Todd D. MilewskiUtica and the Upper Mohawk Valley Auditorium Authority announced a five-year extension, through 2017, to the school’s lease agreement to use the Utica Memorial Auditorium as its men’s and women’s hockey arena. Utica has led the nation in Division III men’s attendance for the last six seasons, including an average of 3,253 fans last season.
Mike Snee was named executive director of College Hockey Inc. on Tuesday and some college hockey coaches turned to their office mates and asked who Mike Snee was. So here’s a little about Mike Snee, from his own telling of his hockey life story. He grew up in Duluth, Minn., looking forward to Friday and … Read more
Glenn Hofmann has resigned as Merrimack athletic director, a school source said Tuesday, eight weeks after being put on paid leave. Also Tuesday, interim athletic director Dean O’Keefe promoted men’s hockey coach Mark Dennehy and women’s basketball coach Monique LeBlanc to associate athletic director positions. Both will keep their coaching responsibilities. Hofmann was on paid … Read more
The NCAA championship games of men’s Division I and Division III will take place in the same location and on the same weekend in 2014 if NCAA committees sign off. The Division III men’s hockey committee has approved the 2014 finale to be played at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center on Friday, April 11 — the … Read more
Boston College athletic director Gene DeFilippo has announced his retirement effective Sept. 30. Senior associate athletic director John Kane will fill the position in an interim basis starting Oct. 1. Since DeFilippo was named BC’s athletic director in 1997, the Eagles have won four men’s hockey national championships. “My wife Anne and I have been … Read more
Before Tom Kennedy had much of a chance to use his hockey skills to make an impression on the recruiter, he gave that observer all he needed to know with a gesture of compassion and maturity. Then an Army assistant coach, Brian Riley was on a trip to see Kennedy play for the Salisbury School … Read more
Chris Davidson has resigned as coach at St. Michael’s, two days after television station WCAX reported the transaction. The school issued a press release Monday afternoon confirming the news. “I would like to thank director of athletics Geri Knortz, senior associate director of athletics Zaf Bludevich, St. Michael’s College and its community for a wonderful … Read more
Jayson Megna won’t return to Nebraska-Omaha for his sophomore season after deciding to turn professional, he told the Omaha World-Herald. Megna said he will decide between three teams — Boston, Pittsburgh and Winnipeg — after receiving six or seven offers. “Obviously it was a tough decision for me to leave school after playing there for … Read more
The NCAA Division III Management Council’s playing and practice seasons subcommittee will recommend that schools not be allowed to play games before Nov. 1. Current rules allow Division III schools to practice and play starting Oct. 15, and the council raised health and safety concerns.
This offseason started with the belief, at least on this end, that by the time the 2012-13 season came around we’d have knowledge of the locations of more upcoming Frozen Fours and clarity on the future of face shields. Not so much, it appears. Talk from some members of the Division I men’s ice hockey … Read more
This offseason started with the belief, at least on this end, that by the time the 2012-13 season came around we’d have knowledge of the locations of more upcoming Frozen Fours and clarity on the future of face shields. Not so much, it appears. Talk from some members of the Division I men’s ice hockey … Read more
Penn State named Robert McLean its head men’s hockey strength and conditioning coach, Adam Sheehan its head men’s hockey equipment manager, Justin Rogers its men’s hockey athletic trainer and Josh Hand its volunteer assistant men’s hockey coach. The school elevated Bill Downey to director of men’s hockey operations/video coach.
Bemidji State named Joseph Gorshe its strength and conditioning coach and Jeremy Coupal a volunteer men’s assistant.
Following is a list of players drafted in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft who play for a college team, have committed to a college or play in a league that traditionally feeds college hockey. Commitments are from Chris Heisenberg’s recruiting site. Follow all the draft picks on the NHL’s website.
Twelve hockey teams — seven from the men’s side and five on the women’s side — have perfect scores in the NCAA’s latest Academic Progress Rates. The scores, which are based on eligibility and retention of scholarship players, include data from the 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 academic years. Brown had a perfect 1,000 score … Read more
St. Norbert and St. Scholastica will join the MCHA for the 2013-14 season as part of the breakup of the NCHA, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported Monday and the MCHA confirmed Tuesday. “This is a great and exciting day for the MCHA,” league commissioner Dr. G. Steven Larson said in a news release. “We are … Read more
The first sign of anxiety over the remodeled WCHA’s upcoming postseason format surfaced just minutes after the plan was voted in. League commissioner Bruce McLeod said he heard a couple of informal conversations taking place after last week’s meeting, with representatives of the schools that will make up the nine-team WCHA talking over other possibilities. … Read more
Conferences will have more options for overtimes and hand passes will be illegal in all zones starting in the 2012-13 NCAA hockey season. Those were among the decisions made by the NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Committee when it met Wednesday and Thursday in Indianapolis. Meanwhile, the committee did not forward a proposal to allow players … Read more
Before Chris Kreider, Wisconsin’s John Byce was the last player to go from the Frozen Four to the NHL playoffs. In the latest in an occasional series of stories checking in with college hockey personalities past and present, Todd D. Milewski visits with Byce.
Four players from national champion Boston College and three repeat selections are among 18 players picked for All-USCHO teams for the 2011-12 season. Eagles defenseman Brian Dumoulin (first team), forward Barry Almeida (second team), goaltender Parker Milner (third team) and defenseman Tommy Cross (third team) were named to the national teams that were selected by … Read more