Matt MackinderSt. Michael’s men’s head coach Damian DiGiulian and assistant coach Casey Fratkin have been selected to coach the Lithuanian National Team in Division II Group A of the IIHF Under-18 World Championship next month in Romania. DiGiulian will serve as an assistant coach to head coach James Tibbetts, who guided the French National Team at … Read more
Five different players scored and Camille Leonard made 21 saves as top-ranked Plattsburgh beat Middlebury 5-3 Friday afternoon in the first national semifinal at the Stafford Arena. The Cardinals (28-1-0), winners of the last two national championships, will look to make it three in a row Saturday night on home ice against the Elmira-Wisconsin-River Falls … Read more
Nine of the 24 women’s Division III AHCA All-Americans announced Thursday are in Plattsburgh this weekend for the national championship semifinals and finals. Top-ranked Plattsburgh has four selections, while Wisconsin-River Falls has three and Elmira and Middlebury have one each. Lake Forest leads all schools with five honorees. Women’s D-III First Team East All-Americans Women’s … Read more
ECAC Hockey announced Friday the winners of its annual postseason awards and All-League teams as selected by the league’s 12 head coaches. This season’s winners came from three schools – Harvard, Quinnipiac and Yale and featured three repeat winners from a year ago. For the second consecutive season, Harvard captain Jimmy Vesey earned the league’s … Read more
Atlantic Hockey announced its major team and individual award winners for the 2015-16 season at the league’s annual awards ceremony Thursday in Rochester, N.Y. Winning the Player of the Year Award was Robert Morris senior forward and Hobey Baker top-10 finalist Zac Lynch, who also received the Scoring Trophy in recognition of his 39-point conference … Read more
Plattsburgh’s Kevin Houle has been named STX/AHCA national Division III Women’s Coach of the Year for the sixth time in his career. The announcement was made Thursday at the student-athlete banquet for the Division III women’s national championship being played in Plattsburgh. Houle’s previous AHCA Coach of the Year awards came in 2006, 2007, 2008, … Read more
Lake Forest senior forward Michelle Greeneway has been named the winner of the 2016 Laura Hurd Award, given by the American Hockey Coaches Association to the Division III women’s player of the year. Greeneway, a two-time First Team CCM All-American and the 2016 NCHA Player of the Year, leads the nation with 33 goals and … Read more
On the eve of the NCHC Frozen Faceoff, the annual NCHC Awards Celebration took place Thursday night at the Muse Event Center in Minneapolis. A total of 12 awards were presented, three of which were won by St. Cloud State senior defenseman Ethan Prow, including NCHC Player of the Year, while North Dakota’s Brad Berry … Read more
Hockey East announced Thursday night that Massachusetts-Lowell senior goaltender Kevin Boyle and Boston College junior goaltender Thatcher Demko have been selected as the Hockey East Co-Players of the Year — just the third time players have been named co-players of the year and the first where two goaltenders share the honor. Additionally, Boston College freshman … Read more
It’s the quarterfinal round and all four games feature matchups that are great for fans who like great offense, strong team defense and terrific goaltending. The winning teams will need to have all on display to advance to next week’s Frozen Four in Lake Placid. Last week’s first round NCAA picks went 2-1-0 (.667) with … Read more
It’s the quarterfinal round and all four games feature matchups that are great for fans who like great offense, strong team defense and terrific goaltending. The winning teams will need to have all on display to advance to next week’s Frozen Four in Lake Placid. Last week’s first round NCAA picks went 2-1-0 (.667) with … Read more
Women’s D-III semifinals are Friday at Plattsburgh. Nothing more needs to be said except for, well, the picks of Candace and Matt. Friday, March 18 Middlebury versus Plattsburgh, 3:30 p.m. EDT Candace: Middlebury will make it close, but not close enough. Plattsburgh 5-2 Matt: This is Plattsburgh’s year. I like the Cardinals with a win … Read more
Women’s D-III semifinals are Friday at Plattsburgh. Nothing more needs to be said except for, well, the picks of Candace and Matt. Friday, March 18 Middlebury versus Plattsburgh, 3:30 p.m. EDT Candace: Middlebury will make it close, but not close enough. Plattsburgh 5-2 Matt: This is Plattsburgh’s year. I like the Cardinals with a win … Read more
Women’s D-III semifinals are Friday at Plattsburgh. Nothing more needs to be said except for, well, the picks of Candace and Matt. Friday, March 18 Middlebury versus Plattsburgh, 3:30 p.m. EDT Candace: Middlebury will make it close, but not close enough. Plattsburgh 5-2 Matt: This is Plattsburgh’s year. I like the Cardinals with a win … Read more
Denver senior forward Gabe Levin has been named the inaugural recipient of the NCHC Post-Graduate Scholarship. Levin boasts a 3.96 GPA while majoring in finance with a minor in legal studies. He is a two-time NCHC Scholar-Athlete Team member and a three-time NCHC Academic All-Conference honoree. He is also one of only two finalists for … Read more
The American Hockey Coaches Association announced this week finalists for four major awards – Women’s Division I Coach of the Year, Women’s Division III Coach of the Year, the Laura Hurd Award and the Sid Watson Award. The Laura Hurd Award is given to the top D-III women’s player, while the Sid Watson Award goes … Read more
Just three games remain in the Division III women’s season. When the third game is compete, the 2016 national champion will be crowned. So who will hoist the hardware Saturday night in Plattsburgh? We’re down to the host team, Plattsburgh, and Elmira, Middlebury, and Wisconsin-River Falls. The weekend gets underway Friday with the Middlebury-Plattsburgh semifinal … Read more
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all and especially to the eight D-III teams looking for a “little extra puck luck of the Irish” to help advance them to next weekend’s Frozen Four and the final weekend of play to determine the national champion. There are four great games on tap this weekend. Here are the … Read more
Hockey East announced its 2015-16 All-Rookie Team on Wednesday, in addition to a handful of individual awards. Massachusetts-Lowell’s Joe Gambardella won the Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award, while Northeastern was awarded the Charlie Holt Team Sportsmanship Award. Lowell’s Kevin Boyle was named Goaltending Champion and the Three Stars Award winner and New Hampshire’s Andrew Poturalski took … Read more
From an initial list of nearly 30 goalies comes Wednesday’s announcement of the top five finalists for the 2016 Mike Richter Award. The final five: Candidates for the award were determined by nominations from all 60 NCAA Division I men’s head coaches. The finalists and winner are selected by a committee of coaches, scouts and … Read more