Matt MackinderHOUGHTON, Mich. — Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. For No. 15 Michigan Tech, two heroes emerged Friday night as diminutive forward Max Vallis scored two goals and tall goaltender Jamie Phillips made 31 saves in earning a shutout as the Huskies picked up a key 3-0 win at home over Lake Superior State … Read more
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — The game of hockey is often filled with pronounced ironies. One such irony that exists is that, in an offensive shootout, it is the performance of the goalies that are most celebrated. The final score of 4-3 does not invite the mind to goaltending or defensive stalwarts. Yet the first point … Read more
The Ninth Annual Charity Beanpot Challenge will be held by the Travis Roy Foundation and the Mark Bavis Leadership Foundation on Monday, Feb. 8, at Boston University’s Agganis Arena and the TD Garden. A minimum of $50,000 of the proceeds will be set aside as a coming home fund for Denna Laing. Laing, a former … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners’ Association announced this week that Michigan junior forward Tyler Motte and Wolverines freshman Kyle Connor have been chosen the HCA’s Player and Rookie of the Month, respectively, for January. Ironically, Motte and Connor are also linemates for the Wolverines this season. Motte scored in every game last month as the Wolverines went … Read more
The WCHA announced Friday that women’s commissioner Aaron Kemp has resigned to pursue other professional opportunities, effective immediately. WCHA men’s commissioner Bill Robertson has been named interim commissioner of the women’s league and will assume overall leadership and supervision through the remainder of the women’s 2015-16 season, which concludes March 20, 2016. “On behalf of … Read more
Just two more weekends of the regular season after this one. If that isn’t enough motivation for some of these D-III women’s teams, I’m not sure what is. Candace and Matt are back again to forecast the weekend. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 5-6 Concordia (Minn.) at No. 8 St. Thomas Candace: St. Thomas had a rough weekend … Read more
Just two more weekends of the regular season after this one. If that isn’t enough motivation for some of these D-III women’s teams, I’m not sure what is. Candace and Matt are back again to forecast the weekend. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 5-6 Concordia (Minn.) at No. 8 St. Thomas Candace: St. Thomas had a rough weekend … Read more
Emily Loebs is a true humanitarian in every sense of the word. Yet even as the St. Michael’s senior is the lone Division II or Division III women’s player nominated for the prestigious Hockey Humanitarian Award, she deflected the attention elsewhere. “I am beyond honored to have even been nominated for this award,” said Loebs. … Read more
After first being reported by the Grand Forks Herald back on Jan. 12, two-time All-American and 2013 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner Amanda Kessel has officially returned to the Minnesota women’s team for the remainder of the 2015-16 season. Kessel last played for the Gophers during the 2012-13 season, during which Minnesota recorded a perfect 41-0-0 mark … Read more
U.S. Hockey Hall of Famer and former Army head coach Jack Riley passed away on Wednesday afternoon on Cape Cod, surrounded by his family and friends. He was 95. “Our family is saddened by the passing of our father,” said current Army head coach Brian Riley in a statement. “He lived a great life and … Read more
BOSTON — Invariably in competitive hockey, momentum becomes important. Momentum becomes exacerbated and obvious in tournament hockey, where often it is do or die for teams. Momentum was the name of the game Tuesday night when No. 5 Northeastern faced Boston University in the second Beanpot semifinal. A couple of Northeastern penalties resulted in BU … Read more
In the four years that Tim Alexander played for Bowling Green (1976-80), the team captured three CCHA championships and earned three NCAA tournament bids. Alexander, who later served as an assistant coach at BGSU in 2001-02, died Jan. 26 after a battle with cancer. He was 58. Alexander coached in the Cleveland area for more … Read more
BOSTON — If forced to pick a turning point for Tuesday afternoon’s matchup between No. 1 Boston College and Harvard, one might have to seriously consider the pregame national anthem performed by the Harvard band. From puck drop, the end result was all too obvious, as the Eagles, from wire to wire, dominated the defending … Read more
ECAC Hockey announced Monday night that Clarkson sophomore forward Sam Vigneault has been assessed a one-game suspension as the result of his actions in the Clarkson-Colgate game from Saturday, Jan. 30. The league action was taken after review of an incident that occurred at the end of the second period. No penalty was called on … Read more
BOSTON — In the late game of the 2015 Beanpot semifinal, the look of dismay on the faces of some with Boston College was evident when a Dustin Darou shot trickled through the BC defense and past Thatcher Demko. The tally coming late in the game, the fate of the Eagles in the tournament was … Read more
The Big Ten announced Monday that Penn State freshman forward Andrew Sturtz has been suspended for one game as a result of an incident that occurred in a game against Michigan on Jan. 30. The action was taken by the conference after a review of an incident that occurred near the 17:46 mark of the … Read more
In the midst of his 31st season coaching at Wesleyan, Jim Langlois died unexpectedly on Jan. 24. Langlois was 70. A 1968 graduate of St. Lawrence where he lettered in hockey, Langlois coached the Wesleyan’s women’s team from 1980 to 1984 before joining the men’s ranks in 1985. He also coached in the Middlesex (Conn.) … Read more
The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Monday the 23 semifinalists for the 64th Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England. The nation’s oldest nationally-recognized college hockey honor, the Walter Brown Award was established in 1953 by the members of the 1933 Massachusetts Rangers, the first American … Read more
Wisconsin announced on Monday that goaltender Ryan Breon has been added to the roster as a walk-on. “Gabe Grunwald had surgery and is going to be out the rest of the season, so we had to look for another goaltender,” Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves said in a news release. “[Badgers director of hockey operations] John … Read more
The battle in every conference is on for regular season supremacy and playoff seeding. Some teams helped themselves a lot this weekend while others lost out on chances to move up with the remaining weekends in the regular season swindling down as the calendar turns to February. There are just three weekends remaining and a … Read more