockey regional rankings were released Monday. East Plattsburgh Middlebury Norwich Elmira Endicott Connecticut College West Wisconsin-River Falls Adrian Gustavus Adolphus Lake Forest Wisconsin-Eau Claire Augsburg
The WCHA announced Tuesday a pair of suspensions, stemming from separate incidents this past weekend. Alaska senior forward Josh Erickson has been suspended one game, while Lake Superior State equipment manager Paul Prucha has been suspended for two games. Both suspensions will be in effect for their respective institution’s next Division I games. Erickson’s suspension … Read more
“As an athlete, you have the opportunity to make your community a better place,” says Quinnipiac senior Mika Nervick, a finalist for the 2017 Hockey Humanitarian Award.
Starting Feb. 20, members of the greater amateur hockey community will come together to raise funds for Hockey Coaches Care by raffling off a 2016 Ryder Cup hockey jersey. This raffle will be a unique opportunity to highlight the many people HCC assists while raising funds to support HCC’s important mission. The Ryder Cup jersey … Read more
According to the Penn State student newspaper, the Daily Collegian, Nittany Lions sophomore defenseman Kevin Kerr will miss the remainder of the season with a lower-body injury. Kerr fell feet first into the boards and stayed on the ice for a couple of minutes before being helped off the ice against Wisconsin back on Feb. … Read more
Wasn’t Penn State just ranked No. 1? What has happened there? And how much of a surprise have a pair of Atlantic Hockey teams been? Jim and Paula discuss.
The Big Ten announced Monday that Minnesota freshman forward Joey Marooney has been suspended for one game as a result of an incident that occurred in the game against Penn State on Feb. 18. The action was taken by the conference after a review of an incident that occurred near the 9:41 mark of the … Read more