Functional art: Nebraska-Omaha masks show collaboration between artist, goalie
John Sparano has painted goaltender masks for the Mavericks since 2010, and he describes the creative process he uses.
John Sparano has painted goaltender masks for the Mavericks since 2010, and he describes the creative process he uses.
Heading into the 2013-14 season, a quick look at Nebraska-Omaha’s first seven games made it seem as though that slate could serve as a springboard to help the Mavericks jump into NCHC play in November with some momentum on their side. Unfortunately for UNO though, that’s not the way things have worked out. After breezing … Read more
Heading into the 2013-14 season, a quick look at Nebraska-Omaha’s first seven games made it seem as though that slate could serve as a springboard to help the Mavericks jump into NCHC play in November with some momentum on their side. Unfortunately for UNO though, that’s not the way things have worked out. After breezing … Read more
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He may have only been in his current job since the middle of July, but Josh Fenton so far is relishing life in his first year as a league commissioner.
With most Division I men’s college hockey teams participating in nonconference play during the new season’s first batch of games, member schools of the NCHC fared better than much of the rest of the country. Discounting Colorado College’s 8-4 exhibition win Saturday over the US Under-18 Team, the NCHC completed its first weekend of official … Read more
With most Division I men’s college hockey teams participating in nonconference play during the new season’s first batch of games, member schools of the NCHC fared better than much of the rest of the country. Discounting Colorado College’s 8-4 exhibition win Saturday over the US Under-18 Team, the NCHC completed its first weekend of official … Read more
OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska-Omaha had a big job on its hands Saturday to salvage a split from its opening-weekend series with Bentley. In the end, though, it was mission accomplished for the Mavericks. Bentley, a team picked to finish in the bottom half of Atlantic Hockey, scored first both nights at CenturyLink Center and won, 6-4, … Read more
If Bentley coach Ryan Soderquist has his way, the Falcons’ 6-4 win Friday over Nebraska-Omaha will only be the beginning of a very successful season. Friday’s visitors at CenturyLink Center didn’t attack in waves like UNO did and were outshot 38-25 on the night by the Mavericks. Bentley was by far the more opportunistic team, … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha made quick work of its Canadian exhibition opponent, the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, beating the Ooks 6-1 Monday night. Plenty of UNO’s offensive output Monday came from Mavericks both young and old. Senior forward Johnnie Searfoss picked up his first hat trick of his collegiate career, and five Mavericks freshmen found their way … Read more
Goaltender Frank Slubowski and the defense were highlights for the Broncos last season but the team is looking for scorers.
UND lost over 43 percent of its goal scoring from last season and brings in eight freshmen.
The Mavericks dismissed two players and suspended another in August, putting them short-handed to start the season.
Only two of the RedHawks’ top 10 scorers from last season are gone as they transition from a team with 12 newcomers to an experienced group.
The Chargers enter a conference after a stretch as an independent, but Mike Corbett is the team’s third head coach in the last four years. Matthew Semisch reports.
The Seawolves program has taken plenty of hits this offseason, but the former RIT captain wants to restore a good reputation. Matthew Semisch reports.
The new Pioneers coach hopes to get the team to buy into his system quickly. Matthew Semisch reports.
In what the Denver administration conceded was a poorly-kept secret, Jim Montgomery was officially named Monday as the Pioneers’ new head hockey coach. A 1993 Maine graduate, Montgomery, 43, is the head coach and general manager of the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the USHL. His start date as the eighth hockey coach in Denver’s history … Read more
Former Denver coach George Gwozdecky made one thing perfectly clear at his farewell news conference Tuesday at Magness Arena: He’s not done. Gwozdecky, 59, was released from his contact at Denver on Monday following an impasse over a possible extension that would have kept him behind the Pioneers bench past the expiration of his existing … Read more