Matt Mackinder
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Nov. 28 fared over the Dec. 1-4 weekend. No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth – was idle No. 2 Denver – swept Colorado College No. 3 Boston College – defeated Northeastern on Nov. 29, lost to No. 9 North Dakota … Read more
The Big Ten announced Saturday that Ohio State sophomore forward Dakota Joshua has been suspended for one game as a result of an incident that occurred in the game against Minnesota on Dec. 2. The action was taken by the conference after a review of an incident that occurred near the 16:10 mark of the … Read more
[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000p3mLimMC.JU” g_name=”20161202-Union-Princeton-Szwast-gallery” width=”600″ f_fullscreen=”t” bgtrans=”t” pho_credit=”iptc” twoup=”f” f_bbar=”t” f_bbarbig=”f” fsvis=”f” f_show_caption=”t” crop=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”t” f_htmllinks=”t” f_l=”t” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_show_slidenum=”t” f_topbar=”f” f_show_watermark=”t” img_title=”casc” linkdest=”c” trans=”xfade” target=”_self” tbs=”5000″ f_link=”t” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”t” f_ap=”t” f_up=”f” height=”400″ btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” ] PRINCETON, N.J. — Mike Vecchione, Spencer Foo and Sebastian Vidmar tallied three points each to lead No. 18 Union to a … Read more
[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000p3mLimMC.JU” g_name=”20161202-Union-Princeton-Szwast-gallery” width=”600″ f_fullscreen=”t” bgtrans=”t” pho_credit=”iptc” twoup=”f” f_bbar=”t” f_bbarbig=”f” fsvis=”f” f_show_caption=”t” crop=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”t” f_htmllinks=”t” f_l=”t” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_show_slidenum=”t” f_topbar=”f” f_show_watermark=”t” img_title=”casc” linkdest=”c” trans=”xfade” target=”_self” tbs=”5000″ f_link=”t” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”t” f_ap=”t” f_up=”f” height=”400″ btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” ] PRINCETON, N.J. — Mike Vecchione, Spencer Foo and Sebastian Vidmar tallied three points each to lead No. 18 Union to a … Read more
St. Lawrence junior goaltender Kyle Hayton has been named the Hockey Commissioners’ Association National Division I Player of the Month for November, while Penn State freshman forward Denis Smirnov is the HCA National Rookie of the Month. Hayton led the Saints to a No. 19 national ranking last month and finished November tied among all … Read more
POTSDAM, N.Y. — In a nearly identical game to their earlier, non-conference matchup at Cheel Arena, St. Lawrence and Clarkson battled to a 3-3 tie Thursday night, this time with valuable ECAC points on the line. Each team now sits at 8-0-1 in the ECAC, tied atop the standings with 17 points with a rematch … Read more
POTSDAM, N.Y. — In a nearly identical game to their earlier, non-conference matchup at Cheel Arena, St. Lawrence and Clarkson battled to a 3-3 tie Thursday night, this time with valuable ECAC points on the line. Each team now sits at 8-0-1 in the ECAC, tied atop the standings with 17 points with a rematch … Read more
Former Northeastern forward Dan Lupo passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at the age of 44. Lupo was a four-year letterwinner with the Huskies from 1992 to 1996. He recorded 40 goals and 59 assists in 135 career games, and his 99 points are good for 49th all-time at Northeastern. He had his best … Read more
Putting faith in a freshman goalie may have saved Michigan Tech’s season. After eight games the Huskies were 1-5-2 and their goalies had a combined .873 save percentage. It wasn’t the goaltenders’ fault that the offense was inconsistent, but the Huskies weren’t getting the timely save they would need once they got into the meatier … Read more
The Friendship Four tournament in Belfast, Northern Ireland, will go on for two more years. On Tuesday, the Odyssey Trust, owners of the Stena Line Belfast Giants and the SSE Arena in Belfast, announced that the event will run Nov. 24-25, 2017, and Nov. 23-24, 2018. The participating teams, along with ticketing information, will be … Read more
Hockey East announced Tuesday that Massachusetts sophomore forward Kurt Keats has been suspended for one game stemming from an incident at 18:38 of the third period on Saturday, Nov. 26, against St. Lawrence at the Friendship Four in Belfast. No penalty was called on Keats on the play. Keats will miss this coming Friday’s game … Read more
Richard “Dick” Leo Dougherty died peacefully and surrounded by family on Nov. 23. Dougherty was 84. He played at Minnesota, where he played under legendary coach John Mariucci, where he earned All-American honors. In his three-year college career, Dougherty accumulated 187 points, which is still tenth all-time at the school. He’s also in fifth place … Read more
Former St. Mary’s player and St. Norbert assistant coach Rob Nicholson died suddenly on Nov. 27. Nicholson was 59. Nicholson was drafted in the tenth round of the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers and was the first player from Green Bay to be selected in the NHL Draft. Known to his peers … Read more
ECAC Hockey announced Tuesday that Quinnipiac senior defenseman Connor Clifton and St. Lawrence junior defenseman have each been assessed one-game suspensions as a result of their actions in last weekend’s Friendship Four event in Belfast. The action on Clifton was taken after review of an incident that occurred at the 13:26 mark of the first … Read more
Senior writer Jim Connelly and Big Ten columnist Paula C. Weston reason how the poll voters vote, the Princeton sweep of Bemidji State and again, looking at the PairWise.
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Nov. 21 fared over the Nov. 25-27 weekend. No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth – was idle No. 2 Denver – defeated Air Force, defeated Wisconsin No. 3 Quinnipiac – tied No. 19 St. Lawrence, lost to No. 20 Vermont … Read more
ECAC Hockey on Sunday announced that Dartmouth junior defenseman Tim Shoup has been assessed a one-game suspension as the result of his actions in the Dartmouth-Robert Morris game from Saturday, Nov. 26. The league action was taken after review of an incident that occurred at the 11:55 mark of the third period in the Big … Read more
It hasn’t been the easiest start to a season for Matt Thomas and Alaska-Anchorage.It began this summer when a budget crisis in the state meant a number of programs at the university — including his Seawolves hockey team — were potentially on the chopping block.Maybe it was the lingering spectre of the program potentially being … Read more
Why have the weekly USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll in addition to the PairWise? Jim Connelly and Paula C. Weston discuss this and which teams are “haves” and “have nots” this season.
The NCHC announced Monday that the league has issued a one-game suspension to Miami junior forward Conor Lemirande. The suspension stems from an illegal hit during Miami’s game against Denver on Saturday, Nov. 19 at Magness Arena in Denver. Lemirande was assessed a major penalty for interference and a game misconduct at the 51-second mark … Read more